It's like learning to draw by looking at a whole lot of art and mimicking what you like until you stop sucking. It's like writing an "original" fantasy story with elves and dwarves and humans and halflings in a pseudo-medieval world of swords and magic. It's like drawing your OC donut steel who just happens to have a build like one trademarked character, hair like another, and an outfit sorta like a third but in different colors, with anime sameface close enough to all of the above. It's like making am actor vehicle or tropey genre movie where any vaguely interested moviegoer already nows every plot beat by the five minute mark. And that's without actually touching anything but the general AI output, because from the standpoint of exploiting someone else's work for your own benefit, fanworks go a hell of a lot durther than any of those examples, including the donut steel that at least makes the attempt at being legally distinct from its influences.
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‎noli esse culus
‎noli esse culus