Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-64.136.211.80-20131019002041

Reading through different topics around the Wiki after episode 14 it seems to be speculated that the Semblance of Glyphs are used to manipulate Dust. I'm not sure how likely I find this but I'm also finding difficulty explaining it another way. I'm just curious as to what exactly people have caught supporting that Glyphs manipulate Dust or what other things people speculate it could be.

Here's what I'm thinking:

It seems likely that Glyphs could manipulate Dust in the sense that Weiss uses Air Step and Grounded Air Step in a way that looks like ice skating. It could just be style but it would make sense for her to be manipulating ice Dust here. We also haven't seen Weiss use Glyphs without Myrtenaster if I am correct. However, I don't believe we've seen her use Glyphs that could easily be considered to be relating to a different element than ice. Her sling shot and blocking of the boar are difficult to relate back to a certain element. It could be that they're all meant to be manipulating ice and she either favors it or she is only able to control the ice. Glynda's blocking of Crimson's attack seems similar to Weiss's use of Glyphs to block as well. But either of these could be considered something a bit more simple than controlling dust and instead maybe just be a temporary surface that's strong enough to block attacks and be used as a platform. But then that brings into question, why does it seem to add a speed boost? Is there more to it?

This would be easier to figure out if we knew the full capabilites of Dust on it's own. XD  I'm not sure if I'm thinking about this too much for 14 episodes, but ideas, comments, other questions anyone? 