Same. I completely agree. If an author likes writing something whether it be what some people call “cliche” or not, it is still their own story. It’s kind of like saying, “Oh I don’t like The Rolling Stones because they sound like The Beatles, how unoriginal.” When both are some of the most famous bands of all time… It’s merely based around a similar style, and same goes for the stories, but just like the Stones and the Beatles they both made the idea unique. It’s obviously not unoriginal if it gets a lot of reads. 
It’s kind of like if you don’t like the story, keep it to yourself. It’s demotivating for an author to hear that crap.
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