I wish there was a way to get conclusive evidence without seeming like the world's biggest egotist. (:

I'll try to chalk it up to emotional prep work, like rewatching episodes. Like any pain or anxiety, I need to acknowledge it so I can ignore it.

Seems like a pretty sound strategy, actually.

I have vague thoughts about anxieties of influence and romantic delusions of solitary authorship and how embarassed I am to admit to them but how thoroughly they affect me, but wow, even I don't care, so I will refrain from articulating them.

Well, I won't try and talk you into it, but I am interested, should you ever decide to write it up. (: