[!] random vent post, not targeted at anyone in particular, but just an overall vent about some people that have taken my own writing/fic concepts + plots without giving me credit or posting them before gaining my permission
listen, I know that idea came from me, I know the concept came FROM ME, I know that title, CAME FROM ME, so quit pretending like you came up with that all by yourself and just fess up yeah? I wasn't mad, but now I am because you're not giving me credit for a concept that I came up with, i'm mad now because you're denying something that clearly came FROM ME, both you and I know that, and you pretending that it's your own original idea doesn't make you any better of a writer, okay?
i'm aware i'm an above average writer, I'm aware that people like my stuff for a reason, and i'm aware that I am GOOD at coming up with story ideas, but that doesn't give you ANY right to copy my work, especially when you don't give me credit, nor does it give you any right to use my concepts and post them before you gain my permission thinking that I won't be mad just because we're "friends"
yes I might be dramatic, yes i'm aware that art is an intellectual property and an idea can't be owned, but when you don't credit someone for inspiration, you aren't an artist, you're just a thief pretending to be one.
and "heavily inspired" isn't enough, if you need to take another person's ideas entirely, and only making a few minor tweaks to the plot without even making it your own, you aren't actually creative, you are stealing someone else's hard work
and you know what? I'm tired of pretending that i'm okay with that, I AM TIRED of trying to be the bigger person here, because what you did was WRONG and I'm not afraid to call you out for it, and if you are a person who steals and copies work, please stop, you don't want to make that a bad habit for yourself
