Talk:Qrow Branwen/@comment-2600:6C5A:527F:E7F9:F589:2A33:C6FB:D216-20170919011104/@comment-4010415-20170923025504

And we already saw Ruby turning into that red blob with her Semblance before Volume 4 anyway. When she did the whirlwind in Best Day Ever, when she tried to get past Mercury in PvP... she disappeared in a burst of petals in the Red Trailer... and for some reason, my brain is trying to say that she did it briefly when trying to help Penny run from soldiers in A Minor Hiccup.

So, Ruby turning into a red blob that trails rose petals is nothing new. It just seems new because she's doing it more now that she has gotten better at using her Semblance.

And I really don't think she literally turns into rose petals. I think she just becomes a red blob due to her cape and her speed, and since her Aura manifestation is rose petals, she trails rose petals and can possibly make a couple decoys like in the Volume 4 Chara Short. Maybe the decoys need to return to her because they're technically part of her cape or her Aura or something, I dunno. It'd be nice if they'd explain that.

Anyway, for the most part, we haven't really seen a Semblance that involves such an incredibly drastic change from one organism into another, like Qrow changing between person and bird. I'm inclined to believe it's magic connected to a fairy tale.