Jean wrote: <This is definitely plagiarism. I agree with Isobel Hamilton that Pat's "Mixed Doubles" is probably the original and far superior. The plagiarized untitled story is a clumsy attempt to repackage the storyline.>

Possibly, possibly not ... but <veg> if so, possibly not even *Pat's* story, but one of the range (with a range of different pairings yet) I've seen the idea used for. It's an adult fic staple, and a lot of the stories tend to be very similar unless very well written. And from the website, the second writer has a thing for badly written Avon-Cally stories, so the inspiration could have come from an A/B or B/J or ...

<Let us hope the error was made in ignorance, although I rather doubt it.>

Let's be generous shall we? She saw an idea she liked and did try to use it for herself, but simply wasn't skilled enough. Not everyone who wants to create fantasies is good at it.

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