Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151129182644/@comment-14909251-20151203222929

MetallicArcher wrote: A false dichotomy! Now I'm mad I didn't see it. I knew there was a particular thing that threw me off and had me so convinced that Winter's speech was not positive.... and so I went on my mega rant.

Yeah, the way the first option is phrased makes it sound like it's pretty easy to get the allowance back without really having to sacrifice the stay at Beacon. I, mean, I suppose having to explain repeatedly over the phone why she wants to attend Beacon can be tiring but sounds like a relatively small sacrifice in order to maintain economical stability at least some time more.

Which is why Winter's speech rubbed me the wrong way. Her previous line about Weiss taking a job from Mr. Schnee feels like a set up to make the idea of taking the steps to regain her allowance seem abhorrent.

I wonder if it was intentional and indeed Winter is being manipulative or a slip from Miles and Kerry when writing the dialogue. What I was thinking is that there is no reason why Weiss cannot call him back and not beg for her money. She can call him back without groveling for anything. It appears Winter is presenting it as a choice between total submission to her father or isolating herself from her father, yet she also seemed to be guilting Weiss into calling him back up to that point. Another way to interpret that is Winter saying Weiss can either have a relationship with their father or pursue her dreams, but not both. That is actually kind of a cruel thing to offer up to one's sister, even if done in a seemingly indulgent manner. XDex wrote: So, uhh.... did we just see a Nyan Cat faunus in the ep. 5 preview? So it has begun, Rooster Teeth is going to start basing characters off of memes. Could that suggest we are going to see a "Meme Team" on RWBY?