User blog comment:BurningHype/Common Ideas and Creativity Guide/@comment-1309458-20150105140759

I think RWBY is sort of the perfect fictional world to really go wild with your imagination when it comes to fanon properties. I've been pretty guilty of succumbing to some of these commonalities, too, but I personally believe that pretty much anything can be good as long as it follows one very, very simple tenant.

That it's well-written.

At the end of the day, that's how you prove that your imagination isn't limited strictly to the visual. That there's more to these characters than just whatever fun outfit or outlandish weapon you can come up with after a night of brainstroming. Make them unique. Make them memorable. Give them backstories and character quirks that mark them as your own. Own these characters and own them well.