User blog comment:Jkphantom9/Mercury's possible emblem?/@comment-4010415-20140610093017

Which came first, the character allusion or the weapon? I'm guessing the allusion, and Monty thought "What weapon would be suiting of Mercury? Something that can help him 'fly'?" Then he thought "Gun boots."

Or maybe I'm just using the same thought process that lead me to think Velvet's weapon could be gun boots before we found out she's a mage type: Bunny girl probably leaps a lot, so what kind of weapon would help her be agile and leap high and far? Gun boots.