Talk:Mountain Glenn (episode)/@comment-24389754-20141011151506/@comment-226878-20141012034412

People have repeatedly argued that Oobleck's semblance isn't a form of Speed despite his movements being exactly like Ruby's (screw you, it's not the coffee, and if it is, screw Monty for coming up with the worst possible phlebotinum ever)... If Oobleck's semblance isn't speed, then Ruby doesn't need to use her semblance to move the way she does on a daily basis (i.e. showing off to Weiss when they first got stuck with each other)... but that makes it more of a sleight of hand trick. She just tricked her into thinking she disappeared. Any magician in real life can pull that trick on a layman. Ruby doesn't need her superspeed to accomplish it (especially being surrounded by trees).

Ruby had to run up a wall with the Nevermore in tow in order to build momentum. She ran at JNPR to build momentum, she ran toward Penny to build momentum.