Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26259025-20150419120747/@comment-3387274-20150523210158

I seem to be the only one who thinks this, but it seems to me that Mercury took an overly cynical view of Pyrha, and subsequently got the wrong idea.

The first time we see Pyrha use her spear, it's for a trivial thing, pinning Jaune to the wall. And she retrieves it with her semblance, literally not even bothering to grab it. The instant we saw that scene literally everyone guessed magnetism was involved, without knowing about Semblances. This was in front of Jaune, Weiss, Ruby, Yang, and just about anyone else who was offscreen in the locker room.

Then she habitually draws those weapons by just having them fly into her hands. Her shield doesen't even have a handle of any kind, merely sticking wherever she puts it. And she makes a very big show of boomeranging both spear and shield around when she fights, in ways that would be clearly unrealistic without some intervention.

In short, the way she acts with her semblance makes it pretty darn easy to catch on to what it is, and she seems perfectly happy to tell people if they ask about any oddities. It doesen't feel like she's trying to keep a secret at all. And hiding it to keep her opponents off guard seems out of character for her. So I'm led to conclude there is some other reason why she doesen't put major adjustments to her opponents weapons in practice. Maybe she can't, or just doesen't want to. Certainly, disarming your foe without touching them would interupt a tournament duel, and not likely do you many favours.