Stamets@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agoSimilarities and one hell of a differencestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageSimilarities and one hell of a differencestartrek.websiteStamets@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoI guess he had to steal it from somewhere. Nothing else in that series was original.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoEven 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.
minus-squareDraconic NEO@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYep 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.
I guess he had to steal it from somewhere. Nothing else in that series was original.
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.
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.