RWBY: The Semblance of Glyphs Explained
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- Опубликовано: 19 фев 2020
- The Schnee Family Semblance of Glyphs is the most diverse semblance we have seen in the RWBY series, encompassing multiple abilities into one Semblance. So let's break down what each Glyph can do and how this semblance can be modified and changed through Dust Augmentation. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
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A couple corrections:
1) Weiss has summoned her Arma Gigas without using Myrtenaster. It is notable she hasn t used other Glyphs without her weapon.
2) Weiss used Time Dilation a second time while fighting the White Fang Lieutenant at the end of Volume 2
3)Weiss used her glyphs with Wind dust in her fight with Flynt and Earth dust against Cordovin's Mech
Thank you to everyone who posted corrections in the comments! I try my best to include everything but I do miss things here and there. It's because of all of you that I will continue to learn more so I can bring you even better RWBY content! So thank you for offering corrections in a respectful manor 😊
You're welcome, Phoenix! Your videos are always a treat to see and passion for the show is breath of fresh air. Kudos!
@@mariapazgonzalezlesme ...did you mean to say "treat" or is Phoenix's existence making you scared for your life?
@@FixTheWi-Fi Omg gramma errors are my worst enemy. And no, I'm not scared of him.
Not a problem. Even you can’t know everything - that’s what we’re here for 😉
You just said only it needs aura so what if just what if weis add a type of dust on or at the summon it might be something like for an example fire dust maybe explosion when destroyed
Literally all that came to mind was
R-“Think you can make the shot?”
W-“Hmm, can I.”
R-“Can you?”
W-“OF COURSE I CAN!”
this
Imagine if she can create the giant whale as a sumon
Oh boi...Then that would be...
Maybe if she defeated it in volume 8 then she could I never thought of that
She would have to kill it amdthat would require be alot but i would like consept art of it
Alex 0127 who knows, she just killed one in her spare time off screen before the start of the series and only uses it as a last resort.
Emerald Sky that whale glyph is probably the very first Grimm of that kind so probably not and something that huge very unlikely maybe a nevermore would be better
I’ve always interpreted black glyphs as being augmented by gravity dust rather than a separate glyph entirely
Yes you are correct
Yep.
Would make sense this way.
Wiess' semblance seems like symbology or alchemy rather than magic. I think the basis of her semblance is using aura to manipulate, alter, enhance , and/or rearrange physical properties on a molecular level. The glyphs act as tangible 'pathways' and 'circuts' that allow a fine and precise manipulation of aura. In Volume 1 Phyrra explains to Jaune that anything a huntsman imbues their aura with can be used as a weapon. I think the Schnee Semblance is a very advanced version of aura projection that allows the user to use the world around them as a weapon.
That is also a VERY cool theory
In volume 4, Weiss summoned her Arma Gigas w/o Myrtenaster.
Inside the cage she was locked in
That was actually volume 5, but yes.
Thank you. I was going to mention that instance until I saw your comment.
Thank you for mentioning this!
Not only that in Volume 5 during the dinner party and she got mad at the rude woman's comments about Beacon she summoned the Boar without her weapon.
That could be bad writing too.
The Snchee's glyphs are my favorite type of Semblance. Aside from elegant designs and aesthetic, it also posses different form of functions. Defense, Summoning familiars, Plataforming, Iceskating and Synergy with Dust.
*5:39* - However, I wanna correct that Weiss actually used Time Dilation *TWICE* both back on Volume 1 and Volume 2, during the chapter "No Brakes", against her fight against the White Fang brute with the chainsaw.
Another thing to point out that about Weiss's Glyphs is that she only uses her two fingers from her free hand.
Last edit. I would like to add that Winter also have her own style of using Glyphs. Back on her first debut on Volume 3, Winter seemed to use a similar speed-propultion-move during her fight against Qrow. Although she seems to relly more on her Summonings than using different varieties and her dual-wielding fighting style.
Same here I prefer professor glenda goodwich
@@nicolepanui *Glynda Goodwitch.
Yes that
Dang true Weiss fan over here 👏my Fav character is Weiss but i forgot about the No Brakes Episode
Ruby: Knight
Weiss: Mage
Blake: Assassin/Ninja
Yang: Berserker
I thought Jaune was the knight.
kevin yeah ruby is more of a fighter ngl
J Knight
N Ninja (pt 2)
P Paladin
R Berserker (pt 2)
@@emeraldsky2823 r is the ninja tho
I heard it was more supposed to be like:
Weiss: Mage
Blake: Rogue
Yang: Tank
Ruby: by extend, Archer
Guillaume Richez not so much an archer, but more like a ranger. Archers are mostly range specialists, whereas traditional RPG rangers are capable of both range and melee.
Everytime I see Ruby's petals, I always wonder what would happen if I just caught some in a jar or something. Like would she just lose her arm or?
Probably nothing will happen since ruby left behind several rose petals with their fight with torchwick in the mech as stated by ozpin
@@arzok1044 Ruby has left petals behind even when NOT transformed into an indiscriminate red mass. Although I think that was only in Volume 1, so that's either early installment weirdness or Ruby's Semblance has evolved so that she's no longer emitting petals when not transformed. The latter would imply better control over her Semblance.
She leaves them behind all the time but omg how cool would it be if you could catch some? What if she could infuse dust into her petals and create fire or ice petals???
@@Lucy-c82 ngl that'd be fuckin DOPE
I think the petals are a side effect of her Semblance. Like how Yang's hair creates fire even though her Semblance is absorbing energy to increase her strength
When Raven caught Weiss after the crash she didn't have her weapon and she summoned the Arma gigis.
with Time Dilation i think that she's just accelerating Blakes reaction time
Like giving someone an energy drink
Ivan Hunter she is casting Haste xD
@@EvanFarshadow XD
That is true. The purple blade waves is Blake projecting her Aura which she has done before like when she fought Roman in the train
@@EvanFarshadow tell me you’ve seen dead fantasy haha
My fan theory is that when Nicholas Schnee made the Schnee Dust Company and when it got as big as it is now and how it helped Humanity, Ozpin meet with him and with the help of magic made the Schnee semblance the way it is today.
Good theory
Ooh I like this one
Good theory. The nature behind the Glyphs is too rare, possible one of the few skills that has come to resemblanxe the magic from the old Remmant Era. And since Nicholas is basically the first Glyph user, he had time to experiment with the dust and pass his knowledge to his predecessors.
She did use her fingers to focus glyphs against the first nevermore when she propelled ruby up the cliffside and also when she was captured by raven to summon ... as for her weapon I think it's a form of focusing her aura .... but not completely necessary .... just preferred as a focal point like a wand to witch amd or wizard
What if the Schnee liniage comes from one of the daughters of Salem and Ozma because they were shown possesing power. We don't see them getting killed. For me, in a narative, unless you see the body, or someone says they are dead I will assume at least one of them survived. And they probably had kids too so I think the Schnee bloodline might have a descendant from one of those children. BEcause the glyph semblance seems passed down from generation to generations, it's more of a magical summons and I think they tap into their aura for the summons but what they do after with them is more akin to magic and how it works. ANd I disagree about Weiss sumoning with only her weapon, it might help her focus and direct her Glyph but when she was imprisonned in the camp with Blake she had no weapons and she summoned her Knight... She made the Glyph appear.
But yeah... I suspect magic comes into play, the Schnee family does use magic but are limited through time time that passed and had other bloodlines mixed with them.
Another indication would be the hair, all of the Schnee descendant seem to possess white (or platinum) hair. That would be a really hard gene to keep and yet each generation seems to be born with it. I don't think it's coincidence.
I think the children weren't shown dead because that would force the show to have a higher maturity rating. Instead, it was only implied to keep it within reason.
Honestly IMO, one of the maidens must have understood magic so well she made the glyphs. This maiden must be one of the original founders of the Schnee family, because otherwise the glyph ability makes no sense within the world.
This theory is actually probably the most likely Canon reason.
If I were to choose a semblance , it would be glyphs. There are so many ways of using them, with dust or without. There is just endless possibilities!
PS: It's also Weiss that uses them and everyone knows that she's best girl...She's also WAYYY to over-powered.
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I wonder if someone in the Schnee family made the smart move and kept a record on all the Glyphs that have been created throughout their family?
I think we’ve already seen Jaune boosting Weiss’ aura and it’s impact on her summoning. This was in volume 5 after Cinder critically wounded her. After she had already been healed by Jaune boosting her aura, she produced a glyph in her palm and told him to “keep it up”. Shortly after that, Weiss summoned a Queen Lancer powerful enough to impale Hazel, who was outside the building, and yank him back into the building - a distance I’m guessing was at least 50 yards, but probably more. Not only that, but it was particularly durable, as it lasted longer than I’ve seen most summons last, even while sustaining damage. I’m guessing the reason why this Queen Lancer summon was particularly nasty was because it had been supercharged with Jaune’s aura.
3:07 Phoenix night, am I going to be the bad guy here :P.
Weiss was captured by Raven, Vernal took her weapon and Weiss was still able to summon her Arma gigas and change it's size without Myrtenaster.
Sooo yes, she can use glyphs without use off her weapon :P.
Also yes, we have seen Weiss use other types off dust beside ice and fire :) example would be when she used Earth to block Cordoven's shot and wind to block agains Flynt's sound based attack.
There are even pictures off the scene I meant later in this video xD.
But I do wonder how big Weiss can make her summons eventually, then just throw the communication tower into orbit xD.
You're not a bad guy. Actually observant people such as yourself are really handy in order to catch mistakes and what-not so that they can be corrected properly.
@@FinnianRowland I know, just respect the guy. So trying not to be too obnoxious about it. Thanks though.
Completely agree. I think the weapon is just for fusing dust to her glyphs to make it different eg. Ice, Fire, Electricity (time dilation rip) etc.
I think the basics she can do without the weapon such as push/pull and summon (not really basic).
Back in the character short, Weiss couldn't do anything to get out of her situation without her weapon, just pushing and pulling couldn't stop her from being pinned. She needed her summon (hasn't unlocked it yet) or other glyphs. If she could use other glyphs, that would have helped but she didn't (from no weapon to fuse the glyph with.)
She also summoned the Boarbatusk at the Party without Myrtenaster
Elise it might actually be a little bit more than that. Think about it in terms of Harry Potter, where their wands are a focal point for their magical powers. This could be the case for Weiss where, in high stress situations such as combat, it helps her focus her semblance to make the glyphs appear easier. That being said, unlike Harry Potter, Weiss doesn’t need Myrtenastsr in order to summon her glyphs, as she’s done so multiple times when not in nearly as stressful situations.
What if Weiss used her Time Dilation on someone like Yang... That's a scary thought. Or maybe if she used it on Penny?
Or Ozpin...
What about "hold an object in the air with circles around their limbs" feature from the White trailer? She also (try?) used something similar in V1 (fight with Nevermore).
She fired that effect in a similar way to the energy beams from Volume 1, suggesting that both attacks are Hard Light (since the beams are confirmed to be).
We've also seen her use the fleshed-out version of this when she held Jacque's office door shut in V4
Somethings in the white trailer its confirmed that its not canonic.
That's another thing Jaune and Weiss have in common and why they're a good match. Both of their powers could be mistaken for magic. This would be a good time for a video on what everyone could do with their powers if Jaune enhances them
Weiss and winters semblance is my favorite bc of how much they can do like yang is basically super strength but theirs is different types of glyphs, summoning, and when they add dust they have ice, fire, gravity etc
Mwhahahahaha, you have semblances, I have the real stuff , I have magic 😀😀.
Any grimm you make I will defeat and use it as a summon :)
In one of the early episodes in season 7 (after Weiss gets her new clothes), she summons a gigas´ arm and sword during the descend from a plane (really cool scene).
Slight correction: she also used the "Time" glyph against the White Fnag Lieutenant in No Brakes.
However, interesting thing there is that before that fight, she gave her dust cartridges to Blake to go fight Roman, meaning that for this fight she was seemingly dustless. So, either she secretly kept some Lightning Dust on her that we don't see OR this is actually a thing the Glyphs can do on their own, which would just add even more to this theoretically OP set of abilities.
I'm sure the Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company wouldn't let herself go into a fight without any dust on her so she probably had another cartridge somewhere or maybe just used what was already loaded into Myrtenaster
Weiss gave Blake dust rounds, so she could use them with her own weapon, but the dust was still in place on Myrtenaster.
I love your videos!! Keep it up!! It’s getting me through till vol 8 lol I just love listening to you talk.
I thought it was explained as; "...any foe you've defeted before...becoming yours to command..".
White glyphs repel while black glyphs attract. I remember in the SMITE x RWBY skin showcase of the Weiss skin they mention that while working with Rooster Teeth they were very particular about getting the glyphs accurate. When it comes to the summons, what they can summon isn't just a tough fight they had, but rather an unforgettable experience that impacted who they are, which they draw from to make their summons.
The way I understood how so much came to the glyphs semblance is that as the generations go by, the semblance sort of pulls pieces from the other parent’s semblance and adds it to the glyphs (starts with just the white and glyphs, then maybe dust imbument, then the teleportation, etc.)
Wies summoned her Armour Gigas without the sword in Raven's camp
My question:
Did Summer have a Semblance similar to Ruby? In her scene in volume 6, she's shown with red and white petals. Is the Rose family another one of the few that have hereditary Semblances?
I'm pretty convinced that Ruby's semblance is also hereditary, after all the partnership between Weiss and Ruby is based on similarities whether they're initially seen or not.
Eitan Lubowitz According to the wiki they have the same semblance although we do not know if it was a speed semblance, just that she can turn into white rose petals, while ruby is red rose petals
Edit: Sooo yeah I’d say it’s hereditary between the two of them, maybe it’s like down each generation is a different type of Rose with a different side effect.
@Emerald
I mean, Ruby's Semblance isn't a speed semblance, according to Harriet. So if she had Summer's semblance, and it's more than just speed, or something else entirely, that'd mean that Summer would have known how to fully utilise it right? My only issue with this is - if they had the same abilities, why hasn't Qrow or Ozpin told her or taught her?
@@eitanlubowitz520 bc they dont tell her jack shit, they didn't tell her about her silver eyes till end of volume 3 and didn't teach her anything about then period
Weiss used wind dust in volume 7 when she pushed marrow towards the wall
5:43 Wait, wasn't Time Dilation also used against the WF lieutenant or was that gravity?
7:40 Ruby also used her semblance on Nora as far as I remember in V4..
But yes, the Schnee Semblance is pretty much op and with enough practice and time, Weiss (or any Schnee) could become like 1/2 Maiden 1/2 Normal Person (?). And also considering this, IF somehow Weiss gets the Winter Maiden Powers, she'd be unstoppable, literally untouchable even. Plus at some point the Relic of Creation, in her possession, could be used to give infinite amount of aura to someone.🤯🤯🤯😲
(I just got a thought of the future of Team RWBY where they each get their fitting Maiden Powers and Relics respectively. That would be wild 😲🤯)
I run probably the largest RWBY roleplay guild online, and this is great content. Explaining glyphs take a lot more time than I have, so I am going to use your video from now on! If you ever want to probe someone's mind about the details of RWBY feel free to hmu!
I've been a fan of RWBY since I caught the end of Volume 2, and have been here ever since. I've watched your videos recently and honestly? I really enjoy this quality content. RWBY is perhaps my favourite series of all time, even if I have lots of complaints about it, it gets just as much right and excellent too. I thoroughly enjoy your takes on this and it makes me want to contribute my own RWBY theories (THRYs, as I like to call them :P) and make my own videos. Lord knows I've got enough to rant and rave and review about hahaha. Keep up the great content!
Someone already clarified the Glyph without Myrtanaster.
Mind you this has only been via the summoning Glyph and no other and even was a point of contention for Weiss in the fight with Flynt where she was helpless without her rapier and sacrificed herself. She did indeed also do it twice with the boarbatusk as well. Once at the party and during the reunion.
Time dilation meanwhile has been stated as the process of speeding up action. And it has been used twice. Weiss used it on herself on the train against Banesaw.
Winter has also summoned a pack of Beowolves and a Centinel.
Now I've seen the theory that the size of the summon can be made larger than they originally are based on the Alpha that Winter used being far larger than one we have ever seen but I think it's just she killed a much bigger one.
What I find interesting is how physically exhausting glyphs and summoning seem to be yet they tend to maintain a fair bit of aura. It seems to take more of a physical toll than an aura drain. But the defensive aura they have does not reflect the capacity. Meaning the aura used by the semblance itself is surprisingly low instead of meaning a massive aura capacity. Because they seem suffer breaks no different from anyone else. I'd argue Ruby has a stronger defensive aura than Weiss.
The source is obviously up for debate and could be magic related and I'd like it to be. But either way it is the most powerful and versatile semblance in the series by far.
Maybe she uses Hard Light Copies Like Velvet's camera
So essentially, Weiss is a glass canon.
I've thought about this a bit lately, but I've wondered how semblances and auras work.
I've noted that certain people's auras seem stronger than others, like Blake and Watts, who've been shown to be physically a bit weaker than the rest of their counterparts. [I think.]
Out of team RWBY, Blake's has probably been the one we've seen flicker the most, despite being able to take a few hits. Watts' gets hit maybe once or twice and his was just shattered like a dropped mirror. As opposed to maybe someone like Yang, or Ruby, who we know to be probably the most physically strong in their team. Ruby, carrying a six-foot scythe All The Time, and Yang... Well. Being Yang.
Then there's Weiss, who seems to do well against grimm, but has had a hard time up until now against human opponents. I'd say she's the baby of the team, weaker even Blake in strength. But her Mental strength has to be doing numbers on everyone else's, even Blake's.
Not to mention, Semblances do form from someone's personality, right?
So this has made me wonder recently. Does how long someone can last in a fight depend on their strengths? Mental, and/or physical, as well as their personality? Is Weiss Able to do so much Because she's gone through so much, constantly evolving into better versions of herself through the series, while being able to take on other things, like her father, Whitley, her mother even at some point, training, the company? I'd say that'd qualify her as some sense of a multitasker. Maybe that's why she has no real issue handling everything she does at once. It also makes me wonder what her breaking point is. What her limit might be. If she's using a gravity glyph for lifting something heavy, does she struggle in lifting it if that thing is *too* heavy?
I'm rambling here, but this has made me think a lot and I've finally been able to form my thoughts properly! Thanks to your video.
Fuck man you just gave me an existential crisis on Wriss
Fuck man you just gave me an existential crisis on Wriss
Could you imagine how powerful Weiss would be if she defeated the dragon grim that Blake and Sun fought.
In Volume 5 she summoned and was able to control the Knight in Raven's camp without Myrtenaster, including increasing it's size.
Weiss Used Time Dilation multiple times, including in the White trailer, during the train fight and against Flynt Coal. It seems to Speed up Her local time, making her move faster, but it Also results in Her Slowing down VERY much once the effect wears off and she "syncs" back to local time. You see this in her fight on the Train where she moves lightning fast while hitting the White Fang dude with the chainsaw, but then all of a sudden she slows down and is moving in slow motion. Slow enough for him to be able to grab her face. I think that's the downside of using that technique, it speeds her up for a while, but then it slows her down to re-sync with the surrounding time reference which leaves her Vulnerable for a period of time.
@Phoenix/Night Weiss also used Hard-Light dust to make a barrier in her fight against the guy with the chainsaw in the train
Fire Dust might be a strength enhancement, for no other reason than Fire/Strength is a connection we've seen already in Yang.
Wind Dust might be flight, but floating other items seems more likely. Basically, temporary telekinesis.
Does Water Dust exist? If it does, it makes you either intangible or invisible.
Maybe to summon the Levianthan or the Whale, the family may be able to combine their glyphs together.
I liked that Black Clover reference!! Also I wonder what Jaune Aura amount compare to Ozpin's aura amount?
I think Rooster Teeth could have an entire mini series just to deconstruct Glyphs. I don't think they really had much time to properly establish all they could about the semblance in the earlier volumes.
glyphs are my fave semblance in rwby its just so useful
i love Weiss. I saw her potential in the white trailer and from vol. 1 onwards. She is like an elementalist and a mage if she didn't need dust. But theses Glyphs are so amazing! along with the summons. I think some magic must be needed. I love watching her fight :) Her glyphs have always been amazing I cant wait if she came make new glyphs or looks more into the Schnee family. They are very op if you think about. Its like 2 amazing semblance for every schnee child. Maybe her ancestor was half maiden? Good theory :D loved this vid
Weiss also used time dilation on herself during her fight with the White Fang general with the chainsaw in volume 2 chapter 11. Also, Ruby has combined her semblance with Nora to take down the Gheist grimm in the volume 4 premiere.
I believe summoning comes from when a schnee wins a very memorable fight against a grimm. If you look at Weiss, her main summons are the arma gigus, a boarbatusk and a lancer. The fights that match this are the white trailer's fight, professor Port's class in volume one and the lancer fight in volume 5. In all three she showed defiance against her name and learned to distance herself from said name after the fight. The boarbatusk fight is a bit hard to realise but it is there. The fight taught her that her team is her family and that she can rely on them unlike her main family.
2:43 that left picture of Weiss omg😂
I want to add a few things about Weiss' semblance:
-She also seems to be able to summon a miniature version of the giant nevermore in V9 E8 Dark (but not completely bc she got attacked by some worms)
- Just like other semblances (like when emerald made an illusion of Salem that everyone could see), her aura gets tired when she uses it a lot, that's probably why she is weaker in resistance. In that same giant nevermore battle, after making a lot of glyphs for ruby to go on she almost goes to the ground unconscious..
Knowing time dilation uses lightning it kinda reminds me of Killue from HxH that surrounds himself with sort of a electricity aura that makes it so indtead of having to process the information and then react he can have a direct reaction to an attack giving him nearly nearly instantaneous reaction speed and, well, general speed as weel
Though Weiss did have myrtenaster in her hand in volume 1 against the never more we saw her mostly using her free hand when setting up the glyphs to help Ruby up the cliff as opposed to pointing Myrtenaster at the cliff side to help her with that. She did also accidentally summon the boarbatusk accidentally without her myrtenaster. To be clear as she was running up the cliff not the launching.
I always figured:
-No Dust = Basic Glyph, simply a solid platform
-Hard Light = Summoning Glyphs
-Gravity = Black Glyphs, can hold something in place or launch it forward
-Wind = Speed Glyphs, can speed up the user
-Lightning = Time Dilation Glyphs, allows the user to precieve time in slow motion, while still being able to move normally
-Ice & Fire = Ice & Fire Glyphs, obviously
Another theory I had was that all Glyphs are Summoning Glyphs, just being able to summon different things depending on how they were used. For instance, Weiss could summon ice in the shape of a fist (V3C1) or in the shape of her Knight's sword (V2C12), she could summon a gravitational pull (Or, I guess, anti-gravitational push?) with Gravity Dust, etc. Time Dilation doesn't really fit into that, though.
I think we can all agree That Weiss or the schness extremely Powerful . Bringing this to our sight brings a whole new spectrum of viewing Weiss and her true capabilities. Anyways great Review on the schnee power .
I think the 'time dilation works like Finalfantasy spell Haste or other similar spells from other franchises but it has a weakness (whether due to her inexperience or equivalent exchange is unknown) she speeds up the target but then when it wears off they are slowed or outright stopped in place (see Blake remaining in pose after Ruby calls ladybug until she has already made a full pass on the mech, and Weis freezing mid air during her fight with the WF chainsaw user 'INCLUDING HER HAIR' long enough for him to grab her)
3:07 I think when she was in the cage in Raven's camp, she summoned the tiny soldier without Myrtenaster. I'd have to go watch it again to be sure, but I'm pretty sure Vernal had Myrtenaster in that moment. And it seemed like she was fully capable of summoning the larger one, but chose to summon the mini one for stealth reasons. As for her other glyphs, I can't recall any time she's used them without Myrtenaster.
I think the summons are like the monsters from the 14 book Summoner series by Eric Vall. They require a larger amount immediately, but take less depending on size, amount, and strength. And then after they are summoned, they require less to maintain
I was rewatching Volume four tonight and I noticed something. At 7:48 he says that the first instance of combining semblances, aside from V1, was when Ruby turned herself and Weiss into rose petals... But we see this as well in V4E1. She turns herself into rose petals and Nora turns into an electric bolt while fighting the geist...
Maybe one of Weiss' ancestors was the Winter Maiden - maybe her great grandmother when Nicholas Schnee was her age. And in her desire to protect her son when the Great War was going on during his youth, she passed on a fragment of her powers into him like Ozpin did when he created the Maidens. Which resulted in him and his descendants developing Glyphs.
she also uses time dilation on the train fight vs the guy with the chainsaw.
Hmm... I'm actually more curious now who else could combine their semblences into something useful. So far we've seen Weiss/Ruby (Weiss' glyph turning red absorbing a bit of Ruby's "speed"-semblence (though IMO that could have also been Weiss using fire-dust, making the glyph explosive, increasing Ruby's acceleration as she fired Crescent Rose to propel herself forward)), Ruby/Nora and Ruby/Weiss, dragging the other along in her Rose Petal Burst (which in Nora's case seemed to have increased the impact the combined form had when attacking the Geist-Golem, adding the kinetic energy of the acceleration to Nora's charged-up hammer strike) and a lot of Jeane boosting peoples' auras, magnifying the reach/power of the others' semblences (Like Ren being able to hide an entire train).
So what other combination of semblences might be possible?
She used her normal glyphs without Myrtenaster during the fight with the barbatusk after it disarmed her in Port's class in V1.
I also don't think she teleports dust to her glyphs. Instead I think she just draws dust energy into her and infuses the glyphs with it as they're being made, since aura is what allows one to use dust and her glyphs are part of her aura.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Weiss also use a time dilation glyph against the White Fang Lieutenant in Volume 2, for her big combo attack?
The time dilation reminds me of the haste spell from D&D. Just a speed boost.
I have many questions/comments.
What about the glyphs on pillars outside Schnee manor? Are those willows?
Weiss summoned the knight in the bandit camp without her weapon
If a teammate were dying could Weiss finish them off and then use them as a summon?
None of the maidens we’ve seen have had children after gaining maiden powers, what do you think of the heritability/likelihood of us being shown that heritability?
I always thought that her glyph turning red in Players and Pieces was the addition of red dust, because It seemed early in the white trailer that red dust had repelling capabilities, as we saw weiss blocking the arma gigas' sword when her myrtenaster turned red. And then in volume 1 we saw Weiss roll her revolving chamber before launching Ruby, I thought that meant she was switching to red dust
Red dust is fire. In the trailer I'm pretty sure what she did was use the fire as a sort of explosive shield, so she could nullify the impact of the arma-gigas' attack.
What about the blue glyphs that make surfaces slippery? It was used in the same volume 1 fight you were talking about and it let Ruby yeet up the mountain without getting cut harder than yangs arm.
Well i think that weiss might be able to create glyphs that can teleport her to another location instead of dust. Or even glyphs that can float around and smack enemies like blades.
Weiss used time dilation in the train fight,you can hear the accompanied sound for time dilation before she went berserk with all her glyph's
I love this semblances
Time dilation was used against the White Fang Lieutenant aswell.
I'm surprised that glyphs are the only hereditary semblance weve seen
She's able to use her Glyphs without her weapon, we've seen it on the Schnee family 'party's where she summoned the Grimm. Also inside Ravens hideout.
I think that the red glyph used in volume 1 against the nevermore was propulsion dust, so Ruby could travel an insane distance in little time, much like a car or train, which propulsion dust is used for.
Weiss also used time dilation when she was fighting the chainsaw wielding member to let her try and take him down with a quick flurry of blows. The use of ice seems to be a standard attribute when the glyphs aren't being augmented, it's not feasible that Myrtenaster's cylinders have the amount of ice dust for all of the things she conjures, Winter when showing Weiss summons for the first time did not show the use of any ice dust when conjuring.
3:35 - You say it wouldn't be that effective with wind, but isn't that what she used in Volume 3 when fighting Flynt in the Vytal Festival Tournament 2 vs 2 round?
In volume 7 during her training with winter she uses her knight and shotputs it in between winters glyph
I think you can add another variant. Not sure what dust type but during the nevermore fight in V1. When Ruby is about to run up the cliff Weiss manifests pale blue glyphs. I've taken to calling these Traction Glyphs. Might be a combo of Ice and Gravity. Gravity to invert the "slip" of Ice.
I think Weiss used myrtnaster most of the time because it's how she implements dust use. But she can still use basic glyphs. Also her semblance is still growing and developing. Maybe she'll be able to even more versatile things than Winter does.
Winter said that it is like s muscle (summons); the more you use it, the stronger it gets. I'm thinking that the more familure the summoner is with it, the less auora it takes to maintain it, unless being attack or something else that takes exertion.
I still think the Schnees are direct decendent of the brither of light. Or, did any of Ozma and Salem's children survive, or were they wiped out when Ozma was fighting Salem?
Weiss using time dilation on Blake wasn’t her only time she also did it with herself when she was fighting that man with the chainsaw by the end of volume 2
Time is a relative concept, so time dilation probably does exactly what it says to an extent. It dilates a targets sense of time. Since if you accelerate someone's sense of of time, it would seem to them like the rest of the world had started to slow down. Harriot and Ruby both seem to experience a sort of time dilation when they use their semblances, as show with the giant mech and geist fights. Plus I would assume that any sufficiently powerful huntsmen would experience a sense of time dilation, since both Qrow and Tyrion where show to be to fast for Ruby to follow in their first fight. And yet they where able to maintain a steady level of control over their movements.
My Personal Head-Cannon:
Her "SnowFlake" Glyph is a "Multi-Use Dust" Glyph that is an Exclusive Glyph she has access to as Schnee; After all, both Glynda and Cinder were Shown Using Something similar to "Glyphs" in the First Episode, but that could of just been their Semblances.
~Otherwise, I believe Weiss' Semblance gives her a High Proficiency w/ Creating/Learning Glyphs{when compared to other ppl}
Also, Fun Fact: in the Japanese Dub, they call Weiss's Glyphs "Magic Circles"... just something interesting/funny
You know, I somehow entirely forgot that there was a Japanese dub.
Query with Weiss being able to summon the amour gigas and I think an empathy (humanoid things from the farm - I think she killed one) could she evolve/evoke her humanoid summons as an overlay of her body to argument her strength, defence and/or imitate vines semblance?
It would be cool if she could get its to the point where whies can move people in her glifs like Haku in naruto or using them as fast travail points
I doubt the writers put this much thought into it, but I think it would be fascinating if, rather than teleportation, the fundamental concept behind the glyphs was one of "structure".
She's not teleporting dust through the glyphs: the use of dust is giving her semblance the blueprints to restructure itself and copy the energy pattern created by the dust.
Creating her summons takes time because she has to _fully_ visualize every detail of the creature before her glyph can recreate its physical form.
She wasn't teleporting her summon through the glyphs: she had already fully visualized its "structure" in her mind, and was holding onto that image, so momentarily dropping its physical manifestation to remanifest it somewhere else was no problem. But this is an advanced technique because if her concentration waivers even slightly in that moment of transition, she has to resummon it from scratch.
It would also provide a neat explanation as to why they can only summon things that have challenged them: those kinds of fights leave a lasting impression, and the adrenaline burns the image of that enemy into their mind. They wouldn't be able to cheat this by handicapping themselves, because they have to genuinely fear for their life.
This would definitely fit well with her background, because a semblance as complex as hers wouldn't be able to be used effectively unless the person was fairly intelligent and educated enough to clearly visualize structures and anatomy in their entirety.
Hey, Weiss did use wind dust in the tournament arc against that dude with the trumpet
I think it's likely Summoning is more of a psychic "with your mind" power since Weiss has had to stay perfectly still and concentrate vs the swift motions of easing a Dust imbued glyph. And the usage of Glyphs is more of skill, especially since nearly every glyph circle Weiss makes (Summons exempt) needs Dust to work. (Without her Dust loaded weapon wand, she has to default on the summoning)
With Glyph the Semblance making it easier for a Schnee to use the Glyph Dust skill in ways other people likely can't.
It's possible making floating glyph platforms uses no Dust and is more of a Schnee Glyph ability.
You think as Weiss gains more mastery over her glyphs she could eventually combine her summons into one like an armored queen lancer?
Talk about OP. That’s something Winter can’t even do - although I’m not exactly sure what would be useful in combining beowulves, nevermores, and manticores.
Nice t-shirt, I loved Psycho-Pass.
I know we've only seen wiess summon it but I have this like head cannon that every schnee can summon the armagigus cause of the statues all over the schnee mansion
I wonder if there’s more ways semblance combination could be expanded on, and I just think it’s very interesting that Ruby and Weiss have been some (I say some because I’m not completely sure) of the only people to combine semblances
Edit: I just remembered Ruby used her petal burst semblance on Nora in volume four
I could imagine Weiss with help from Jaune's aura amplification, making a giant platform and use to transport people out of Atlas before it gets destroyed by Salem's Grimm whale. Also I had a dream once about Ruby using her petal burst semblance with every in her team and JNR. Basically what she did with Weiss and Nora, but with everyone else turning into a burst of petals and flying with her through the sky.
Weiss also used time dilation on herself on the train episode in volume 2
We've also seen Glynda use a glyph in episode one, but not since. I'm wondering if this was just a creative decision before the writers decided that only the Shnees would use glyphs, or if we're going to get some explanation for this in a future episode.
She can definitely use her semblance without Myrtenaster. In Vol. 5, she grew her Armor Gigas to get out of the cage the bandits had put her in, but Raven didn't tell Vernal to give Weiss her weapon back until after she was out of the cage. That said, I could easily see the sword helping her focus it in some way, or at the very least, being able to act as a conduit for it. It seems like there's a whole subset of semblances which are object-dependent (such as with Adam's Moon Slice or Flynt's Killer Quartet, though in Flynt's case he might be able to make an acapella quartet, who knows - but I feel like without his sword, Adam can't actually use his semblance), and then there are some where it seems like they can be directed through an object (Ren's Tranquility, as directed through Storm Flower in Vol. 8 when he, Jaune, and Yang were hanging from the side of a cliff, or in Vol. 6 when he sent it through a whole train, etc.) So I think that Weiss's semblance falls into that middle category, where she CAN use it with an object, but she doesn't HAVE to.
As for Ruby's, she also uses it on Nora in Vol. 4 to create a burst of pink, electrified petals, which is cool. Volume 8 didn't have that detail in the Atlesian Military Compound, but I suppose the number of people involved there had something to do with it. Though it would have been neat to see a bunch of tiny petal bursts in red for Ruby, white for Weiss, pink for Nora, black for Blake, green for Penny, and blue/purple (?) or maybe yellow for May. I'm gonna go ahead and theorize that since Ruby was pushing herself to accomplish this particular use of semblance, her aura color was dominant over all the others in that moment, and that's why we only saw red petals. Definitely wasn't to simplify the animation process or anything, nossiirrr.
At any rate, I'm really looking forward to finding out what's up with the Schnee family's semblance.
Increasing her reaction speed
I want to know if these two things are possible or evolved into...First could Weiss be able to fuse somewhat with her summons Ex if a summon has wings could she summon those exact wings on her back to allow her to fly and can Weiss fuse dust with her summons Ex a dust that creates a fireball have a summon shoot it out of its mouth or give her Arma Gigas a Lightning Sword?
I think the Schnee’s summons only take a specific amount of aura to summon and not any extra to maintain. They take a set amount of damage before disappearing, larger ones are stronger but they take longer to make, and Weiss never seems taxed after having the summon out for long periods of time. It certainly tired her out to use her glyphs over and over again though. Basically, glyphs are an aura ability; meaning using them costs aura to activate. So she activated her summon glyph, pours in the necessary amount of aura for the creature she’s calling, and it sticks around until it takes enough damage to wear down the aura that was spent to make it.
I was rewatching the earlier episodes. I think she used time dialation twice.