User blog:Xanneer/Hilarious in Hindsight (Accidental Copying)

Have you guys ever been a Victim of Subconcious Ideas? Basically, its when you are busy creating something, like an OC, and you add a few features that you think are really cool and that will help make them more unique and you're proud of it. But then when you step back for a bit/ start to look over/ do some extra thinking about what you've done, and you realize that you accidentally may have used another person's ideas and incorporated them into your character. Heres the scenario: you're browsing DevianArt, looking at all the really cool OC teams these people have drawn and with such skill that you can only miserably dream about ever being able match their ability and you see some characters you really like. A few days pass and you decide to write up your own OC. You think about what to add and you come with up a brilliant idea for their outfit or their weapon. You're all like "Man this is so awesome, I am such a genius." But then you take a step back mentally and notice that the weapon you gave your character is extremely similar to an outright copy from a character from that OC team you really liked. You subconciously just used another person's idea and appiled it to your own. You weren't even thinking about the OC until the moment you realized "Oh crap, I think I just used someone elses idea!" Cuz I've been a victim about a few dozen times already.