Talk:Cinder Fall/@comment-25396609-20150608185633/@comment-4010415-20150611195524

@Live Choosing what shape of ice the ice Dust creates is completely different from choosing for two types of Dust to manifest as a completely different ability.

Aura activates Dust, so it's not too far-fetched to believe that someone can manipulate how their Aura flows to carry Dust into the shape they want it to manifest in. Hence Cinder being able to direct the lava into the shapes of swords, then quickly cool the lava to solidify into obsidian. Besides that, Weiss has used her glyphs to shape ice, and her glyphs' core ability is manipulation of movement.

In No Brakes, when she made a dome (or, if you were referring to that moment, cone) of ice, she used a glyph at the same time. In Breach, she charged up a glyph before she created that giant ice sword. In Players and Pieces, she used a glyph to make the wall of ice curve and catch the Death Stalker's stinger. The glyph is still present when the camera showed Weiss.

If creating new abilities was as simple as using two or more different colors of Dust, why would they even bother making different colors? Why not just mine the naturally-occurring four and sell them? Why show Cinder's clothing only glowing orange? (Granted the fabric of her red dress' designs is yellow, but glows orange) If she's using fire and earth, why not have her clothing glow red and... whatever the hell color earth Dust is? 'Cause it certainly isn't yellow, since yellow is lightning.