Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170709002747/@comment-34633327-20170709003617

I'm thinking its a combination of both. According to the show, after Jacque took control of the SDC, they began employing more brutal business tactics and controversial methods, such as the Faunus Labor and running other componies into the ground like Flynt's dad's. So to do that he had to have already been a bit of a dick, if not just a very unscrupulous businessman. However, just before he smacked Weiss in Punished, he had been more focused on the fact Weiss was alledgedly trying to slander the family name, and smack her after she brought up that he married into the family rather than carry the name by birth, as if the family name is a sore spot for him. I'm not saying he isn't a dick and horrible father, he definetely is, but there is definetely more beneath the surface.