Ever fantasized that it was you who created a series?

[Kylo Ken]

I used to do this all the time when I was a kid. It may seem a little cruel to want to take someone's creation from them, but it's just a fantasy. In fact, I think it's the mark of a good fan. Loving a work of art so much that you wish you were creative enough to do it yourself. Jealousy could be the beginning of inspiration, perhaps. I feel a little embarrassed revealing some of mine, but I think we all have at least one popular work of art that we wished had created it.

I've felt this at least once about all of my favorite anime: Clannad, Rurouni Kenshin(of course), Fairy Tail.

Obviously there's not much use to doing this, you can't change the past. But like I said, maybe you can take inspiration from something you list. For example: I would've loved to have been the creator of Superman. From that jealousy I've been inspired by Superman to go to the gym and get myself in the best physical form I can. So in my own way, I can be Superman.

Reveal your inner fanboy/girl and list some of your "inspirations" and maybe share how they changed you.

Spoiler: Hard mode

No Legend of Zelda

 

[Spirit]

No, because i'd rather create my own thing. Nothing wrong with being inspired but 'wishing that was mine' would only be for monetary gain since I would never assume to understand the art better than the creator.

Though this doesnt stop me sometimes from thinking i could do better by a certain series. I think many of us could have made a better Metroid game than Other M and i've often thought about the kind i'd make if i could.

But as for wanting something to be mine. No.

 

[Dio]

Not wished I had created a series either apart from for the money. Harry Potter would have been a great one to have written for instance.

But with a few series (and I am not doing hard mode) such as Zelda I wished I had creative direction over after a certain point (after TP the last great Zelda).

 

[pyjamas5189]

Not fantasised that I created it as such but I often dream I could write an amazing fantasy novel like lord of the rings. I have a story already in my head just never wrote it down because I wasn' s anyone would want to read it.