Talk:MIRIAM/@comment-65.91.117.76-20120413022630/@comment-53539-20120929182438

If you get into the big design issue of any anime or manga based design, you'll notice creativity is limited in some cases... An AWFUL lot of characters look alike or borrow aspects of a character formula. Its all done for easy character developement, just as its the same for Superheroes in American. Things are made per a steroetype formula in media.

for example, I cringe at the American protrayal of British fok since I am british myself but I'll use it' an example of a typical UK person;
 * Polite or well mannered.
 * Either speaks the Queens english, BBC english or cockney English...
 * Wears the union flag on their clothes a lot to advertise their british (P-L-E-A-S-E.... ¬_¬')

And thats only the tip of the iceberg, but they use this base formula for easy secrent agents, butlers, evil villians (outside of Russian accent, british is a good choice for villians it seems... O.o), or even that partiortic "America is great because it beat the British" type of storyline and just slap a layer of their own take on the surface. We all know this character is intended to be "british" when we see it, even though it is often not even close to representing a whole nation.

I don't believe there is no such thing as originality, becausewe'd all still be drawingon the insides of caves if there was no such thing as orignality. One caveman didn't say to another "I drew deer, now we never have to draw deer again". But things always have a root in something estabished before it. :-/