Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170624011641/@comment-27447621-20170706153334

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 1) Well, you're safe, because the only thing we were talking about involving weaponless combat was the idea of Aura Beams, like Blake's Blade Beams, to which you said "Ok. Fine. Whatever".

2) No, because a Semblance has nothing to do with Anatomy in the slightest unless it specifically does.

Super Speed does not defy the "basic laws of how the human body works",Ruby simply moves fast. Humans can move, even run, by using their 2 legs (by default; they can also use their hands, or go in all 4). Ruby is not doing something humans cannot do with their bodies, because she's still using her legs to move.

The only thing to note is that super speed involves great speeds humans cannot normally achieve. But that is not "defying how the human body works", that's simply defying the limits of human capability.

3) Alright, that's more clear

4) The main problem I had was your argument and your logic, which were over-generalizing, and quite frankly, stupid.

Regardless of any dislike you had or did not have for Semblance-Reflecting/Negating Semblances, your arguments overgeneralized things as if all of them were most definitely like that.

And the logic you gave ("if they can have it on, why not have it always on?") does not really support your argument in any way, and applies to many Semblances, not only the ones you were talking about.

Now if you want to skip it again, then do not try to discuss it on my wall. There's no point in talking to those who don't listen. 1) You misunderstand me. Remember that massive multi-day conversation we had regarding blunt force weapons and weaponless combat that strayed incredibly off-topic over on the Weapons Thread? Where we went over way too many tangents and clogged the thread for a few days? THAT'S what I want to avoid, and that's why I skipped the ones I skipped; because I bet we could argue back and forth about those for a while. This isn't the place for that and I want people to actually be able to get help here instead of us arguing back and forth about random tangents.

I'll listen, and I'll gladly talk with you about those topics, but I don't think here is necessarily the best place to do it. I hope I made myself more clear.

2) Ok. I've made a variety of poor word choices in this argument, so let's start over.

As far as I'm aware, the only reason you're against the passive ability of the Semblance is because it's impossible for humans to go to sleep and wake up at will. Is that correct?

Because if it is, I can point out a huge variety of things that Semblances do that are impossible for humans to do. And that ability is part of a Semblance.

4) I guess I'm talking about this, because apparently me wanting to keep the thread as a place for OC Semblance discussion and not Tangent Discussion is unjustified... or something.

How would you work a Semblance-Reflecting Semblance? You don't need to put it in a Template, but what would it do and what would the cost be?

The only costs I can think of at the moment (which doesn't mean too much because I only got a few hours of sleep) are Toggle (Turning the Semblance on or off for a fixed cost) Steady Drain (A very small amount of Aura is used per second to keep the effect going), Burst (where a cost is paid to trigger a short but powerful effect) and purely passive which (Like Qrow's, I'm assuming) has no cost and is always on.

You ridiculed me for thinking a Reflector Semblance could only be Steady Drain or Toggle, but if it's Burst then it acts like a MK Reflector and only shows up for a second, and if it's purely passive then that can be tough to balance IMO, because you get immunity to all Semblances for no cost whatsoever.

I never said the Reflector Semblance had to be really costly, I just said that it could have a constant cost; using a tiny bit of Aura per second to keep the reflector up.