Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10380701-20131018004029/@comment-918376-20131020191700

Bigbadwolfman wrote: DId Pyrrha cheat in the tournaments?

If her semblance is controling metal (like in all the weapons and armor), then that gives her a unfair advantage? It'd been like letting a mindreader into a pocker game.

Hell, she wouldn't even have to use it during a match. All she'd have to do is "help" the weaker opponents pick off the strong.

I think that would be a nice twist. It would turn pyrrha into a more interesting character.

That could be her perhaps "dark secret" that most of the main characters seem to be holding.

But if there's Aura, Dust, and Semblance, there probably exists an 'anti' that is used to negate it; if such a thing exists, they might use it on the perimeter of the fighting ring so nobody outside can interfere.

And also, we don't know how competitive Pyrrha's school was/is, and what kind of tournaments they have. If they focus on fighting Grimm, they probably would let the students go all out -- after all, nobody's going to say "He cheated in his fight against the Grimm!" It's kill or be killed, so Hunters-in-training need to be able to use any ability at their disposal. Pyrrha using her Polarity manipulation might not be considered cheating at all (and might explain why she knows about/can explain so much, since she's faced it all before with other opponents).