Talk:Weiss Schnee/@comment-26306690-20180407011026/@comment-4010415-20180430132101

One of the problems with Jacques is that it seems like he probably wants to make his heir run the company the way he does, which allegedly involves controversial Faunus labor, questionable business partnerships, doing whatever it takes to destroy competition to the point of ruining people's businesses (like Flynt's dad's), and just generally valuing reputation and success over people's lives and wellbeing. Weiss doesn't like that. Weiss doesn't wanna run the company that way. She would rather follow in her grandfather's footsteps.

From Weiss' point of view - and what the writers are clumsily trying to portray - Jacques is controlling and emotionally abusive. He was controlling Weiss like a puppet, and she was sick of it. Just take a look at the lyrics for It's My Turn and This Life is Mine. Even Mirror Mirror Part 2 makes reference to how he treated her.

As for Whitley... He may have been treated similarly to how Weiss was supposedly treated, the difference being that he responded by behaving the way Jacques wanted him to, in order to appease him, rather than rebelling like Weiss and Winter did.