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PuffDragon wrote: I like the idea of Yang's semblance being emotionally triggered - I have a slightly dissenting opinion on it being totally unconsciously activated. Her bumping the fists together does seem to be a sort of activation - she does it in the food fight with the turkeys on her hands even, so when not equipping Ember Celica, which means it is NOT a weapon related action.

Out of curiosity, did you read my post three posts above the one you quoted? I explained how I thought Yang's semblance worked in it; the one you quoted was primarily expanding upon that post. If you did read it and misunderstood, I'll try and explain what I meant here.

The way I see it, Yang's semblance has 2 distinct aspects: Energy Absorption and Energy Release.


 * She Absorbs Energy Passively, that is, all the time.
 * She Releases Energy when her semblance is Active, that is, when she gets angry, her eyes change color, and her hair glows(This, by the way, is what I mean when I say "active state" or "activated"; when her semblance is releasing energy).

This is why I called it "uncontrollable", Yang has no direct control over when it releases the energy she's absorbed - it releases according to her emotional state, not to her desire to release that energy. And it absorbs energy all the time, whether she wants it to or not.

Oh! you probably want my opinion on the fist-bump, right? Well... I think it's exactly what Grimllock and Kuro Neko00 say it is: a warm up habit.

Though she might absorb a tiny bit of energy through the passive aspect of her semblance by doing so, giving her a slight advantage(On that note, the recoil from firing Ember Celica probably gives her a tiny bit of energy too). Thing is, the amount of energy gained by this is likely so insignificant, that it is in no way integral to her strategy; in the same way that taking a moment to stretch before a fight might give you an advantage, but you can easily do without(and she has gone without - I think she's only done it twice, and once was in her trailer - after Junior and the twins smacked her a bit).

So yeah, it's basically just a warm-up stretch. If you haven't looked at my previous post, please do - it might give you a better idea of where I'm coming from.