Thread:KNN005/@comment-25266931-20170304160915/@comment-25936766-20170305205734

GreyStark wrote: Ruby turns into rose petals, Pyrrha dubbing her semblance "speed" was due to her not seeing Ruby in combat that much. Except we saw twice in V2, that Ruby quite obviously does not turn into petals, she literally just moves faster.

Once during the food fight, and the other during her little escapade with Penny.

Her Semblance was, quite literally, Speed. Not any "turns into petals" bullshit. The petals were just a visual cue, like Yang's flames whenever she uses hers. Her Semblance is not "creating flames", in the same way Ruby's is not "turns into petals".

Qrow (someone who has seen Ruby fight often) said she turns into rose petals. He also said Nora's was absorbing electricity, even though he saw JNPR's match and thus could see her Semblance was far more than just that.

He wasn't saying that it was literally what they do. He was giving general examples of what a Semblance can be, not using their specific Semblances as the examples, but rather general effects present in theirs.

Ruby doesn't, or at least didn't, turn into rose petals, they just appeared whenever she used her Speed. Nora doesn't just absorb electricity, said electricity boosts her strength.