Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-5463244-20160220080525/@comment-4010415-20160220085311

Taiyang: Things at Vale are under control, but the school... It's... it's not that simple. That thing, whatever it is, doesn't seem to be dead. Don't get me wrong, you did a number on it. But it's not disappearing. It's... kind of... frozen. I know that doesn't sound too bad, but it keeps attracting more Grimm to the school.

Yeah, it's definitely not dead, and I agree that she didn't literally freeze it. It seems like Taiyang didn't know how else to describe it other than "kind of... frozen." Like "In a way, it's frozen, but it's not really frozen." Like, it's become statue-like.

Most people are assuming that Ruby hurts all over either because using such immense power took a toll on her body or she's sore from getting the shit beaten out of her by Torchwick. If I recall, someone on the crew said that Aura does not stop people from feeling the hits that they take. It just protects them from getting injured by those hits.

I mean, hell, when someone in real life gets an adrenaline rush that allows them to use 100% of their muscles' potential, they can end up hurting afterward once they calm down because we're not supposed to be able to use that much power. Then again, using 100% of your muscles' potential can cause serious internal injury, which is specifically the reason why we're not supposed to be able to do that. Adrenaline makes an exception in serious life or death situations.

Anyway... fiction tends to have a thing where a character uses a huge amount of power and then that power takes a toll on their body right after, in one way or another. It drains their strength for a while, or their muscles and/or bones end up in pain because their body couldn't handle the strain, or they go into a coma, orrr... whatever. It's often a way of balancing things out.