Everything's a knockoff of something, even if it's accidental.
I was so fucking furious recently about a Black Mirror episode. Some months ago, I was driving with Tibs and I said, wouldn't it be a cool idea to have doctors that learn to diagnose by plugging into and feeling a patient's symptoms? It would make them more accurate and give them compassion for their patients' pain. I loved the idea for a book or short story. Flash forward a few months and the new season of Black Mirror is out. They have an episode very similar to my idea. It didn't have the outcome/plot I imagined for my work, but it was sufficient enough that I'd be called a copycat if I wrote it now. Sonofamotherfuckingshitfuck.
I was so fucking furious recently about a Black Mirror episode. Some months ago, I was driving with Tibs and I said, wouldn't it be a cool idea to have doctors that learn to diagnose by plugging into and feeling a patient's symptoms? It would make them more accurate and give them compassion for their patients' pain. I loved the idea for a book or short story. Flash forward a few months and the new season of Black Mirror is out. They have an episode very similar to my idea. It didn't have the outcome/plot I imagined for my work, but it was sufficient enough that I'd be called a copycat if I wrote it now. Sonofamotherfuckingshitfuck.