Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160711184711/@comment-26397825-20160809004927

Okay, I see your points about ForeHind Warning. I understand them, and despite being still a bit iffy on it, you've answered all points I had to make about it.

And about the soul thing...well, I am of the opinion that the semblance is set in stone upon activation of the aura, you simply have to discover it. It's like when a baby learns about its fingers; they've always been there, but it finally learns about them, and how useful they can be for doing things.

So going along these lines, for you to have a semblance that actively hurts the user, the user would have to be in a pretty bad place upon activation, or as you have pointed out they would have to want to hurt themselves for whatever reason upon ativation of their aura. Though an argument could be made for the semblance to shift slightly upon great, mind-blowing shifts in personality (just as a lobotomy). In this case, I would be of the opinion that the base ability (creating illusionary blades that only the user and victim can see) would remain the same, but how it manifests would change (so reversing the movement aspect of the semblance and creating more densely packed blades when moving quickly as opposed to remaining still).

In that case, my own personal feelings would allow for a semblance that causes pain to the user if they get caught up in the effects of it, as long as the desire to hurt themself for whatever reason was an integral part of their personality at the time of having that aspect of the semblance.

Here's a question; does the user in any way desire to hurt themselves, either because they are depressed or a sadowhatever that word is, or any other reason? You don't have to explain it in detail, a simple yes or no will suffice for me. If it is the case, however, could you perhaps just add a clarifying note into the Notes section of the template that basically just states "The user has a desire to hurt themself, which is why the semblance causes them pain." No full explaination needed, just a clarifier on that one aspect.