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minus-square@DragonTypeWyvernlink9•9 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 NEOlinkfedilink2•9 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.
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.