Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171123054740/@comment-34633327-20171128172424

BenRG wrote: I think that there was a 'great enlightenment' when the 'magic' of dust became better known and was considered a science: learnable by anyone and practicable by anyone. The thought that magic -- something unquantifiable and mysterious that casually breaks the laws of physics -- actually does exist in the world probably offends the minds of the modern dweller on Remnant that thought that science has all the answers. Magic and Dust in RWBY is the equivalent of Magic and Science in the real world. Any sort of Magic seen in RWBY they initially try to rationalize as Dust, Like Ruby did in Volume 2 with Cinder, and Weiss said in Volume 5 before they saw the bird trick. IRL, any sort of magic seen people will try to explain away, saying there has to be a scientific explanation to it. Humanity has a need to be able to understand and explain away things so that it makes sense to them, so that it isn't as fearsome. The idea of there being a higher power of sorts beyond description, unless you already believe in something similar, throws their mind into mayhem as it is something they can't explain, it makes them question just what exactly is fact and fiction. Because if they can't explain it, they fear it.