underdebate replied to your post: Well, just spent the majority of my ti...
even plagiarizing it they couldnāt write the porn as good as you, patho
I actually just got a response from them that boils down toĀ āIām so sorry I didnāt know my idea was so close to yours Iāll take it down I promise,ā which...is what I wanted, more or less, although I still suspect they knew EXACTLY what they were doing
The concept of Corvo (or whoever) kissing the Mark for whatever reason isnāt a new one. AT ALL. There are plenty of other stories that deal with the exact same concept, and my version of the story was inspired by artwork someone else did. I get that fanfiction is inherently transformative, and in my AO3 profile I make a point of saying that Iām more than open to people translating, remixing, podficcing, or otherwise playing around with my work. IāM TOTALLY COOL WITH THAT. If theyād contacted me and said,Ā āHey, I really dug this story and it got me thinking about how Corvo kissing the Mark might be interpreted in the context of an intimate and NONsexual relationship between Corvo and the Outsider, is it cool if I post mine and link back to yours because theyāre so similar?ā
I probably wouldāve been like, YEAH SURE GO FOR IT :D :D :D
But this went way, waaaaaay beyond remixing or reinterpretation, because when my story contains
But old habits are hard to break, and Corvoās adopted new ones in their stead. He tries not to think about the fact that most of them revolve around the Outsider. Discovering that a dangerous deity actually exists is one thing; having it intimately aware of your every move is quite another
and then their story contains
But old habits die hard, you suppose, and you abandon old rituals only to adopt new ones. It really doesnāt surprise you that these revolve around the Outsider (it is one thing to know than an ancient whale deity exists and quite another to have said ancient whale deity guiding your steps and giving you gifts)
I start to get my side-eye on, you know?
And then when MOST OF THE STORY is written this way, with my own words tweaked ever so slightly, and theyāre insisting that they didnāt read anything in this fandom! they had no idea! seriously!
[insertĀ āwhy u fuckinā lyinā?ā meme here]
Anyway. I donāt want anyone to go dogpile them or anything, because Iāve already commented and submitted an abuse report, and as long as they take the story down then the whole thing is done as far as Iām concerned. Iām just REALLY IRRITATED by the whole thing, especially when Iām generally so chill about people remixing or playing around with the stuff I write