Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32346149-20191222183116/@comment-14909251-20200106223753

TheSDCSecretary wrote: It's literally been 7 volumes and the fact that Blake is a former terrorist was never used against her before, what makes you think it will now? I am not gonna say I think it will, but I do think now is the ideal time. For the entire Beacon Arc she was still concealing her Faunus heritage. Her time in the Haven Arc was mostly spent in Menagerie where no one cares. RWBY spent very little time in Argus relatively and it just wasn't a point where it made sense to raise the issue. The Atlas Arc is the first time she has been openly Faunus for a prolonged period where that would be unwelcome. It is also the first time she has been openly Faunus in a place where the main villains are active. More importantly, Atlas and the SDC have been the primary targets of the White Fang. Jacques also has every reason to dig into those around Weiss and Blake's last name should have already caught his attention if we assume he did the obvious thing and did any meaningfully digging into the White Fang. Jacques and Salem's people have every reason to try and discredit Team RWBY, especially if they start trying to blow up their plans.