Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25434758-20150305173959/@comment-24359178-20150325152637

The best stories I've read, not even just pastas, books, other short stories, anything, always had their own ideas. I've never in my life read a good spin-off. I've read plenty of them, Slender, JtK, they're all horrible. Now, one can argue, how about myths? Modern day stories of myths, stuff like Percy Jackson, those are fantastic! But those stories are so far removed from today's reality, they're viable to be repeated in new and interesting ways. Just using the gorgon or a basilisk in your story doesn't make it unoriginal, it's how it is written. If you can find a way to incorporate Jeff or Slendy in a story, in a way that has never been done before, then go ahead. But if it's just a spin-off, just another story of Jeff killing a man, Slendy stalking someone, then no. Please, just don't.