having it stolen by someone who's outright disrespecting the entire concept is so much worse
Yeah, exactly. IDK I'm going back and forth between being pissed off, especially because it's a shitty thing to do to a reader and I hate the idea of my words being used to sort of lull people into a false sense of security - and just being like... that is a very unhappy person. And it's so weird that someone who must be in their 30s at least, judging by the slang and references, is still doing this!! So I do feel sorry for them.
I'm getting a strong vibe that this is basically bitterness and anger about their own fic not getting enough attention. I (foolishly, lol) replied to one of their comments to say this isn't satire, it's theft, and they went off on one about how they actually write GREAT fic that's much better than mine. "The stuff that I could proudly submit to an English teacher", because apparently that's still the metric...?!
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Date: 2023-12-10 05:08 pm (UTC)having it stolen by someone who's outright disrespecting the entire concept is so much worse
Yeah, exactly. IDK I'm going back and forth between being pissed off, especially because it's a shitty thing to do to a reader and I hate the idea of my words being used to sort of lull people into a false sense of security - and just being like... that is a very unhappy person. And it's so weird that someone who must be in their 30s at least, judging by the slang and references, is still doing this!! So I do feel sorry for them.
I'm getting a strong vibe that this is basically bitterness and anger about their own fic not getting enough attention. I (foolishly, lol) replied to one of their comments to say this isn't satire, it's theft, and they went off on one about how they actually write GREAT fic that's much better than mine. "The stuff that I could proudly submit to an English teacher", because apparently that's still the metric...?!