They were pretty blatant, huh? I mean, okay, most people would brush it off as coincidence, but where's the fun in that, right? :P Part of the fun of being in so many fandoms is picking out the similarities! Mother and I have a bit of a competition, actually, it makes watching more interactive!

watch Psych and they continually take the piss out of The Mentalist for "ripping off" their show (even though they're NOT the same show at all ... that's a whole different issue)

ARGH. That bugs me so much. I hate it when fans pay out Mentalist and say it's a crappy rip-off. Yes, the guys consulting have way out-there talents; but the Psych dude really IS psychic and Jane is not! [Though he might as well be, given that Jane=God in the show; never was a character more self-aware than Jane with his 'This is God speaking']

Their motivations for doing what they do, their personality traits, their lives...completely different! I recognize there's an element of similarity, but RIPPING OFF, no.

I think I'm just fed up with seeing the same plotlines play out on two shows so close to each other.

*squishes you* It's a shame it bugs you, bb. It must be frustrating because these days, there are very few totally original plots that have never been done before in some way.

I have a totally different reaction- I kinda enjoy seeing the different way shows handle the same things. I think it might do with having come from a sci-fi background. I don't know about you, but my first loves were sci-fi and you kinda expect shows to share the same storylines: time-travel, switching bodies, alternate versions of the same characters...the fun is in anticipating when they'd do it and what their take on it would be...so I guess that makes me view plot!sharing on Castle/Mentalist/etc. with more tolerance.

I know you have a lot of history and it's easier to put up with the way she treats you than let her go but like every relationship being treated like this isn't fair to you. I

*winces* I know, I knooowww...and it's really hurt me a lot, but- gah, I think she has some sort of magical charm, it's ridiculous how charismatic she is. I might be super pissed off and she can talk me out of it, it's annoying. I know I have valid objections but she's the sort of person that can wheedle you out of anything.

Damn. I don't know why I still care about her so much when it's obvious I mean so little to her but I don't exactly have a wide social base, so I try to be happy with whatever I can get and just- suck it up the rest of the time. Doesn't reflect very well on me, but...IDK.

hey're a casual friend rather than someone I can count on and you just have to accept that.

I've come to terms with that- or at least, I know that I need to come to terms with it, just the whole 'getting over it' process is easier to say than do. You make a lot of sense, despite the hour, I get what you're saying. I just need to repeat this to myself until I can feel it for real. *nodnod*

Sleep well, hon. *hugs you*