Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-226878-20150710200046/@comment-26018514-20150716053536

Mercen-X wrote:

So then they wouldn't want to use the Hatter Madigan version of the character because it would be too recognizable as a standalone character and RT would be called out for ripping off the character. If they make a Mad Hatter character whose only resemblance to Hatter Madigan is that he uses his hat a weapon, then there would be no correlation for fans to make except for their own wish-fulfillment. Also, RT would likely avoid using Madigan's physical form for their character design because that would be too blatant. They could base his physical design on some other recent character who wears a distinguishable hat (like Jiro from Black Blood Brothers or Undertaker or Ciel from Black Butler).

My point was that the Mad Hatter can be made into a RWBYesque character... Hatter Madigans weaponized hats and gun expertise showed uniqueness on par with RWBY... they were transformative weapons he wielded like a hunter(though I don't recall any of his hats being guns).

In other words... it would be based on the Mad Hatter, but because of RWBY's themes it would look/function closest to the Hatter Madigan iteration