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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 2186307" data-attributes="member: 5171">Well, I'm glad that you've apparently already had the conversation, although you could have mentioned some of the points, rather than just your conclusion.Granted, you can't write anything, ever, without it looking like other things. No argument there. But you don't see any interestingl in how Tolkien subverted Wagner's ring cycle? Or perhaps you're one of the "No, despite the overwhelming evidence, I've decided that Tolkien's work had nothing to do with the ring cycle" people -- which is a small number, not counting the people who have no idea what I'm talking about.But if I accept your argument that one cannot write anything ever without it looking like something else, then why am I not allowed to use that same argument for why Blue Rose looks like a setting designed to be socially conscious?  Nothing to see here, no allegorical political statements, just a world with a unicorn and some swords, move along, please.</blockquote>