Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160102160723/@comment-16502426-20160102192407

ChishioKunrin wrote: XDex wrote: The Trumpet player of wrote: Is emeralds semblance only restrained to sight and sound ? It looks to me like it gets broken the moment something contradicts it, or if the target realizes they are being tricked. For example, when Coco saw the replay of Yatsuhashi getting KO'd, or when Amber noticed a little bit of dirt getting kicked up. I doubt it. If that were the case, the hallucination she cast on Qrow to blur Cinder's face wouldn't have worked because he wouldn't reasonably have thought that Cinder's entire head was acting like a failing computer monitor.

Hmm, I didn't associate that with Emerald when I watched it, but good point. I do think knowing there is an illusion is a part of seeing through it, like when Cinder/Em/Merc were flickering to Amber. She knew they were there, and was able to partially overcome it.