Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191130155818/@comment-30575510-20191202200846

ChishioKunrin wrote: MetallicArcher wrote: You would think fixing the city's first line of defence would be top priority when preparing to contain the fallout of announcing Salem's existence.

He also has all those warships around Atlas, on top of the hard light shield, yet Grimm are making it into the city of Mantle.

It is being really hard for me to believe he actually cares for Mantle, and doesn't, at best, see them as out-of-kingdom village that is tokenly under his watch. Basically, the theme we're getting here is that Mantle is neglected and that this is nothing new for them.

We learned from Volume 4 that the Atlas elites tend to hold charities for Mantle, but Henry's attitude when asking if it was "another charity for Mantle" makes it seem like the elites don't actually take any of it seriously. Even in the charity ball for Vale, it should be noted that practically everyone was just standing around, talking and drinking and didn't seem to be paying much attention to the charity auction. They cared more about talking about their clothes, debating with each other about whether or not they should provide jobs for Mantle, throwing a tantrum about not getting enough ice cream, and showing how absolutely ignorant they are about the true circumstances of the Fall of Beacon. I mean, Trophy Wife blamed it on Vale's kingdom defences, when Atlas' military was in charge of defences during the festival.

I think we didn't really pick up on what Miles and Kerry were trying to convey to us about the Atlas elites in that charity ball scene. Like, maybe they were trying to convey that the elites really just do these charity events to make themselves look good and have an excuse to have a little party. It seems like they were also trying to convey that Jacques not only uses charity events for PR, but also had a tendency to use Weiss for PR, and it went over our heads. Her attitude about the Vale charity event changed when Jacques said she would sing for it. Not that this has anything to do with the episode, but I feel like a lot of wealthy people do this in real life.