Now don't get me wrong, I couldn't care less if people copy my fursona a little (provided they credit or link me), peoples' characters are their own and idgaf what you do in terms of their design. But IRL it's a different story, which is kindof annoying me.

You see, last year I dyed my hair to match Ayla's - the razor-cut black with blue fringe. Now I know this isn't really the most "original" design ever, and a crapload of people have done emo fringes, but I find it strange to note that there's a number of people dying their hair with similar colours.
My roller derby friend, who previously had red and blue hair, had to dye her fringe blue for a wedding party they were having. When she decided to keep it, I was fine with that - we're bros after all. Not longer after though, the red-streaked girl in my photography class redyed them seafoam. I was a little irked, but kept my mouth shut.
But now it's getting weird. The derbyfriend's daughter did it as well, and I passed a guy in the hallway today who nearly blinded me with a neon blue front fringe. He even had the shaggy emo look I wanted, spot on replica of the hairstyle I've been trying so hard to get for the past six months.

None of these people had hair like this, until I had gone and done it myself.

Like I said, I'm normally not one to get annoyed at these kind of things, but really? I'm not trying to be a trendsetter, I'm just trying to be a flying caracal with lightning powers myself, and it's really starting to get on my nerves. Is there no individuality in this world anymore? Seriously.