Thread:SpiritedDreaming/@comment-27966940-20160728044853/@comment-25936766-20160728213619

MiniDaggers wrote: A soul in RWBY has its own power and aura. By two souls I mean the amount of aura a person has access to is doubled. Thus is different to a single soul split by two personalities Actually, it is not. Aura is not just specifically related to the Soul, but to the Persona, the Identity and Personality of that Soul. The Persona is what allows people to unlock their Auras on their own, what separates a mindless husk like a mushroom from an actual sentient person. It's even one of the most likely reasons Penny has Aura: Unlike every other robot, she has a Persona.

Which is why the Semblances, the unique & active uses of Aura, reflect the personality. Thus, if someone had 2 Personas, they would each have their own Soul, and by extension their own Aura. So in the end, it is not 1 Soul with 2 Personas. It's 2 Souls, 1 for each Persona. It's not like a Y, it's like an H.

The overall result, however, is not as OP as you think: The Aura would not be combined, since that would imply the Souls, and by extension the personalities, are combined, which would make the whole split-personality thing null. Instead, each Personality has it's own Aura.

Result: Not 1 person with twice as much Aura as normal. But 1 person with a normal amount of Aura. If they switched, then yes, it would be, in practice, as if they recovered Aura. But, personality switches are random, completely random, so it's something that would happen by luck, not at will.

One does not choose "okay, evil bob, come out". No, "evil bob" will come out when destiny says so. And no, a personality cannot force the switch either in any way, unless you want to pull bullshit. Closest to that is the 1st personality being forced into a situation or state that caused the creation of the 2nd personality in the first place.

Combined with the usual problems that DPD brings to the table, such as each persona having no memories of what the other persona did before the switch, and having 2 personalities, and thus 2 Souls, would actually be more of a burden than a blessing.

Now sure, 2+ Personalities can "merge". But usually IRL, this means one of them goes away more than the 2 becoming 1. In case the latter happens however, in RWBY it would not be too OP either. The Semblance would at most become a mixture of the effects of both previous Semblances, and while the Aura amount may be higher than normal, it does not mean the user will be OP automatically. Look at Jaune, who has lots of Aura, yet is terrible-to-mediocre. More Aura = More MP, not necesarily More Power.

You know what could be more potentially OP? Siamese twins. Because then it's really 2 Souls, simultaneously active, and in the same body. Instead of 1 Soul active at a time.