hey, i know it's hard to make good ocs, but... you shouldn't copy or steal someone else's. you know better than that.
try to make your own. don't just use one you found on google, don't eyedropper the exact colours from a random oc. do your best to create your own character.
copy // original

this sort of thing. don't do this. the oc on the right is very loved and you have no right to steal that. the same goes for anyone's oc.
please make your own characters.
and for the love of god, don't lie about it when you get caught. don't pretend it was an accident or that you never stole anything. you can avoid these kinds of arguments by not stealing to begin with,.
stolen // original

for a very long time people have been contacting me at least once a week to show me someone stealing my characters, or tracing my characters, or whatever. it's so exhausting. i don't have the energy to chase these things anymore. it's terrible.
stolen // original

yeah, this was funny when it happened, but the fact that this was not the first time it had happened to me is really sad. and this is happening to so many people in this fandom constantly. there's no consideration, no respect.
you can be inspired by someone else's character without taking the colours or tracing or just straight-up stealing the design. and there's nothing shameful about BEING inspired. you don't need to lie.
this thread is very badly written. i'm sorry.
we could all stand to be a little more respectful of the others in this community. and that means being harsher on our gigantic theft problem.
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