Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181201123231/@comment-25936766-20181204030744

BlizzardDragon wrote:

Ren's semblance is literally "Zen Injection", he calms down people, and since the Apathy magnify negative emotions, ...........Ok, you really need to watch the episode again, because it's very, very obvious that the Apathy does not magnify negativity. They do exactly what their name implies: They make people apathetic.

Basically they do the exact same thing Ren's Semblance does, but on overdrive; instead of just nulling emotions, it makes you enter a total monotone DGAS mode, or just tired if you're not right in front of them.

Remember: The Apathy were trapped below Brunswick so that the farm people would stay calm so that Grimm attacks stopped being an issue and they didn't have to spend money on Huntsman protection.