Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20161003151422/@comment-14909251-20161003212212

When you think about it, Ruby would not be close to the first to show physical changes as a result of using her Semblance. Most of the other Semblances we have seen involved the ability to create physical changes in the specific person, all the way to shapeshifting with Qrow, or separate physical entities. Hers was kind of bland by comparison. Perhaps her real ability is akin to teleportation where she partially or completely dematerializes in order to travel faster and she was just showing a very mild form of it in the beginning that meant she retained her normal form. Just going from memory it seems she was traveling faster here then in the previous Volumes and I don't believe she could zig zag in the air.