Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26064215-20150127201253/@comment-26319455-20150417003215

(hope I'm not interrupting the above discussion, but I have some thoughts on what my semblance might be like)

Hmm...I do have a tendency to over-analyze and think really intently on things like the OP, but I personally doubt my semblance would directly relate to that alone. Analysis and critical thinking are important, useful toos to me, but not ends in themselves. Rather, some of my most valued traits are my compassion and ability to empathize.

As such, I imagine that when I discovered my semblance, I might become a weak empath with some ability to literally feel what others are feeling (not reading minds, mind you; I wouldn't know what they were thinking, just how they were feeling, in broad strokes), and additionally to influence it in sublte ways; think boosting the morale of my teammates and making us all feel stronger and more confident, and instilling fear or anxiety in opponents. It might also manifest passively in making me resistant to mental attacks, although I might actually be MORE susceptible to emotional manipulation because of it, particularly when people close to me are used as leverage; I genuinely care for most people even if I don't know them well, and have especially strong feelings towards friends and family, sometimes to the point of caring "too much," and if my semblance made me a literal empath, I'd probably be even more vulnerable in that way, because--except in the case of fighting Grimm or just truly vile people--I'd even feel for my enemies and have to steel myself and remind myself constantly that even though an enemy might be a person with feelings too, they had to be defeated for the sake of the rest of the world. It would be something I'd have to learn to guard against, possibly using my newfound abilities to do so.