Ireth
Myth Weaver
In the course of writing my main WIP, I've noticed that the base plot is almost identical to a certain Disney/Pixar movie. Given that the book is very close to being finished and I have no intention of rewriting it from scratch, plus I think the differences in the way the story is packaged are enough to carry it in its own right, would it be okay if I nodded to the similarities within the plot itself as a sort of homage? Something like this:
(Context: Vincent and Dom, middle-aged brothers, are searching through Faerie for Vincent's teenaged daughter Ariel, who has been kidnapped by Prince Fiachra, the villain. Helping the brothers is Fiachra's sister Princess Meabh.)
Vincent: "Are you sure we're going to get there soon? The prince could be doing anything to Ariel right about now."
Dom: "Her Highness knows where she's going and what she's doing. Calm down, Marlin."
Vincent: *raises a brow* "Pardon?"
Dom: "Come on, don't tell me you aren't Marlin with legs. Paranoid, overprotective widowed father of one child, on an epic quest across uncharted territory to rescue said child from a kidnapper who wants to keep her forever... We even have Her Highness as our Nigel, the helper who knows the people Ariel is held with and can get us in to rescue her."
Vincent: *smirking* "So if I'm Marlin, does that make you Dory?"
Dom: "Just keep riding, brother."
(Context: Vincent and Dom, middle-aged brothers, are searching through Faerie for Vincent's teenaged daughter Ariel, who has been kidnapped by Prince Fiachra, the villain. Helping the brothers is Fiachra's sister Princess Meabh.)
Vincent: "Are you sure we're going to get there soon? The prince could be doing anything to Ariel right about now."
Dom: "Her Highness knows where she's going and what she's doing. Calm down, Marlin."
Vincent: *raises a brow* "Pardon?"
Dom: "Come on, don't tell me you aren't Marlin with legs. Paranoid, overprotective widowed father of one child, on an epic quest across uncharted territory to rescue said child from a kidnapper who wants to keep her forever... We even have Her Highness as our Nigel, the helper who knows the people Ariel is held with and can get us in to rescue her."
Vincent: *smirking* "So if I'm Marlin, does that make you Dory?"
Dom: "Just keep riding, brother."