Talk:Dust/@comment-67.140.221.145-20160921190854/@comment-25936766-20160922151312

@Chish: A) Must have confused the Brown with the Orange one then.

B) Both can be explained in many other ways however:

1-When Cinder created the obsidian weapons, flames appeared. So Fire Dust is likely involved. One idea people have thrown is that it's basically Fire+Earth Dust, with maybe some Wind, Water or Ice Dust involved to cool it.

When she fired her glass arrows at Amber, they exploded in flames...nothing like lava, but like fire. Pretty sure if Lava Dust had been used, it would've looked different, more "liquid-like".

When Cinder made the weapons, parts of her clothes lighted up in an orange-ish color. Despite Fire=Red Dust, the flames made with it are still obviously orange. It's logical to assume it's still Fire Dust at least in part, with the orange parts coming from something else, possibly the heat, or the combination of Dust elements used simultaneously.

2-An idea I saw mentioned long ago: Your "lava Dust" is basically the Firaga to Red Dust's Fire. Same element, higher quality. The difference in coloration may come naturally or from whatever process may be used to turn simple Fire Dust to Lava Dust, yet in the end it's not so different. Orange is only a few steps away from Red.

The idea makes sense, especially if you remember Fire Dust isn't actually called Fire, but Burn. Fire burns, and so does Lava. But, in the natural world, there is pretty much nothing that burns more than Lava does. Even the sun is basically a giant ball of lava.

3-Color change. Wind used to be Green, then it suddenly became White without it being mentioned. Pretty sure you were among the ones who pointed it out. What if with Fire it was the same? They changed the color from Blood Red to Orange for some reason (possibly "it resembles flames more").

And finally 4-That's her Semblance.

Now, I do admit, there is a way Lava Dust can be justified to exist on it's own: Steam. Something that could easily be made with Fire and Water, apparently it's also it's very own Dust element. So Lava could be the same.

Of course, by that logic, there could also be things like Glass Dust, giving us more-or-less the same result.