Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.1.99.24-20131204223727/@comment-76.120.86.124-20150413193544

Why not both? Take Yang for example, her semblance basically let her store kentic energy from getting hit, but it's stored in her hair which is why she has it long and hates having it cut. It reflects her fighting personality but also she reflects the importance of her hair. Ruby is another great example, even before awaking her semblance she was energetic and impatiant. Now she is super fast and it reflects heavily on her personality and her choices. It's a battle of nature vs nuture from my view point that while one is the catalyst the other fuels it in a constant stream. From the other point of view we have Blake who doesn't like her semblance as she doesn't really like hiding but it's what she does, this would be more evidence for the semblance effecting a person personality more than the personality of the person causing what semblance they have. The reason why I feel the semblance woud be more a reflection of who you are vs it effecting who you are is because of its ties to ones aura. An aura is supposed to be a manifestion of ones most inner being. From that I gather that a semblance reflects who you are truly inside. Now my question is would this work the same for Faunus vs Humans. ^_^ As mentioned above there are possible gentic qualities that are tied to it. For Sun Wukong it ties in with the myth he is based around being able to make copies of him self. For Ruby her speed may just be because of the little redd riding hood myth and having to run from the wolf. Glinda Goodwitch has a telekinis semblance that looks like magic. It's what you make of it I guess is what it all boils down to and your own semblance can be anything.