Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170122163519/@comment-30530552-20170127015523

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: I think it's like this: When charged, her muscles get stronger and her Aura gains some electricity as a visual cue, kinda similar to Yang's Aura forming flames when her Semblance is in effect.

The electricity that then shows up on her may be cosmetic or mostly cosmetic, like Yang's flames. I'd agree with this, to some degree. As for the level of being cosmetic, I'd say that it's mostly cosmetic as opposed to all cosmetic. After all, electricity is what powers her up, so to me, it'd be surprising if that power wouldn't overcharge or something and as a result, be seen visually. If it's not cosmetic, then it's actual electricity.

The other thing to consider is whether you consider abilities found within "RWBY: Grimm Eclipse" canon or not. I personally don't, but there's no clear commentary from producers on that matter that I can recall as of this post [Don't they use a policy of "It's canon unless we say otherwise" for outside media such as the manga? I mean, we do make sure to separate the two just in case, but still].

In the game, Nora does throw electricity to execute team attacks, and there's a/some skill(s) you can purchase that function(s) by adding an additional electrical effect to light and heavy attacks, but...I digress.