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[rurounihime]

*sigh*

Do you know what I hate?

When I spend weeks writing a fic, getting it just right, all the way down to the near-final draft, hand it off to my beta for the proper critique (note, at this point, I am getting very excited about posting)...

...only to read another fic very soon after that is incredibly similar to the one I've just written?

It's a bad side-effect of fandoms: if everyone knows the characters so well, very similar stories with near-identical themes are BOUND to come out just by happenstance. I HATE that. I mean, I don't think anyone has a monopoly over any fic ideas or whatever; that's not what I hate.

I just hate the timing sometimes, you know? I mean, what about that second story? It should be read on its own merits too.

I KNOW other people have had this problem... *looks around*

Comments

[eskiie.livejournal.com]

I second that :P

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I get a secksay Buffy icon with this comment! *loves*

I do feel the need to say that the fic in question is not an H/D fic... *hides, maybe?*

[eskiie.livejournal.com]

*POKE*

That is evil.

But.

I will read it, because you wrote it. :)

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

*rubs arm* Don't worry: I promise it's hot. ^_^