From the Week of September 10th 15 minutes into the series premier of "The Vampire Diaries" and I have Thomas Foster ringing in my head. All I can think of is how this rip off of Twilight CAN'T be copyright infringement. Boy vampire comes upon girl he cannot resist and puts himself and everyone around him in danger so that he may get to know her. She is clumsy and eventually falls, cutting open her leg. He flips out and disappears. Stephan Salvatore (boy vampire's name) lives with his uncle, and the girl (name to be determined) lives with her slightly erratic and irresponsible aunt. They all live in a small town. Is this town called Forks? And does mystery girl have a friend/ potential love interest that just so happens to be a werewolf? I bet $20 I know how this soap opera turns out. According to Thomas Foster (who I keep calling Thomas Hardy, much to the amusement of others), there is no such thing as an original story. I, for one, have a very hard time believing this. If there is no such thing as an original story, the wouldn't that mean that there is no story to begin with? This concept makes no sense to me. There has to be at least one original story in order for there to be any story. Where did the Greek myths that we base our stories come from? Where did the Bible come from? If these things are not original stories, where are the stories that inspired these, and why have we not heard any of them? This concept of no story being original when there is no original story absolutely baffles me every time I think about it.
I do agree that most stories are based off of others, however. A perfect example of this is Harry Potter (alright, you got me, I just really wanted to write about Harry Potter). Really though, Harry Potter is one of the best examples of a most unoriginal writing EVER. The maze that J.K. Rowling comes up with for the Triwizard Tournament? Reminds us of the Labyrinth, as does the last few chapters of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where Harry navigates the deep undergrounds of the Hogwarts Castle. I think she ended the series because she could not find any more myths to twist into her own.
This all brings me back to my question of how there can not be an original story. If there is one, I would like to know what it is. Imagine how epic that would be- reading the story that started all stories. Wow. Now THAT would be a story to remember.
A story free of possible copyright infringement- I never though I would see the day.
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