Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoSimilarities and one hell of a differencestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down115
arrow-up1336arrow-down1imageSimilarities and one hell of a differencestartrek.websiteStamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoI guess he had to steal it from somewhere. Nothing else in that series was original.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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.