User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-6975131-20140121045109/@comment-17970636-20140121064245

We do lighten up a lot though. We accept things a lot that have not been shown in canon. Best example right now being a sword that emits smoke and heats up. We haven't seen that in canon yet that weapons emit smoke, but since it fits in well overall, we accept it.