Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-25936766-20160611000453

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: We aren't talking about a civilian as opposed to a soldier. Amber was alone and armed in the wilderness, while exhibiting combat experience. By any reasonable estimation, she would not be equivalent to a civilian who can use a gun and knows how to kickbox yet has never seen combat. The only reason Amber lost in her battle againt Cinder and crew was because they ambushed her. Even then it was a close call for them. This is more like you trying to draw a distinction between a mercenary and a soldier. But we are not talking about neither a mercenary nor a soldier. Amber is neither of these. And would not adjust like either of them would.

It's one thing to trust in one's own powers to defend oneself against 3 random people attacking you out of nowhere, anyone in her place would hardly flinch if they were the Avatar like her.

It's different waking up in the middle of a Grimm-infested area in ruins with Grimm covering the skies and the ground by the hundreds or even thousands. She is no soldier, no mercenary, no Huntress. To foolishly believe she would adapt as quickly as any of them would to waking up in a situation like that, it's just delusional and unrealistic.

"Having combat experience", is not really a valid excuse for that reasoning. "Combat experience" can well be small fights here and there, nothing even close to waking up in a disaster zone filled with monsters.