Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27883360-20160305074527/@comment-24772070-20170120233653

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Cinder makes the exact same force fields in the first episode when she shields herself from Rubys bullets and they disintegrate. Can't be his semblance, as they are unique. Not all Semblances are unique. The Schnees are unique in that their power is hereditary and identical between generations, not that they are the only ones with identical Semblances.

(Am I the only one who found it hilarious that Winter describes how they are unique in the fact that their powers are identical? It's like Edward saying they're like vegetarians because they only drink animal blood.)

Anyway, all asides aside (pun not unintended), there are other cases of nearly-identical semblances. Yang and Nora both draw strength from their surroundings and/or opponents, but Nora's is more extreme ar the cost being only able to draw strength from electricity, versus getting hit in general. And besides, those force fields appear to be a Maiden ability.