Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-3387274-20140401114500

Thecnicly the voodoo like ability to transfer all your injuries off onto a hapless victim would count as defensive (as well as actually meeting all the visual requirments for Jaune's semblance, hillariously). Just particularly aggressive about it, and very unlikely to be the answer to our questions. So defensive isn't saying much.

Of course, if they're explicitly saying "his semblance is like a shield" that is a lot more telling. What was the exact quote?