Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone. But are there really any truly original ideas? It is nearly impossible to have an idea without someone saying that hey, this has been done. I can only go by my personal experience but there will be exceptions to every rule. I don't believe that I am the only person to ever want to write a meaningful story in the urban fantasy genre but it isn't a secret that most of the writing in the genre is bad and that it is in desperate need of more writers that want to tell a story that has action, sex, violence, and fantasy in the modern world, that actually has a meaningful theme that goes beyond I killed the bad guy and saved the day and my shapeshifter boyfriend is an abusive, psychotic jerk. I like this kind of theme if done well. The thread about the 'alpha-hole' syndrome is a good example of what is wrong with the genre and not the only problem. I am not pretending to be completely original, or have any idea that hasn't already been done. I am only saying that I am writing a meaningful story that is going to be entertaining in a genre that is sadly lacking in anything truly meaningful. There are stories in the urban fantasy that are meaningful but they are few. Almost every romance novel ever written is about the power of love.