Exactly. He wants to take elements from Rorschach (he clearly has, there's not discussion about that. come on. a crazy and violent guy in a trenchcoat, a hat and a weird mask.) without ripping Rorschach off. See, taking elements from a character doesn't mean copying it. Veicht said so himself in the interview: Rorschach is the best version of the character, but he's not interested in doing Rorschach. Instead, he's taking elements from the character and mixing them with the original concept.
