Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26259025-20150419120747/@comment-26018514-20150420135216

VedranTheII wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote:

In short, her semblance does not work until she makes contact with the weapon... I have an objection in the form of half a million soda cans...that are normally made out of aluminum…sigh

that was explained by the soda itself being a conductor....though as you point out nothing there should technically be magnetic... so none of that really proves anything

ObiWanCokeNosey wrote:

Erm, no it doesn't. She was able to adjust Jaune's sheild, and she was nowhere near it.

Good point Vedran...

That was literally like half of Mercury's explanation of her power/weakness... and they even showed flashbacks to both fights to illustrate it...

As for Jaune... she obviously had touched his shield at some point before that fight... they live and fight together so it only makes sense she would plan ahead to help her team