Talk:The Cloudverse/@comment-25421326-20141011031156/@comment-1988716-20141011042247

Nature and communication. Really, arguably just communication. When humans first developed proper communication they found that no two people could really agree on what a given word truly means (look at structuralist linguistics for proof of that), so everyone kinda used words in their own way to try and describe the feelings in their head and the things nature shows them. Since words have never really meant one definitive thing in particular (look at post-structuralist linguistics for proof of that), every human sorta has the same feelings but we can't easily communicate them to one another, so we attempt to convey them through artistic means.

The important thing to remember is there was no "first" idea, just as there was no "first" human-- evolution works a lot more... subtly than that.

But the main point to it all is, yes, as NoFourth said, originality is a myth. All of our favourite stories, songs, paintings, movies, and video games got their ideas from somewhere else. It's just that the key to being good at your craft is to be good at hiding your influences. Well, that's one part of the key to being good at your craft. But either way, let things influence you and see where you can go with them.

EDIT: As for Tab View, no clue-- NoFourth, can you help?