OMG U Plajerized me! - Fanfiction Wank
Starza posts a Yami no Matsuei (Descendants of Darkness) fic over at Yamifics on livejournal. It's a common fanfic theme - darkness hiding behind a sunny exterior - but dealing with common themes is perfectly valid within fiction, right?

Not according to Catesith18 and Honooko! They are dedicated to stamping out fics that present dark!Tsuzuki because that's ripping off of other fics that present dark~Tsuzuki and that is wrong!


Honooko:
*sigh* Okay, look. Two people have just pointed out that it sounds like a rip-off. Want proof? Fine.

'Monsters'
And I loathed the way he could soften his glares into genuine, shy smiles, when mine were always such a mask, and the way he could fall so -easily- into love, even though he had never had the chance to even love his family. And the way he looked at me, so clearly, fearlessly.

Your fic.
I thought it would be a great challenge, but it wasn't, to my dismay. This is what happens when you live a lonely and deserted life. It's all too easy when you show affection. Like a little lost puppy, hungry for any scrapes, he lapped up my hand.

You can't tell me that those two lines do not express EXACTLY THE SAME IDEA. And that's just a start. In fact, I have a document open on my comp right now. I'm comparing. And believe you me, this is just the beginning.

What? Hisoka's growing affection may be seen by dark!Tsuzuki as a shockingly quick shift due to his being locked in a basement his whole life and dying in a horrific manner? Say it ain't so!!!

Bonus: An actual ripping off of ideas is pointed out, and the author admits to it.