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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5431562" data-attributes="member: 58416">I wasn't quite suggesting I viewed it as plagiarism. Though, with Troll being an old movie, it would appears possible that Rowling had watched the movie at some point in her life. ...possibly had some inspiration from it in addition to other works she may have been familiar with before becoming a writer. It's not unheard of for writers and/or creators of entertainment to use ideas they themselves were entertained by; D&D at one point having Vancian casting would be an example.  My point and what this has to do with the topic? The wizard olympics idea had been mentioned. The issue of plagiarism was also mentioned. It's possible to be inspired by something and use it in your work without entirely ripping it off. If I were to write a fantasy novel, I imagine my fondness of R. Howard's work would come through in some way. It's even likely that there would be a barbarian character, but I'd avoid naming said barbarian 'Conan' or 'Kull.' Also, I'd make an effort to put my own creative energies into the work and tweak a few things to make it my own; inspired, but my own.  edit: I'll also add that one of my reasons for pointing this out was to show that a lot of ideas we think are 'new' aren't always quite as original as we always believe.  I would see the idea of wizard olympics being used no less noble than the odd coincidence of two boy wizards named Harry Potter.  Now, that being said, with Harry Potter being more fresh in the collective minds of people as well as more popular than Troll, you'd probably get more negative attention from re-using the idea so soon.</blockquote>

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