Talk:Huntsmen (WoR episode)/@comment-3257939-20151123054108

The bit about Mantle/Atlas really helps to build Weiss' character. We know that she's a rebel and wants to fix her father's mistakes. She also loves her sister and doesn't hold anything against her from what we can see. These two points gain a new light in my eyes after the new info.

Winter was trained in Atlas and it's greatly empathized how this particular Academy tries to steal the individualism from its students to force them into following the path they want. Plus she doesn't seem to like Vale's bureaucracy even though it follows the free-spirited treatment on its people and its hunters. There's also how Weiss chose Vale even though the sister she absolutely adores became who she is because of Atlas instead.

I'm thinking Weiss chose Vale because of what Atlas did to her sister Winter. Weiss wants to forge her own path and after seeing what Atlas does to its students, she chose Vale to escape from that same treatment. The last thing she wants is someone telling her who to be and that's exactly what Atlas does.