Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170217011737/@comment-27144409-20170219152845

Hazel? Really? Why? We have zero evidence of that. He could easily be hiding a weapon, and we've seen feats of superstrength from several cast members. Yang (even outside of combat), Coco, Yatsu, Sage, Nora, and the list will go on. The thumping of a ticket machine isn't sufficient evidence.

I don't think Salem did that, but this is a topic that I have been a sort of "champion" (sorry for my ego) of. I'm mainly the one initiating threads or blogs about Dust biology fusions. I've made a few places to talk about it, but they've  probably gone cold, and are too far gone to recussitate.

Yes they have to do it. Otherwise they're wasting potential for awesome and possibly quite mature scenes. My original suspect for the fusion was Cinder, but then they added Maiden powers to the story. I would like to think that a Dust fusion was the original reason for Cinder having extraordinary powers that did not appear to be using Dust.

My stance on the nature of this fusion is that Dust tatoos (a rather popular fan idea) aren't proper fusions and need to be refueled. I suspect that a proper Dust biology fusion that is successful would allow for the Dust that is used to be replenished by the body over time. The cost would be a risky, possibly invasive procedure.