[ SECRET POST #3338 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3338 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[fscom]

11. http://i.imgur.com/lYKefEb.png

[atalantapendrag]

The only thing I ever wrote to get any degree of popularity is frequently plagarized (when I see it, I email/message the culprit and give them a chance to take it down before reporting them) and forwarded without credit. At first I found it amusing and flattering but it gets really depressing - I'd mind less if anything else I'd written got a tenth as much love.

[(Anonymous)]

Something about the wording makes me think it is all wishful thinking. Besides obnoxious.

[diet_poison]

I don't get it? Ego boost from your own fanfic being plagiarized or...?

[(Anonymous)]

How does one email ruin their day? If someone is brazen enough to steal, they're not going to be bothered by someone saying "don't steal." This happens in "original" fiction, too, with people denying it till they can't and then pretending to be a victim, or making a half-asses "apology" after they can no longer ignore it.

I wouldn't feel like I had the power to ruin someone's day if someone stole one of my stories. :/ I'd feel fucking stolen from.

[(Anonymous)]

From what I've seen, plagiarists are so universally reviled that unless they themselves have major clouts, they usually end up getting run out of fandom when they're caught. Not everyone is a Cassie Clare.

[(Anonymous)]

I can sort of understand why you'd find it flattering, but honestly, I think I'd try to nip this behavior in the bud, anyway. Plagiarists are a nuisance. Some of them are too young and/or dumb to realize they're screwing up, and maybe a firm word would set them straight. Conversely, if they're assholes, they deserve a sharp rap across the knuckles.

[(Anonymous)]

...Maybe you just like the same common tropes?

[(Anonymous)]

came here to say this. back in the day when I was writing fanfiction A LOT of the fics I read were very similar, and I ended up writing similar ones aswell, because with certain fandoms and/or pairings there will be preferred tropes, which will often lead to similar plotlines. In the end it was unintelligible which of the fics on the net originally came up with certain ideas. It was all just one blob of common tropes explored in different words. Didn't come from someone finding another's fanfic "great enough to rip off" though.
So, OP, try maybe not to flatter yourself too much I guess? Ego boost from being ripped off is bullshit. It's the lowest kind of ego boost you can get (like a literary form of "he wants to rape me so he must be totally into me") and you can do better.

[(Anonymous)]

Nice humblebrag, there!