Talk:She's Like a Deep Fried Mars Bar/@comment-32574574-20171003181409/@comment-5277627-20171004104140

Okay just so it looks like I didn't totally ignore this:

This is nothing more than an insane coincidence. I had never read Japan, I don't recall any chat concerning your intentions to use that storyline.

I actually wrote the full plan for this episode about a week and a half ago, but had it in my head for a while. The Maria challenge thing was actually one of the first things I planned for post-swap.

While they do all seem similar, and in essence if you look at it from face value, they are, I actually read the scene and I feel that this is different for a few reasons:

1) Maria doesn't actually throw the challenge, she only considers it. Tang does. Maria considered it

2) Constance isn't uncomfortable with it, she's genuinely furious with Isla for preying upon the vulnerability of her best friend and doesn't want to see him get hurt.

I also want to say that, further, I never intended to copy your work (nor did I know I was copying it), but when you look at the characters involved, all this is entirely within their character.

Maria has this secret of being an Olympian that she's been hiding since day dot. She's confronted with a challenge that is going to potentially give away her secret if she does well. She's worried that knowing the secret will impact others' perception of her, like perhaps she isn't deserving of the money. Part of her character, protecting her secret, is to naturally consider throwing it.

It is part of Isla's character to use her body and looks to manipulate straight guys into going onto her side. She did this with Ryan last episode and it worked. She needs votes, she knows she can pull the same trick on Adrian and have it work, especially considering he's had no experience with women. It is natural for her to do this and, to make sure she gets the vote, kiss him and sell it since he was doubtful.

Constance has a very close relationship with Adrian, and he is 17 years younger than her, so technically she is old enough to be his mother. Constance is a mother herself. When she saw Isla kissing Adrian, she knew he was being used and, due to her close bond with him, her motherly instinct took over and naturally she was furious. Constance reacting like that sets up an important scene for the story which will be written later.

I planned out this episode so every event connects and I felt this was the most logical way to do it. I never intended to give off the impression I ripped off your plot and I'm sorry if I did, but I can assure you again that I 100% did not. I realise I've gone OTT with this response and it seems like I'm mad you implied I copied your work, but I'm not. Once again I assure you that every event has been carefully planned, and the reactions are completely within character and set up future events.

Once again I'm sorry that I got you upset and/or paranoid and I just want to weigh in on what happened <3