Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20190908002326/@comment-38934077-20191114001113

SpiritedDreaming wrote:

I prefer a bunch of questions in this case, because as I said, I don't want to read someone elses work, get inspired, and then have to deal with people basically saying "You ripped off this [thing]!" Oh man, that ship  has already sailed. That being said, your reasoning for not checking out Worm is a bit...absurd. Worm (in my opinion) is an excellent work to take inspiration from when creating abilities, due to how unique some of the abilities are, and how creatively the more generic abilities are used. Actively avoiding it because of the possibility that someone might accuse you of stealing is dumb. Hell, if I didn't know that you've never read Worm before, I would've assumed that you took direct inspiration from it.

Also, Worm's not a comic, it's an e-book (kinda). Not super relevant, but I just felt like pointing it out. The point I'm trying to make is don't stubbornly ignore things you could be taking notes from just for the sake of preventing a hypothetical situation that would be a mild inconvenience at best. Don't be stupid, stupid!