Hi, care to explain why a certain passage in this chapter is so similiar to my story wrttien almost a year agao? Excerpt from "Who will protect you now - ch 3'):
“Kame, please?” Yamapi pleaded.
He looked at both Jin and Yamapi. The pleadings in their eyes, their worry for him was evident.
“I can’t…” his voice shook slightly as he tried to control his tears unsuccessfully.
Jin clenched his fists when he saw the tears spilling down Kame’s face. He had tried to remain patient as Yamapi attempted to coax the younger man into answering their question. But Kame’s tears were the last straw.
He was going to beat up the person who had done this to Kame. Tear them apart from limb to limb. But in order to do that he has know the assailant’s identity.
“Who was it?” Jin asked quietly.
Yamapi frowned at him. He too was frustrated by Kame’s refusal to reply but being confrontational with Kame might push the boy further away into his shell.Kame looked up at Jin.
Teary eyes looked straight into angered ones. Both were filled with pain.Jin forced his voice to be gentler.
“Who was it, Kame?”
Somehow, the tenderness in Jin’s voice finally got to him. The stress from keeping the secret and the pain locked up inside himself finally got to Kame. He couldn’t hold it in anymore.Kame looked away and sobbed. *** Please remove it - thought it is but one passage it still bothers me. thank you.
Wow, I really does sound similar O_O Please wait, I'll have to speak with the author (theywerelies) to confirm about this. I doubt Michelle would plagerize but I can understand your discomfort. Until then, just wait and I will message you back when I find out more information.
I spoke with Michelle and there was no intended plagerism, but either way we are both deeply sorry and apologize many many times. She rewrote the chapter so if you could please re-read it and tell us if it's fine or to change it again.
I am very, VERY sorry for what has happened, I truly hope you can forgive us for this confusing, unpleasant situation.
I understand and accept your apology.Sometimes it can be a case of what I call 'misplaced inspiration'. But you have not corrected this situation. I read through and honestly I don't see much difference!This isn't about taking out a few of MY sentences and editing in a few of YOUR words.That is still plagiarism. I suggest you take out the whole passage and redo it in YOUR own words and style. The crux here is you want Yunho to hear Jae's confession and his feelings on it. Think of Yunho's character, mold it and imagine how he will react.Guilt? pity? impulsive anger? Another point I'd like to check with you. Did you gals have other ' intentioned inspiration' from other sources as well? Because I'm quite sure I read the bit about Jae's abuse almost word for word somewhere, the only difference was instead of the orphanage Yunho took him to a place that had special meaning to him...
An unpleasant situation indeed.I hope you take my advice and please remove every trace of my work from yours.I almost reported this to the comm's mod and am refraining from doing so for now.
I agree, I don't write the chapters but the re-edited one doesn't seem changed so I'll see about editing/redoing the chapter myself.
I'm very thankful for that, for now I'll take out all the content in this chapter until I can create a new chapter of this (I'll make sure to tell you when I do change it).
Thank you! *sigh* I still feel extremely guilty (although I had never written any of the chapters or read your story) but I'm glad that you understand. I'll have to ask Michelle if she or her sister (who was the one who wrote this chapter) had gotten inspiration from other stories because I'd feel worse to know if more chapters were too 'inspired' by other stories.
Is that excerpt that you provided the only plagerized material from your story in the chapter? I'd hate to re-write the whole chapter but if I have to then I most definately will.
Yup, only that excerpt.I kinda feel bad too 'cos I really do want to bother anyone. i mean neither of us get anything material out of this. But the comments I got from the efforts I put in my fic is priceless.And I just felt put out. I read the rest of your story and I loved the plot.Vulnerable Jae and stoic Yunho! fantastic. Checking with your friend is a good idea; I'd hate to see any writer get discredited by an unintended mistake. I'm truly interested to see how you'd re-write it. Take it as challenge and make it 10 times better!;)
Excerpt from "Who will protect you now - ch 3'):
“Kame, please?” Yamapi pleaded.
He looked at both Jin and Yamapi. The pleadings in their eyes, their worry for him was evident.
“I can’t…” his voice shook slightly as he tried to control his tears unsuccessfully.
Jin clenched his fists when he saw the tears spilling down Kame’s face. He had tried to remain patient as Yamapi attempted to coax the younger man into answering their question. But Kame’s tears were the last straw.
He was going to beat up the person who had done this to Kame. Tear them apart from limb to limb. But in order to do that he has know the assailant’s identity.
“Who was it?” Jin asked quietly.
Yamapi frowned at him. He too was frustrated by Kame’s refusal to reply but being confrontational with Kame might push the boy further away into his shell.Kame looked up at Jin.
Teary eyes looked straight into angered ones. Both were filled with pain.Jin forced his voice to be gentler.
“Who was it, Kame?”
Somehow, the tenderness in Jin’s voice finally got to him. The stress from keeping the secret and the pain locked up inside himself finally got to Kame. He couldn’t hold it in anymore.Kame looked away and sobbed.
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Please remove it - thought it is but one passage it still bothers me. thank you.
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I am very, VERY sorry for what has happened, I truly hope you can forgive us for this confusing, unpleasant situation.
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The crux here is you want Yunho to hear Jae's confession and his feelings on it. Think of Yunho's character, mold it and imagine how he will react.Guilt? pity? impulsive anger?
Another point I'd like to check with you. Did you gals have other ' intentioned inspiration' from other sources as well? Because I'm quite sure I read the bit about Jae's abuse almost word for word somewhere, the only difference was instead of the orphanage Yunho took him to a place that had special meaning to him...
An unpleasant situation indeed.I hope you take my advice and please remove every trace of my work from yours.I almost reported this to the comm's mod and am refraining from doing so for now.
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I'm very thankful for that, for now I'll take out all the content in this chapter until I can create a new chapter of this (I'll make sure to tell you when I do change it).
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Thank you and good luck.
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Is that excerpt that you provided the only plagerized material from your story in the chapter? I'd hate to re-write the whole chapter but if I have to then I most definately will.
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Checking with your friend is a good idea; I'd hate to see any writer get discredited by an unintended mistake.
I'm truly interested to see how you'd re-write it. Take it as challenge and make it 10 times better!;)
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