Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-294840-20170719134411/@comment-34633327-20170915013720

Arkantos95 wrote: The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote:

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: All of that is true, but she's still proven to be incredibly impulsive and quick to anger, which are not qualities you want in a CEO. Quite True, but another issue is that these qualities are not so easily remedied, especially in the public eye and in the current setting/time frame.

With Weiss' outburst at the Gala, regardless of how much of it is based in fact (very little), the public may agree with the trophywife's accusations of her being mentally ill, something Jacques considered when stripping her of being the heiress, using it as one reason in addition to her disobedience to justify it, not that he needs to for himself but for the public eye. An incident like that would be near impossible to try and cover up/recover from, as not where there numerous witnesses at the incident, but Weiss herself believes she did nothing wrong. So even if she still wants to be CEO and managed to reign in her emotions, the damage is already done and may not be easily fixed. It's like watching a man abusing a dog then see him try to become a high ranking member of an animal rights organization.

As for the time frame and setting, with the current plot of the series, Weiss doesn't have the luxury to even attempt to remedy these qualities. Even though Weiss was and still is more than likely suffering from PTSD, these qualities were present in the run of Volume's 1 - 3, making them deeply routed in character, and while she has tried to rein in her temper in the past at Beacon, namely over Ruby being leader and Blake hiding things from them, her efforts haven't shown much results. If the current setting were a much less stressful one where Weiss had the luxury of attempting to keep these emotions in check, like say before the Fall of Beacon, she may have a chance. With the constant stressors in her life though (PTSD, her father, her belief her brother did something wrong), she doesn't have the time to do so, with the PTSD only exacerbating what was already there.

In addition, the neccessity to travel to Mistral adds another factor. While she is unaware of the larger picture as a whole and is merely going to Mistral to be with Winter, undoubtedly she will be involved in the larger plot down the line, as early as Volume 5. With the chaos that the larger plot brings, she not only won't have the proper enviroment to adjust these problems, but she won't have the time to do so either.

tl;dr Even if she wants to fix those problems, its too late cause the public eye (at least Atlas') see her as mentally unstable, and she doesn't have the luxury of doing it in the current setting or timeframe.