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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*

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Alas, if the story in question were for the HP fandom, maybe. But it's for a new fandom I am working within, so we'll see what happens. Thank you for the good wishes!