hi everyone, i really don’t like coming on here to do this, but i tried to reach out respectfully and received no response. a few days ago, i was alerted via an anonymous ask that my work had been copied by a user on here named @rawkuna. the post in question was my mean/bitchy girlfriend reader piece with katsuki. mine was published last year, while hers was posted more recently on january 5th.
after reading her post, i immediately noticed several similarities, including specific sentences that were nearly identical to mine. more than that, though, it was the overall concept that felt taken. the same events that happened in my fic occurred in hers, along with the same tone, dynamic, and character behaviors. since her messages are turned off for non-mutuals, i sent this to her ask box:
“hey, i was recently sent an ask saying that your mean!gf reader post is very similar to mine. after reading it myself, i did notice that a lot of the wording and sentences are extremely close in some parts, nearly identical, with only the character changed. i completely understand being inspired by other writers, but when the structure and phrasing are this similar, i’d really appreciate proper credit. i worked hard on that piece, and i’d just like acknowledgment where it’s due. It just really feels like you fed my work into ai and only changed a few things. I attempted to send this as a private message, but your messages are off, so I’m sending it as an ask. I’d greatly appreciate a response so we can handle this respectfully.”
i never received a response, and at this point, i don’t believe i will, which is why i’m addressing this publicly. it’s very obvious that my work was used as inspiration to a significant degree, and i believe i deserve credit for the time and effort i put into my writing. it’s especially disheartening to see a blog with 7k followers take from smaller creators without acknowledgment.
i don’t want this to turn into drama. i would much prefer to communicate privately and resolve this respectfully, but i feel i’ve exhausted that option. i was initially going to let it go, but this is my writing something i worked hard on, and i won’t allow my ideas to be taken without acknowledgment.
i will be attaching the anonymous ask that first alerted me, along with links to both my original post and hers.
sukuna w a bitchy!gf - her post
katsuki w a mean!gf - my post
(quality is horrible wtf w the screenshot)
let me also say that i’m a much smaller creator than her i have about half the following she does. that’s part of why i hesitated to even make this post. however, i felt it was important to speak up, because if there’s even a possibility that she’s doing this under the assumption that she won’t be called out, then there’s a chance it could happen again, to other creative writers on this platform.
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