Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1.40.59.59-20160717064827/@comment-86.148.177.208-20180107161442

On the topic of Ruby’s little shimmer thing, I thought the reason behind those effects was... exactly that: effects. Extra bits which CRWBY put in to celebrate their migration to Maya; with new damage effects to illustrate critical damage her aura was taking- oh wait they were never used again. (Well it might've come back in Oscar vs Leo (//youtu.be/BrlaeR8dFbw?t=10m7s), but alternatively that could’ve been Oz supplying his aura on top on Oscar’s because his host had just been smacked with a flaming boulder) Not to mention the fact that there’s almost no discernibly different visuals/sounds from when auras are flat out depleted doesn't help But anyway, judging the lengths to which this show takes its artistic license (and how unlikely it is they’d put so much thought into it otherwise) the light shows around Ruby’s body were likely either an anti-aura capability specific to Tyrian (an innovation unsurprising lore-wise since we’re given to assume he’s a tracker+assassin), or attempts at showing critical hits taken by one’s aura which just didn’t catch on with the animators. I mean this would’ve been the ideal application of Someone’s shield analogy, as each of Tyrian’s stikes, accompanied by damage indicating shimmers, would’ve illustrated how threatening this fight is.