Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140920054701/@comment-226878-20140922034105

The fun(ny) thing about superpowers is that generally the people who wield them have no idea how they are accomplishing what they are doing. They don't do any research to discover the complexities of their abilities, they just use them. Cancelling her inertia may indeed be part of Ruby's ability... will she or anyone else in the show ever think to mention this? Probably not. Just like how it isn't mentioned for any other speedster in comic books. Those intricate details just aren't "cool", after all... except when it comes to people like me who can appreciate the necessity of these sidebar abilities without which even "immortal" superheroes would suffer.

So, back to how the definition of Semblance relates to Glynda's "telekinesis". Her ability is likely called "telekinesis" or "psychokinesis." It could even be called TK or PK. It's difficult to imagine it being called anything else. However, that doesn't mean her ability really is telekinesis, the definition of which most popularly involves affecting things outside of one's own body but doesn't typically define the finer aspects involved.