Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181208003742/@comment-25936766-20181215235747

Alhazad2003 wrote: Look at how quickly she broke Maria's Aura, do you really think she could've done that with just her base strength? Why not? Maybe she's just one of those with "low Aura". More likely she's just a fragile speedster, good at avoiding hits but not good at taking them (Cough Weiss Cough).

The only thing we knew about Maria was that she was a legend, "DA GRIMM REAPAH". That doesn't mean she was the strongest fighter around nor the best, especially if she dedicated herself more to hunting monsters than people.

Then comes Tock, of who we know jack-shit about. But just like Maria, because we didn't know jack-shit, why assume she needed a cheat Semblance? For all we know she's just that strong and that skilled.

In summary, Maria was "DA GRIMM REAPAH" and so everyone thought she would be the biggest shit. Tock was a one-shot character and so everyone thought she would be as lame as Shay. D. Mann. But given what we knew of everyone, there wasn't actually any evidence of either thing.

So yes, people can believe Tock could've broken Maria's Aura that quickly without any sort of cheat Semblance being involved.

Martaooooo wrote: Hey so if Maria inspired Qrow and Qrow inspired Ruby, then Maria is pretty much Ruby's grandmother. Assuming that you don't mean Maria being her biological grandmother: The connection you mention does not even imply that Maria is the Grandma to Ruby's LRRH. You're literally just grasping at straws.

Now, if Maria was killed by someone and then that someone impersonated her, that would be real evidence. But "Ruby was inspired by Qrow who was inspired by Maria" isn't anything strong enough to consider, it's just spitballing.