Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-50.43.20.122-20160405063923/@comment-27963514-20160407184052

Weiss wasn't a bad example, she was an example of how varied the ties to their inspirations are. So she's got some aesthetic allusions that I didn't mention, but I still maintain that Snow White's backstory and personality are completely ignored. Some characters share a name, look, and act like their inspiration (Sun), some characters share a name and appearance (Weiss), some just a name and nothing else at all (Torchwick), and in the case of Ren we only have WoG to go by.

Just to be clear, I'm not arguing that Ren isn't Mulan. If Monty said that Mulan was his inspiration, then Mulan was his inspiration. I'm just saying that if he hadn't told us, we wouldn't know.

I don't think there's any rules about how much they should or shouldn't reference an outside character. And unless someone can cite WoG proving me wrong, I don't think every character is necessarily inspired by an outside character. So far, the majority of characters are, but that doesn't mean that it's a rule like the CNR.

Look at team STRQ. Do we have any clue what inspired those characters? Qrow reminds me a little of Nicholas D. Wolfwood, but other than that....