Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-25522231-20151207125322

BlackLilliana wrote: I would personally like to know how one's semblance can be taken away though. It doesn't seem like a semblance something so easily taken from a person since it has such a big role in aura and whatnot. I'm more for the idea that Cinder instead renders her semblance useless somehow or outs Pyrrha as a polarity manipulator, causing everyone to second guess how valid all of her accomplishments are and undermining her being chosen as the guardian which will weigh heavily on her.

I don't think it can be, I think we are taking the "Taking away what power they have" too litterally, with training everyone can use a semblance, so that isn't really 'power' the way Cinder likely sees it, power can be defined as the ability to influence others, now that can be taken away, she wants certain contestants to win a tournament designed to demonstrate the greatest examples of combat skill on Remnant, what happens if those greatest examples are defeated- or worse turn against the world?