• jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years 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.

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        2 years 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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          2 years 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.