Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-26206856-20151224053520

I had such a facepalm over that analysis. For one, the sounds aren't exactly alike. Close, yes, exact, no. I checked the same darn thing when I heard it too. Then you have the whole issue of Neo having to be hidden and undetected somewhere in the stadium arena doing this stuff which has it's own flaws to deal with. Neo's images are outward and global meaning everyone around them can see it, not just one person (hence the glass breaking). This would mean the new "inside your head" illusions are part of a multi-faceted semblance like the Schnee's which is in and of itself a rare occurence (as far as we can tell). Next, you have the issue of Yang interacting with Neo in their train fight. Punches were blocked, redirected, and she did get kicked to the ground, so there is actual INTERACTION with this 'thin air' which doesn't make sense or is so stupid I don't even want to think it would've gotten past Monty. It just doesn't make sense story-wise to use Neo in this way, and it would leave Emerald without a semblance use. Why bother having Emerald fight if you could just send Neo to the doubles? We've seen little/no interaction between CME and Neo for all their plans, so there's no storywriting hints to back it up. Why would the writers keep even us the viewers out of the loop if it was Neo when they give us much larger hints about larger things with Cinder? /endrant