What are your thoughts on semblances being a trauma response?
If you're asking that if they are unlocked due to trauma, than yes I think that is a means one could unlock their semblance.
Two examples being Ren who locked his semblance when his home town was attacked by Grimm. And, Jaune was unlocked when Weiss was in stabbed.
Considering these two are the only examples we've seen of someone unlocking their semblance, and both seemed to happen in rather traumatic events. Trauma seems to be a good means to unlock ones semblance.
But, bar Ren, and Jaune there is only one other person we know the circumstances around how they unlocked their semblance. That being Nora literally being struck by lightning. Considering how she described it as a, 'Crazy Thursday.'
It could be a contributing factor in some cases, but not all cases.
I meant it as a reflection to their trauma, for example, Ren's semblance is basically Emotional Repression, and Yang's semblance is basically taking all her pain and lashing it out unto the world
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