Talk:Steel Soul/@comment-11588669-20140730192831/@comment-8182065-20140731023904

Just AU. Canon AU is for fanfiction soley involving characters from the show. And though it might be in the same universe, just a different dimension, it's still not exactly RWBY. We're not sure whether there's another world living along side Remnant, or if it's possible to cross that boundary is what I'm trying to say.

And on his abilities, I meant that they generally didn't fit with RWBY. Spirits for example, as far as we know in Remnant they're non-existent and same goes for technology used to harness their energy. You say it's a Dust like mineral that powers his gauntlets, but from what we've seen Dust is the main energy source in Remnant (as it's used for pretty much everything); we haven't been shown an alternate source of power yet in canon (again, AU, don't have to change it for fanfiction really). Because there was no actual mention of Dust being used by him, I believe that's why Amet classified the skills he uses (spirit blade, ward, etc.) as a Semblance because it seemed the most fitting.