Talk:Jacques Schnee/@comment-1446360-20200111181543/@comment-4010415-20200112014240

Might I add that this was specifically in the Shirow Miwa manga, not the new manga that's going on right now.

In the two chapters that explained the White Trailer, the secretary explained to Weiss that the SDC had helped with having "possession-type Grimm" inserted into that armor. This was before Miles and Kerry told us that that armor was possessed by Geist Grimm (which is a possession type Grimm). The secretary also bragged that it was three times stronger than the original suit of armor. Weiss' response to this was pretty much "So you're basically saying I don't stand a chance." It seems the implication there is that Jacques had the odds stacked against Weiss in thsi fight. It's entirely possible that Jacques never intended for Weiss to win. If so, then it was just a very harsh way of trying to make Weiss shut up about going to Beacon.

We also now have evidence in the show that Jacques has knowledge about the Arma Gigas (the armor) that Weiss fought. In As Above, So Below, when he tries to flee the room and is stopped by Weiss' Arma Gigas summon, he turns and looks specifically at Weiss and says her name, even though Winter was also in the room. He already knew exactly which of his daughters summoned it because he recognized it.