Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171229202410/@comment-27143816-20180102020428

Gundam Legilis wrote: I mean if it's healing, then trying to kill someone would be useless if it means the Semblance negates the gains of doing exactly that. If it's reflecting damage, it renders attacking someone entirely pointless. Just like the Silver Eyes powers, if this Semblance is exactly what we think it is, it's going to stack the favor towards the heroes so hard, it will kill the tension that the villains are supposed to provide. That's really what any OP power does. The only way to have tension is to pretty much completely forget about the power. That has seemingly happened with Qrow's semblance as the writers have pretty much forgot about it in every fight, except the Tyrian fight. With some power that can literally cause your opponents misfortune at all times and with no limits, you need to supress it somehow to keep tension in the action or even the larger story. That is what they hae done with Qrow, that is what they have done with the Silver Eyes (considering the SEW powers would have been quite handy against Tyrian or the Nuckelavee), and that is likely what they've done with Jaune's semblance (if it is a shield or a damage reflector than that would have been useful in essentially every fight in the series and if it is a healing semblance than he could keep injured allies alive in any fight and could have probably healed Qrow in V4)