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Didn't he stab the axes of his weapon on one the snakes' heads to kill it before switching to kung fu aura mode?

I have this weird headcanon that Ren belongs to a category of hunters that are "aura fighters". Just like there are mages (Glynda, Velvet, who seem to have some sort of mental power over dust rather than use high technology multi-weapons), an "aura fighter" would train to fight solely with its aura and semblance and maybe a pure melee simple weapon. I actually think Ren got himself Storm Flower only because it was some sort of requirement of the Combat School that he had a weapon, and that's why it looks kind of lame when compared to the other customised weapons, cause he didn't really invest much energy in its design.