Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12698523-20130719122453/@comment-24400457-20140602205635

There's a different between an ego defense mechanism, and just plain being irked by criminal behaviour. Blake clearly was unimpressed with Sun's stealing in Black and White, he's reinforcing the very stereotypes spoken by Weiss in The Stray. That's not an obstacle for Sun to pass, it's just plain displeasure. Weiss' cold exterior, Yang's overbearing of Ruby or Jaune's blindness to affection are obstacles to pass over. They are personal issues of the individual that can be circumvented in time. Sun's thieving ways aren't an internal issue for Blake, it's an external issue for Sun.