Talk:Velvet's Weapon/@comment-27517554-20160209072221/@comment-410526-20160209072443

The popular theory is her Semblance is some kind of fighting style or motion copying, which would go hand-in-hand with her weapon copying other weapons.

And anyway, RWBY, Nora and Sun all fought in sparring rounds and in the tournament which we know Velvet watched. Penny might also have fired her laser in the team round of the tournament, which is where Velvet would've seen that.