Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-173.200.7.205-20151206214731/@comment-5217560-20151210165353

@189 Semblances are an expression of a particular personality trait of a character, not what you suggest. Basically, semblances are the core of a person's character. So, they define their semblance. We don't yet know how certain abilities are defined, but it's clear that the person is born with them, and it's thusly manifested after they realize what it is, and how it relates to an aspect they have. Since you used Blake, I'll use her in my example as well. She doesn't run from conflict because her Semblanece uses clones. She was saying that her semblance is a manifestation of her habit of running away from conflict. So a connection was made between the attributes of her ability and what part of her personality to which it relates.