Legend of Genji existed before RoK, and the storyline of a false Avatar was already part of LoG before the Kyoshi novels were even announced.

The prolouge (the oldest media I could find) was released about 4 months after RoK

And the wrong avatar plotline wasn't even announced in that

The project has existed since at least 2018, and had that storyline before RoK was announced. Whether you want to believe me about that or not, that is the case.

I believe you

That actually makes me feel bad for Genji. They had a nice idea and the same idea was just later used by a canon source. With them getting less credit than the canon source.

I mean, to some extent, any popular story is arguably a knockoff as well as any work of fiction. Because everything that is written is based on what others see around them. Every right is at least somewhat influenced by the books they've read, the films they watched, historical trends around them, and other things. Even our education and personal experiences can strongly influence how we write.

As long as you don't draw excessively from one source, it shouldn't matter.

Fanon Art Fanart please.

I kinda like it actually

And besides it's a fanon project probably with low budget, i can't blame both original & genji

I confused

Who cares? It's not even canon anyway.