Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.152.223.57-20131030032352

I've been thinking about when in episode one Crimson seems to be holding back on attacking Goodwitch and Ruby. I've wondered if the characters could possibly absorb dust/dust energy to gain energy to use for themselves. Here's what I propose from the scene with Crimson v.s. Ruby and Glynda:

When Glynda is controlling the three spikey concrete snake like things (not exactly sure what to call them) Crimson can be seen looking around kind of almost helplessly. Here she would use the last bit of power she has to destroy the three. This leaves Crimson and Glynda out of power to attack each other (Glynda can be seen kind of just standing there and Crimson isn't firing any shots either.) This is when Ruby starts to fire her sniper scythe at the aircraft and Crimson blocks/absorbs the shots. After this she can finally attack Ruby and Glynda. I really don't think that Crimson would really hold back on killing them as she trys to explode the ground around the two.

Another example is in the Black Trailer (this one should be shorter:

When Adam is charging his weapon to strike the finishing blow to the spider droid, after Blake is finished "buying time" the spider droid takes the big shot towards Adam. Adam blocks/absorbs this shot and is seen to glow even more than before the shot was taken. I don't remember exactly who said this but they said that dust "glows." Pretty sure I heard it from the RTX RWBY panel, but I'm not entirely sure. So when Adam seems to "glow more" I would say that he has absorbed the power from the shot, rather than just simply blocking it.

This is just an idea. Thanks for reading. 