The Greek Muses were sources of inspiration. They still exist, but people can make other things their muses. If someone makes x-character their personal muse - not a Greek muse - that's okay. It's THEIR inspiration. There's a difference between going "x-character SPEAKS TO ME!!11" and "x-character is an inspiration".
It's like, I mean... a hero is a male protagonist in a novel, who you're supposed to sympathize with, but the word is used to describe many other things.
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The Greek Muses were sources of inspiration. They still exist, but people can make other things their muses. If someone makes x-character their personal muse - not a Greek muse - that's okay. It's THEIR inspiration. There's a difference between going "x-character SPEAKS TO ME!!11" and "x-character is an inspiration".
It's like, I mean... a hero is a male protagonist in a novel, who you're supposed to sympathize with, but the word is used to describe many other things.