A staple of fandom

[rurounihime]

That moment when you’re halfway through reading a REALLY GOOD FIC and you realize the themes are heading WAY close to your fic-in-progress and you have to STOP READING until you can finish writing because you don’t want anything to bleed over.

Comments

[maryjo24.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, been there done that. Or, you read the summary and it is definitely something you want to read but you can't for the exact same reason.

[emansil-12.livejournal.com]

Gods yes! Happens to me all the time!

I can't tell you how many fics I've had to stop reading midway through, for fear of the bleed through, as well as fear that the fic I'm reading will be so amazing and awesome that I'll just want to give up and never write again.

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

Seriously HATE when that happens!!

[cyn-ful.livejournal.com]

I just love that feeling so very much! *dripping with sarcasm*