Exactly that happened to me too! Somebody, I guess, liked the name and plot of my fic. I decided to click on it, *just* to see what it's about, and it's about the SAME THING EXACTLY, so I told her so, and she went all defensive, but in the end I got her to publicly announce that she had been *inspired* by me... and to check out my fic.

Mess with me.

So, basically, I'm saying to just gently prod them at first, not in a review, but a PM, because they get all angry you're makin' it public, then, if they don't respond, ask a bit LESS politely. If this goes on, review it. If that doesn't work and you're on the brink of tears as they continue plagiarizing, alert the FF.net builders for assistance.

-Laly :)

Well, I have a fic that somebody wrote a spin-off of. It was a very blatant AU, but I guess that's why somebody spun off it.

She asked me beforehand, though.

Sorry I can't help more. I don't really know what I'd do in this situation. if somebody ever copied my fic, then I probably would never know.

My fandoms are just too big to ever detect a single copied fic in...

Well, I kind of did the same thing, but asked the author before posting and got enthusiastic approval.

You might just wanted to say, "Hey, I think your thing was inspired by mine, next time you do it do you mind asking?"

Um, I'm not familiar with your fandom at all, so I probably can't help much... sorry.


There's only one thing left for me to do.

Have some chocolate?