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[greyias]

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This is why I should not read spoilers (or take two plus years to finish stories... probably the latter). Once again, beaten to the punch. Maybe I'll just.. just... finish my novel before the episode airs. That'll show 'em!

(Yeah, not happening).

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[aelfgyfu_mead]

I feel your pain. But hey, sometimes spoilers are wrong! I can still recall a spoiler about a particular SG-1 episode's final scene that was completely and absolutely erroneous. And then I was terribly worried that "The Kindred" would make my fics AU, based on spoilers (and speculation), but it didn't.

And if your story or novel ends up AU, it's not your fault. We'll know that.

I am really trying to kick spoilers because they've ruined so many episodes of multiple shows. Brilliant Husband has now been instructed not to let me watch Torchwood previews. Of course, Saturday I told him to let me watch anyway, but that's because I'd already been spoiled by blurbs (in TV Guide, I think). I managed not to watch any previews for SGA's "Last Man."

It is annoying, though, when interviews get posted and one has to decide whether to read them and get spoiled, or wait and probably forget about them by the time the spoilers won't ruin anything.

[greyias.livejournal.com]

And then I was terribly worried that "The Kindred" would make my fics AU, based on spoilers (and speculation), but it didn't.

A month or so after the fact I'm glad it didn't happen as well. Actually, I think it would have jossed everyone's post-"Misbegotten" stories. (And I still need to read those!)

And if your story or novel ends up AU, it's not your fault. We'll know that.

Oh, I think it'll wind up being AU by what I've got planned for it either way. Technically anyway. If I were to be completely honest, it's probably slightly AU from part of "The Game", and just because I think I wind up pushing the characters further in story than their development in the following season would allow... I just have to learn to loosen up on that whole "must adhere to canon" aspect.

I really wish I could kick the spoiler habit. I was doing so well on season... three I think it was, for a while there. Then I got bored during one of those hiatuses and that was the end of that. I tried for a while with Season 4, but... I got bored again. It seems boredom is my spoiler undoing.

[leesa_perrie]

I thought that my time fic was going to be jossed by The Last Man, but it turned out that mine is so far different that I can still write it (and Jayne Perry has kindly agreed to co-write it with me, though I suspect it won't be finished before Christmas!!).

If it's just the general idea that is the same/similar then it might not be so bad. And you could always state that you started it before episode 'X' was shown - or in this case, before season 3/4 was shown let alone season 5 anyway!!! I've read fics that have stated that sort of thing before, and the similarities are often not as bad as the author feels they are!

So, don't panic just yet...and stay away from those spoilers!!

[greyias.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your fic wasn't jossed! Seems to happen a lot (at least to me) whenever I take a large amount of time to write a fic. Still can't wait to read it though ;)

My story/idea, it's not quite so much that it's the exact same idea, as, at least it sounds (just to be vague and to avoid spoilers) like it runs along the same vein in a few ideas. I hope I'm wrong, though.

(And I totally started like early season two, and have just been slowly adding to it since then).

...and stay away from those spoilers!!

I'm trying! ...they're just so tempting.