Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160402201256/@comment-25396609-20160415223354

we have no reason to believe a semblance can be directly harmful to the user.

Ruby can go well past terminal velocity and into mach speeds with her semblance but is not harmed by the rapid acceleration or decceleration.

If it IS harmful to him, he should be able to limit use on his own without forcibly restricting it.

You can still have gradual progression of power without forcibly restricting it. We've already been told aura and semblance can be refined over time with practice, rendering the idea entirely void.

Salem is not a half grimm, we generally agree she can control them because she is the one who created them, as it is generally agreed Ozpin is directly related to the origin of the maidens.

I do not assume it always was that bad, or it always will be, but in a world as hostile as Remnant just a few moments (let alone full years) is more than enough to destroy entire kingdoms.