Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170109170628

I want to get my sister into RWBY but I know she'll have questions. I still don't have a lot of answers. Some things don't make sense to me about Aura.

- Semblances run on aura, right? Well then how can Qrow still have his working when his aura is gone? (I'm not counting Amber because her Maiden powers are magical.)

- Sun used up all his aura which seems awfully fast. This could be because his semblance is solar powered and drains aura at night but if not does everyone else get that drained? I'm wondering if this has to do with those that absorb (Nora, Yang, possibly Sun) or everyone. I'm leaning towards the absorbing types since Qrow always has his active.

- How can someone be hurt if their aura is active? Cardin is able to bruise Jaune despite his being up. His semblance flares and Cardin hurts the hand that was punching Jaune.

- Aura is supposed to be protection but it's basically a hit meter. Jaune has a lot of aura which presumably means his meter takes longer to drain. If that's the case wouldn't Glynda notice how long it was taking for Cardin to beat him? Or is an aura like Winter's advise about a semblance in the sense that it needs to be used more to strengthen it? For example Qrow, Tai and Raven would be able to take the same hits with less damage than RWBY/JNR currently can. 