No arguments here, LabRat! If I gave the impression that I thought that the authors had been deliberately copying from their earlier works, I apologize. I had not meant to ascribe any sort of intentionality to the authors' actions, merely to point out the results thereof.
edit: I'll also say that, while I'm not too worried about plagiarizing myself, I am petrified that I might unwittingly plagiarize another author...That I'll have read another piece of fanfic, then at some future point seemingly get a new idea for a story without realizing that I am in fact remembering another author's work. I suppose the solution to this would be not to read any more fanfic, but that strikes me as a bit draconian. Does anyone else have this fear? If so, what do you do about it?
Joy,
Lynn
