Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140815002519/@comment-14909251-20140816015630

I think Lindsay's "on the side of the White Fang" bit was a flub. Pretty sure she meant fighting against the White Fang. They do not know everything about their characters so I doubt they would be clued in on such a huge revelation unless it coming up soon and I doubt that would be the case. Rather, I think Ironwood supports the established order. If he is in any way aiding the White Fang it is not because he wants them to take control, but rather that he wants to use them as an excuse to justify expanded military action by the kingdoms, Atlas especially. As I describe it in this little blog post, Atlas is a military superpower that feels it is its duty to protect the whole of humanity from whatever threats that exist internal or external and that this is partly because of its historical position as well as its dependence on the other kingdoms for most natural resources.

With regards to Neo, I do think she is more likely connected to Roman than Cinder.

On the perennial issue of Weiss, the Ice Queen thing is obviously continuing a running gag and likely has no general significance, but the bit with her joke is another of those instances where the thing and its thingness comes up. Even if the bit with Ruby was an ad-lib in episode three, we have not gone a single episode in this Volume without Weiss being ridiculed or insulted by someone. I mean, Weiss actually told a much better joke than Yang did in episode one and it could have been great with the right delivery yet the response was much more hostile compared to the mild groaning that accompanied Yang's horrible joke.

As to being "out of character" I actually think she is perfectly in character, at least how I envision her character. Not saying she is the type to tell jokes or do silly things, but she is the kind of person to do that in an effort to "fit in" with the others or to ease the tension when she is stepping outside her comfort zone. Her confronting Blake about her feelings is very much outside her comfort zone, because she is more a "live and let live" personality as that is the easiest way to avoid confrontation. If we consider her to have come from a dysfunctional family environment with potential abuse then it makes sense for her to be low on confrontation. Getting into touchy-feely stuff inevitably brings conflict and thus she withdraws. Hence why she is seen as "cold" and her primary interactions with characters in Volume 1 involved conflict as being defensive when confronted is easier for her than letting her emotions flow.