Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160113034906/@comment-203.177.28.219-20160114030634

Phantomlink959 wrote: Aura is Remnant's equivalent to the X-gene, difference is this one happens to come with a basic set of powers in addition to the unique super ability instead of everyone having a single unique skill.

Calling it dust is just poetic, you are reading way too far into that line. The reason aure and dust interact is because aura is an energy which can be used to catalyze the activation. I don't think you understand the consquences of having a bunch of superpowered teens like Spiderman, Kid Flash, and the like. If Ruby became as fast as Quicksilver, she would toss aside her precious Crescent Rose and just use sheer speed to demolish her enemies. This what sperates RWBY from a generic superpower series like Heroes, the creative weapons. Having the Semblance be powerful enough to level skyscrapers makes weapons uneeded. Again, a combat school should focus on honing Semblance if that was the case. Jaun would not be able to advance until he unlocked his Semblance. Glynda would personally train Weiss until she could summon fallen foes. But the school put the Semblance aside. Students seem to learn about it on their own time. That is why Ruby has not used the same sonic-boom trick again. Too much of it cheapens the series.