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Elektro7 wrote: Frehley of Monte Royale wrote: LizzieRose wrote: Frehley of Monte Royale wrote: LizzieRose wrote: Frehley of Monte Royale wrote: Imosa1 wrote: @Bigbadwolf bark: I believe the answer is because canon RWBY hasn't confirmed that faunus actually have animalistic powers. It hasn't even confirmed stuff like Blakes ears actually functioning as ears. Ok, the only problem I have with that statement is that everyone keeps saying Blake sees very well at night due to her faunus heritage, and that this is a general trait amongst all faunus. Fuck me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that excellent night vision is a very feline trait. Oh, and before the argument of "Sun could see too!" is made, let me remind everyone that all creatures, including humans can see at night when their eyes are given time to adjust, with the obvious exception of blind animals, like bats. Forgive me, but if Sun was already out there by the statue when Blake ran off, I'd assume he'd been outside for awhile, considering Beacon is a good distance away from Vale, and on top of a cliff. Probably plently long enough for his eyes to adjust. The only difference between his night vision and Blake's would probably be that Blake's is more, shall we say, "Hi-Def", assuming I'm right. It was stated in the series however that all Faunus have good eyesight in the nighttime. When was this? I don't recall any characters ever elaborating on Faunus abilities. http://youtu.be/M_Loqu0jo7k?t=2m18s Oh. Yeah, sorry, my RWBY knowledge has deteriorated in the months since Volume 1 ended. However, I still believe Blake's nightvision is given because of her feline Faunus heritage as opposed to her Faunus heritage in general. That may very well be, but that's still quite different from something like an improved sense of smell. A very big reason that many animals have such good night vision is because their irises are reflective, further reducing extraneous and incoherent light from "leaking" in the eye, and giving a retina a greater opportunity to catch the light. I forget what this trait is called.

Whereas sense of smell is largely based on the size of the olfactory cavity. Your OC will look a bit like its face is permanently swollen if you really want a better sense of smell.

EDIT: Wikipedia:

Tapetum Lucidum Ok, I understand you're feelings, but we're dealing with an anime-inspired show here. The physics in RWBY are absurd, so it's same to assume that common sense pertaining to anatomy and the 5 senses will fly out the window as well.