In case you haven't received your daily recommended dosage of tinfoil hat...
Tokyo Babylon Wank!

On the Clampesque board, Brit-chan posts a fic about Subaru, Seishirou, and tea at a particular sakura tree (Canonical elements: corpses, that significant sakura tree, and the two characters’ interactions. They also have tea a lot in the original text).

Apparently it’s got some similarities to another, older story.



C says:

“I'm not accusing you of direct plagirism, as a writer I know that other authors' works have a way of resurfacing in your own projects and can sometimes be purely unintentional. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that this is the case in this scenario.

However, I think a little credit needs to be given to Aishuu for concept work, and I look forward to seeing an edit of this post with her name bolded in the forward.”

This roughly translates to:

“I’m not saying you’re a plagiarist, plagiarist. I’m just saying since everyone in the fandom knows Aishuu’s work, plagiarist, you better give her credit for plagiarizing her idea. The only way you could have come up with this idea on your own is if you ripped off hers. No one else could have thought of these two characters having tea in this manner.”



Wank ensues, including vague threats about reporting the original poster for plagiarism, anonymous wankers out of the blue, friends leaping to the defense, and obligatory tin-foil hat references.

I'm a long-time lurker, first-time wanker. Use lube? *holds up a jug of Astroglide*

Edit: Fixed the cut tags. ^^;;

Update: Looks like someone's gone in with the admin stick and removed a bunch of the particularly trollish comments. Too bad, because they were funny, but I can see the necessity.

ETA: The Author weighs in.