Talk:Weiss Schnee/@comment-4010415-20171123212532/@comment-4010415-20171124034156

I don't think it was necessarily retconned, to be honest. It was easier for her to leave Ozpin's group uncertain if she was the one who attacked Amber if she continued using Dust instead of the Maiden powers. After all, if she had been using the Maiden powers when she fought Glynda, then Glynda probably would've realized it. Instead, she was using Dust, Glynda saw the glow on her clothing from said Dust use, and thus Glynda didn't have a clue this was the same person. In the CCT, if she had used Maiden powers instead of Dust, then when the guards reported in to Ironwood to describe the perpetrator, Ironwood would've figured it out. Ruby told them that her clothes glowed, and Ironwood was all "Dust-infused clothing is an age-old technique, though."

Cinder continuing to use Dust so as not to tip anyone off that she was the one who stole half of Amber's Maiden powers makes sense, considering that, when Qrow told them that the "infiltrator" they'd been dealing with was the same exact person who attacked Amber, Glynda's response was "What?" That was news to them... because Cinder kept her stolen Maiden powers hidden.

Either way, out of universe, the stuff that Cinder was doing in Volumes 1 and 2 was originally intended to be Dust-based and still shows what people can do with Dust.