Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-71.185.48.239-20170311160415/@comment-173.49.195.106-20170312095109

But there's no clear indication that the power is coming from or stored in her hair in some way or that how effectively she can use her Semblance is linked to the length of her hair (which the Samson and Delilah comparison seems to imply even if that's not actually the case).

Yang could have just as easily charged her Semblance using the recoil damage taken from the hits she landed on the Ursai, seeing as she punched one and kicked the other. I've seen it speculated that recoil damage (ie, damage she'd take from hitting other people because of equal opposite reaction Newton's laws etc) can augment her Semblance and would explain why her gauntlets don't actually guard her hands/knuckles. It wouldn't have been a lot of fuel for her Semblance but Yang's already physically stronger than the other characters (separate of her Semblance) and Ursai aren't exactly the toughest Grimm (stronger than beowolves sure but that's not saying much).

It mostly just bothers me that this supposed drawback to her Semblance (on top of the other drawbacks her Semblance already comes with) has never come up in canon (or related canon materials) even when there was opportunity to nor has anyone else in the cRWBY ever mentioned it in any other interview? And since it's never been outright confirmed it should probably be noted that this is speculatory based on a comment made in an interview and not canon fact?