I still don't understand the purpose in bringing that other story up in the first place.
I believe the other story was brought up because Helen's story was written in the universe created by Xanthe. If it hadn't been brought up in Helen's summary, people still would have made comparisons between the stories because it's the same universe. Nobody else in SGA has written a universe like that one, and Xanthe's stories are very well known. It's not like nobody would've recognized it if Helen hadn't said anything--in that case they would have been bitching about Helen riffing off Xanthe's creation without attribution or acknowledgement.
What I don't understand is why you keep bringing this up here again and again. Helen's summary and whether or not it was responsible for other people's criticism of Xanthe's stories has nothing to do with the stories themselves, which is what this discussion is supposed to be about.
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I believe the other story was brought up because Helen's story was written in the universe created by Xanthe. If it hadn't been brought up in Helen's summary, people still would have made comparisons between the stories because it's the same universe. Nobody else in SGA has written a universe like that one, and Xanthe's stories are very well known. It's not like nobody would've recognized it if Helen hadn't said anything--in that case they would have been bitching about Helen riffing off Xanthe's creation without attribution or acknowledgement.
What I don't understand is why you keep bringing this up here again and again. Helen's summary and whether or not it was responsible for other people's criticism of Xanthe's stories has nothing to do with the stories themselves, which is what this discussion is supposed to be about.