A little backstory.
I used to be in a Ragnarok Online RP board; it eventually slowed down and died. Members moved on. Since a lot of the RO monsters didn't canonically have personalities it was pretty fun to make up our own and go from there; I did that for Moonlight Flower and Wickebine Tres. Good times.
Then, today:
[21:08] --------- : btw with ----s permission, I hope you don't mind I borrowed some of your character concept of Wickebine Tres from MUSI was floored, you know? Who would even bother? I was a little aggravated that I was only told AFTER their application for the character was submitted, but hey, I wanted to know what s/he'd taken first. It ended up that not only were most of Wicke's appearance taken, but her personality had been completely ripped off. In order to 'differentiate' the two Wickebines they turned her into a brainless sex-crazed twat that was completely and utterly two-dimensional.
That isn't her at all. Canonically, even in the game she was tortured to the point of becoming semi-incorporeal--ghostly-- and utterly despised her position. Wickebine would give anything to live again, to be able to have a heartbeat and to love fully and maybe get married and have a family. That's impossible for her, so while she is very loose and sexual, it's one of the few ways she can communicate her desire without honestly loving someone. She's all about free love, and while the physical aspect plays a role it is NOT the focus-- it's the closest Wickebine can afford to be to someone without getting hurt. And even then she ends up loving anyway; that's just Wicke. Basically they copied, and even failed at copying. Thankfully we talked over Y!M and she's going to make Wickebine into some other stereotype-- but not a stereotype of how I see her.
And... while that made me feel like crying (I am really fucking attached to Wicke) I stumbled onto the profile of this RP board's Moonlight Flower. The title looked kinda familiar-- the poster of the profile / application, anyway. I saw "Ha-Neul" and my stomach just fucking dropped.
They wouldn't, I thought, but people suck and yes they would. Her appearance, her personality, her strengths, weaknesses, age, the name I'd given her to be used instead of just "Moonlight Flower," her history and powers were all copied and pasted directly from her old application on the Ragnarok Online board I used to hang out in.
This is-- god knows how many months, I know it's been over a year since that board was active. I talked to this person before, the one who stole Ha-Neul's character, I've RPed with her. She seemed nice. And now that she's head admin of her own RO board, it's suddenly okay to thieve someone else's development? I know Moonie's a pre-existing monster, but not with any personality hints to go off of in-game. Everything that was taken... nngh
she's not a cat, she is no one's pet, she would never be some irredeemably evil man's pet demon fucking HELL she's got PRIDE or didn't you read that in the profile, miss, or did you just copypaste without looking and just edit a few names here and there until only her relationships and contradictory behaviour was yours ahsdfakjshdfkasdfsfas,d
fuck you. fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck youI don't think I can communicate how this shit made me feel, man. But I have one snarling demon in my head and one very quiet ghost, and both of them combined make me surprised I didn't actually cry.
edit: Ha-Neul Ripoff deleted the monster's profile after I contacted her, offering no explanation. Wicke Ripoff is gone too. Not as nauseated anymore.