On the thoughts of semblance harming the users, i have a two cent on it. I just.I dunno, felt like bringing up where my thoughts on Yang's Semblance led.) That's pure speculation and doesn't really contribute to Semblance discussion, though, so I'm not gonna actually argue that theory when Yang's post goes up. (That's part of why I think the 'Yang is already the Summer Maiden' theory has some merit, by the way: it would mean her two seemingly-unconnected powersets actually were unconnected. On the other hand, Yang's strength and her fire have almost nothing to do with each other mechanically, as near as I can tell. The 'summoning' is a bit out of left field, but channeling Aura through the glyphs to form constructs does have some similarities to channeling Dust through the glyphs for rapid-onset ice sculptures and the like (in fact, Weiss had already formed the knight's sword with ice Dust before the tiny Aura construct one this volume). * Wasn't originally thought up that way, but I can see that being a part of the Watsonian explanation for why older Aura users still look relatively young: the body being resistant to change could reasonably include aging.Ĭlick to shrink.Yang's abilities are actually weirder than the Schnees' in some ways: at least theirs all work on the same vector, the glyphs affecting their surroundings in some way. Though, granted, Emerald's Semblance fell outside those bounds until I readjusted them to accommodate her, so canon could easily disprove my headcanon at some point. I have no evidence to back that up, it just falls outside of the bounds of how I picture Semblances working. (Mental as in altered thought patterns/mind control, not manipulation of the senses - illusions and other deceptions still work fine.) Aura and Semblances can bolster and enhance the self, but physically changing the self just rings wrong for me.

Coloration is one thing, it can be a simple visual signifier for a Semblance, but I've always pictured Aura as having a sort of 'wholeness of self' aspect: a level of resistance to alteration of the self, whether spiritual(?), mental, or physical*.

Physical changes feel.off to me, somehow.

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