I think the latter is fairly reasonable. They may have invented it, but at this point it has been done an awful lot, and someone could be forgiven for being sic

I think the latter is fairly reasonable. They may have invented it, but at this point it has been done an awful lot, and someone could be forgiven for being sick of it. Shakespeare's writing OTOH is still outstanding even if the stories are cliche (and they were cliche at the time as well)