[Kates Frodo Temp]

I don't read HP, and don't want to. I know as little about it as is possible. But I do have something to contribute to this thread:

If an author write better than his contemporaries, they will term him a plagiarist; if as well, a pretender; but, if worse, he may stand some chance of commendation as a genius of some promise, from whom much may be expected, by a due attention to their good counsel and advice.
Colton

Now you're all sensible Tolkienites. Think about that quote, and stop criticizing writing in this manner. If the author writes badly, or writes that with which you do not agree, as he/she very well may, then you have grounds to complain, but stop this "stolen plot" nonsense!

~Kate's~