list of canon divergencies that may change over time.
1. coco’s semblance. in after the fall, coco’s semblance is described as allowing her to use her aura to increase the effects and power of dust, which in turn she uses to amplify her bullets. essentially, it’s dust amplification. i, however, will be modifying this, because for coco who doesn’t use any dust in battle save for her bullets ( which constantly run out during battles in the book ), i think this semblance is kind of stupid imo. SO it will be similar, but not quite the same.
the way my coco’s semblance works is that it’s kind of an impact - amplifier ( via her aura, which in the book, is described as “abundant” ) rather than amplifying dust. she can amplify her bullets’ damage with her aura as she does canonically and in the book, but she can ALSO amplify / concentrate her aura into: punches, kicks, landings from great heights ( so as to force her enemies away from her when: entering a battle from an airship, jumping down onto something, or escaping an enemy ), and the swings of her handbag ( which is named gianduja in after the fall uwu ). the greater the natural impact (i.e., what it'd be without her enhancement) the more she can enhance it. so she can enhance a punch to greater damage than say, a slap, and that works into her being able to enhance her bullets to dangerously lethal levels of damage in canon. this being said, since her aura is so abundant, she can outlast most people’s strength in battle, but she will eventually tire ( especially after amplifying bullets for long periods of time ).
also, coco’s purse is fucking heavy ( none of this 'it’s lighter as a purse' garbage because they confirmed w/ jaune's shield it weighs the same when smaller ), so her swings and punches with the purse, if landed, can fuckin hurt and this explains why she can take down such big grimm with gianduja so easily ( also YEAH her arms are ripped from the weight of gianduja ok glad that’s out of the way ).
2. the other divergence is literally just. there’s a part in after the fall where coco tells velvet that she’s thinner than her and we don’t acknowledge that shit here. coco would never say anything like that to velvet, she’s very protective of her and despite her outbursts and the arguably mean things she says on occasion in the book, that’s not something she’d ever say to a teammate or anyone else. coco knows that ( especially in fashion where she’s worked before ) people of varying body types have a hard time. so no, she’d never say this to velvet, even if it were true.