Plagiarist found on FF.net

[sinfulslasher]

A person calling themselves RealNCISauthor (of all things!) not only stole four stories by well-known authors in the NCIS fandom, but actually accused them of stealing the stories in the first place. (See screencap of FF.net profile page http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2793774/RealNCISauthor below.)

Comments

[enigmaticblues]

I'll be the mod for this case. Thanks so much for grabbing the caps. That's always helpful. I'll let you know if I need the rest of them from you.

[tejas]

Thank you. If you need anything from me, please let me know. I'm confident that the others (we're all friends) will also give you anything you might need from them.

[enigmaticblues]

Awesome. Thank you!

[tejas]

You're welcome!

[tejas]

Thank you for reporting this. Something about the bio seems familiar to me, but I can't quite place it. I wonder if this person has done this before under a different name.

[sinfulslasher]

This sort of thing just really riles me up. I've been plagiarized in the past (in the X Files fandom) so I know how hurt and enraged you feel. It's just...argh!

See, thing is, I can count on one hand the stories by other authors that I would kill to have written myself--and "Worthy" is one of them. But I would never steal someone else's work like that! (And then accuse them of stealing from me. *boggles* Especially in this close-knit fandom. From well known authors, no less! *boggles some more*)

I have no clue who the person is, but I'd say it's a safe bet that, when your bio page is totes writed liek 4 ppl who want 2 read slash but think kink is 4 pervs 'n stuff, nobody in their right mind is going to believe that you can actually produce well written fic. Ya know? *snerk* (Not to mention the fact that stealing from well known kink writers kinda defeats the purpose of bashing kink!fic lovers...)

[tejas]

ROTFLMAO! I KNOW!

And yeah, whoever she is does seem to have some issues with not only slash but kink. And yet steals both. Too, too, whacko.

[ashes_and_wings]

I'm not the mod on this case, but if you look down one (Foxie/Lazybones) it started out the same way. We rarely get cases like this, where the fact we had two in a *row* is very odd. Although the grammar is different (that is how I caught her) the 'blaming of the real authors' along with the 'kink shaming' is similar. I also think the 'real bayliss' case would be along the same lines too.

[amorettea]

This is one of those really odd cases where the plagiarist names the original authors and then claims they stole from her. I wonder what she gets out of this whole thing, since it is obvious no one is fooled for a moment. Weird. But then, the mind of thief is dark and confused placed.

[sinfulslasher]

Well, I guess offense is the best defense. And it was just finally time to tell the truth about those lying thieves. /sarcasm

[trialia]

*choking over the stupidity of the profile content*

"mud in NCIS"? Really? When most of the fandom knows the original authors of this stuff? Ha.

[tejas]

Yeah, it's not like we're all hiding in the shadows and pushing our fic out from behind the door. LOL! We're EVERYWHERE and not exactly shy. LOL!

[bayliss]

I know that the issue has already been reported to FF.net, and people have left comments/reviews making it clear that the stories were stolen. Up until now, nothing has happened though. :(

Took me FIVE months and SEVEN E-mails to get FF.Net to do anything about "The_Real_Bayliss" Case but they finally did. Persistence, I guess, pays off.

[sinfulslasher]

Oh good lord! *boggles* I knew FF.net sucks but this is ridiculous... *headdesk* If the proof's there, do something about it, damn it! Sigh.