UltimaBahamut93
Dreamer
I've been brainstorming a concept for a novel and even developing it I realized it had a lot in common with other material. I pitched the idea to my roommate and he even said that. The story I'm going for takes two protagonists that start out as enemies but eventually team up. Both are vampires. One of them hates what he has become and devotes himself to be a weapon for the Church (called the Temple of Light) by joining their Inquisition of witch hunters, seeking his soul's redemption. The other accepts his vampiric nature and cursed soul and has chosen to fight evil with evil, seeking to gain more dark powers rather than cleanse himself of tainted blood.
The second character I mentioned hates evil (although using it as a weapon) and is sort of a vigilante, hunting down and feeding off of criminals and those who use dark powers. He mainly uses fear tactics and hunts during the night which is obviously similar to batman (he even wears a cape)
I am a fan of anime and I even imagine this story in my head in an anime style. I find that my concept draws a lot from other anime sources. A vampire under the service of a Church to fight other vampires (like Hellsing Ultimate)
using (blood) stones to increase magical abilities (like Full Metal Alchemist). I design a almost every character in a sort of gothic-victorian style of apparel which is another similarity to Hellsing Ultimate. And while not an anime, there is the classic werewolf vs vampire ordeal going on here too.
I realize that it is near impossible to come up with an original idea but I'm wondering if this story and these characters are just lesser shadows of other already established works. It's something I noticed and was skeptical about and the first person I showed it to said the same thing.
The second character I mentioned hates evil (although using it as a weapon) and is sort of a vigilante, hunting down and feeding off of criminals and those who use dark powers. He mainly uses fear tactics and hunts during the night which is obviously similar to batman (he even wears a cape)
I am a fan of anime and I even imagine this story in my head in an anime style. I find that my concept draws a lot from other anime sources. A vampire under the service of a Church to fight other vampires (like Hellsing Ultimate)
using (blood) stones to increase magical abilities (like Full Metal Alchemist). I design a almost every character in a sort of gothic-victorian style of apparel which is another similarity to Hellsing Ultimate. And while not an anime, there is the classic werewolf vs vampire ordeal going on here too.
I realize that it is near impossible to come up with an original idea but I'm wondering if this story and these characters are just lesser shadows of other already established works. It's something I noticed and was skeptical about and the first person I showed it to said the same thing.