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Hmm... I get how some people feel this is a retcon that removes the bit of character depth her Knight's Chronicle bio gave her, but I... slightly disagree with that. From what I read, it doesn't seem to be retconning her Semblance so much as it's expanding on it.

In fact, I have an admittedly crazy theory: What if the power of the Fall Maiden enhanced her Semblance and made it far stronger than it normally is? Before you write this off, hear me out. What if initially, her Semblance started off as just dust manipulation and she couldn't heat anything, but after gaining the power of the Fall Maiden, she gained the ability to superheat the dust she controls into glass objects?

During her battle with Amber in Volume 3, before she got half of the Fall Maiden's power, the gold parts of Cinders outfit would glow when she heated the dust into glass shards. So maybe before she got the Maiden's power, she could only manipulate dust and using Fire Dust woven into her clothing to heat the dust she controls. Before gaining the Fall Maiden's power, Cinder used a metal version of weapon Midnight, but after gaining the Maiden's power, she melted her old weapon away and began using a black glass version of Midnight.

Like I said, this is just a theory and could likely be wrong, but it's just some food for thought.