Plagiarism Alert in SGA

[seperis]

Update 3:

APOLOGY DELETED! But screencaps live forever. Screencap of apology here.

Update 2:

AND HERE! jdr1184 totally fails at an apology here. I mean, totally fails.

Update:

tia933 finds similarities with ebook Bonding With Graven by Amber Kell - link

friendshipper found another story that was plagiarized from - link

Original

Thanks to the efforts of almostnever, who uncovered the plagiarism and telesilla, who has been kind enough to unlock her post with almostnever's conclusions:

The story The Reluctant Princess by jdr1184 has passages taken from rageprufrock's Bell Curve and toomuchplor's Waiting For My Real Life to Begin.

In almostnever's LJ: Comparison of The Reluctant Princess by ldr1184 to Rageprufrock's and ToomuchPlor's Stories In Tables!

In telesilla's LJ: Comparison of The Reluctant Princess by ldr1184 to Rageprufrock's and ToomuchPlor's Stories

...that wasn't even subtle, yo.

Just in case, screenshot of jdr1184's fic here, unlocked at time of posting.

Comments

[fyrdrakken]

Well, yeah, for people who like writing and enjoy their own creativity and stuff.

For people who just want the glow of approval from fellow fangirls and are used to the c&p method of "writing" term papers, I can see them cutting some corners and not quite getting what they've done wrong.