User blog comment:EmpyrealInvective/So You Want to make a Spinoff?/@comment-26326346-20150617015345/@comment-24101790-20150617015706

There can also be the desire to surpass. To look over your story and say, "I topped the original." It's a vain thought, but one that still exists. That being said, I heard that there are one of two Slenderman stories that edge out the original. (Although I have yet to read them.)