Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20151118083252/@comment-26397825-20151210031248

@Warren

Well, you could state that she can only speed up the molecules in a certain area (such as a five inch diameter circle), and that aura naturally combats this, which means she can't just explode people, their weapons or their clothing.

About the 'more powerful' thing again...what about Grimm? They don't have aura, so by limiting it to only people with more aura that wouldn't be affected, you kind of make it so all Grimm can be frozen since they will never have more aura than her. This is why I was suggesting a sufficient degree of pure physical strength, something like what a bear would have at lower levels, and increase it as she gets stronger, which means humans can force their way out but it would be difficult, but Grimm would have a chance at forcing their way out.

As as for the freezing time for the person frozen...I'd drop that simply because it doesn't quite fit with the setting. Instead just freeze the person in place, and they can see what happens in front of their eyes, and hear what happens around them, but they can't move.

And I'm not sure how a semblance would work based on criteria that holds true to reality, because the reality for different people is different based on their beliefs and what they believe they know about things. It might be easier to say 'it's based on the victims thoughts', or 'it's based on what she believes' rather than the reality.

Think of it this way. Ruby believes she is related to Qrow by blood. The reality is that she isn't, but she still views him as her uncle. If Grizelda thought 'freeze all people blood related to Qrow', Ruby wouldn't freeze because she's not actually related to him by blood. However, if you make it so it works off the victims beliefs, then if Grizelda thinks 'freeze all people related to Qrow by blood', then Ruby would freeze because she believes herself to be; that is her reality.

So to dodge, the person just has to see her hands flash and move out of the way so they're not in a direct line? Is there a seconds delay between the flash and when it takes effect to allow for dodges?