• jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Christopher Paolini, the author of Eragon, mentioned that he based the personality of the dragon in his book off of his cat. Makes sense.

    • Xariphon@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      I guess he had to steal it from somewhere. Nothing else in that series was original.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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        11 months ago

        Even Tolkien wasn’t original. His mythos is the polyamorous lovechild of Suomi, Germanic, Celtic, and Christian mythology.

        And everyone bases characters on people they know.

        • Draconic NEO@sh.itjust.works
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          11 months ago

          Yep that’s how inspiration works, honestly it’s not really worth giving credit to the “inspiration is stealing” arguments as all of them are bad faith.