The announcement of a Powerless television adaptation has left many readers frustrated and disappointed. Instead of celebrating a story that has inspired the fantasy community, countless readers have spent years raising concerns about its originality and its striking similarities to previously published works.

For many fans, this adaptation feels like rewarding a book that has been surrounded by controversy from the beginning. While these concerns remain heavily debated, moving forward with a major television series without addressing them sends a troubling message: that commercial success matters more than originality and respect for other authors’ creative work.

Writers dedicate years of their lives to building unique worlds, developing memorable characters, and creating stories from their own imagination. Readers want those authors to be recognised—not to see works that many believe borrow too heavily from existing stories receive even greater financial success and global exposure.

This petition is not about attacking anyone personally. It is about asking studios and producers to listen to the readers who have voiced these concerns for years. Ignoring those voices risks damaging trust between publishers, production companies, authors, and the reading community.

We urge the production team to pause development of the Powerless adaptation until these concerns have been meaningfully addressed. Readers deserve transparency, and the industry should stand behind originality rather than rewarding works that continue to divide the community over questions of creative integrity.

If storytelling truly matters, then originality should matter too.