Vellamore wrote:SamanthaTaylor wrote:
I don't think it sounded like yours. Yours. . . the female might have rejected the male, but it wasn't total and complete rejection like it was here. She wasn't overly cruel, either, just as the male wasn't as arrogant and show-offy as he was in Lupen's. The concept may be the same, but the one girl the loved-by-all guy likes that doesn't like him is one of the concepts that is used many times in many different forms.Oh no I completely see what you're saying, I totally agree with you both, I'm sure it wasn't intentional at all . I'm not trying to make any accusations, I know there are the differences, and I know it's not like the most original idea in the world . But again, there are the uncanny similarities, like the meadow, the forest, the swooning girls ... Alot of the wording is pretty close .
For example, these are my words here;
Roman is stretched out in the meadow, his proud head held high, at least six females crowded around him. He pays no attention to them, not really. He's just watching the trees sway in the breeze, watching the clouds. He loves the attention, but pretends not to care, and that's what the girls like. They strive for his attention, they will do anything for it ... Roman flicked his eyes to the speaker, and winked before turning his gaze back in front of him. She squealed in excitement, so pleased with herself that she didn't know what to do. The girls continued to bicker and speak to him in flirtatious tones, not another word reaching his ears.
And this is from Lupen;
I sat in the grass one sunny day as the females clustered around me, all begging for my attention. I ignored them all and continued to stare at the trees before me with a grim smirk on my face. I loved the sound of she-wolves bickering back and forth over me. I'd turn around and wink once and awhile just to hear their swooned sighs.
It just sounds so similar . I'm not trying to accuse Lupen, I'm just wondering if it was intentional . I'm not flat-out saying "you stole my story," I'm just pointing out how close they are .
This could be for several reasons, and yes, I see what you're saying. It's happened to me before. But, well. . . Okay, they're dogs. It's just kind of set in people's minds that dogs would be outside. That makes sense. A meadow really could have come from anywhere, especially since Twilight made a big deal over a meadow. And swooning? Well, I've made plenty of snide remarks about swooning girls myself. The word used to be sort of old, but it's come back partially because of the jokes and mostly because the older literature is becoming a bit more popular. *shrugs* That's just what I think, anyway.