In my opinion there's no such thing as being original. We just borrow many ideas from many mediums, places and experiences and combine them together and personalize it to our own views to make our own stories and art.
I try to be more mainstream, but I keep finding niche angles, by using protagonists with unusual backgrounds or digging up historic stuff like the Yamnaya culture in this story to build the centaurs origin story in this BL book.
While it's probably not original (if we really think about it nothing ever truly is original) I do believe that it is a new take on the story of a usually isolated and alone main character adopting an innocent young child. Just starting off with the main characters separated at first and showing how their lives will change is pretty "original" to me at least.
I don't really see the value in originality or uniqueness, though I understand why people strive for it. I favor appeal over either of those two qualities. Especially in my present comic which is wholly unoriginal. It's not as though I deliberately stole from any previous work, but I haven't put much effort into defying conventions with it. I don't mind if some one calls my comic cliche but it's as intended. I rather care about making a story that works and resonates and leaves you feeling like it was worth the read, for my present project, The Black Belt Society, and any future ones. Comparison comes, even when trying to original.
Oh thanks a lot, now I have Everybody by BSB stuck in my head again. Not sarcasm, its an absolute banger.
Maybe not a character, but there are several pokemon that can do that. And though it's not exactly the same, I think there are a few character that can copy magic used on them in Fairy Tail.
My comic is a vampire satire and the main character is an alcoholic. I know there's at least one other vampire satire and it's by Mel Brooks. But that was specifically satirizing Dracula.
I'm not fully sure if what I create is original, but I haven't really seen many other comics simulator to mine.
I'm pretty confident my work is "original" I haven't gotten far enough into the series to show off my unique worldbuilding but its ramping up as time goes on. Anyways in my series our gang of monsters travel across a modern-fantasy world & go on cartoony adventures where they encounter all the messed up things about modern America.
hmm i wonder who would mix the gundam franchise with power rangers and other 90s cartoons and toss in furries
-points ot self-
https://tapas.io/episode/1979693
PFFT NO
Lmao, I wear my influences so blatantly on my sleeve that they're basically impossible to miss.
Also, here, I guess. Just published today. It's very short.
I like to think my comic is original! It's a surreal horror comic, with elements of dreams vs reality and emotional manipulation. I think one some of it's uniqueness comes from the fact that it's traditionally drawn and watercolour painted! Which is unusual these days.
The most original thing is that it revolves around a character with Narcolepsy and Cataplexy, which doesn't get represented much in media, at least not represented seriously and realistically as I strive to do in my comic.
Oh, this is fun! My webcomic is fairly new to Tapas but it's a comedic story about 4 dolls living in a doll house 
My character earns his super powers through determination when comics usually have them happen by accident
My characters are literally tied together by an invisible string when they never were meant to be. There are real gods in my world that are beings that can walk the earth and match people together, break them apart and take souls then eat them to feed their powers. I think that's pretty original.
That is definitely an interesting thought. I like to think so. I mean, if we, as writers, didn't feel like we had something original, we wouldn't necessarily put ourselves out there. But I also agree with what some others have said about pre-existing concepts. If you really think about it, if you're an avid reader, you almost can't help but read different versions of ideas that draw you in. I think it is part of the reason you'll see so many different versions of (for example) someone becoming a main character in their favorite book/series. (I know there's a word for that genre, I just can't remember it right now. lol. 
) I think what makes a story original is not necessarily something new, but the way in which the story is conveyed, or the way the characters tackle their issues.
Any hoot, here are my stories! I can say, confidently, one of them is a homage to my love of superheroes, and the other has an original pantheon! 
Mine is a new series of horror tales that focuses on different types of horror in different scenarios. Not completely original, however to create and evoke emotion out of the reader I feel is unique to any story in my opinion, at least a part of it.
I"m not sure what is really considered original anymore with so many popular tropes. Granted, there are some truly amazing and original ideas that I love. But I think it's more of how people combine already known ideas and put their own twist and story on it to make it feel unique and refreshing!
Here's my Sci-fi Fantasy Webtoon!
