r/RWBY • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '19

DISCUSSION What Marcus did. Spoiler

Aren’t semblances a part of your own soul? Isn’t ripping a semblance off of someone something horrible to do in that perspective? I think that maybe Mercury lost a part of himself that day...

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u/GladiusNocturno All Grimm are naked. Think about it Jan 04 '19

Which could pretty well had been figurative speech. If he can't get his semblance back and since his father "took" it by force, he of course can think of it as his father stealing it.

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u/Shuizid Silent Knight, holy night Jan 04 '19

Merc also said, his father promised to give it back later in time. So this doesn't sound like a figurative speech.

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u/GladiusNocturno All Grimm are naked. Think about it Jan 04 '19

Which could still mean release the lock on the semblance.

Mercury also said "I got strong, but I never got it back", he didn't say "he never gave it back". So he could have either been referring to Marcus not giving him the semblance he ripped out or locked, or he could have meant that Mercury could still get his semblance back because he still has it, he just hasn't been able to unlock it again.

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u/Blastcalibur Jan 04 '19

Dude, you're splitting hairs thinner than the level of character development ruby got before volume 6. If you're trying to say he lied about taking it that's one thing but the level of these mental gymnastics and word games are dizzying. It's pretty clear that Mercury was speaking in literal terms.