Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26273984-20150403165446/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150503232145

I brought up this one idea on the possibilty of Weiss's parents being divorced since we have Summer already filling up the "Dead mom" place and Yang's mom as the "missing mom". Let's try something different.

The theory I have is that after many years of dealing with the White Fang, Mrs. Schnee reached her breaking point and decided to leave the family. She wanted nothing do with the Schnees even if she had two daughters. This results in Mr. Schnee becoming distant, stressed with his work, the White Fang offing close friends/co-workers, and very controlling of his children in fear that they would leave him like his wife. One day Weiss decides that she wants to be a huntress and natrually Mr. Schnee doesn't take it too well. Without thinking about his actions he decides to make things difficult for her in hopes that she will quit. Even though she "passes" his test he still let's her go to Beacon in hopes that she will change her mind sooner or later (maybe that's why Weiss was avoiding a phone call with him. Calling="I give up" to dad.)

I guess you could say perhaps Weiss and her mother have something common. Both of them left because they coudln't deal with what was happening around them but the difference between them is that Weiss isn't flat out abandoning her family, she just wants to change the family name that her dad is destroying for future generations.

If not then maybe Mrs Schnee is one of those mom's that really hands off on parenting. She just stands around, looks pretty, and tell's Weiss to "listen to dad because he knows what's best for her."