Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
"Ice" magic is more accurately "Cold" magic unrelated to water, which just so happens to freeze vapor in the surrounding air into solid form as a byproduct of its use before rapidly sublimating back into its original state, while Water magic is... well, water. Condensing and manipulating that vapor directly.
The issue is, that well... "Ice" magic often features a lot of control over said "Ice"

This can be from flinging ice at the opponent (Blizzard I) to dropping an ice shard onto their face (Blizzard IV)

Which makes the distinction between "Ice" and "Water" that much less clear.

Like, if you literally compare Blizzard I to Water I it's a case of "Fling a ball of Ice at the opponent" vs "Fling a ball of Water at the opponent"

With no indication that the "Ice" is being made out of any other element other than Water (There's no yellow snow for example )

Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
My own headcanon:

Fire, Ice and Lightning are 'energies'
Electricity, heat and an absence of heat.

Wind, Earth and Water are 'matter', physical manifestations, or kinetic energy imparted on them.
Hence 'Conjury', you're conjuring something physical.
Technically, shouldn't Wind and Ice be reversed?

Since, wind is merely kinetic energy imparted onto air particles.

While with Ice, you're literally conjuring up physical Ice, especially depending on the spell, where you might literally be hitting your opponent with an ice cube.