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A Surprise Pride and Prejudice Engagement

Hi there! :)  I adore Celebrity AU stories! or stories where one of them is famous. It’s also a preferred theme when I’m reading books. 😊

I know a few SasuSaku fics that fit this AU, and I’ve done some research as well. So, starting with the ones I’ve read, here you go: 

Celebrity AU 🍅🌸

*Fics where one or both of them are famous - actors, singers, celebrities, etc.

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Celebrity Status by: Einna Fletcher / @backintheslipstream

Sasuke and Sakura’s lives revolve around music, and the craziness that comes with fame. Romance is the last thing they want to deal with. The problem: they can’t seem to stay away from each other. [Rated M, complete]

I love love love this story so much that I have a shortcut on my phone’s browser for it. ❤️ They are both singers here in different places in their careers. There’s some hate to love going on too, which is always a delight to read. This story makes me so giddy! 🤩

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Awards Season By: JinnySkeans 

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." - Marilyn Monroe [Rated T, incomplete]

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Fade In By: connectedfeelings / @connectedfeelings 

Sakura's an actress coming off of a brief hiatus. Sasuke's a rockstar with an up and coming acting career. The two get cast in a romantic action flick, but there's one thing they missed in their contracts: they have to pretend to date to promote the movie! Sakura wears her heart on her sleeve, and Sasuke isn't one for romance, but there's a spark between them they can't ignore. [Rated M, on going ~ recently updated]

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Welcome to the Fold By: Lady Otori / @lady-otori

She looks like a record producer's dream: pastel pink hair and eyes so green Sasuke's sure she's wearing contacts. The kind of girl Uchiha Studios pushes as an idol for all ages, inoffensive, sweet, more sugar than substance. But Sakura's appearance has always been deceiving, because she's good at what she does. She's very, very good. [Rated M, on going]

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A Different Sort of Action By: pluhsauce  

[One-shot part of the SasuSaku Month: 2013 fic, chapter 28] Famous action star Sasuke Uchiha had made a deal to never film any sort of romance…that is, until he signs onto a contract on the next big blockbuster not knowing that it involved a heartfelt sex scene with beautiful actress Sakura Haruno. [Rated M, complete]

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200 Days of Summer By: cutecrazyice 

It was so ironic how the one person she never wanted to see again more than anyone in the world would end up being the only person she was stuck with for…oh, let's say 365 days. [Rated M, complete]

This story features Singer/dancer!Sasuke & Sakura stranded on an island! 

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🔻 Fics I found while browsing:

Starring role By plumblossomed / @7team7​ 

Celebrity AU: Sasuke and Sakura’s story on screen is tragic, but their fans are in for the surprise of their lives when the show comes to an end. [Rated M, complete]

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Happy By AriannJS / @ariannjs​

The truth was loud and clear, that the combination of pink and green wasn’t meant to be with black and blue – both professionally and realistically. [Rated K+, complete]

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All in All By ectoBisexual

Sakura has forgotten his birthday. Actors AU [Rated T, complete]

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last hope By lrviolet

When in the end, we're all just waiting to break. Or to be broken. Famous/Idols AU. [Rated T, complete]

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Rockstar By Princess Muffinhead 

Sasuke Uchiha is the new thing sweeping every teen girl off her feet. Except Sakura Haruno. She believes it's stupid to be so obsessed over someone who doesn't even know you exist. On vacation she bumps into him and he falls in love with the her. How will she deal with this singer? SasuSaku. Loosely based on the movie Starstruck. [Rated K+, complete]

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Behind the Big Screen By: sadistic dreamkiller 

As Sakura watches the audience in the darkness of the theater, she envied them, that they could believe it was for real even for just a few hours. [Rated K+, complete]

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Rock Star Romance By: moodiful819 

Sakura, Tenten, Temari, Hinata and Megumi are in a band. Fame and fortune, great right? Then the bomb was dropped. They're going back to high school, the one their rival band goes to. Great. Will love bloom or will the curtain fall on them? SS, NT, NH, ST [Rated T, complete]

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Hope you like these, nonny! Thanks for stopping by :)

P.S.: If you enjoyed these stories, make sure to leave some love & feedback.💕

~ Happy Reading & Stay Safe!

Hey Nonny :) 

Thanks for stopping by & Happy Friday! 🥳

I knew I had an answer for your first question when I read your ask, but then I started to scan my lists, and realized you’ll have many options... 😅

Without further ado, here we go: 

College AU 🍅🌸

*Includes fics where they are both in college or there’s a college/university setting.

{🔥 = contains smut }

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Like VitaminWater By: angelforshow 

15 flavors. "Ino, I bet no guy can be like VitaminWater." [Rated T, complete] 💕

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Close Encounters By: JinnySkeans 

Her dad warned her about talking to strange boys. She might've tuned out the part where he told her not to move in with them. Whoops! [Rated M, incomplete with a satisfactory end] ❤️🔥

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Fire Blanket By: ohhthatgirl 

Three AM fire alarms are definitely a con of living in a dorm. But every cloud has a silver lining. And sharing a blanket with a shirtless Sasuke might just be Sakura's.  [Rated M, complete] 🔥

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Of Sense and Decadence By: xxSilverEchoxx / @xxsilverechoxx​

"Kami, that feels so good," Sakura breathes. "Please don't stop." He would go on pleasuring her for the rest of his life if he had anything to say about it, but seeing as it's not a viable career option, Sasuke resorts to taking what he can get. [Rated M, complete] 🔥

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Kaleidoscopes By: twilightdazzle

Because Sakura loves Sasuke in kaleidoscope colors, and not all of them were so pretty. [Rated M, complete] 🔥

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Earth Hour By: littledustbunny 

Sasuke and Sakura, stuck in a building during Earth Hour. Will they be able to resolve their problems and will those emotional tension turn into something good? [Rated M, complete] 🔥

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Cosmopolitan By: Caffeinewired 

Sasuke, a sophomore in college, is digging through his room mate's things when he comes across a very dirty magazine. "Hey, Haruno, let's try this position first." How did she end up living with such a hormone driven, slob? Oneshot/CRACK. [Rated M, complete] 🔥 🍅🌸🍅🌸🍅🌸 Differential By: tomaday / @pain-somnia​

There was a push and pull, a push and pull, between the two of them. There was a safety in the "push" but something just kept "pulling" and pulling....and pulling... [Rated M, on going] 🔥

🍅🌸🍅🌸🍅🌸 Never Tell Me The Odds By: KuriQuinn / @kuriquinn​

Sasuke never imagined he would be the type to follow a girl halfway across the world to go to college, but here he is...upsetting family tradition, sharing a dorm with a walking travesty that lives on ramen and trying to figure out what exactly baseball has to do with dating. [Rated T, on going] 🍅🌸🍅🌸🍅🌸 unraveling By: deeppoeticgirl / @xxlovendreamsxx​

Two years of pent-up sexual tension sure makes for a passionate first time. [Rated E, complete] 🔥 🍅🌸🍅🌸🍅🌸

I'm twenty when I'm with you By: plumblossomed

Soul marks appear on the skin at age twenty. Sasuke and Sakura meet at age eighteen. They continue crossing paths after they start as classmates. [Rated T, complete]

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Body Talk By: tomaday / @pain-somnia​

laundry time shouldn't be so dirty but what's one to do with a neighbor that looks like that? [Rated M, on going?] 🔥

-> Read the sequel here: Just Stay 🔥

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The Bathhouse By: Lady_Otori / @lady-otori​

[Part of “In Another Place” - Anthology fic] Neighbour AU + Everybody Knows / Mistaken for a Couple, Japanese University setting. [Rated T]

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Intoxicated By: cherryblossomthundercrash / @uchiharvno​

Sasuke always catches Sakura. [Rated M, complete] 🔥

-> SS are college students in the mini-series porn without plot by this author too.

🔻 College AU Fics I haven’t read yet: 

*These were saved on my to-read / check later list.

A Tiny Smirk is Devastating By: LScore [Rated T, on going]

Horizon By: JinnySkeans [Rated M, complete] *highly recommended by friends.

Helter Skelter By: Masami Aomame [Rated M, incomplete?]

Trick-Or-Tequila By: softwaifu [Rated E, on going]

word war one By: the blanket  [Rated T, complete]

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Surgeon / Doctor AU 🍅🌸

*Fics where at least one of them is a doctor or they are in a modern hospital setting.

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Fixing you By: La coccinelle bleue 

"You're a heart doctor? Maybe you could fix uncle Sasuke's heart." [Rated T, complete] ❤️

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a pathological anatomy of the heart By: arabesque05 / @blue-plums​

A sasusaku: this is no tragedy. She believes it. -medical!au- [Rated K+, complete]

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love at first sight By: theeflowerchild /  @sun--flowerseed​ 

Uchiha Sasuke is beyond totally smitten for the pink haired girl who is ten-years younger than him, ten times more beautiful than any woman he has ever met, and more than ten spaces out of his reach. Doctor!Sasuke and Intern!Sakura [Rated M, on going ~ updated recently]

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Over There By: JinnySkeans 

And they won't come back till it's over, over there. WWII AU, Doctor!Sakura. [Rated M, incomplete]

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Am I Your Lockscreen? By: Lady_Otori / @lady-otori

[Part of “In Another Place” - Anthology fic] This is a medical!au, featuring Sasuke as a surgeon, Naruto (!!) also as a surgeon and of course our favourite Sakura-chan. [Rated T]

Pancakes 

This is in the same universe as the “Am I Your Lockscreen?” prompt, featuring once again hot doctor!sasuke and tired doctor!sakura. It's set before the previous prompt, right when they first qualify as doctors with all the accompanying late nights and stress. [Rated T] 

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Officer Uchiha AU By: @sun-summoning

Featuring Cop/Detective!Sasuke and Doctor!Sakura: prequel, part i, part ii, part iii, part iv, part v, part vi  ❤️

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The secret wife By: La coccinelle bleue 

"The thing is, Mrs. Uchiha, I am weird, I am really bizarre, like extinct species bizarre, it's crazy, but for some odd reason," She barked a laugh, "With some miracle, your son loves me, and I love him, too, I don't know what that changes for you, but that's the truth, and the only truth I know." 💉 Resident/Doctor!Sakura [Rated M, complete] 🔥

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Phew! I hope you find the read you were looking for 😊

If you still want to read other AUs after that, you can find more recommendations under my tag, theredconversegirl recommends, or this post: AUs you didn’t know you needed until now.

P.S.: If you enjoyed these stories, make sure to leave some love & feedback.💕

~ Happy Reading & Stay Safe!

Listed in alphabetical order. All are on FFN!

✨substitution by sincerelyLen (K/6.6k/one-shot/complete)

The differences between the alternate and the original only made Haruno Sakura appreciate Uchiha Sasuke more, because no one could substitute him in her life, not even himself…

✨ Wherever You Are by Tsugi no mai hakuren (M/28k/multi-chapter/incomplete)

Haruno Sakura, daughter of one of Konoha’s heroes. Uchiha Sasuke, Chuunin, who might just be more of a disgrace to his clan than his brother. Sakura knew going on this mission with him would be a mistake. That she would fall in love with him all over again, and the worst part was - she was right. 

✨you make my heart beat faster by @sun-summoning (M/13k/multi-chapter/complete)

In another world, Sasuke makes the moves. That is, of course, unless Sakura feels like messing with him.

We Draw the Lines in the Leaves by LadyMomo

Matchmaker, matchmaker by anthropologicalhands

Stay by Jinnyskeans

Looking through the glass by kuriquinn

The unexpected visitor by RD Chan Hokage

kakashi: ok you know wHAT youre in TIME OUT! get on top of the fridge!!! GET UP THERE

winking

clenching

pulsing

fluttering

contracting

twitching

sucking

quivering

pulsating

throbbing

beating

thumping

thudding

pounding

humming

palpitate

vibrate

grinding

crushing

hammering

lashing

knocking

driving

thrusting

pushing

force

injecting

filling

dilate

stretching

lingering

expanding

bouncing

reaming

elongate

enlarge

unfolding

yielding

sternly

firmly

tightly 

harshly

thoroughly

consistently

precision

accuracy

carefully

demanding

strictly

restriction

meticulously

scrupulously

rigorously

rim

edge

lip

circle

band

encircling

enclosing

surrounding

piercing

curl

lock

twist

coil

spiral

whorl

dip

wet

soak

madly

wildly

noisily

rowdily

rambunctiously

decadent

degenerate

immoral

indulgent

accept

take

invite

nook

indentation

niche

depression

indent

depress

delay

tossing

writhing

flailing

squirming

rolling

wriggling

wiggling

thrashing

struggling

grappling

striving

Arouse -  agitate, awaken, electrify, enliven, excite, entice, foment, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, provoke, rally, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, thrill, waken, warm, whet, attract, charm, coax, fire up, fuel, heat up, lure, produce, stir up, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrum, torment, wind up, work up

One of the most widespread among romantic tropes is opposites attract, and with good reason. When a couple are opposites, they’re meant to be one of a few things to each other: 1. An inverse reflection of each other. 2. Compliment each other 3. Cover each other’s shortcomings

In a sense, a good Opposites Attract serves to turn two incomplete people into one solid force. If they’re a battle couple, they’ll tend to fight very well together, often balancing force and finesse, melee and ranged, or physical and magical abilities. If the show or book has a lot of time dedicated to foils and character moments, they are more likely to be the ones that each other lean on, since their opposing characters makes them interesting to react off one another. Their roles, story arcs, and backstories tend to run opposite or parallel to one another depending on the series. If one character’s arc is to mature and become more responsible, likely their partner’s arc might be to learn to loosen up and have fun, learn to trust people, or to face a trauma in their past that made them so mature at a young age.

In terms of design, opposites attract partners tend to be inverse in color schemes. Light and dark hair or eyes, warm and cool color schemes, clashing or complimentary fashion styles, etc. The degree in opposition also varies. Some opposites attract look very similar with only a slight difference, indicating that something small is what set them on different paths in life but are otherwise very similar, almost as two sides of the same coin. Other couples are stark contrasts with virtually nothing in common to really emphasize their differences so that they can better make each other whole, as shown very literally through the character of Garnet in Steven Universe. 

Femme and Butch

While typically, you’re mostly going to see this in femmeslash/yuri pairings, this dynamic is actually fairly universal. This divide focuses on a pairing where each couple reflects the values of masculinity and femininity. Although mostly used as lesbian terms, a femme and butch pairing can also be gay or heterosexual. A fashion-loving twink who cries during romantic movies dating a jock who likes sports and drinks beer is still an example of Femme and Butch. Heterosexual is rather obvious, but can also be inversed, with a tough, assertive woman partnered with a sweet, sensitive man, such as Calhoun and Felix in Wreck-It Ralph. A Femme and Butch pairing doesn’t need to check off every box on this list of traits, but these traits tend to be common in these types of relationships.

Brains and Brawn

Also known as Jock and Nerd, this romantic dynamic prioritizes the usefulness of both intelligence and brute strength. Another variation is Book Smarts vs Street Smarts. The Brains will be good at doing research, organizing, and will tend to fight more strategically while the Brawn is primarily going to be good at fighting and likely protecting the Brains from serious harm. Princess and Bodyguard is another possible example of this dynamic, albeit a little less directly.

Hot and Cold

Hot or Warm characters tend to be friendly, outgoing, upbeat, loudmouthed, temperamental, boisterous, and battle-ready. Cold or Cool personalities tend to be shy, calm, quiet, logical, reserved, serious, and emotionally withdrawn. However, while these extreme opposites of hot-head and cold-shoulder balance each other out, it’s worth discussing same heat relationships. Kiribaku is an example of a Hot/Warm relationship, as Bakugou Katsuki is an angry little spitfire with an aggressive streak, while Kirishima Eijirou is a happy-go-lucky sweetheart with a good attitude. This is sort of the same concept, just that both boys are on the warm side of the spectrum, with Kirishima being the cooler counter to Bakugou’s temperamental hot-head. This also works inversely, as the ship Tododeku is a Cold/Cool relationship. Midoriya is a shy, but upbeat young man who tends not to draw too much attention to himself, while Todoroki is stoic, logical, and a bit dense socially. In this case, Midoriya is Cool while Todoriki is Cold, with Midoriya serving as the “Hot” aspect of their relationship as the more friendly and outgoing of the two.  

Light and Shadow

This archetype is often used as a “opposite sides of the same coin” format, where the characters serve as foils to one another. In Teen Titans, Raven’s powers are dark and demonic, while Starfire’s are bright and extraterrestrial. Both girls get their powers from their emotions, but where Starfire revels in her emotions to make her powerful, Raven must suppress her emotions to retain control of her powers. As the only two girls, they stick out as the obvious foils of the group. Many times, when this trope appears, it’s in the form of Classic Paragon Hero vs Cynical Anti-Hero. Superman and Batman are a great example. Superman is a boyscout token good guy, while Batman is a brooding loner. One is the hope for justice and goodness to always triumph while the other acknowledges that people are flawed, and maybe not everyone deserves to be saved. Naruto is interesting because he has two dark reflections. The first is Sasuke. While Naruto is the golden-haired idealist who befriends villains almost as often as Steven Universe, Sasuke is a dark counter consumed by a thirst for vengeance and the power to exact it. Naruto’s other dark counter however is Gaara. Both are Jinchuriki, but whereas Naruto eventually found friends and love in his fellow genin, Gaara was very much still alone when he met Naruto, reflecting what Naruto could have become without that love and support in this life.

Protagonist and Rival

Another case of “two sides of the same coin”, most anime protagonists and their rival tend to either have very similar backstories, very similar motivations, or very similar personalities, if not some combination of the three. Both Naruto and Sasuke were abandoned in the world at a young age with the Hokage looking out for them from afar. Naruto started off having nobody, and was always reaching out hoping to connect with anyone. Meanwhile, Sasuke started with a family and lost it, and decided to keep everyone at arm’s length and isolate himself further. Rin Okumura and Ryuji Suguro are practically the same person. Both lost their families and homes due to Satan, both are strong-willed loudmouthed tough guys with a knack for leadership, and both share the goal of killing Satan. Natsu Dragneel is immature and battle-ready, but while Grey Fullbuster at least pretends to be above it, he’ll jump into a fight with Natsu practically unprompted. The main appeal of the anime protagonist and his rival is that they push each other to succeed, often coming from very similar roots, but where they end up is entirely up to the effort they put in and the path they choose to take. They both refuse to lose to each other, and that propells them to constantly want to out-do each other.

Sweet and Sour

My best friend and I are polar opposites in this sense. When we met, she was far too trusting, submissive, and far too forgiving. Meanwhile, I was a lot more cynical, mean-spirited, and unfortunately, a little more closed-minded than I’d like to admit. After five years of friendship, my friend is far more assertive, has a lot more confidence in herself, is a lot better at handling criticism, and rather than just submitting in an argument, she now has the nerve to get in someone’s face and make her point heard. Because of her, I’ve become less stand-offish, more patient and polite, less of a control freak, more aware of valuing other people’s emotions, and more tolerant of a group I hadn’t realized I’d been intolerant toward. We saw the world in such distinctly different ways that we have managed to rub off on each other, and now we’re both such stronger and more complete people for having known each other.

Serious and Goofball

A classic comedy duo, the comedian and the straight man. The Goofball character tends to be immature, a knucklehead, a jokester, and comes off as a bit inexperienced. Meanwhile, the Serious character tends to be mature, responsible, disciplined, but comes off as a bit aloof. The Goofball reminds the Serious character to have a little fun every once in a while, while the Serious character reins in the Goofball before they hurt themselves or somebody else.

Hero and Sidekick

The hero has their act together and the sidekick is just doing their best. This happens a lot in Action movies where the handsome tough guy and the hapless damsel (who he kidnaps a little too often for my liking) is just kind of along for the ride. The two live in entirely different worlds. Sometimes this comes in the variant of Starlet and Manager where one in the relationship takes center stage while the other is content to help them run their life, promote their career, and help them. Another variation is Superstar and Random Extra, wherein one person leads a very visible life in the public eye being adored by millions of fans while their partner works 9-5 in an office dealing with insurance claims. Although they coe from very different worlds and lead very different lives, that doesn’t mean they still haven’t found love in an unlikely place. Often, the reason the hero or big shot loves this random nobody is because they fell in love with them before they ever became famous, or they didn’t know/care who the celebrity was and just liked them as a person without interest in using their celebrity to climb the social ladder.

Loud and Quiet

She’s quirky, outgoing, bubbly, energetic, and talkative. Too talkative. She never shuts up. He’s quiet, simple, down-to-earth, and calm. Too Calm. He never gets excited. This pairing works to push and pull each other until they’ve harmonized. The Quiet one will be pulled out of their shell and learn to be more open and talkative, while the Loud one will learn to think before they act. This couple is divided along lines of Introversion and Extroversion, and together can navigate the anxiety-triggering unease of a social gathering, and finding joy and pleasure in just enjoying each other’s company without needing to fill the silence with pointless chatter.

Okay now I’m pissed.

This week, multiple anons left me messages saying this user was a plagiarist. It was brought to my attention because in the past, I read and heavily promoted one of this user’s stories on my blog.

I NEVER give weight to claims against other users when they are made by anonymous sources.  

So, before making any conclusions - I went to walkinginthemeadow directly and asked if the accusations were true.

Based on our conversation, my understanding of this user’s “writing process” for all the “fanfics” she posts is this:  

(1) She translates a book into English word for word (or apparently, if the book is already in English, just takes the true author’s original writing word for word) and

(2) swaps out the names of the original characters for Sakura, Sasuke, etc. 

I wanted to make absolutely sure she and I both understood the meaning of our conversation, and that I was actually interpreting her responses correctly. 

So I bit the bullet, bought Colleen Hoover’s e-book on Amazon, and listened to the first few chapters while reading this user’s “fanfic” in front of me.

And the chapters of the fanfic I’ve read thus far plagiarizes Colleen Hoover’s book word for word.

By aggressively promoting this user’s past fic, and leaving detailed substantive reviews for every chapter (it was a 40+ chapter story), and urging others to check it out as well - I perpetuated plagiarism. 

And I wanted to try and remedy my mistake.

I am NOT about callout culture.  I struggled to figure out a way to address this issue without directly implicating this user by name.

I sought the advice of far more experienced members; users whose writing we all love and admire; people who have actively contributed to this space for far longer than I’ve been a participant and have demonstrated wisdom, empathy, common sense and restraint in how they navigate the fandom.

These members agreed that plagiarism is a serious problem.  It’s a huge de-motivator for writers, and has no place in fandom in any way, shape or form.

But in the interest of being measured, these experienced members suggested: 

(1) promoting the actual author’s original work instead; (2) leaving reviews on this user’s ff.net and AO3 posts to alert readers that this story was plagiarized; and (3) alerting proper parties so a cease and desist might be issued.

I tried (1) and (2).  I know guests have left reviews stating the truth about Ugly Love, but the user just deletes them.  

When I asked her why she deleted those reviews, she said it was because they were left by anons.

I left a review on AO3 clarifying this user’s process and stating the truth about the story, and my comment was deleted as well - even though I identified myself when leaving the review.

I am pissed because even after going through the effort of NOT calling out this person by name, walkinginthemeadow had the audacity to send me multiple messages today saying I was making a big deal out of nothing; that her  “disclaimers” were up front about everything (that is false:  her disclaimers merely state that the story isn’t original and is “based on” Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover, but nowhere does the user ever publicly, transparently, and clearly state her process and what she actually did = copied Colleen Hoover’s Ugly Love  book word for word, swapped out original character names for Sasuke, Sakura, etc. and uploaded it as a fanfic under her own pseudonym.

@walkinginthemeadow:  

(1)  If you really believe there is nothing wrong with how you “write” these “fanfics”, then you’d be transparent, honest and up front with your process and what you do to post stories in a readily visible author’s note.  Clearly, the fact that you only take the time to “explain everything” (and who knows what that entails) to readers via private message is indicative of your discomfort and inner acknowledgement that what you are doing is wrong.

(2)  Your excuse that you have always been honest and up front with readers as evidenced by your use of disclaimers also falls short.  Your disclaimers merely state that the fics are “not original stories”, and are “based on”  ____ books by ______ authors.  That is patently untrue and misleading.

Many fanfic authors write stories based on, or inspired by, other books, or adapt scenes from certain books/plays/movies, etc.  However, usurping another author’s writing word for word and merely swapping out character names while occasionally making minor tweaks is not “basing” a fic on a pre-existing story.  

What you do is tantamount to theft of another writer’s work = plagiarism.  

(3)  “But I still believe you took something and made it into a huge deal, instead of letting me talk about the book you decided to do it, you began talking about something that had nothing to do with you”

I’m making a big deal out of this because plagiarism IS a “HUGE DEAL”.   I am talking honestly and transparently about “your fic” and what you do because you will NOT.  

You were/are welcome to talk honestly about the book at any time.  You started posting stolen chapters on December 4th.  Nothing has ever stopped you from being fully transparent about what you do at any given point.  

But you haven’t spoken publicly about it.  And you won’t, because I think you know that there is a real problem with what you do.  If you really didn’t think there was anything wrong with your “process”, you wouldn’t delete comments from identified users stating the truth about your “fics” and you wouldn’t only bother “explaining everything” to your readers via private messaging.

And FUCKING FINALLY:  “you began talking about something that had nothing to do with you.”

You know what?  It’s true that you didn’t plagiarize my work.  I didn’t lose actual money over your conduct. 

But I’m a voracious consumer of fanfiction.  I love the fandom, and I have a deep seated respect for ALL REAL fic writers.  

Over this past year, I’ve encountered amazing contributors to the fandom who are professionals, students, single parents, individuals living with chronic illness, battling depression, anxiety, and a laundry list of other difficulties.

They are incredibly busy, and many are struggling with any number of things IRL -  yet still take the time out of their packed schedules and overcome personal difficulties to write and create for us.  

You copy and paste entire books, swap out names and may or may not make minor tweaks or adjustments and post them as “fanfics” under your pseudonyms, allowing readers to consume these books for free on AO3 and ff.net.  AO3 even allows readers to DOWNLOAD ENTIRE FICS, and in doing so you take away the original author’s sole right to monetize their hard work. 

It is also hugely insulting to all fanfic writers who genuinely struggle and put in legitimate effort to write their stories. 

Maybe this doesn’t affect me directly, per se.  But I know many fanfic authors who I admire and respect, and several who I consider friends - who have honed their craft and worked tirelessly for years to try and build a readership in the hopes that they might be able to monetize their original work some day.  

Some fanfic authors I know are self-published, or are planning to self-publish after years of working on their writing skills, and one day they might have a published novel just like the ones you steal and post as fanfiction… which would be detrimental to these people financially and motivationally.

And I say FUCK THAT.  

To anyone who was patient enough to read to the end:  

I am referring to a “fanfic” posted as Ugly Love on ff.net and AO3

This “fanfic” is the most egregious case of textbook plagiarism that I have ever encountered.  

She has a twitter at the handle millie_san1 that promotes her stolen works. It’s awful.

Screenshots of said plagiarism