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The Might · 11-18-2007, 05:18 AM

I don't believe that using historical events as inspiration is being a copycat.
Is Tolkien then a copycat because when he speaks of the sinking of Numenor he clearly used the myth of Atlantis as inspiration? I doubt it.
And one must admit there are certain similarities between events happening in Middle-earth and historical events.

11-18-2007, 05:18 AM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I don't believe that using historical events as inspiration is being a copycat. Is Tolkien then a copycat because when he speaks of the sinking of Numenor he clearly used the myth of Atlantis as inspiration? I doubt it. And one must admit there are certain similarities between events happening in Middle-earth and historical events. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown