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It actually wouldn't be too hard to bring Merlot into the show.

The Canon Immigrant trope usually has characters from other mediums appear in the home series or at least referenced, thereby making them purely canon. In cases like these, their backgrounds are altered to fit the established canon of the main series, or a mini-arc representing their background is shown, like a flashback sort of arc.

Hyde and Eido were originally simple Filler Starter Enemy's for Zatch Bell that one or two more appearences, one being basically a cameo. Hyde however would later appear in the manga, and the author would go on to state they hadn't made anymore apperences was just because there were so many characters to work with, Hyde and Eido had accidentally been forgotten. Even so, they were acknowledged as Canon.

Beerus and Whis were originally just another set of Movie Villains who would go on to appear in Resurrection "F", until Super was put in as the true canon sequel to Z, and it adapted both movies, bringing Whis and Beerus into the canon, while expanding on their backstory. Hell, the new Femme from Fighterz, Android 21, was also created by Toriyama, and it was stated that if she proves popular enough, which she has so far, she'll be made canon..... Which her backstory already makes very easily possible.

SPOILERS BTW She's an augmented human along the lines of 17 and 18, but modified like Cell to have the DNA of strong fighters, being the contingency plan after Cell (Though technically, Cell was her Prototype) Considering the amount of Plans Gero has, its within reason for her to exist. Dude had a lab beneath his lab, and a computer that acted like his brain post mortem. Even her human form has compatitibility. It was confirmed by Toriyama that 16 was modelled after Gero's dead son, well 21 is his wife. She was the mother of 16's basis, and as such her good half had an attachment to 16 despite having no memory of her human life. As such, its very easy to incorporate her into the Canon Mythos. And as the game itself is set during the events of Super, with a few minor alterations to align with the rest of Canon, she easily can be brought to Canon.

As such, Merlot wouldn't be hard to incorporate into the Canon. Grimm Eclipse is set in the interim of Volume 2 and 3, and is confirmed canon by the CRWBY. While they may be ashamed of Grimm Eclipse now, it wouldn't be hard to adapt the games events as a Mini-Arc. Do what Red Vs. Blue Season 9 and 10 did and have a flashback arc done at the same time as the present arc, which ties into events of the present arc. Season 9 detailed the story between Carolina and the Freelancers, and closed with Carolina alive and well in the Present.

You can have Mutant Grimm start appearing, causing RNJRWBY to remember seeing Grimm like this before, adapting the events of Grimm Eclipse in the process, and can have the end of the Season reveal the reason they're are running around again, and the reason Merlot was able to survive, is because he is one of Salem's coven. Her table does have 2 Vacant Seats at the start of Volume 4, and Of Runaways and Stowaways had Salem talking into a Seer about the Relic of Choice, and since Dread in the Air established Seers are communication devices for her Coven, have the person she was talking to be '''Merlot. '''

It's not that hard. The real issue is if Miles and Kerry would be willing or even able to pull something like this off.