Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24198837-20140803015950/@comment-14909251-20140803201157

You see, that is part of the problem there. "Spoiled and self-centered" does not really describe Weiss at all. That really gets to the root of the problem. Weiss and Blake are on opposite ends of the social heirarchy. One is the heiress to a massive energy conglomerate who would receive any material desires she sought and the other lived in squalor while constantly confronted with discriminatory barriers due to her heritage.

It is more class warfare than anything and plays into the notion of racial privilege as well. Because Weiss is a human who lived a life of luxury due to being from a family of considerable wealth she is generally seen less sympathetically than a Faunus who lived a life of struggle in impoverished conditions due to her heritage. Most viewers can relate more to Blake than Weiss as there is a tendency to view all rich people as "entitled" and "greedy" simply due to them being rich.

Weiss is treated judgmentally due to her family's wealth. Blake treats Weiss like she and the SDC are one and the same as do many of the fandom, despite all evidence pointing to her having a troubled home environment and not really wanting the life that has been thrust upon her. I would say there is a similar issue among the fandom with Ruby and Weiss, though it is more pronounced with Blake simply because of their respective pasts and the nature of the fan following.

The way I see it, both Blake and Weiss just want to be normal girls and do not want their heritage to determine how they live their lives. However, I have a feeling I will only get heated objections with regards to Weiss on that point.