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Hidden Scorpius XI wrote:

I couldn't keep both Aura/Semblance and Persona, and since I have my objective clear, I decided to drop Aura/Semblance from my setting.

Grimm... Shadows...Since having the two of them at the same time just complicate things, I decided to drop the Grimm from my setting... at least their canonical version. So unnecesary, such a real waste...

-You could keep Aura and Personas. Or combine them, at the least. You see, Aura comes from the Soul. Personas come from the Psyche. The Soul and the Psyche, are connected, if not one and the same. You can easily fuse them: Obtaining a Persona unlocks your Aura, with all it's benefits.

It's even shown in the Persona games. The Persona users inmediately become capable of surviving outrageously powerful attacks, and deal more damage than a normal could. Now, you could say "it's done for the sake of gameplay"...except we got evidence that it isn't "just" gameplay. I give you,  Persona 5

In the first trailer, at one point you can see the MC make a jump far too long for a simple human to do. In the fourth trailer, you can see him insta-killing a Shadow by ripping their face/mask off. Both things would be impossible for a normal, but he's not a normal. Unlocking your Persona, in the Persona games, makes you stronger in a way similar in nearly-every bit as Aura does.

Aditionally, in the first trailer, and I think the second, you can see the MC hiding behind cover, running between them at a speed so fast you can't see him do it. Just like Ruby Rose does here. And throughout the games we are shown Personas with special, unique abilities. So you already have an excuse to add Semblances: 'An special, unique ability, exclusive to each Persona User. 'Ruby's Persona allows her to Dash around just like Arsene allows the P5MC, for example.

-Fighting different kinds of enemies would not be a bad idea. Look at Persona 5, where you fight not just Shadows, but Demons as well (which in case you didn't know, are the Personas you use as well). 2nd Trailer, you can see a Norn burst out of a Shadow. 3rd Trailer, you can see the protags fight 2 Legions and 1 Mot. So you already have an excuse to use different kinds of enemies, that in normal cases would be mutually exclusive.

Of course, you also have the option of fusing Grimm and Shadows. Shadows are born from humanity's negative emotions, and represent what they hide from the world. Turning the Shadows into Grimm, would easily explain where they come from, why they do what they do, and how they can "smell" negative emotions. For extra points, both have masks on their faces.

By combining the Grimm and Shadows, you would use the Grimm to replace the latter, meaning you don't have to put them in the same "plane" as the real world. The only question would be: What about Shadow Selves? That part is simple: Just like the character they come from, but with a Grimm mask, to symbolize how they are what one represses and hides. And when they inevitably go crazy and attack you, just use a Grimmified version of the character's Persona.

-As for weapons...why not make them "appear" when they activate their powers, or at least go to whatever otherworld they go to? RWBY without it's hybrid weapons is not RWBY. That idea doesn't come from Persona, however. That idea comes from Caligula. Read it's TvTropes page at the 2nd link, second-last paragraph. You'll understand the first reason I mention it. The second reason being, that it holds similarities with Persona, and was even written by the Father of Persona.

With that idea, you don't have to use Remnant's levels of tech, but can still let them use their weapons from the show, though not in the real world.