Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20200110085426/@comment-26397825-20200111120347

Inorganic machinery; something with pulleys and gears and moving parts that rely on each other to work. So a sword, even if it's a well made sword, has no parts to be affected, and no screws to undo. Her semblance doesn't break things, and a sword's quilons and tang are welded into place, so it's less a case of "it's not technological enough" and more a case of "there's nothing for her to affect".

On the other hand, a gun has multiple parts that work via pressure, triggers, and movement. She can affects these moving parts and disassemble the gun itself because it has separatable parts, but again she doesn't break them. Merely takes apart the components or puts them back together.

As for "what constitutes as technology", well. It's the semblance of a person; it's based off their own understanding of techology and what is considered a machine. A lot can be left up to a subconcious recognition of "this thing has mechanical parts, I can affect it".