Huh.

[bktheirregular]

Got feedback from someone on "Scarab" who was mostly positive, but mentioned that one of the concepts I'd used in it - a Slayer having been Called on another world - had been used in another fic, which apparently led to something of a discordant note in the reviewer's sense of the fic. Or something like that.

I took a look where I was pointed. Turns out there are two stories, Visionary and Bane of Anubis. They both use the name Tarithna (I used an apostrophe, as in "Tarith'na") ... and they both seem ... somewhat off to me.

Then again, since the first I'm hearing of it is from someone who says "I hope they got your permission to use the concept", it's entirely possible that I'm not the best judge in the matter.

So I'm asking my friends to have a look. That'd be anyone who's reading this entry. I'll be grateful for opinions and recommended courses of action.

Much obliged, all.

Comments

[uninvitedcat.livejournal.com]

When I read Scarab and (a while later) Visionary, I noticed the similarity between Tarith'na/Tarithna and wondered if I'd missed something either on BTVS or Stargate, rather than assuming you'd invented the term and 'someone else' had nicked it.

If you did invent the term, you may want to drop the other author a quite note asking them to acknowledge the fact that they've drawn 'inspiration' from your fic. Other than that, I don't have much to suggest.

One thing I will say is that I know which is the better story. And it aint Visionary.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

How did you come up with the name? Would it be something two other people could spontaneously find on their own?

[bktheirregular]

Don't quite remember the process ... I think I was slightly inspired by the name of "Tanith" used by one of the SG1 characters, but I was looking to try and make up a word that would pass for Jaffa/Goa'uld.

Basically, I pulled it out of my ear.

[weirdweb.livejournal.com]

Well, the concept of a Slayer being Called on another world is something I could chalk up to the fan writers' unconscious collective kicking in... but the use of "Tarithna" bugs me too. Especially the "flash" effects in that first dream sequence, which reminded me WAY too much of the way you wrote Buffy's Slayer dream in the beginning of "The Scarab."

Not sure what to do about recommended courses of action, though.