Talk:Raven's Sword/@comment-4010415-20161205104218

So, the thing about Raven's sword + portals...

We don't really have any strong evidence as to what is causing those portals that Raven makes. Is it her sword? Is it her Semblance? Is it magic? We still can't tell.

Just because she uses her sword when making the portals does not necessarily mean that the sword is responsible for the portals, considering that we've seen Glynda and Weiss use their weapons to focus their Semblances.

Glynda does it all the time, pointing her crop at whatever she wants to use her telekinesis Semblance on.

Weiss sometimes points Myrtenaster at where she wants to make glyphs, especially if it's a more difficult... uh, "cast", than usual. Example: When she was trying to summon in Lessons Learned. Her rapier was not responsible for those summoning glyphs she made, but she used her rapier while making them nonetheless. She was using it as a focus to help her create and use the glyph.

For all we know, Raven could be doing the same thing - using her sword to help her focus where exactly she wants to put the portal and helping her focus on "tearing open" a space for the portal.