User blog comment:FinalWholockianGrrlGamer/Headcanon: Cinder, Ozpin, and the Mysterious Narrator/@comment-74.134.150.40-20131215172551/@comment-24113789-20131218214557

"Dustin" is a name meaning "fighter"... "Dusty" might also refer to him as using a lot of Dust? Or it occurs to me... Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch from the Emerald Forest; Dusty Qrow, the scarecrow; Yang, the lion; and Penny, the tin man...? I know Penny is assumed to be inspired by Pinnocchio, but still... just an idea.