a post about plagiarism
[ btw apparently they deleted their blog/changed url already but i got screenshots before it happened so yeah ]
I was hesitant to make this call out initially because i feel guilty when itâs just about a âblog themeâ, until i realized that itâs not about the theme- itâs my creative integrity and the time- the hours i spent working to make my blog as enjoyable for everyone as possible.
PLAGIARISM IS PLAGIARISM REGARDLESS OF THE CONTENT. REGARDLESS OF THE FANDOM.Â
I understand that Iâm in the A3! fandom, and this person is in the TWST fandom, but does that make the situation any more or less moral?
I was lucky that someone pointed out the blatant similarities of our blog, otherwise it would have been a while before I could find out. Even if you thought you could get away with something like this, that itâs something minor anyway, doesnât make it the right thing to do.Â
If I need to point out every single thing similar, I will. Reminder, it is not the individual elements themselves but the combination of all of them that make it plagiarised.
First: The Cafe Theme
Second: The way too similar shade of pink
Third: The Banners. Sure, they used a different font but the fact stands that the placement of the character, the similarities of fonts, the use of making the character all pinkâŚ
Fourth: the frequent use of this copy/paste /unicode font.
itâs pretty easy to use, you can either use a custom keyboard or go online and look up a unicode text converter- btw this specific font is called âmathematical boldâ
Fifth: hiding the title + icon on mobile, and only keeping the description
Sixth: this divider (image below is mine)
Seventh: if you see the image below⌠(mine is on the right)
you can already see multiple things wrong. first, the blatant copying of the head bullet point (from the âaestheticâ bullet to the font used for headcannons), to the arrow, to even bolding the first letter AND⌠the whole text. how do you even make a coincidence out of writing âshort and sweet sideâ
Eight: lets see the image below~
again, there are multiple things straight up copied here. the header for âtypes of writingsâ, from the font and symbols of it. the same thing can be seen with âimagines/scenariosâ, even the description below it (except the takes more time to part, since embarrassingly enough i think i forgot to finish my sentence there). even the phrasing âhow to orderââŚ
Even as I finish pointing out everything, Iâve found that theyâve since deleted their blog, but running away without a word doesnât guarantee that something like this will never happen again- it might not even be my blog that gets straight up copied next time.
If I come off as petty or angry here instead of mature, I have to apologise because I am upset over all of this. Remember that even if itâs just a theme, a real person put in the effort to make all of these. Iâll be honest Iâm lucky that I have dear friends, mutuals, followers who are here to support me, but not everyone has that. Remember that your actions will have consequences.
To that person, Iâm sorry discourse happened in relation to your newly created blog but I hope that youâll learn from this. This probably sounds a little fake coming from me, but I can tell you probably have the talent when it comes to editing. But remember that inspiration is different from taking something blatantly. If you ever want to come back, I hope you take the chance to make something of your own. Iâm not really in the TWST fandom on tumblr, but so far people tend to be very supportive, especially to writers and artists. Know that people would rather you do something creative, something your own than take something someone else has already done.
Thatâs all. I hope something like this never happens again, no matter which fandom.
Back from the dead just to reblog this. Please please please don't blantantly copy someone else's work, even if it's just a theme, because that person made so much effort.
