Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140829021527

I'm gonna be honest with you guys, this is a cracktheory. Problem is, I feel it's too important for a blog, so here we go.

I think that when Cinder brandished the needle and referred to "taking powers away", she was literally referring to neutralizing someone's Semblance. Perhaps even with that needle. Now, if anyone actually knows about acupuncture, enlighten me and correct me if I'm wrong. But what I think Cinder means is that a well-placed, nonlethal strike at precisely the right place could actually prevent one from using their Semblance--or even worse, pierce their Aura. In other words, the RWBY equivalent of chi-blocking.  