I've Arrived! (Also, Plagiarism)

[akashathekitty]

I've today been contacted by a few people telling me that allegedly a story titled Completely and Utterly by Tragic Disposition on FFnet has content directly lifted from bex-chan's Isolation and my own In the Darkness All Cats Are Grey

Comments

[everafter13]

I breezed over it and while it is terribly written, so much so that I couldn't bear to do a detailed reading. From the scanning, I didn't pick up anything that I recognized to be you're work regarding plot and storyline. Bexchan's Isolation has some plot points that may have been used and reversed so Hermione was placed in Draco's position and vice versa. But no one could ever mistake Tragic Disposition's work in term's of story for yours... trust me. But I can't comment on details since I only did a quick skim. I know you're stories and writing style pretty well. I think the closest I could relate as far as plot goes was Hermione and Draco screwing in secret, but that isn't a unique plot point. She did brazenly lift some direct lines for intimate scene's:

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FOUND IN HER "WORK" in Chapter 9:

He gave her a grin that melted her heart and Hermione forgot what they were talking about. "Well, Granger, you have had one before right?"

She cocked her head in confusion. They were really in the most awkward position to be talking. "Had what?"

Draco simply grinned and waited for her to catch on, dipping down again to flick his tongue against his clit before rising once more to find her heavy gaze. "Oh," she said, understanding.

He waited for her to elaborate, giving her a sly look.

She smiled and pulled herself up a little higher, bringing him along with her, her legs still wrapped tightly around his neck. "Well, yes. Just by myself," she said, flushing once more in embarrassment.

"Good," he said.

"Good that I've had an orgasm?" She questioned.

"No, good that you were by yourself."---

AND

His pained words and shallow breaths were having an effect on her not unlike the effect his hand was having and she moaned once more, pressing herself against him, tighter. He shuddered before pushing her hips down with a hand.

"So tight," he whispered longingly as if to himself. "Just one finger and you're already so fucking tight." He swallowed loudly, his throat dry. "Good thing that I'm not taking you," he hoarsely added as an afterthought.

Gently thrusting his fingers in and out, Draco let his other hand wander and find her sweet arse which was lifted well off the mattress by this point.
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Aside from the completely shitty move of lifting someone else's work and putting it in your own.... it's also so badly written that it adds more insult to injury. Hope this helps.

[akashathekitty]

So she lifted bits of my sex scenes and then rewrote them to make them worse? LOVELY.

But unfortunately that may actually mean that S_P will dismiss the case. Asking if a girl (especially a virgin) if she's had an orgasm is fairly standard formulaic romance stuff and the other bit is also vague enough that the case isn't solid.

But indeed, it's a rude move. I'm all for being inspired by someone else, but to simply take a scene and rewrite it like that (especially without "inspired by" credit or something to acknowledge people) is... not something that'll make you any friends.