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That said, I argue that after ripping off from a sufficient number of sources a fiction gains its own being, a bit like a piece of space debris gaining mass until it becomes its own body*. But at that point people seem to tell me to shut up.
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Essentially I think you're correct, but there's still a line to be drawn when an inspiration becomes plagiarism.
Look at that Limbo of the Lost game. Or don't.