As someone whoās been in this fandom for far longer, Iād like to share my thoughts.
Iāve witnessed every wave of drama, every original concept, and every kind of interaction this fandom has to offerāwhich is why I believe Iāve earned the right to speak up about this situation.
Thereās a huge difference between being inspired by another artist you admireā¦ or in this case, one you clearly resent.
But straight-up stealing from someone, and then playing dumb about it? Thatās an entirely different story.
I understand @chelbizzaroās frustration. She began working on Simulacraās AU back in late 2022/early 2023. While Iām not directly involved in that project, Iāve been quietly observing its growthāthe interactions, the concepts, the development.
I remember when @knarme-art and @space-blue were part of that AU. Their involvement was very public.
These are some of the posts that were made of Space-blue, it seems that Knarme erased any trace of their participation of the AU, but I do remember how they were active on it.
Eventually, they had a falling out with Chelāfor reasons that remain unclear.
But as the saying goes: āpeople are sayingā¦āāand what people are saying is that these individuals have a tendency to harass smaller accounts and stir up drama. I donāt know how true that isābut honestly? I wouldnāt be surprised.
Itās not far-fetched to think that these two took everything theyād knew of Simulacra, and decided to create their own "version" adding @signfromeywa to this "OH new and completely original AU" because of her clout/numbers
Some of Simulacra's ORIGINAL characters (That go way back to 2023)
with dates back to 2023...
Letās be realāitās not hard to tweak a design, change a color, swap a mood, remix a vibe.
It's something that happened, happens and it will keep happening in popular media...
But they didnāt even bother hiding this plagiarism.
Is trying to convey something.
Which tells me: this wasnāt an accident.
This wasnāt āomg guys Iām just revamping my OC š„ŗā
This was calculated, this was completely intentional.
And all of us who have been here long and are not biased by any side can clearly see that.
Wasn't Miles shipped with another OC? A Metkayina OC? @signfromeywa ? Why the sudden change of heart? In less than a month.
Sure, sure, the outfits, the exoskeleton, it all is a coincidence... the ship? Also a coincidence. That specific character of the franchise, the poses, the moods and vibes, continues to be all a coincidence.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
You couldāve changed anything. Even something tiny. A streak of color, a different silhouette. But instead, it was copy-paste. Why? Because you wanted it to be obvious. You wanted to make a statement:
āI can do whatever I want with zero consequences. I can stomp on whoever I want, and my great amount of followers and mutuals with clout will defend me anyway.ā
And you had the perfect character that would act like a scapegoat when you were called out. As always, because you're the victim here. Not the people you're stalking and stealing from.
So hereās my conclusion:
For the ones defending this behavior: If you choose to defend the indefensible, thatās on your conscience.
But letās call it what it is: grown adults, pushing 30, behaving like high school bullies over fictional characters. Itās sad. Itās petty. And itās beneath youāor at least it should be. Only someone with a very miserable, pitiful life would invest this much energy and time in trying to drag others down to their level.
From where Iām standing, it looks like @knarme-stray and @space-blue are simply using @signfromeywa as their pawn by victimizing herself and villainizing people that are rightfully upset because their creations are getting stolen. With what purpose? Make them look bad? Ruin their reputation? How low.
When you give the wrong people power and attention, they will always have a herd that applaud, defend and justify their behaviorāeven when itās clearly wrong to everyone else. And thatās the dangerous part. Not just the theft, but the people enabling it with silence, cowardice, or clout-chasing loyalty.
But hey, at the end of the dayā¦ thatās what colonizers do, isnāt it?
They take from others. They rename. And they claim it as their own. Itās an irrational behavior, or maybe itās rational for people that donāt have anything they can call their own.
Something that the Avatar franchise criticizes, Ironically.Ā
I'm only on the side of the truth.
