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Welcome to autolykus.tumblr.com where I document the plagiarism of Sarah J. Maas!
The categories include:
A Song of Ice and Fire
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Harry Potter
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The Chronicles of Prydain
Celaena Sardothien + Arya Stark
I couple of days ago I made a post about how Manon Blackbeak (one of the most beloved female characters from Throne of Glass series) is similar to Visenya Targaryen with relations to Targaryens in general.
Today I wanted to talk about Celaena Sardothien/Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. As we know, Throne of Glass is one of the most beloved YA fantasy series and for some people most influencial. For many, Throne of Glass was that one series that got them into reading again.
Fans praise Sarah, not only for her characters, but also for her writing. While searching through Tumblr we can find long post made by antis, proving that Sarah J Maas's writing is at times based of taking quotes from other pieces of media. „You could rattle stars”, „to whatever end” are only some of them. There's one quote that is never mentioned, a quote loved by tog fans tied to Celaena Sardothien/Aelin Ashryver Galathynius.
One of Celaena/Aelin's most infamous quotes is:
„My name is Celaena Sardothien/Aelin Ashryver Galathynius and I will not be afraid.”
The thing is the same quote appears in Chapter 6 of George RR Martin's A Feast for Crows (October 17, 2005, with a United States edition following on November 8, 2005) in relation to Arya Stark:
“Valar dohaeris." He pushed off with his oar and drifted back off into the deeper water. Arya watched him row back the way they'd come, until he vanished in the shadows of the bridge. As the swish of oars faded, she could almost hear the beating of her heart. Suddenly she was somewhere else . . . back in Harrenhal with Gendry, maybe, or with the Hound in the woods along the Trident. Salty is a stupid child, she told herself. I am a wolf, and will not be afraid. She patted Needle's hilt for luck and plunged into the shadows, taking the steps two at a time so no one could ever say she'd been afraid.”
Welcome to autolykus.tumblr.com where I document the plagiarism of Sarah J. Maas!
The categories include:
A Song of Ice and Fire
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Mulan
Shatter Me
The Black Jewels
The Kiss of Deception
The Neverending Story
The Song of the Lioness
The 100
Treasure Planet
Troy
The Chronicles of Prydain
Okay so no one ever talks about this but it needs to be said, Sarah J. Maas absolutely stole from The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. Like, it’s not even subtle she just straight up lifted entire plot devices, character archetypes, and worldbuilding elements and rewrote them in her "sexy fae trauma" aesthetic. Let’s start with the name Prydain = Prythian… my god, then Taran, the humble assistant pig-keeper (who happens to share the same name as her son 🤨) wants to be a hero, is basically the prototype for literally every SJM male lead all tortured, noble, burdened with power and identity issues. And don’t get me started on Eilonwy, who is the blueprint for Aelin, Feyre, Nesta sarcastic, magical girl with royal lineage, trauma, and a destiny she didn’t ask for. Hen Wen, the psychic pig who’s key to the fate of the world? She becomes a chimera or a talking cat or a sassy ancient being in SJM's books it’s the same archetype. And the Black Cauldron?? Literally THE SAME as the Cauldron in ACOTAR a dark magical object used to raise the dead, grant power, and tie fates together. The High Lord one of the books! Even the Horned King shows up again as a dozen different masked, deathless, evil overlords. It’s all there. SJM didn’t just take inspiration she looted Prydain for parts and then added wings and sex scenes. And people think it’s original? It’s middle grade fantasy in a new dress. Lloyd Alexander deserves more credit Prydain walked so SJM could make the Night Court brood in leather pants.
The only thing original about SJM’s book is her name on the front cover.
Have you seen the similarities between SJM and this series https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Prydain … the main character is Taran like her son and Prythian… like this is inane the only thing original in her book is her name on the front
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Could you give some examples of aspects from The Black Jewels that SJ/M included in her books?
Certainly, anon! Most of the similarities begin in Heir of Fire and the introduction of fae culture. There is definitely some wiggle room here - neither The Black Jewels nor Throne of Glass would be the first to have a reverse harem thing going on - but there is a deep emphasis on ‘males’ serving queens who do or do not deserve their service based on the Old Ways.
A quote: "To serve, in the way [redacted descriptor] males liked to be needed, to fulfill some part of them that wanted to fuss and dote.“
There is no way, once I took out whether the descriptor was Blood or Fae, to know which series that line is from.
Wait there’s more:
“They were from all kingdoms, all races. Human, witch-kind, fae… But they wove a tapestry of dreams, all begging for that one thing… a better world.”
Jaenelle Angelline is literally the incarnation of the dreams of human and kindred (the nonhumans) of her world. I can’t find the exact passage at the moment, but rest assured that I will. Also, the magic intelligent spiders weave dream webs in Jaenelle’s world. Just a note.
Rowan is consistently described as some weird mix of Daemon Sadi and Lucivar Yaslana, minus wings (wings added for the ACoTaR series), except I guess he and Lorcan DID pull a Saetan SaDiablo and destroy an entire nation (Zuulaman in Saetan’s case, Solamere in Rowan’s, I think?)
The witches and their Darkness (mother night and may the darkness be merciful! Which character said it from which series you don’t know)
A whole lot of the language used in later books (killing field, killing edge, killing calm) and especially the descriptions of plummeting to pull magic up from an abyss made me think for a second that I WAS reading the Black Jewels again, right down to the interactions between the women and men of Celaena’s ‘court’. The use of ‘court’ is interesting too: obviously there are royal courts, but those are a lot more of a location thing? Like, sure, your chief advisor is part of your court, but so is that baron who showed up yesterday in last year’s fashions. Celaena’s court is much more along the lines of Jaenelle’s and the Blood courts, as is Maeve’s, down to blood oaths to the one Queen in charge because the males all yearn to serve her, but only in the ways they deem fit, which is also a problem in the Black Jewels.
Silky, court-trained liar? Former courtesan turned spy/assassin? Incredibly over-the-top reactions to everything being presented as natural and correct? Which book is it?
That’s just Throne of Glass.
The Illyrians in the ACoTaR series? The Eyriens in the Black Jewels, right down to culture and preferred weaponry (despite supposedly being a matriarchy in the Black Jewels, that’s another post). That One Bigass Mountain Everybody Is Kind of Afraid Of? Ebon Askavi. Amarantha is even red-haired like Dorothea at least once (I say because her hair changes color). Cassian is Lucivar. He just is. There’s no way around this.
Just knowing someone is The Big Good, and the only way to save the world is to serve them? Literally having the amount of goodness you possess measured by characters and narrative in how much you believe in the designated protagonist sight unseen (or on sight) with no evidence? Hardly confined to Black Jewels and Maas’ books on an execution level, but in that being an Actual Thing In Universe? Yeah.
i can't remember who told me on here that the Illyrians are just a rip off of an Anne Bishop series, but I'm on the wiki about the Black Jewels series and:
The Eyriens are a warrior race. The books describe them as having tanned skin, black hair, gold eyes and "batlike wings". They are one of the long lived races and can thus live thousands of years. Traditionally a warrior race with a long history of physical fighting, most males are raised to be warriors in hunting camps, while females are forbidden from touching weapons. The Eyriens are most notably found in Askavi Terreille, an extremely mountainous territory.
Damn that sounds familiar
One of the characters is even called Prythian
there's more
The Jewels themselves act as reservoirs of power. The Blood are able to use some Craft without tapping into their Jewels but the vast majority of their abilities require them.
oh wow they're channeling power-
Members of the Blood undergo two ceremonies to determine their innate strength. The darker the Jewel, the stronger the person is. During the Birthright Ceremony, which occurs in childhood, they may or may not walk away with a Jewel.
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Black Jewels anon here again & please forgive me for filling your inbox. Yes! She stole the Illryians, as you mentioned. I saw some criticism on your blog re: her sloppy/bad/etc handling of the (brown) Illryians & I do not want to overstep because the criticism of SJM taking bits from other cultures for "flavour" & "exoticness" is 100% wrong, but I firmly believe she only made them brown-skinned because Eyrians have "golden-brown skin" & she was copying them from Black Jewels. (cont.)
(TBJ anon) I've read Rhysand is always "crooning" & "slipping his hands into his pockets," which are traits of a specific TBJ character, Daemon Sadi. SJM is on record saying she loves Lucivar Yaslana (there's not much fanart, but he's basically Illryian-warrior Rhysand with a brash, arrogant personality) & it seems she just added bits of Daemon Sadi into him (tailored suits, "fated lovers," "crooning," someone who "fools a friend in order to fool an enemy," sadistic / loving to enemies/friends -
(TBJ anon) I found an in-depth post on Reddit which details this, but I'm not sure if links can go through anon asks so I'll have to butcher it a bit, sorry! reddit-dot-com : /r/acotar/comments/f546ex/similarity_to_black_jewels_trilogy/iqgv4ie/ - what really stands out is: "liar. trained, clever liar" is apparently an oft-quoted phrase which is a direct parallel to TBJ having Daemon FREQUENTLY referred to as a "liar. silky, court trained liar." the cadence is the same even if the words aren't.
(TBJ anon) anyway that reddit post covers a lot of similarities. i don't know if i even want to read acotar, knowing that it took the heart & soul of a series i dearly, dearly love, and used it as kindling to fan SJM's own "creative" fire, just so she can retcon abuse and hold ridiculous double standards (tamlin house arrest = bad, but nesta house arrest = for her own good??). but thank you for writing about it & i apologise for all my messages but it just makes me so - tired - & angry. ♥♥♥♥
TBJ anon again: I'M PRETTY SURE I MISSED SOME WORDS, i meant the criticism of SJM using other cultures for "exotic flavour" is 100% ON POINT because *she* is 100% wrong for doing that kind of shitty behaviour. sorry!! I just realised what I said came out the total opposite of what i meant! i was cutting parts down for character limit and went too far with that sentence :(
YIKES YIKES YIKES that really doesn't reflect well on Sarah 😬
While I haven't read the Black Jewels series so I can't comment much, I believe @longsightmyth has talked about similarities between the ACOTAR series and the Black Jewels trilogy, so she might have more information if you're interested.
And you're good nonny! I understood what you meant about the Illyrians when you first said it, and honestly that could partially explain why the culture as a whole is so poorly written. And I always love receiving asks so you're fine :)
this is also probably an obscure one, but i'm p sure she got the whole concept of the lord of the north both from princess mononoke (the spirit of the forest) and the book fire-bringer (which...lol. the title alone probably tells you a lot).
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Celaena Sardothien + Arya Stark
I couple of days ago I made a post about how Manon Blackbeak (one of the most beloved female characters from Throne of Glass series) is similar to Visenya Targaryen with relations to Targaryens in general.
Today I wanted to talk about Celaena Sardothien/Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. As we know, Throne of Glass is one of the most beloved YA fantasy series and for some people most influencial. For many, Throne of Glass was that one series that got them into reading again.
Fans praise Sarah, not only for her characters, but also for her writing. While searching through Tumblr we can find long post made by antis, proving that Sarah J Maas's writing is at times based of taking quotes from other pieces of media. „You could rattle stars”, „to whatever end” are only some of them. There's one quote that is never mentioned, a quote loved by tog fans tied to Celaena Sardothien/Aelin Ashryver Galathynius.
One of Celaena/Aelin's most infamous quotes is:
„My name is Celaena Sardothien/Aelin Ashryver Galathynius and I will not be afraid.”
The thing is the same quote appears in Chapter 6 of George RR Martin's A Feast for Crows (October 17, 2005, with a United States edition following on November 8, 2005) in relation to Arya Stark:
“Valar dohaeris." He pushed off with his oar and drifted back off into the deeper water. Arya watched him row back the way they'd come, until he vanished in the shadows of the bridge. As the swish of oars faded, she could almost hear the beating of her heart. Suddenly she was somewhere else . . . back in Harrenhal with Gendry, maybe, or with the Hound in the woods along the Trident. Salty is a stupid child, she told herself. I am a wolf, and will not be afraid. She patted Needle's hilt for luck and plunged into the shadows, taking the steps two at a time so no one could ever say she'd been afraid.”
this has got to be a real obscure one, but i'm almost 100% certain sjm stole the idea for the eye of elena from the mmorpg lineage 2. there's a necklace in that game that looks exactly the same as the eye.
This list is getting so, so long..
NO FOR REAL. and like 😭 they look exactly the same
Can you explain how Manon Blackbeak is a ripoff of Visenya Targaryen (I love Visenya)
Hi, virtual-dragon-almond-bakery! How are you? Thank you so much for your question.
I'm going to answer this in the best way I can but I don't know if I will be able to since this is my first Tumblr ask and my hands are shacking with excitement, but anyway this post will contain some spoilers, so if you haven't read Throne of Glass (TOG) or A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones (ASOIAF/GOT) or just any other George RR Martin's book and you don't want to be spoiled than don't read this post, but if you don't mind being spoiled than feel free to keep reading!
Before we start with the Manon/Visenya comparison I feel like we need to talk about how similar Manon is to Targaryens in general. As I mentioned in my previous post Manon IS very Targaryen coded. Even though some tog fans might argue that Manon's long, moon-white hair, and eyes of the color of burnt gold make her look different from most of the Targaryens whose main features are: pale skin, long, silver/gold/silver-gold/platinum hair and eyes in a variety of shades of light-blue/purple, the similarities are still hard to ignore, especially if we compare Manon's arts with those of the members of House Targaryen.
Manon Blackbeak-Crochan
The Targaryen's
Now onto the similarities between Manon and Visenya:
Their personalities
Monon in the Throne of Glass books is depicted as a person who is cruel, heartless, ruthless, yet cunning and resourceful. She is also described to be cold, uncaring, and icy. Meanwhile Visenya in Asoiaf is stern, serious, and unforgiving.
2. Their connections to the iron
In the world of Throne of Glass, there are 3 clans of witches: the Blackbeak Clan, the Blueblood Clan and the Yellowlegs Clan. Each of these clans belong to the group known as Ironteeth Witches.
As Ironteeth Witch, Manon has a specific physiology such as iron teeth and claws.
In George RR Martin's books, iron is also very important. As a metal, iron is used in tools and armaments. We also have ironborns, we have iron islands, but most importantly we have The Iron Throne which is a seat of the Lord of Seven Kingdoms. The Iron Throne was constructed by Aegon I Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Conqueror, first king of the Seven Kingdoms and Visenya's husband (and brother). It was made from the swords surrendered by Aegon's enemies.
3. Their connections to magic/sorcery
As I've said previously Manon is a witch but she's also the last surviving Queen of Witches. Visenya apart from being a skillful and powerful warrior was also rummored to be doing some magic stuff, including dark sorcery and poisons:
“Some claimed that Visenya dabbled in dark sorceries and played with poisons.” (Martin, A Wiki of Ice and Fire)
4. Dragons and blades
Just like Manon, Visenya is also a dragonrider. Her wyverns name is Vhagar, while Manon's wyvern is named Abraxos. What's interesting in all of this is how they named their dragons. Both of these names were associated with Gods of their respective series.
Manon named Abraxos after the Three Headed Goddess' pet and Visenya named Vhagar for one of the gods of Old Valyria
Apart from that they own swords, Manon - Wind-Cleaver and Visenya - the Valyrian steel longsword Dark Sister.
If you want more examples of this then go to @1800naveen blog and @autolykus one.
If someone has much more information on Manon/Visenya similarities or other Throne of Glass characters being Asoiaf characters copycats fell free to reblog and write about it.
Anyway that's for now. Hope you have a wonderful evening ❤️
Source is @/tullygolist on TikTok. TikTok - Make Your Day
this has got to be a real obscure one, but i'm almost 100% certain sjm stole the idea for the eye of elena from the mmorpg lineage 2. there's a necklace in that game that looks exactly the same as the eye.
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i was today years old when i found out that the series called “throne of glass” exists and this is their protagonist aelin ashryver whitethorn galathynius, and these are her titles
i literally haven't read these books, i never heard of them until now, so i rely on the internet w this info but. are you kidding me??? literally just count how many times you can find the word “fire” here lmao, not to mention “the queen who was promised” and “light-bringer" (“fire-breathing bitch-queen” i pretend i don't see you).
dany, you're so famous, your wannabes have their own series now! this is just so hilarious i can't 😭
update!
fandom wiki tells me she's the lost princess, the queen, the last of her kind, beautiful, blonde with special eye colour that is a sign of her bloodline and literally a magical being. now try to find 10 differences from daenerys stormborn
Seriously though, I read the first two books in this series years ago and the main character initially really reminded me of Arya. So it really would not surprise me in the least if Arya and Dany were the inspo's here. Also these books are horribly, horribly written. There is a reason I couldn't make it past two books (not even sure I even finished the second book). It read like a amateurish teenager wrote them. And seriously, Sarah J. Maas just sucks balls at worldbuilding in general, and there are literally zero stakes in her books, at least in her other series there's no stakes, because I managed to read most of those years ago. This author though is seriously overhyped.
I read Throne of Glass years ago and it gets worse—the author also plagiarized the term “the hand of the king” from the asoiaf books and one character is known as “the wolf in the north”. And one character recites all her titles in a way that strongly resembles Daenerys. Like seriously, SJM lacks any sort of originality whatsoever and indeed, her writing is overhyped.
people who think sjm is so original are literally just clowns to me. like let's all be real here: sjm plagiarized the SHIT out of daenerys and her storyline and just asoiaf and lotr in general and the fact that evil fucking woman got away with it when it's so blatant still stuns me
Can you explain how Manon Blackbeak is a ripoff of Visenya Targaryen (I love Visenya)
Hi, virtual-dragon-almond-bakery! How are you? Thank you so much for your question.
I'm going to answer this in the best way I can but I don't know if I will be able to since this is my first Tumblr ask and my hands are shacking with excitement, but anyway this post will contain some spoilers, so if you haven't read Throne of Glass (TOG) or A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones (ASOIAF/GOT) or just any other George RR Martin's book and you don't want to be spoiled than don't read this post, but if you don't mind being spoiled than feel free to keep reading!
Before we start with the Manon/Visenya comparison I feel like we need to talk about how similar Manon is to Targaryens in general. As I mentioned in my previous post Manon IS very Targaryen coded. Even though some tog fans might argue that Manon's long, moon-white hair, and eyes of the color of burnt gold make her look different from most of the Targaryens whose main features are: pale skin, long, silver/gold/silver-gold/platinum hair and eyes in a variety of shades of light-blue/purple, the similarities are still hard to ignore, especially if we compare Manon's arts with those of the members of House Targaryen.
Manon Blackbeak-Crochan
The Targaryen's
Now onto the similarities between Manon and Visenya:
Their personalities
Monon in the Throne of Glass books is depicted as a person who is cruel, heartless, ruthless, yet cunning and resourceful. She is also described to be cold, uncaring, and icy. Meanwhile Visenya in Asoiaf is stern, serious, and unforgiving.
2. Their connections to the iron
In the world of Throne of Glass, there are 3 clans of witches: the Blackbeak Clan, the Blueblood Clan and the Yellowlegs Clan. Each of these clans belong to the group known as Ironteeth Witches.
As Ironteeth Witch, Manon has a specific physiology such as iron teeth and claws.
In George RR Martin's books, iron is also very important. As a metal, iron is used in tools and armaments. We also have ironborns, we have iron islands, but most importantly we have The Iron Throne which is a seat of the Lord of Seven Kingdoms. The Iron Throne was constructed by Aegon I Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Conqueror, first king of the Seven Kingdoms and Visenya's husband (and brother). It was made from the swords surrendered by Aegon's enemies.
3. Their connections to magic/sorcery
As I've said previously Manon is a witch but she's also the last surviving Queen of Witches. Visenya apart from being a skillful and powerful warrior was also rummored to be doing some magic stuff, including dark sorcery and poisons:
“Some claimed that Visenya dabbled in dark sorceries and played with poisons.” (Martin, A Wiki of Ice and Fire)
4. Dragons and blades
Just like Manon, Visenya is also a dragonrider. Her wyverns name is Vhagar, while Manon's wyvern is named Abraxos. What's interesting in all of this is how they named their dragons. Both of these names were associated with Gods of their respective series.
Manon named Abraxos after the Three Headed Goddess' pet and Visenya named Vhagar for one of the gods of Old Valyria
Apart from that they own swords, Manon - Wind-Cleaver and Visenya - the Valyrian steel longsword Dark Sister.
If you want more examples of this then go to @1800naveen blog and @autolykus one.
If someone has much more information on Manon/Visenya similarities or other Throne of Glass characters being Asoiaf characters copycats fell free to reblog and write about it.
Anyway that's for now. Hope you have a wonderful evening ❤️
…Go Aelin Targaryen, you can do it!
