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SpiritedDreaming wrote: Terminus99 wrote:

And why would the woman based on Cinderella have a knack for burning people alive and have a desire to be powerful and feared? I feel the need to point out something; Cinder alludes to Cinderella, not is based on her.

Basing a character on something means you pretty much port the character in. They have set personalit traits and powers that are all derived from that base.

Alluding, on the other hand which is was Miles, Kerry and Monty do with the characters, means you make nods to the allusion but the character is their own unique person. They can have whatever power or personality or story they like, because they're not based on the thing, they allude to the thing.

Otherwise Ruby would have a penchant for picnic baskets, and Yang would be a kleptomaniac with no regards for personal privacy or space, and Weiss would be quite content to play housekeeper for others while waiting for her Prince Charming to arrive.

Along those very same line, Sienna Khan only has to make a few subtle nods to Shere Khan, but he does not have to be Shere Khan. There's no need for him to be aggressive or confrontational, to hate humanity for what they've done or instantly a bad guy because Shere Khan is the bad guy in the Jungle Book. They can do it if they want, but they are not bound to Shere Khan's personality when it comes time to making their own Original character, Sienna Khan. Shit thank you Spirit! I knew I was using the wrong terminology when trying to explain the difference between the characters of RWBY and their allusions!

@Neo Except this time around Ra's is objectively the better choice.