Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24278127-20131211040442/@comment-24218058-20131214085215

Hm... I think, really, that Semblances can be put into certain groups- Glyphs, Speed, Polarity etc. You can put people in these groups and say they have the same Semblance, but each would be slightly different. Maybe there's a Semblance where you can manipulate not metal, but for example Dust, but it would be put under polarity. Each person STARTS with a generic Semblance, but bends the Semblance into making it their own. Maybe Ruby's super-speed is generic now, but maybe as she progresses through Beacon she finds new ways to use it. It would be nice to see there's really no end to how far you can progress your Semblance, so we can see some really powerful long-time Hunters and Huntresses who have spend maybe decades constantly progressing their Semblance, in theory allowing them to do things the cast could only dream of. Perhaps Semblances start out more powerful than others, because of the strength/volume of one's Aura. So even though Jaune may have a bucket load of Aura, the strength of someone elses Semblance could overtake his due to practice and experimentation. So a Semblance can strengthen or possibly weaken, and can be bent more to fit the personality and fighting style of the user, while Aura is a solid thing; it's a representation of the strength of someone's soul and therefore cannot be changed. That's my two cents, anyway.