Talk:Semblance/@comment-33460495-20170101171709/@comment-73.181.237.89-20170105044554

Maybe the shape shifting is his actual semblance, but the misfortune is a massive side effect he can't turn off (like Ruby's speed turning her to rose petals), and the severity of its effects are based on his emotions,( like Weiss' summoning).

In short, his semblance could be seen as "turning into the symbol of misfortune" rather than it being purely misfortune itself..