Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-24147441-20151224065526

Spiegelmeister wrote: I had such a facepalm over that analysis. For one, the sounds aren't exactly alike. Close, yes, exact, no. I checked the same darn thing when I heard it too. Then you have the whole issue of Neo having to be hidden and undetected somewhere in the stadium arena doing this stuff which has it's own flaws to deal with. Neo's images are outward and global meaning everyone around them can see it, not just one person (hence the glass breaking). This would mean the new "inside your head" illusions are part of a multi-faceted semblance like the Schnee's which is in and of itself a rare occurence (as far as we can tell). Next, you have the issue of Yang interacting with Neo in their train fight. Punches were blocked, redirected, and she did get kicked to the ground, so there is actual INTERACTION with this 'thin air' which doesn't make sense or is so stupid I don't even want to think it would've gotten past Monty. It just doesn't make sense story-wise to use Neo in this way, and it would leave Emerald without a semblance use. Why bother having Emerald fight if you could just send Neo to the doubles? We've seen little/no interaction between CME and Neo for all their plans, so there's no storywriting hints to back it up. Why would the writers keep even us the viewers out of the loop if it was Neo when they give us much larger hints about larger things with Cinder? /endrant Well for starters, it would be really stupid to send Neo to the doubles if Yang is fighting in them. There is no way that Yang wouldn't notice something familiar fighting with someone who kicked her butt. Also, the reason that they're even in the tournament is to stir up trouble, not necessarily to win. If they wanted just to win, I'm sure they would have sent Neo in during every round. Its wouldn't be hard for her  given her ability to manipulate minds. But they are trying to be sneaky and go unnoticed -- like sensible villains. There is probably a reason why we have not seen Neo since "Round One" and why Cinder keeps getting up to leave during certain matches.

Secondly, keeping your viewers out of the loop is part of what makes a story interesting. It would be boring to watch if everything was just made so blatantly obvious, wouldn't it?

Third, the series is far from over. Its not unrealistic to assume that Emerald's semblance will be revealed later on. Its also not unrealistic to assume that she might not even know what hers is yet. I doubt thats the case, but she would not be the 1st character introduced who has yet to know what their semblance is (Jaune. And I don't think we know Ren's semblance either, unless I'm wrong.)

Fourth, it is a bit of a stretch, but its really not unfair to assume that Yang really might possibly have been imagining her fight with Neo, or at least some parts of the fight. Would Neo just give her that weird mind glare for no reason?

As for flaws with her being hidden somewhere in the stadium, maybe she really isn't hidden at all? We have not seen her, but keep in mind that she's disguised and could be virtually anywhere -- even among a crowd of people. She could be "hiding" in plain sight. That might even be the reason Cinder keeps leaving the stadium -- to go find Neo and tell her what she needs done.

Things have really just started to hit the fan, its a bit early to be trying to decide which characters would be better used which ways, isn't it?