I actually have a fun question regarding this!

Let's say, you are trying to build a character that has some aspects of some different characters you are taking ispiration from, slowly becoming its thing, but then you stumble in a piece of media that has a character who is EXACTLY what you were trying to go for but cranking it up to 100. Making you say "this is not what i was going for BUT WHY DO I FEEL LIKE IT IS WHAT I WANT????".

I had this moment a long while ago, and honestly im glad because it just more reference material, but has ANYONE ever had something like this happen?