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TPPR10 Craving for fish from up north Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Craving for fish
#42901: Dec 17th 2016 at 8:35:14 AM

The newest episode is WOR about the Schnee family. Spoiler, Jacques married himself into the family. And I think Mama Schnee is Willow.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#42902: Dec 17th 2016 at 8:49:16 AM

...so Winter really isn't the perfect example of a Schnee if we're using Jacques as a base. [lol]

Weird because Jacques seems to have that same snowy color scheme that the rest of them do. You'd never suspect he was from outside the family initially.

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#42903: Dec 17th 2016 at 8:50:03 AM

Yea, figures when things get sorta hype we gotta wait for it...

....Wait, if Jacques married into the family, but is it's head. Oh man, it's gonna be one of those patriarchal things where only a male can run the family, regardless if he has blood ties or not. In these cases, the women are only expected to breed heirs and support their husbands...what a shitty existence. But that's only if it turns out to be true.

edited 17th Dec '16 8:53:01 AM by BlackYakuzu94

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#42904: Dec 17th 2016 at 8:57:34 AM

[up][up]That one family portrait shows he originally had darker hair.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#42905: Dec 17th 2016 at 9:42:55 AM

Perhaps he took over for his wife due to being a better businessman?

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Cross (Don’t ask)
#42906: Dec 17th 2016 at 9:45:38 AM

Chances are it was arranged, so that may not have come up.

FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#42907: Dec 17th 2016 at 10:08:35 AM

What about Mama Schnee's alcoholism? Perhaps she was a hard drinker before the marriage and was thus denied the chance to run SDC in favor of Jacques?

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#42908: Dec 17th 2016 at 10:17:48 AM

But which came first, the bourbon, or the husband?

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#42909: Dec 17th 2016 at 10:23:58 AM

What about Grandpa/Grandma Schnee, too? Who appointed Jacques the fitting man for Mama Schnee in the first place? Atlas board executives? Ironwood's precedessor? Doc Watts?

edited 17th Dec '16 10:24:14 AM by FergardStratoavis

Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#42910: Dec 17th 2016 at 12:41:55 PM

Neat teaser. I doubt Qrow's gonna stomp this one. Just hope he doesn't get Worfed.

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powerpuffbats The crabby fussbudget Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The crabby fussbudget
#42911: Dec 17th 2016 at 1:42:32 PM

Even more reason for me to hate Jacques.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#42912: Dec 17th 2016 at 1:45:47 PM

Not enough reasons...just a party.

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tryrar Since: Sep, 2010
#42913: Dec 17th 2016 at 1:50:55 PM

hey guys, we might be getting WOR this week, but Rooster Teeth also put out a teaser for next week's episode on twitter. (Spoilers obviously!)

VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#42914: Dec 17th 2016 at 4:27:05 PM

I liked how he attacked while Qrow was trying to finish talking.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#42915: Dec 17th 2016 at 5:59:36 PM

Such a jerk move, you should really wait for your enemy to finish their one-liner before attacking. Just common courtesy. Tyrian is a jerk in all the right ways for a villain.

DeanCole Since: Jun, 2015
#42916: Dec 17th 2016 at 6:52:07 PM

I'm glad that Tyrian seems to be winning people over as a villain

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42917: Dec 17th 2016 at 11:42:14 PM

What's the rule on when free users can see World of Remnants?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#42918: Dec 17th 2016 at 11:49:43 PM

Same time you'd see the episode, I think. So tomorrow with an account, next week on Youtube.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#42919: Dec 18th 2016 at 9:05:01 AM

Finally got to see the new WOR and I'm fairly certain I've seen this movie.

Santa Schnee seemed like a cool guy and Jacques Frost is a opportunistic bastard.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#42920: Dec 18th 2016 at 10:18:54 AM

I hope everyone is using spoiler tags when discussing next week's episode.

I've just watched the latest WoR segment. It's available for the free account holders now.

    No spoiler tags 
Fandom called it on Jacques not being a Schnee by birth. Struggled to catch his surname. Since he seems to be connected to Jack Frost (my guess is the Frank Baum version of Jack Frost, which would give give him a really interesting shadow-manipulation Semblance), I'm wondering if the surname is 'gelée'. It's French for both 'jelly' and 'frost' ('gelée blanche' means 'hoar frost'). That would make him Jacques Gelée, meaning his name is quite literally 'Jack Frost'.

  • Qrow definitely has a personal issue with the Schnee family.
  • Nicholas Schnee seems based on Saint Nick, right down to using wealth to better other people's lives. The exact opposite of Jacques.
  • Nick's combat school days seem to coincide with the first Huntsmen Academies. Ozpin probably knew him.
  • This is probably why Weiss feels she has to become a Huntsman to save the Schnee name. She's trying to replicate Nick's life.
  • Can't decide if the Schnee symbols are representing kingdoms we know nothing about (and which no longer exist) or Dust expeditions. The way the symbols appear on the map covers both pieces of information, so it's pretty ambiguous — although none of them correspond to the locations of the current Kingdoms (not even the location of Mantle), so it's more likely to be expeditions.
  • Confirmation that Dust is the equivalent of coal - it's not just dangerously explosive to deal with, but mining it causes health problems, too.
  • SDC workers: poor pay, poor health, bet they lack affordable healthcare, too. Looks like there's going to be a lot of reasons for the workers to revolt in Atlas - since that's what the show is building towards. Go look at the British history of coal mining strikes to see how that could play out (internationally condemned during its day, so a good source of inspiration to use).
  • Jacques took advantage of Ol' Nick's failing health to take over the company, and the little cut-outs suggest Nick's daughter really did fall for him.
  • Did Winter want to save the company, but made the mistake of joining Atlas Academy, which didn't give her the freedom she needed to escape? Is that why Weiss chose Beacon? To escape better than Winter did?

My guess: Shades of the Willow Song from Othello. Here's to a bitter wife, who feels she's betrayed her father and company by falling for a man who is destroying everything her father worked for, and she feels powerless to do anything about it. If she is the "Willow" everyone's waiting to see, that would be the reason for her name — the weeping willow. While there's a separate species of willow called the 'snow willow', the weeping willow does have the alternative name 'white willow'). It's associated with powerful protective and regeneration folklore, so I suppose if Weiss's mother is broken, and is willow-connected, she'll find her spirit if she needs to protect someone, probably her kids (Weiss, specifically).

edited 18th Dec '16 10:51:40 AM by Wyldchyld

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#42921: Dec 18th 2016 at 11:04:05 AM

Regarding the Meaningful Name, what do you make of Salem meaning "peace" (be unto you) in Hebrew?

Also, as far as literary references go for her, the only work that comes to mind for me would be The Crucible, which is about the Salem witch trials. Hmm.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42922: Dec 18th 2016 at 11:05:29 AM

[up][up]I thought the name was Judeau (apply accent where necessary)

[up]I don't think it has any meaning here, because she's clearly not looking for "peace"; she's looking for utter annihilation.

edited 18th Dec '16 11:06:50 AM by LSBK

SaintDeltora The Mistress from The Land Of Corruption and Debauchery Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
The Mistress
#42923: Dec 18th 2016 at 11:07:58 AM

Specially since it's an obvious reference to the Salem Witch Trials.

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#42924: Dec 18th 2016 at 11:09:43 AM

[up][up] Is that clear? I doubt most of her human associates would be on board for that, and it definitely sounds like the attack on Beacon was done in pursuit of something other than destruction. (Looking for a MacGuffin more like)

edited 18th Dec '16 11:11:01 AM by CaptainCapsase

Cross (Don’t ask)
#42925: Dec 18th 2016 at 11:09:49 AM

Well from a certain point of view that would be peaceful.


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