Talk:Semblance/@comment-69.63.114.3-20170408165754/@comment-25936766-20170603035423

@Anon: While the idea of the portals being created via technology and not a Semblance is interesting..........your arguments are fallacious.

1-Not everyone knows about Semblance, or even about Aura. Not everyone is used to people making eruptions just by moving their palms, or absorbing lightning, or making portals.

And even if someone knew about Semblance or Aura, it does not mean they would not be surprised by someone making a goddamn portal out of nowhere and vanishing just like that. Knowing about X does not mean you wouldn't be surprised if you saw it.

2-The idea of the woman being "terrified" because the portal "has something to do with their family" fails on many accounts:

-You literally cannot prove the woman knows about Raven being a bandit.

-You cannot prove she knows Raven is not any simple bandit.

-You cannot prove she knows about the exact group Raven leads.

-You cannot prove she knows the people of that exact group can make portals.

-You cannot prove the people of that exact group can make portals.

3-Semblances are "common", yes...if only because everyone has Aura even if locked. But, common in existence, does not mean a Semblance's actual ability cannot be special, unique, rare, specific, etc.

In fact, given what we've seen, that someone, somewhere has a Semblance that makes portals, is not impressive.

4-Let's assume the portals are made via technology. While interesting....it's not possible.

First: Raven is a bandit who makes a living from raiding villages, villages that pale in comparison to even the cheapest Kingdom. There's no way she would get the required tech from them.

Second: She couldn't have made it at Beacon or even Vale, because back when she was there, it was 2 decades ago. If Portal technology was available to the extent even a student raised outside the Kingdoms by bandits could do it, it would be commonplace 2 decades later.

Yet it isn't, and if it isn't now, it was not 2 decades ago.

Third: The idea requires Raven to be that tech-savvy. She was raised outside the Kingdoms, by bandits. And Beacon focuses more on killing Grimm than on "how to make Portals". There's no way she is that tech-savvy.

Overall, if not a Semblance, it's Magic. The arguments you make are fallacious, and the idea of the portals being made via tech, is absurd.