• 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.

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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.