Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-101.160.173.208-20130420133315/@comment-4010415-20140501153733

150.160.232.52 wrote: is it possible that weiss could also allude to the snow queen, who was cold, had ice powers, and wore white/blue clothes. Monty already confirmed that Weiss is based on Snow White, though.

Anyway, the characters are all based on classic stories, not just fairytales.