Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24278127-20131211040136/@comment-24278127-20131211050740

"Blake's most remarkable quality is her speed. Her speed is such that she is actually able to leave behind multiple clones, which is demonstrated during her fight with the AK-130 Androids and Roman Torchwick. This is revealed to be her semblance, which is useful for surprising or disorienting enemies, and also quickly covering short distances." -RWBY Wiki

According to the Wiki, Blake is indeed using speed to create afterimages. Except her afterimages are solid...Solid as a result of aura? Or also as a result of speed? If its a result of speed, should we assume Ruby is able to mimic Blake seeing as though Ruby's semblance is officially speed? I'd like to say that the solidification of clones itself is her semblance. Except for the fact that she's moving so fast, like Ruby's semblance, to create such clones and yet Ruby has not made a single clone, or is seemingly incapable of doing so.

If Weiss can just use glyphs to move as fast, then what would be the point in saying semblances are unique if she can just do the same thing but in a different way? It wouldn't make sense to me since Ruby's speed is supposed to be a defining quality of hers. It would also say much about how limited Ruby's semblance is, as she is only capable of moving fast, while Blake and Weiss can do that and more. I really hope they didn't nerf Weiss' capabilities just to make Ruby seem more unique. Weiss moving so fast in the trailer seem to really fit well with her fencer image. And it was part of what made the whole thing so elegant for me. Her precision together with her speed.

Finally, I did in fact post about glyphs alongside this post.