User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/An ever-present detail/@comment-3146930-20150120213220/@comment-3146930-20150122054124

But when was that ever stated by anyone besides Mercury? Sure she could move his boot after touching it, but I'm pretty sure she would be able to control it even if she hadn't touched it beforehand. I feel like people are overcomplicating her ability. Her power is basically the same as Magneto, another person with power over magnetism and he doesn't need to touch things to control them, so why should Pyrrha? Not to mention a magnet can move metal objects without touching it, so where did this rule that Pyrrha needs touch things before she can move it come from?

During the food fight she never physically touches any of the cans, but instead sends out a magnetic pulse to take control of all the cans in the area. This by itself shows she can control things without ever touching them before. Same with Jaune's shield, sure you can say that she probably touched it off screen at some point but why can't it just be that she can control metal; you know that power she said she had.