Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-190.218.41.34-20151214164206/@comment-4010415-20151218032755

At least it seems like Mercury intentionally lost just so he could pull off that whole "She broke my leg for no reason, after she won the fight!" scene.

You notice, when she creates the burst of fire, he doesn't look surprised in the least. His expression is more like "Here we go" or "Show time." I'm guessing he intentionally wore her down to where she was almost out, in order to power up her Semblance and get the audience's favor. He walked away from her even though the buzzer didn't go off, so he knew she wasn't defeated yet, but he acted like he thought she was, playing it up for the crowd. He wanted her to take him down to 0, so when she shot him in the leg, it would be that much worse and make the audience even angrier.

They could take the fact that she relies on her Semblance and make it into a character flaw, similar to how Ruby relies on Crescent Rose. I think someone said that they mentioned in the Volume 2 Director's Commentary that Ruby will eventually grow out of her reliance on Crescent Rose and be able to defend herself unarmed. Perhaps Yang will learn a better way to fight than "Punch it until it stops moving."