Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191102162031/@comment-4010415-20191113054700

73.Anon.52 wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: But literally nothing says that Jacques has a seat on the council. I don't see how he could ever have manipulated Ironwood without one in his pocket at the least, but more importantly he can't do shit with just one if James has 2 and is his main obstacle, my main point is that personally he doesn't live in Mantle, therefor has no business representing it... it would be very surprising if he ever lived their since marriage. When did he manipulate Ironwood?

The first interaction we see between Jacques and Ironwood, is Jacques getting pissed off at Ironwood for starting a Dust embargo and saying the council wouldn't agree to it, to which Ironwood basically responded "Actually, I have two seats on the council, so tough shit, lol".

The second interaction is Ironwood telling Jacques that he's closing the borders based on intel he got from Winter, while Jacques is like "You stole my daughter!!!" and "Bro, you need to get a grip".

Both times, Ironwood is in control and calling the shots, and Jacques can't do shit.

I'm pretty sure Robyn is running for Atlas Council, hence Pietro bringing up that there are representatives from Mantle who are doing something in regards to the Atlas Council following whatever Ironwood wants. One of the news articles we see in this episode literally says:

"Election Imminent

Mantle Hometown Hero vs Atlesian Tycoon"

accompanied by a picture of Robyn. Meaning that Robyn and Jacques are competing with each other in the election.

What appears to be going on is that everyone on the council just does whatever Ironwood wants, like Pietro says, so if Jacques or Robyn gets a seat, they can oppose Ironwood during meetings and convince the other council members to side with them.