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bktheirregularI wanted to send a note to the person who wrote the two fics referred to in my last post - "Visionary" and "Bane of Anubis" - and nudge them over where the concept of the "Tarith'na" came from.
But I don't dare do it.
See, when I read them, I did mental comparisons to fics I consider to be good - from people like![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
taraljc, yahtzee63, rheanna27, the HC's, and a slew of others - and those two fics came up seriously wanting.
And I don't want to come across as conceited - asking everyone whose fic I read to measure up to those standards, the way I push myself to measure up to those standards. Plus which, the huge problem is that the point of comparison which I have is my own work - and to castigate someone for not measuring up to what I do is the height of conceit.
Not to mention, I don't know if I have the right to lay claim to a concept that, if one merges the Buffy and Stargate canons, seems to be self-evident. Even if I did manufacture a name for it, which got snurched.
But on the other hand, it feels like I've been stolen from - and it seems to have diminished the impact of my work, when people say that it bothers them that they'd seen the concept used elsewhere. It bothers me.
But I don't feel like I can really give the answer that it needs.
Does that make any sense?
But I don't dare do it.
See, when I read them, I did mental comparisons to fics I consider to be good - from people like
taraljc, yahtzee63, rheanna27, the HC's, and a slew of others - and those two fics came up seriously wanting.And I don't want to come across as conceited - asking everyone whose fic I read to measure up to those standards, the way I push myself to measure up to those standards. Plus which, the huge problem is that the point of comparison which I have is my own work - and to castigate someone for not measuring up to what I do is the height of conceit.
Not to mention, I don't know if I have the right to lay claim to a concept that, if one merges the Buffy and Stargate canons, seems to be self-evident. Even if I did manufacture a name for it, which got snurched.
But on the other hand, it feels like I've been stolen from - and it seems to have diminished the impact of my work, when people say that it bothers them that they'd seen the concept used elsewhere. It bothers me.
But I don't feel like I can really give the answer that it needs.
Does that make any sense?
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Theft, in all its forms...
Date: 2004-06-04 11:30 am (UTC)But the word *is* yours. Inform the youngster of the fact, and ask for a nod in the author-line. Yeah, it could be convergent evolution... but I really, really doubt it.
The author may not know any better; they may even see it as a compliment, that they 'borrowed' your term. Or they might figure what the heck, they won't get caught.
A gentle nudge is certainly in order. You may someday want to use the
term "Tarith'na" (hey, it could happen) in purely 100% all-yours fiction. Start your paper trail now... so if the little critter dares to challenge you when you're Lord High Great Author (once you give up the law gig?), you can appropriately flatten them.