Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160110165745/@comment-24994749-20160113020636

Urano23 wrote: MetallicArcher wrote: My main problem with the part of the public being mad at Pyrrha for having Polarity is that we know that more OP semblances are out there.

Suggesting that if Pyrrha's semblance was known she would be banned from tournaments for it woyld imply the same thing might have been done to Glynda when she was a student.

Or the Schnee semblance with its summons.

Or even Yang's ability to power up the closer she is to the limit. While I agree with this, I think the main problem is that she is keeping it secret.

They think she wins solely because of her fighting skill but she's in reality altering her opponents movements. While that's fair because semblances are part of one's power, it makes her look like a false because she's not winning her matches because she's a better fighter. She wins because she's subtly manipulating the match. Nobody seems to self announce their semblances in matches, though.

There were two instances when the commentators explained the semblances as they went in use, but none seemed to feel Nora was cheating by deliberately staying on an electric prod to power up while its user was unaware of the effect it would have on her.

If anything, Pyrrha's semblance use, while discreet, has also been extremely fair to her oponents. She could go arround winning matches just by outringing and disarming her oponents.

I mean, sure, doing that would automatically out her semblance and lead oponents to try to not wear metal against her. But there is just so many pieces of armour and weaponry that can be built with nin metallic components.

Also, just because she doesn't use it on an openly manner, it doesn't mean it's impossible to notice what she is doing when you face off against her. There is the dark glow on the affected object. And, if Mercury could tell exactly what it was after she used it only once, then you would think that after competing in 4 championships, there would be at least a handful of fellow competitors who either figured it out from fighting her.