Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171229202410/@comment-30530552-20180102023210

I'm going to respectfully disagree, Night. See, the thing about Qrow was that I don't think they ignored his Semblance. In fact, with the events leading up to the Battle of Kuroyuri and now the Battle at Haven's first major injury, we can say a couple things that seem to prove Qrow's Semblance being a factor in those fights, and the reason we haven't seen it extensively is because he hasn't been a huge focus and we haven't had much combat for the main group.

Jaune and Ruby chose to take Qrow to Kuroyuri, where the monster has been hanging around. Qrow went with Jaune and Ruby, and the Nuckelavee just so happens to wander towards them and/or Qrow's negativity from being injured, especially after Ren and Nora were separated from the group by choice. And for Ren and Nora to be injured and close to dying during that fight for going to help the other two also suggests that it was an influencing factor, which could only be countered by making hard choices or acting in ways to minimize the damage it causes. Qrow was kept off of the main battlefield, for the most part, so his influence (depending on the range, which is unclear) would not have been as bad as if he was standing right next to the people defending him.

Now, let's look at the Haven scene: Weiss was standing near Qrow for an extensive amount of time (she, Ruby, Yang, Oscar were the closest 4) and was right next to him as he started fighting Raven and while they spoke with the villains before Jaune's rash attack on Cinder. Ruby tried to help Jaune and got instantly put in her place by Emerald with minimal effort, and later on, her Silver Eyes-ing is stopped short by Emerald and for having her back turned unaware. Yang tries to help Ruby but gets stopped and distracted. And then, of course, Weiss getting injured is the epitome of bad luck in this scene. So based on that, Oscar is in a dangerous position, except Ozpin would probably know how to pull through it.

So what does this mean for the other characters?

Raven right now is at the mercy of his power for attacking him directly, but knowing his ability probably means she can find hard counters for it. Weiss is out of the picture and will probably be in severe danger without help or outside intervention. The other students will likely be curb-stomped and lose their battles or have a rougher time fighting, this also applying to the villains themselves. With Blake arriving later on and assuming the Qrow & Raven battle stays within the main hall, the Belladonnas, Sun, Ilia, and their mini army will likely not have too much issue outside of their own disadvantages unless Qrow's reach is further than we think.

Part of the reason we haven't seen it as much as we could right now is because this is only the first of the Haven battle episodes, so they have time to show it more thoroughly in the next couple. assuming this extends as long as I think it will.