Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180105193053/@comment-31050068-20180107082604

XXMintshadeXx wrote: Azariahrobinson wrote: okay, so this is something I don't get about Juan's semblance, a semblance existence pretty much there to help the person that owns it and only that person the main reason for the semblance is to directly help the person survive. Semblances do not have to be helpful to the user (but usually, the user can find a personal application of it). They are simply a custom ability based on that user's personality or driving characteristics. In this case, a supportive and emotionally attached person got a support semblance.

You could say it helps him because it heals his friends, sparing him from emotional trauma and helping him fight in battle. Generally, though, Jaune's pretty selfless to the point where it's self-destructive or sacrificial, so his semblance (so far) has no focus on himself at all. but it comes from their aura. a thing one of its main purposes is to protect its host why would. the semblance be something that couldn't directly help the host  it doesn't care about anyone else after its host it a tool to help it hist survive ( at less than what it seems like) we haven't seen one semblance that wouldn't be helpful in a survival situation( many Nora but her aura probably adapted so she would die from lighting) a semblance that only helps other doesn't really make sense let alone that it's healing something that you usually need after all your aura gone.