User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/How RWBY is an improvement over Dead Fantasy/@comment-11942246-20131213062202/@comment-9090085-20131213213227

I'm pleased and less-then surprised by lack of fanservice in RWBY, if only because I'm tired of the non-stop fanservice I see... well, everywhere.

... Actually, there is very little fanservice in Dead Fantasy outside of character design; and Monty had little/no control over that.(hence why I'm less-then surprised at the lack of it in RWBY)

I guess that's what it means to "take cues" from something: you take what you want from it, twist/exaggerate/downplay as desired/necessary, and leave behind what you don't want to incorporate. I've been doing it for years when drawing/writing, so I'm familiar with the concept.