What? WHAT? I mean, yes. Basically, there's no such thing as an original idea. Lord knows there's a shit-ton of books/series out there now that are loolesy inspired by Harry Potter or Twilight or any other popular/successful precursors. But, as you say, it's NOT the same thing. It's not the same thing at all. Obviously, I'm all for fanfic, but I also think it's imperative for fanfic writers to respect the thing they obviously had so much love for, respect the intellectual property and financial rights of the person/people involved in its creation and distribution, respect the other members of their fandom by not reflecting badly on them, etc. I personally hate how the walls between fandom and the things or people upon which fandom is based are falling down so much. At best, it just leads to a lot of secondhand embarrassment. At worst, you get things like this.