Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27195233-20151201141954

So watching Weiss' story in this latest volume with her catching up with Winter and having further dad problems got me thinking about what kind of person Papa Shnee is.

When people first saw Winter in trailers and her debut their was a fair bit of speculation that she was this mean authouritarian bully which seems to have been disproved now that we've seen her behaviour Vol 3 Ep 4. I'm wondering if the speculation about how bad Mr Shnee is is also a bit misplaced.

So what do we know about Papa Shnee?

1) The White Trailer.

Giant suit of armour attacking a lonely teenage girl... symbolism between Papa and the armour??. Vol 3 Ep 4 - Winter tells Weiss to imagine her greatest oponent and she summons the Giant suit's sword before and after talking about problems with Papa. Therefore we likely have some deep emotinal conflict and trauma between Weiss and Papa.

2) The White fang's agression towards the Shnee dust company made Papa Shnee furious and resulted in a difficult childhood for Weiss.

When your friends and family are being killed and your business is literally under attack, Being angry/a bad parent is understandable (abusing your daughter, not so much). Anyway, Weiss' statement about her childhood could mean anything from "He was always angry at home and didn't spend time with us" to "He mentally and/or physically hurt me." It is somewhat implied that their was some form of abuse, but at this point it's not clear if it was direct or not.

3) Winter and Weiss both recieving the controlling-as-hell being cut off treatment for not doing what's wanted.

Okay, cutting off your children is harsh and a tad drastic. But even Winter seems to think Weiss has been a bit spoilt when it comes to money. Papa is probably overbearing/controlling but expecting a continual flow of cash from a parent you refuse to talk to is never going to work out (I sound like some sort of old man conservitive...). And considering that both sisters have trained for two of the most dangerous jobs in the world maybe Papa being uspet about it isn't unreasonable.

4) The Shnee dust company operating in a grey area.

From the small amout of animae and large  amount of modern fiction I've seen, when it comes to big bad corperations/sinister organisations yes there is someone sitting in a poorly lit part of a room holding a cat... but there is also a large number of nasty people around said person. This is basically a matter of speculative opinion, is RT willing to have the cliche big bad businessman in RWBY?? is Papa shnee that person or is he surrounded by them?? Could a continued struggle with the While Fang and the loss of the founding CEO have allowed more sinister people to rise up in the company??? find out next week on The Power Pu..... nevermind...

So is Papa Shnee the big bad businessman and controllling abusive parent or the CEO surrounded by villains and frustrated father??? Is Weiss an emotionally scarred victim, or a rebellious spoilt teenager??? are each of them both???? 