User blog comment:Sorairo/On the Topic of Dust: Explanation?/@comment-23784953-20130813085449/@comment-5217560-20130813173802

Well Dust is similar to Materia friom Final Fantasy IMO. And the narration was pretty clear in differetiating Man Dust and Man discovered Dust. I think Mankind named the power source "dust" because they got something great out of it(reminiscent of man being made from the earth). Of course that's just if we're going off the narration. I also think the characters of RWBY would be some type of superpowered beings had they been made from the world's energy propellant. But then again this is Monty....so I shall sit back and enjoy the ride to whatever wonderland he has in store for us.