Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20161210130927/@comment-4010415-20161214034733

WarrenWitch wrote:

Anywho, perhaps Ruby's aura effects weren't because of any in-universe reason. It may have been a way for the animators to remind the audience the limits of Aura. We only saw Ruby's aura flicker because we knew that Tyrian's objective was her. It was more important to show the degredation of her Aura, so as to raise the tension of the situation. Thus it would appear they chose tension over consistency,(i.e. no one else's Aura flickering until the final hit). I honestly hope that's not the case.

You can't just show us three characters have those lines cross over their entire body to mean "This person has 0 Aura left, so now they can be injured" and then turn around and go "We're doing those lines where Ruby is getting hit, but she still has Aura, it's just for tension purposes."

They could've created tension without the Aura shimmers, considering that it really looked like Ruby was being hit pretty hard and was in pain. Plus, that kick to the gut actually pressed her abdomen in, which gave me an impression that that was a serious kick that just had to hurt. No need to add Aura shimmers to any of that just for tension.