Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-124.170.71.149-20131218072814/@comment-95.176.186.180-20151121233139

I get that "four elements" are a thing. Sometimes you get five elements. I don't think I've seen this combination yet.

... what if red(/orange) isn't fire dust. Or... is.. but is more like lava dust. And earth dust is combining lava and wind (or in some cases water, but that's generally steam), essentially cooling down lava. And with manipulation and other variables you can get things ranging from glass to rock.

Blake used a store bought vial (I guess) and it was (I guess) the first time she used it and got a basic gray rock, which broke after a hit. Cinder uses it as her speciality (and semblance) and ends up with shiny black glass which is pretty damn strong.

Wasn't Cinder's red dust in episode 1 unnaturally liquid for fire? The way it more or less splashed onto the ground and seemed to almost seep into the roof before she made it explode.