Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20140421154105/@comment-186.188.108.69-20140425032303

13th madman wrote: hmm... I think the emblems aren't related to Semblance at all. Weiss and Jaune are using family crests (Schnee, and Arc), whereas Yang and Ruby seem to have a personal motif. The others are mostly unknowns. Semblance wise, I really need to know more about the semblances to comment, but I kinda thought they were based off the user's personality somehow, in which case the vissible manifestation would also reflect them. Certainly Blake's shadows are rather subtle and understated compared to her teammates, Yang's is excessive and noisy, and for Weiss, a gigantic sign with her family crest on it is rather appropriate for that level of pride. Of course, it's almost certain I've got that entirely wrong, so no guarantees.

Then maybe there's another factor that should be considered: The Disposition of the Soul. Allow me to explain; Weiss is the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, held by her family for generations. Weiss was raised with the expectation that she'd continue with said legacy, so she's naturally willing to do so.

But what would happen if that changed? If the disposition Weiss' soul made her turn away from all that? Decline her future in the Company and all emotional connections from her family. Would her glyphs (her Semblance, the physical manifestation of her Aura), powered by her own soul, still depict the emblem of her family? Or it would turn into an alternate emblem; one that was Weiss' and hers only?

I've seen in other shows (couldn't mention one right now) that also deal with particular symbols, that when a character experiences a defining moment, his or her symbol also change, signifying the character's growth, and so far nothing in RWBY discards that posibility.

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