Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170729051211/@comment-26328778-20170824033818

Well, since it doesn't seem like there's much going on right now, I believe I'm free to post the long overdue revision to a Semblance idea I posted a while back. If it's still not clear enough, I can add a few potential applications of this Semblance.

-Name: Sinew

-Introduction: The user can change their Aura into an elastic-like substance that can be used to manipulate the movement of anything they, or their Semblance, maintains contact with.

-Description: The user can turn their Aura into an elastic-like substance. By maintaining contact with another, they can coat them or it with this substance. They can cause Aura surrounding specific points to “scrunch up” to force the manipulated to bend at those points. They can also coat an object or living being with their Semblance by having an affected object or living being maintain contact with it.

-Range: Short

-Type: Aural

-Purpose: Utility

-Visual Cue: The user's Aura surrounds, and becomes visible around, the affected object/living being. When the Aura is being pulled towards a point, the Aura surrounding that point looks as if it is being stretched.

-Tier 1: The user can affect any living being or object constrained within a 4 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft (~1.22 m x ~0.61 m x ~0.61 m) cuboid. A reasonably large amount of Aura is required to surround the affected. The affected's movements are "stiff" and unnatural.

-Tier 2: The user can now affect objects or living beings up to 18 ft^3 (~0.51 m^3) in volume. The Semblance requires less Aura to activate. The affected's movements are now more natural, but still somewhat “stiff.”

-Tier 3: The user can now affect objects or living beings up to 24 ft^3 (~0.68 m^3) in volume. A small amount of Aura is required to manipulate each affected. The affected's movements are now fluid, as if it is/they are a part of the user's own body.

-General Limitations:
 * 1) The user must maintain contact with the affected in order to maintain control, either with their own body or with something affected by their Semblance. The user’s Aura surrounding the affected depletes when it takes damage. The user loses control over the affected when their Aura no longer surrounds it. All Aura surrounding a portion severed from the part contacting the user immediately disperses.
 * 2) The Semblance cannot force something to move. If an object or a living being cannot bend move a certain way, the Semblance will have a difficult time forcing it to move that way. It can be forced to move in a way in which it cannot, but it uses up a lot of the user’s Aura. In a similar fashion, living beings that struggle against the Semblance diminishes the user’s Aura.
 * 3) Beings with their Aura’s unlocked and objects protected by another’s Aura cannot be affected by this Semblance.
 * 4) This Semblance does not allow the user to lift things they normally cannot. If the user cannot physically lift the thing they are trying to move, they will not be able to even with their Semblance. This does not mean the user cannot use their Semblance on heavier things. For example, let’s say there is a heavy cube on wheels that the user cannot life that has ropes attached to it. The user doesn’t need to be able to lift the cube to move the rope. The user can wheel the cube around while manipulating the rope.
 * 5) The user doesn’t gain instant mastery over anything they use this Semblance on. If they don’t understand how an object works, they can’t do complicated things with it, such as making a weapon transform. Of course, with something the user is accustomed to, such as themselves or their weapon, they have quite a high degree of control over it.