User blog comment:Deafro/Dust and Aura: What is to come?/@comment-15108745-20130901195645


 * 1) I have to agree that Dust and Aura are definitely not two separate things. Everything with a soul has Aura, and we know that Dust was the key to mankind's victory against the Grim. So the two have to be connected or else we wouldn't be seeing Aura anymore in the present day in RWBY. It would have become obsolete and no one would want to develop their skills at using Aura because it has already been topped by Dust as the more powerful weapon.
 * 2) I actually don't see a problem with this theory. As I understand it, this theory is basically saying that Dust serves as some kind of catalyst or converter for Aura. While Aura might only have a use as a shield or surging force of some kind, the use of Dust will allow you to amplify it and produce more diverse and deadly effects. You say that you do not like this theory because it makes Dust solely into an Aura amplifier when we know that it probably has other uses. But I don't see why it can't do both. Why not be a power source and something that amplifies Aura? Perhaps because Dust naturally has power inside of it is how it's able to amplify Aura in the first place.
 * 3) This theory is okay, but the one issue I have with it is that it seems to require Dust to be able to mix. We don't know that for certain. But who knows? Maybe it can be mixed.