Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1.40.59.59-20160717064827/@comment-25936766-20171109221532

ChishioKunrin wrote:

1) Meanwhile, his blades didn't do that to Jaune, Nora, or Ren, so would this mean they have a higher threshold than Ruby does?

2) Honestly, I'm still holding out hope that Tyrian's blades were coated in something or he has some kind of Semblance or something that helps him break temporary holes in Aura and he was using it on Ruby because she was his target.

3) I really don't want the Aura shimmer to start meaning things other than "This character is out of Aura and is in mortal danger. You should worry about them now." 1) ...But Jaune is a noob who barely learned how to fight decently by the time V3 ends. He has much Aura, but he doesn't have as much skill as the rest, and like we learned in V5E4, Aura Amount means nothing when you don't have enough skill to use it well.

If Nora and Ren had a higher threshhold than Ruby does due to higher Aura-usage skill (especially Ren, whose skill at using Aura is good enough for him to even go Li Shuwen on his enemies, as seen in Volume 1 and Grimm Eclipse), it's perfectly fine....

But why would Jaune have higher threshold? Ruby is a prodigy, trained by a man whose skill Ozpin-himself acknowledges. Jaune got help from Pyrrha, but Pyrrha pales compared to Qrow in both skill and experience, and Jaune and Pyrrha only knew each other for a semester, while Qrow had been training Ruby for years, even if only at Signal.

Besides, JNR got more of a beating (sparkles aside) than Ruby did for the most part.

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2) Eww, no, that would be even more horrendous. It'd be like saying "In this world, everyone is a cyborg, and this bad guy just happens to have the power of being a walking EMP".

It would be way too convenient and specific. It'd be an asspull.

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3) As bad as it would be for them to be inconsistent with it....it might not necesarily be like that.

If Aura Sparkles = "Hit strong enough for the victim's Aura to barely be able to block it", there's still a sense of threat and danger, since we know that the character's Aura will be struggling to block attacks received.

It's like having a guy trying to save himself with a shield that visibly cracks with every hit received, and you always fear that a punch will finally break it and leave the character defenseless and in danger.