Can you help me...? (is this plagiarism?)

EDIT 19/12/18

The story was taken down by mods, but the author reposted the story https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1380797/paradise-jaemin-taeil-johnny-jisung-jaehyun-chensung-lucas-jungwoo-yuta-taeyong-mark-jeno-ten-jaeyong-donghyuck-markhyuck-winwin-kun-nct-nctu-johnil-nct127-yuwin-haechan-nctdream-chenle-renjun-luwoo-norenmin-nct2018-kunten

Lmao why is this happening to me what do I do now

 


Earlier in the day, I got a message from a user saying that they found a story that has similar plot with my story Dragon's Treasure. If you've read the story and remember how it goes, please help me deciding what to do about this matter :') 

This is the story that has similar plot with mine: https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1356571/paradise-donghyuck-markhyuck-marklee-nct-nctu-nct127-haechan-nctdream

The first thing I noticed is that the author is subscribed to Dragon's Treasure, which means they've read it before. The story starts up in similar way: The omega was sold by his mother, then taken away to be trained as a heartless assassin, and then he was sent to kill an alpha king. The omega was told that the alpha king is evil (even though he wasn't) and the omega ended up getting his heat in the process. 

At first, I thought that it's normal to see stories with the same omegaverse au like mine, but after reading the first few chapters, I notice that the scenes in their story and mine are too similar to be called coincidence. I'll give you some examples or proofs or whatever you call them.

 

In my story, there was an assassin who took the main character away in the beginning of the story:

 

In their story, there's also a very similar scene: 

In my story, there's a scene where Tao hesitates to kill because of a certain reason: 

 

In their story, there's also a similar scene with similar reason too:

In my story, there's a scene where Tao was told about Yifan: 

 

In their story, there's also a similar scene lol:

 

There are still a lot of similar things that I found in their story, but I can't screenshot them all cause then this post will be too long and I'll be wasting your time :'). I was told about this by a reader, which means that it's not only me who found the similarity in our plots. I'm not sure I can blatantly call this plagiarism since the author didn't copy word-by-word, they just take like 50% of the idea and made it into their own story, so I really don't know how to deal with this. 

Should I messaged the author and call them out? Should I comment on their story? 

Honestly, I hate to have my idea stolen so much that I even think about removing the story from AFF all togehter, but it's a ty thing to do cause I know there are people who like that story and it's selfish for me to take it down just because of this, but I really despise it when things like this happen because I worked really hard to come up with the plot and someone else just took a chunk of it and made it their own without saying anything to me. 

Can you help me about this? What should I do?

Should I just take my story down lmao I'm tired

 

 

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Julip9989 #1
Just saw the new "version" and what pisses me the most is the fact that they are like its a remake so it doesn't sound like the other story... like if you are going to keep on with this bull then at least say what's the actual name of the story that inspired theirs... But like is the same thing... GODD and at the end of the chapter they are like I just changed what sounded like copyright... them
peachmomo23 #2
What the fish??

Jia.. U r the original one, hunn.... No need to take down your master piece.. The copy cat doesn't last long. Rn take care of ur health

Thanks for all your stories..we all appreciate all your efforts (did i cry?? Yes)

Hv a good day without toxic people :)
dsknan #3
hi, i hope you dont stress too much about this ): please take care of your health! i think you should do what you think would be best, whether its taking down the story or messaging the author. it honestly seems like pure plagiarism honestly, its like if they just rephrased things tbh djdjj but, i would love if you'd keep the story up cause i know that im one of the people who reread it every once in a while, but ultimately its your decision!! i think the author deleted the story though!
Sleazy #4
The story has been deleted when I clicked the url XD
moonade #5
Dont take down ur story. I think u should talk /massage the author.
Styhornelikson #6
Xiao, i think you should talk to the author and tell them that you've worked so hard to do that work/story, it's so wrong for them to use your plot cos you've worked so hard on it and most of your readers know that. It's just wrong.
digindeeper #7
i think there's also a plagiarism alert if you click into the story itself. maybe that could help also? it definitely seems like plagiarism to me
yeolakkuma #8
I would honestly approach them. The stories are way too similar. They obviously drew inspiration from your story, if not all the plots and tropes. I would definitely be upset if my hard work was taken in such a way.
blueacacias #9
lmaoo i commented right away on her story indirectly calling it plagiarism i hope people will notice or she'll realize..... sorry that i can't do much jia... anyway please always be happy and healthy :)) just read that you're kinda sick so i hope you're recovering well! <3
HeartlessRose #10
I wouldn’t blatantly call it plagiarism because they did not, as you said, word for word copy you. However, they clearly spent a great deal of time referencing your story and re-wording it to fit their characters. The idea is there. The plot is there, just messier. I would message the author and ask that if they took inspiration from Dragon’s Treasure, to do you the decency of writing somewhere in the forward the the fanfic is heavily inspired by your fic. I would also tell them in a very choicely worded message that there is nothing wrong from drawing inspiration from others, but there is when you’re incapable of drawing the inspiration from someone else’s work and then not changing it to make it your own and adding your own spin on it. The author of only took your ideas, but did so in a horribly grammatically incorrect, spelling nightmare, sorry excuse of a fic. It’s pretty bad. The poor sentence structure, grammar, lack of punctuation and just the way she writes is pretty awful. But for sure call her out on it. There’s no excuse and no reason when it’s that similar to yours for her not to have placed in the forward that it’s heavly inspired by Dragons Treasure.
mennie68 #11
Yes absolutely copy your story my dear omg the idea and all from the start and the characters as well,need to report this kind of person who copy your hardwork story here in aff.٩(๑`^´๑)۶
(ㄒoㄒ) (≧ω≦)/
peachytaoris #12
as an IR student that write too much papers lol I think that author does plagiarism your work, cos usually you can copy the topic, the background, but not how the story goes. im so sad to hear this and i hope u contact that author and resolve it together. I mean not to mention the fact that they subscribe your ff too. i think u alrdy hv legit prove bb! and dont take down your story pls thats my guilty pleasure xoxo fighting gurrll!
latestTMMT #13
jia why don't you try talking to the author? i read few chapters and read some comments too.
Dragon's treasure is your story. you spent time building that. so you can do whatever you want with it. but don't take it down because of this matter. it's unfair too you.
Mishtique #14
Based on the screenshots you provided i would approach the writer about it. It's too much coincidence to be coincidence and considering the fact that the autor is subscribed to your story...
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