Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170624011641/@comment-25936766-20170706021022

HookshotHotshot wrote: 1) There's also the fact that this is a passive effect of a Semblance, meaning that it can ignore certain aspects of anatomy. Ruby's Semblance, for example, allows her to bypass speeds that would be otherwise attainable by humans, or by Huntsmen/Huntresses of her age.

2) Yeah, he uses Aura Beams too, but the thing that.............otherwise why isn't everyone using Aura instead of a limited supply of Bullets.

3) It's not a cloud, it's more of a burst. It starts to affect anyone hit by it, but if you're not hit it's not like it leaves some kind of Sandman-esque powder floating in the air.

4)) Yes I thought it would have a constant cost because if you could just turn it off and on for one Aura cost then what's stopping you from keeping it on all the time until your Aura is completely drained- in things like school and home settings? That way, you just pay once.

5) Of course I thought about teamwork capabilities, but if we use your 'walking mirror' example, I would expect that it would fall short quite a bit.

5.2) I don't think a 'walking mirror' would prove useful against Semblances that directly affect the user or created constructs/glyphs that can be easily dispelled.

6) If you extend the 'Reflector' Semblance to say "The user of the reflector is now in control of the targets Semblance and/or can entirely reverse the inert effects of Semblances that directly affect the user', then I guess it may work in a few more situations, but it spirals out of control really fast. 1).....The hell are you talking about? I will assume you meant "unattainable". I'll also assume you have no idea of what anatomy means.

Her Semblance is, or was, specifically Super Speed. Just, use it, WA-BANG, she moved so fast you couldn't even see her, rose petals aside. Nothing to do with anatomy, and most absolutely not passive either.

The closest relation I can see it having with anatomy, is the fact that her Super Speed comes with Required Secondary Powers. As in, secondary things present to avoid making the idea of Super Speed suicidal. After all, what's the point of moving at sonic speed if friction alone is enough to eradicate you in the process?

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2) Because it's an Aura Technique, for Dust's sake. Not everyone knows how to, not everyone bothers to learn how to, and not everyone feels the need to learn how to because guns are a thing. It's the same reason not everyone uses the Aura barriers Cinder and Ren have used.

They don't have to be "very costly" at all, and nothing says they are. It's the same as learning a martial art; everyone can do it, but that takes time and effort, and in an age where guns - these metal things that can kill with a push of a trigger - are everywhere, not everyone feels the need to learn a martial art.

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3) So....kind of like a flash of spiky light? "A burst" barely explains anything.

Also, what if the user is, say, looking downwards while activating the effect? Meaning that at least part of themself would be within their peripheral vision.

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4) Now you replaced stupid logic for another one. You went from assuming it would be constant, to assuming it would be toggled. Which is just as bad.

Don't generalize so horribly. Nothing says they must be costly, nothing says they must be constantly active, nothing says they must be toggleable, and the logic of "if they can have it on, why not have it on as often as possible?" applies to myriads of Semblances, including the ones of some canon characters like Flynt and his Quartet, and Yang and her Rage Modo.

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5) If you have no creativity, yes, it will fall short. But that would only be the case on a teamful of idiots.

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5.2) Depends on the specifics of the Semblances.

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6) That is something completely different from a "Reflector". Your argument is invalid.