User blog:CarusELumen/RWBY = Elements?

This has been circling around in my head for a while, & I thought I'd share & ask around if it sounds stupid or not. (Also, first blog post, so forgive me for anything I do wrong somehow.)

So it occurred to me recently that a lot of groups consisting of four members usually reference the basic classic elements of fire, water, earth, & air found in tons of ancient cultures, from Greece to Egypt, Hinduism to Buddhism, Tibet to Japan, etc. Then came the thought: Why should this group of four be any different?

Here are my thoughts so far:

Fire is pretty obvious. I've yet to see an AMV of Yang Xiao Long that didn't involve going down in flames, being hot as holy hell, burning on the dance floor, & all that jazz. Oh, yeah, & she's got explosives & inferno hair. That can prove my point, too.

Water might not be as obvious, but by Avatar: The Last Airbender rules, ice counts as water, & the coldest part-time b**** here is Weiss Schnee, along with her little frozen wave that stopped a Giant Armor in its tracks. She's got other tricks up her huge sleeves, I know, but for crying out loud, her surname is snow, so it should count.

Air is definitely trickier to pinpoint to any one girl, since none of them are exactly using bursts of wind to push people away all nonviolent-like. Still, my money would have to go on Ruby Rose & her free-spirited nature. She's also got roses blowing around her & that scythe all the time, & flowers are occasionally related to air. Occasionally.

Earth (which should REALLY be called "stone" or something since Earth is a PLANET) was also hard to figure out, though through process of elimination, we're left with Blake Belladonna. I will admit that I don't have much on her to support this, but she seems tough-as-nails, a common trait among earth warriors. There's also her relation to trees & potentially animals, which are both part of nature & usually classified under earth.

The first two are pretty foolproof, & one would have a hard time arguing with the facts. However, the last two can be easily swayed in one direction or the other. I mean, Blake can disappear into thin AIR, right? Rubies are a type of gemstone found in the EARTH, aren't they? I'm expecting this to be a common issue in comments, but I mainly want to hear if you guys think this idea is worth anything.

Oh, & one other thing to think about: Most of these cultures have a fifth element, such as Sky, Aether, Void, Space, Spirit, &/% Heart (in the valued mythology of Captain Planet). If these girls really could represent four elements, then perhaps there's a possibility that a fifth important hero is in the future of RWBY... O.o

- Carus E. Lumen, the Cyan Bird