User blog comment:WarrenWitch/Dust is not magic Part 2..Oh and Weiss is a treat/@comment-11803306-20130727054623

Since dust isn't magic but a type of energy instead,we now can assume that there could possibly be ways to counter or even nullify dust.

Going along with your Avatar example,in Korra we were presented with non-benders who could stand against benders & nullify their powers.Actually,we seen that in Avatar as well from Ty Lee.

Since Dust is an energy you can study,you can figure out it's limits which we don't know of yet.This leads me to understand why Monty didn't want this to be considered magic.He probably didn't want it to be the solution to every problem because with magic you can pull something out of your ass & BS logic with the "It's magic" explanation.Maybe....just maybe,this will be a factor in deciding the members of RWBY.

We have Weiss,if her trailer & background is any indication,who may possibly relys on dust quite a bit.Well,a bit may be an understatement since she had more than one suitcase of this stuff.This reliance on dust maybe considered a weakness (like I said,dust =/= all powerful magic) & the person who form the teams decided to put her with people who aren't as reliant on dust to make up for this weakness.

And I guess that's it for now.