Besimudo, the way you use your words I can't help but percieve you've taken things a little TOO personally (something I myself am guitly of at times... a lot of times). However, you've failed to answer the question I posed; what does it matter if storylines/styles/characters/etc. parallel or resemble that of authors and other creative folk?

Again, that's not rhetorical. I want a bloody answer.

Secondly...

I still laugh at people who cannot junction correctly and have Zell kill FF8 bosses in one limit break!
How is that a good thing? This is my problem with the system of FFVIII; it's easy to abuse, dropping the challenge of the game to nil. I'm sorry, I'd rather have a game where my party has weaknesses and fighting the bosses is a challenge to one where I am God and all crumble to dust in my path.

Just my opinion of course, and my opinion matters just as much as all of yours.