Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26226441-20180127223551/@comment-34039012-20180205034847

KingFubuki92 wrote: SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: StickyPhantom wrote:That plus the obvious big red acitvation button for them seems to be PTSD over Pyrrha's death, very difficult and traumatic event for a 16 year old to explore even in the best of circumstances.

But that would go against what the show has told us. Oscar outright asked in frusfration how Ruby can act as if nothing wrong ever happened despite seeing 2 of her friends die in her face.

And Ruby's response is literally that while she was sad about it, she didn't know them very long (which depends on what you call "long". She knew both of them for months).

As for the PTSD argument, I wouldn't call it PTSD, more just like a mental block. Seeing as the night she unlocked her SEW's could be considered the worst night of her life, it wouldn't be unreasonable to believe her psyche is blocking any desire to learn about SEW as a way to not remember that night. Would also explain why her SEW flared up when Cinder and Jaune charged each other. She immeadiently remembered witnessing Pyrrha die, and the worry that she may witness that again temporarily broke the block and triggered them. So it's not Pyrrha's death being remembered that triggered it, its remembering that night.