Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160419024928/@comment-24534644-20160501030835

Or we could just not use the Semblance. Because, you know, it isn't good. At all. Bad enough that it would only POSSIBLY be useful if you've already let yourself get into a situation where you're about to die (and then you might very well die anyways, due to an overall weakened Aura). If you have to sit here arguing about it and make up new functions while also trying to re-explain how the soul works, then it's best left alone.

And don't say you're not trying to write new mechanics for the soul. You are. You're doing it to try and make this Semblance sound feasible. It just isn't. In another universe, maybe. But in RWBY, where the Semblance you are using and the Aura you are replenishing are both fueled by the same soul you are harming (or weakening, or whatever you've changed it to), it doesn't work. You could reply to this and keep trying to argue the point. Or you could just accept it and move on.