Harry Potter and The Stolen Plot...

[Nerwen]

Oh, hello, "tumil"!

Originally Posted by Rumil

Goodness me, this is an old thread!

Maybe one day I'll figure out what I was trying to say about sleeping dragons!

Just that the Latin motto on the Hogwarts crest (Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus) is probably inspired by "Never laugh at live dragons".

Originally Posted by Rumil

I'm sure JK Rowling put these snippets in to pay homage to the great man.

Which is an important distinction– authors can put in those kind of minor references as a tribute. If the line appeared as dialogue in a quest fantasy starring a little person, that might qualify as theft.

So I don't know why that particular post sent the Potter fangirl bananas, actually. Incidentally, I'm rather curious as to where the young lady got all her theories about Merlin and fascism from, since I'm pretty sure she was bluffing about having read "Lord of the Rings".