Why does a majority of the population in the rwby verse not have their aura activated? Its not like aura is a secret thanks to the Vytal festival an internationally live broadcasted event that is based around the usage and control of aura. The commentators openly discuss semblances and aura and the amount of aura left in ones body determines if one can continue fighting. Granted we dont know how one normally goes about doing that, only examples are Pyrrhas injection help and baby!rens inexplicable ability to suddenly use his semblance. But in a world where Grimm is “The Biggest Threat to Humanity” if you for instance had an inherent defense that would protect you even when unconscious wouldnt you want to capitalize and let everyone in on it? A street rat like Emerald was able to activate hers which means that bad guys with their aura on have an even greater upper hand against your civilian population. There is literally nothing to lose here so why?? Are the global producers and beneficiaries of remnants bandaid companies holding the goverments at gunpoint??? OK so I know Why they dont show anyone being able to use aura because the main characters need to be main characters yadda yadda, yet that doesnt excuse the passive excuses some of the background characters are reduced to. Even a mention of them trying to take that geist down themselves or a shot of some bandaged villages from episode 1 would have sufficed!!
But we all know the Real Real reason for this is because the writers shot themselves in the foot big time when making it so that characters Both Had to Have unique Weapons AND unique Semblances. They can barely keep up giving semblances to the current cast if theyd try to expand it to their background characters npcs they would die.
