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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
There is no original stuff. There can be original elements to a story, but it's all been done before.
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You are taking a rather narrow view of original here. Yes, in the broadest sense, there are only a limited number of plots (I think I read somewhere there were seven... man against man, man against nature, man against self, boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets girl back... and those are just generic terms... you can swap genders and match them but I think those were the basic plot lines that are used in most fiction). That being said, there are tons of new ways to approach those plots and the elements that are used to make up the plot as well as what makes the characters tick, etc.
Besides, can't one argue that elements are stuff?
To put my original point in simple terms. I have watched plenty of adventures involving Captain Kirk and Spock, there is plenty of good Space Opera out there featuring characters and settings that are new to me... I would prefer to read those than read more adventures of Kirk and Spock. I am not saying others are wrong to do so, just stating my preference.
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Bill