User blog comment:Zathronas/Zathronas - Let's talk about the elephant in the room/@comment-1458758-20160209130019

I heard a rumor that they left Monty's office basically as it was and, when in need of inspiration, the team would go and sit in there. I don't know if that's true, but to me, that's how one should approach this. Don't try to ape Monty's ability, it ultimately cheapens both his work and those who are working on it now, and don't leave everything as Monty wanted it, cause what happens when you run out? You leave a story with a broken ending cause it wasn't finished? If anything, that rather defeats the purpose of making the show to begin with.

Instead, I think having the room where he worked, where he created so many passionate ideas as a source of inspiration, is the right thing.

I heard of a belief in certain sects of Buddhism that reincarnation is not one life changing into another, but a succession, like using a dying candle to light a new one. That the spark of an old life can give rise to a new and different one, and I think that is what is best for RWBY and the team, that rather than stagnate on the coat tails of Monty's work, they use it as the spark to make RWBY better.