I think you've read some of my replies to other people before and may (or probably don't) recall that I was a staff writer for an audio drama company for 12 years which meant that I wrote for our flagship series which, in turn, meant that the main characters, location and time period were all of my boss's creation. Doing that kind of writing forces you to get creative (although I did have a tendency toward the end of working there of injuring, maining or trying to kill off the main character).
Anyway... Working that way (and also doing scripts for hire for other people) makes me encourage people (sometimes to the point of sound unrelenting) to "do their own thing" and to write what they want to write, not was is popular or might be popular.
I try not to look at similar things in hopes that I might come up with something new (don't we all) and I also look to writing beyond Tapas.
This is one of the reasons I quite often sign off with "Write hard, write true" That's the "true" part of the sign off, it's the being true to yourself. You're correct, people do recognize it.
Write hard, write true
