Gallickingun/Lilhemmo is tracing art, reposting art and gifs, stealing ideas, and more
We’re going to start by introducing ourselves: we are a group of anonymous artists, writers, and editors that are either in @bnhabookclub or have left it for various reasons related to the admin and creator, @gallickingun / @lilhemmo and the mod staff as a whole. This doesn’t mean all of her staff is bad, but they’ve strongly enabled, overlooked, and allowed Morgan to steal for too long. We’re not associated with @gallickingunexposed, but we would like to work with them if they have more they want to share. The reason we’re remaining anonymous for now is because some of us are still in Bookclub. As you’ll see below the cut, and if you go through gallickingunexposed, you’ll find that Morgan has ruthlessly degraded and talked shit about people within Bookclub as well as kicked people without saying why or telling her mod team.
Next, we’ll explain why we’re doing this. Many people will respond with “Why not message Morgan? This isn’t right. You’re creating drama.” We’re not sorry to say this, but theft is not drama. It’s disrespectful and rude as well as illegal depending on the circumstances. Alongside this, Morgan has been contacted about these actions in the past multiple times by multiple people but continues to do it and/or insist she’s in the right. At that point, what else would you propose when handling it privately doesn’t work?
Additionally, all creators deserve to know that someone is blatantly and consistently disrespecting their mutuals or people they follow by stealing their stuff. They all deserve to know that there is someone (Morgan) out there who might steal their work or break their posting rules as she’s done to others, as well as know if she’s already done it to them. Had this happened once or twice then we wouldn’t be posting this, but Morgan has a record of reposting art, gifs, stealing fics, ideas, and tracing art and she continues to insist that she doesn’t do that.
This post is meant to give Morgan a wakeup call and inform everyone of things they are ignoring or unaware of. If you decide she is still in the right after reading this, then we hope you and her are blocked from other creators’ accounts so that you don’t get the chance to steal their work. This is not a discussion. This is a compilation of just some of the things she did.
Please keep in mind that this isn’t just about creative laws, this is also about creative decency and integrity, and the respectful treatment of creators. All of those have been continuously ignored by Morgan and other Bookclub staff after it is brought up multiple times, which proves that they are unfit to be in any position that allows them access to others’ pieces or a position that lets them dictate what people post. It also shows how little they care about creators as a whole.
A solution: remake the Bookclub, remove Morgan from Bookclub staff at least, and possibly get new support staff (unless the current staff truly does disagree with her ways). If the other support team and members excuse her for stealing, reposting, etc., then they are just as bad, and those in support staff team shouldn’t be in there any longer. Shame on them for promoting and enabling creative theft. That is not an environment anyone should be promoting or enabling. Fair warning to anyone interested in BNHA Bookclub right now — they currently do not care about your work being stolen and the head admin herself has and still does steal from and ridicule and disrespect others even in Bookclub. The Bookclub was completely stolen (details below) and shouldn’t get the benefits and praise that come with zero credit and claiming originality.
And for Morgan, when you see this, we know you’re going to delete your theft posts so that the original artists and editors won’t see it. You’ll say you deleted it because you “know it’s wrong” and you “shouldn’t have posted it” but if that were the case, you would’ve done so the first time people have brought up you stealing, not the 2nd or 3rd or 4th — this is a trend. Delete them after you own up to it with the original posters. Let them see that you’ve done this. You can’t cover up what you’ve done by saying you didn’t do it or garner pity with a long apology. We also know that’s something you tend to do right before you repeat the same “mistakes,” feed into hate messages, and throw a pity party with your followers to feel better about your wrongdoings. An apology is the bare minimum. You should actually stop posting things that aren’t yours, stop copying ideas that aren’t yours, and stop covering up your theft. You are not the victim here!
I wouldn’t normally repost call outs on other creators, however I have heard about this for a while and I’m shocked it didnt’ come to light sooner. Without even mentioning this artist’s behavior, I’ll just say this.
Yes, we are on a common space where we do not get paid for our work most of the time. Some will say it’s “Just fanfiction” or it’s “just fun,” etc, but for some of us it’s more than that. We put time, energy and heart into our work, and when you take concepts or rework words that aren’t yours to gain clout, you’re stealing. I have a lot of problem with the lack of integrity I see between creators on here, and I’m glad that this is getting called out finally.
Just some additional thoughts on art theft/reposting/stealing concepts:
Don’t repost art without credit. Not even in Discords (It’s a rule in mine and I hope it spreads. It’s harmful to artists. I used to do this and grew, you can too.)
Don’t post people’s patreon work. They work hard on that stuff, and it’s for paying supporters. You do not need patreon art/audios etc, and it’s fucked up to repost it.
Do not trace or copy people’s words/ideas, changing minor things about them and reposting them. This is not your work. It is not your idea. And doing this for clout is so fucking wrong.
Stop treating blogs like a number. When I spoke to one of the people mentioned int his post, they had little interest in me until they learned my follower count, then they tried to get into my Discord. When I left, they blocked me and slipped into my anons I’m pretty sure. They also created a space where they “promoted people’s work!” while not having a large following themselves. Which is, sorry to be blunt, coattail riding. They wanted the back pat from creators who are actually supportive in the community to further their own reputation.
I do not agree that gif reposting (if it is a cap from a show) is theft. If that’s the case you’re stealing from the show’s creator. Unless you have in some way edited to improve quality, coloring, etc.
Also… please stop using mental health as an excuse for manipulative, narcissistic behavior. I have severe anxiety, agoraphobia and depression, and while it’s different for everyone, it does not make you do shitty things. Those are personality traits. Also x2, saying things like “My anxiety/depression/i’m so sad/i’m so hurt that I hurt you” are not proper ways of apologizing. That’s making it about yourself.
Morgan, you need to stop stalling and refund people for their matchups. Apologize to the people you stole from even if you don’t think it was major. Ideas can be stolen too. These gifs were all edited (just to add on to the reblog above and give more information) but they were stolen by you and you have never apologized for taking them. You didn’t admit or apologize to taking money and blocking the people who paid you. Be accountable for your actions before people start taking legal action against you because we will and we support others who will too. You haven’t refunded people because your Paypal is somehow "not working” but that is another lie. Leave Bookclub. Don’t use people for your tumblr popularity. Be an adult. Stop covering this up. @gallickingun @lilhemmo
Gallickingun/Lilhemmo is tracing art, reposting art and gifs, stealing ideas, and more
We’re going to start by introducing ourselves: we are a group of anonymous artists, writers, and editors that are either in @bnhabookclub or have left it for various reasons related to the admin and creator, @gallickingun / @lilhemmo and the mod staff as a whole. This doesn’t mean all of her staff is bad, but they’ve strongly enabled, overlooked, and allowed Morgan to steal for too long. We’re not associated with @gallickingunexposed, but we would like to work with them if they have more they want to share. The reason we’re remaining anonymous for now is because some of us are still in Bookclub. As you’ll see below the cut, and if you go through gallickingunexposed, you’ll find that Morgan has ruthlessly degraded and talked shit about people within Bookclub as well as kicked people without saying why or telling her mod team.
Next, we’ll explain why we’re doing this. Many people will respond with “Why not message Morgan? This isn’t right. You’re creating drama.” We’re not sorry to say this, but theft is not drama. It’s disrespectful and rude as well as illegal depending on the circumstances. Alongside this, Morgan has been contacted about these actions in the past multiple times by multiple people but continues to do it and/or insist she’s in the right. At that point, what else would you propose when handling it privately doesn’t work?
Additionally, all creators deserve to know that someone is blatantly and consistently disrespecting their mutuals or people they follow by stealing their stuff. They all deserve to know that there is someone (Morgan) out there who might steal their work or break their posting rules as she’s done to others, as well as know if she’s already done it to them. Had this happened once or twice then we wouldn’t be posting this, but Morgan has a record of reposting art, gifs, stealing fics, ideas, and tracing art and she continues to insist that she doesn’t do that.
This post is meant to give Morgan a wakeup call and inform everyone of things they are ignoring or unaware of. If you decide she is still in the right after reading this, then we hope you and her are blocked from other creators’ accounts so that you don’t get the chance to steal their work. This is not a discussion. This is a compilation of just some of the things she did.
Please keep in mind that this isn’t just about creative laws, this is also about creative decency and integrity, and the respectful treatment of creators. All of those have been continuously ignored by Morgan and other Bookclub staff after it is brought up multiple times, which proves that they are unfit to be in any position that allows them access to others’ pieces or a position that lets them dictate what people post. It also shows how little they care about creators as a whole.
A solution: remake the Bookclub, remove Morgan from Bookclub staff at least, and possibly get new support staff (unless the current staff truly does disagree with her ways). If the other support team and members excuse her for stealing, reposting, etc., then they are just as bad, and those in support staff team shouldn’t be in there any longer. Shame on them for promoting and enabling creative theft. That is not an environment anyone should be promoting or enabling. Fair warning to anyone interested in BNHA Bookclub right now — they currently do not care about your work being stolen and the head admin herself has and still does steal from and ridicule and disrespect others even in Bookclub. The Bookclub was completely stolen (details below) and shouldn’t get the benefits and praise that come with zero credit and claiming originality.
And for Morgan, when you see this, we know you’re going to delete your theft posts so that the original artists and editors won’t see it. You’ll say you deleted it because you “know it’s wrong” and you “shouldn’t have posted it” but if that were the case, you would’ve done so the first time people have brought up you stealing, not the 2nd or 3rd or 4th — this is a trend. Delete them after you own up to it with the original posters. Let them see that you’ve done this. You can’t cover up what you’ve done by saying you didn’t do it or garner pity with a long apology. We also know that’s something you tend to do right before you repeat the same “mistakes,” feed into hate messages, and throw a pity party with your followers to feel better about your wrongdoings. An apology is the bare minimum. You should actually stop posting things that aren’t yours, stop copying ideas that aren’t yours, and stop covering up your theft. You are not the victim here!
rbing bc she plagiarized from my friends and i, and tried to scam me
after this post came out i got apologized to with
“my anxiety made me forget where i heard the idea” and
“i usually see something one time and forget where i saw it or that i saw it at all” and
“[your idea] just made the most logical sense [so i took it]” and
“it wasn’t my intention to steal” and
“i’m doing whatever i can to make bookclub fun and safe [even if it means stealing]” and
“i cant devote as much time/effort as you in the server [to not steal]” and
“[me stealing from your and other servers] isn’t true/is all nothing but lies” and
and that’s not appropriate. i thanked her for the apology but didn’t accept or forgive her because it was more about apologizing for getting caught. some (if not all) of the creators here in this post messaged me saying they haven’t gotten any sort of acknowledgement or apology even though she told me she would do so. i decided to put it past me — there was a risk that if i put up more of a fight than necessary then resolutions wouldnt be made, credit not given, etc. but now that it’s gone from stealing creative content to attempting to steal money (idc what the intent is, that’s what the impact is if i hadn’t caught it) i cant sit back.
blocking people before they receive the commissioned work they paid for is scamming and has legal ramifications. i tried messaging on sep 2nd (KST) to get a refund for the matchup i paid for on aug 9 but i was already blocked. this really surprised me because she had been posting to tell people they could message her if they wanted refunds but did this
if a seller is actually honest, they don’t promise to give refunds and then block people who paid without at least refunding first. ignoring people who reach out on their behalf is also just a big red flag for scamming (morgan responded to my friend once the conversation wasn’t abt my refund and was abt their own matchup and personal convos).
i was going to stay quiet (not make my own post + not rb this post or anything on @gallickingunexposed) even though she had been plagiarizing from my friends and i and making baseless accusations about some of us bc i want nothing to do with her after how she treated me and others. i shouldn’t have.
while stealing art, writing, ideas, etc aren’t as bad as stealing money, they’re still stealing. and i want everyone to be careful about who they’re supporting and who they’re paying for commissions. the paid matchups include moodboards, but the more i thought about it, it didn’t sit right with me that i paid someone for a moodboard that contains stolen photography (she didn’t capture the photos herself but she’s charging people for making a collage of images that belong to other ppl) and that she had previously taken ideas, art, etc from me and others but denied it. i personally didn’t feel good knowing someone w/a history of plagiarism had my money to create something and all i wanted was a refund. because she blocked me, ignored the situation, and said to my friend n i that she just had too many messages and didn’t see (respectively), i’m speaking up to say please be careful bc i don’t want this happening to others. promising refunds but saying you’re “not sure” how to do it, ignoring people when they talk abt my refund but not their own commission, and blocking your buyers before delivering the final product is what scammers do.
do not pay for writing, art, etc through ko-fi coffees because there isn’t buyer protection!
and sellers: do not make your buyers may through coffees!
if i hadn’t logged into discord and had morgan in my friend’s list, i wouldn’t have been able to get my refund. even though i had been blocked on tumblr and she ignored our (once) mutual friend, i didn’t want to bring that up and risk not getting my refund. i had no way of knowing she blocked me until i decided to message, and i’m lucky i have a ko-fi she could sent the money to. the same can’t be said for others so please be careful and let your friends know to avoid scammers too. i’m glad i got it in the end but these actions are inexcusable and raise alarms — i’d rather recount my buying experience and warn someone than stay quiet.
don’t pay for commissions, goods, services, etc through ko-fi’s coffee feature or paypal’s friend’s and family or venmo even if you really trust that person. and if you do get scammed it is not your fault!! if someone is promising to have your commission posted at a certain date and doesn’t follow through and/or provides excuses, don’t be afraid to ask for a refund. if they block you and you paid through a protected service, file a claim and let others know so it doesn’t happen to them to.
i’m sorry that this post isn’t a cute or steamy fic, nor me shitposting, but i wanted to finally speak up so others can be aware of plagiarism and scamming in the riverdale, the 100, bnha and haikyuu fandom communities! pleaasseeeeee take other people’s money seriously and don’t take advantage of their patience, funds, kindness, etc.
Please be careful. Morgan tried to steal money, Morgan lied about the matchups (unneccesarily), she’s actively ignoring/blocking people who have paid her money for content. The content people have paid for will be stolen/copied/plagirized
This is not okay
Morgan still hasn’t apologized for her theft either
I am so glad you made this post, Io. I know it has been hard for people to speak out against Morgan but this is super important for our community to know. Coffees cannot be refunded as far as I am aware and paying someone via them is really sketch. Ko-fi has a commission feature (I believe you may have to pay for it) that gives buyer protection in cases such as this.
Please be weary of anyone offering commissions in ways that don’t offer buyer protection (cashapp, venmo, ko-fi coffees, or paypal friends and family) because in the event that something happens or you’re not satisfied with the product you receive, then there is no sure fire way to get your money back.
Morgan has stolen from so many people and there’s no reason for people to be excusing it. She is blocking people that paid for matchups? Why? So they can’t ask for a refund? Honestly this whole situation is kind of scary. I urge everyone that paid for a matchup to try and get a refund. Take screenshots to document the transactions and conversations. Don’t be afraid to share them publicly. People need to know not to give their money to scammers like Morgan.
Morgan, you need to stop stalling and refund people for their matchups. Apologize to the people you stole from even if you don’t think it was major. Ideas can be stolen too. Take accountability for your actions before people start taking legal action against you because we will and we support others who will too. Leave Bookclub. Be an adult. Stop covering this up. @gallickingun
If you are not interested in this type of post or discourse, I will be tagging this as “tw: discourse” feel free to block as you see fit. I had originally mentioned that I wouldn’t post this right away, that I would take time to think but I cannot get this situation out of my head... this is a post I have thought long and hard about making and it’s time for me to publicly speak about my story involving a fellow tumblr user... I have since blocked her on every forum and changed privacy settings on every platform I could think of before posting this in an attempt to soften the blow. But we shall see. Also, please do not send any hate messages, anons, etc to ANY of the parties involved in this post. This is merely my story that I need to share.
Hi everyone. If you don’t know, my name is Chelsea and I used to be a very active member in the riverdale community. That has since changed drastically in the last couple months. I have been quiet, and for far too long. It’s not fair that I watch my friends stand up while I sit in silence any longer and I must address an issue that had happened among my group of friends, which has just tore up my mental well being and quite frankly my hope and belief in humanity in general.
I try to view myself as an overall good person. I try to see the best in even the worst of people. I am guilty of being loyal - even to a fault - which will have more precedence later... but overall, right now, I don’t know what I am. Other than an utter fool. I didn’t see the lies I was being fed and I have hurt so many people, and I feel disgusting for it.
And I cannot apologize to those involved at Southside Archive enough, despite the private conversation I held with @rivendell101 /Alisha where I apologized for my grotesque behavior back in May. I have failed as a good human being in that manner in taking part in something I had no real clue about. For that, I apologize again to Alisha and the @southsidearchive mods for any pain or animosity any of my vague posts or comments may have caused you. I truly wish I could take back my words had I known what I know now...
The accusations coming forward about a person that was well known within my friend group are mounting and I must address it now, she is no longer apart of my circle of friends. Morgan (lilhemmo, gallickingun) had come to us in May regarding her BNHA fan server she was making. She had expressed and shared with us that Alisha was angry and upset about the server, claiming Morgan has stolen the idea from her. Word for word. At the time, we were assured and shown by Morgan that she had merely “been inspired” by the Southside Archive and when shown what she had done, claimed nothing was the same.
Unfortunately, no one in my friend group was a member of the Southside Archive and the BNHA server (to compare) as we were just not interested - and practically stayed to our own friend group most of the time - we had no way of comparing the two at the time. We only had Morgan’s word. Morgan proceeded to claim Alisha was “bad mouthing” and “talking mad shit” about her to another admin in the bookclub server, and worried that Alisha would bring nothing but discourse to her server. Being the friend I am, stupidly loyal to a fault, jumped to her defense.
While it’s not unknown to then riverdale fandom Alisha and I have not always seen eye to eye, for the most part we left each other alone, until May. I jumped to Morgan’s defense truly believing that her bookclub server was merely inspired by Alisha’s server and nothing more. Truly believing you “can’t steal a fandom server idea” which Morgan led us to believe. This caused a brief exchange in May over the course of a few days where I made vague comments and posts about Alisha and the server in general, having no idea that Morgan truly stole those ideas. The exchange between our blogs lasted a few days and included a number of my friends as well (who merely rallied behind me in support to “protect Morgan”). After that brief exchange, the dust seemed to settle and with that Morgan became eerily silent in our group chats, only popping up to “talk about alisha” claiming there were constant vague posts made about her on Alisha’s blog. Fast forward to July, Morgan has practically cut all ties and interactions with me and my friend group completely by this time.
You can imagine that I was hurt by this, while I know internet friends move on to other friend groups from time to time, she practically acted as though we had never existed. And now I see why, we were merely tools to her. Tools in her game to save face when she was confronted with her actions and behaviors. And once the need for us was gone, time to throw away just like garbage, which is when I began to suspect something more about her actions.
At that point, it was decided among my friend group to delete our private/friend server and attempt to delete all connections with Morgan in an attempt to save our own sanity. And thats when we came across the gallickingunexposed blog who had reblogged Alisha’s own post about the blatant stealing of the Southside Archive. Alisha provides side by side screenshots and comparisons down to even where the bots, theme and channel names were stolen and immediately I was sick, disgusted... and felt like a fool. Here I had gone to bat for this girl, and for what? For her to be the thief she was being accused of... and the more accusations I came across (including fanfic plagiarism and art theft), the worse I felt.
I let it stew for a few days, talking over things with @theangriestpea who is my dearest friend and made the decision to reach out to Alisha myself and apologize to her for my behavior. I wish I had known what I know now because my actions would be completely different. Had I known she had been stealing fanfictions/writing from other authors and artwork and gifs from other content creators - that shit would have never flown with me to begin with... and for that I am sorry. I am sorry that I exposed my followers to such a terrible person through reblogs and other interactions. I apologize for allowing myself to be manipulated by Morgan and exposing my followers to such an ugly side of me that I wish I could take back.
Like I have stated before, I have reached out and cleared the air with Alisha privately. I have also spoken to Soph/ @sweetfogarty as well in private regarding SA and the accusations toward Morgan as well. Everything is in the open now, so if Morgan chooses to attack my integrity with screenshots of private conversations taken out of context - so be it. I will not be silent anymore. I have been scared to be apart of the Riverdale fandom in fear of what Morgan may or may not post to her thousands of followers... and that is why I’ve been inactive and gone. I’m tired of being scared. Tired of being quiet. It’s time she take accountability for her actions - especially using and manipulating people she called her friends. I’m going to leave my followers to draw up their own conclusions. If you unfollow me just know I completely understand and respect your decision. I will not force you to stay. But I will no longer support the idea of blatant theft on this page. If you want to know more information, please seek out @gallickingunexposed or @gallickingunsteals for more detailed information.
Im probably going to take time away after I post this in fear of the response I will get either from hate anons or even Morgan herself. I have blocked her on this account and my personal account as I don’t want anymore interaction with her ever again. I can’t begin to explain just how deeply I’m hurt and I still need time to process and heal from all this. I would go to bat for all my friends. I love my friends fiercely. I will defend them to the ends of the earth - and for what? To be used. Lied to. Manipulated. What has happened is not okay. It’s not normal and not how you treat other human beings.
Please don’t send any hate to any party involved. Like I’ve said before, everything that has happened between me and my friends with SA is all water under the bridge now. Please don’t attack Morgan or anyone in the bookclub (the admins and mods are innocent in all this). Just think about the choices of content creators you choose to consume. Be smart, protect yourselves and be safe.
This is a post I really didn’t want to make, but I guess it’s finally time for me to come out and say that @/gallickingun/Morgan almost word for word copied the @bnhabookclub blog and server from a blog/server hybrid that I co-created with friends in the Riverdale fandom last year: @southsidearchive.
(Sidenote: don’t send shitty asks to any of the blogs tagged here, especially not bookclub where the people receiving these asks are likely the mods running the queue and not Morgan.)
I tried a few times to start this, because I wanted to be clear and concise, but honestly, the more I think about this situation, the more it pisses me off. I know a lot of people won’t believe me despite the screenshots I’m about to show, and that’s their prerogative. People are going to continue to support Morgan and the bookclub after this, and Morgan will probably come out with some long post where she talks in circles and blames her mental health and/or me for the situation.
The only other things I’ll say to preface this post is that: I don’t have any issues with anyone in the bnhabookclub (admins, mods, etc) aside from Morgan, and I don’t want anon messages sent in my name, especially ones that are hateful in nature. You can disagree with someone without harassing them.
It’s been almost three months since most of what I talk about in this post occurred, but that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped being upset about what happened. And, in a way, I feel like my hands are tied. The bnhabookclub being “stolen” and “copied” has been brought up on the @gallickingunexposed blog. Since the only way people know that is from hearing it from me or someone I told, I figured I might as well come out and say it:
Morgan copied the @bnhabookclub from @southsidearchive, a blog/server combo which Morgan was an active participant in.
Now, I could continue to keep my mouth shut and try to move on from the subject. I could leave and find a new fandom to join (which I was going to do with hq until Morgan also joined that fandom). At the end of the day, neither of those options brings me closure on the subject. It also shows no consequences for bad behavior. I’ve heard a few people talk about Morgan stealing fic ideas or outright plagiarizing content, and while I can neither confirm nor deny those accusations (for obvious reasons), I do have proof of 1) how similar the bookclub and archive are, and 2) Morgan talking shit about me before and after I gained entrance to the bookclub server.
The only reason I’m posting this now, aside from closure for myself, is that I can’t in good conscience ignore this incident if there’s the possibility of Morgan doing the same thing to other people. Plagiarism isn’t okay. I’ve dealt with fic plagiarism in other fandoms. From experience, I know how damaging that can be to a writer.
To avoid forcing people to view a massive post, all of my screenshots are below the cut. These screenshots include proof of Morgan in the archive, comparison pictures of the bookclub and archive, and screenshots that were sent to me that lead me to believe that the copying of the archive was done with malicious intent.
We definitely didn’t think this would be the post that broke us out of months of inactivity, but apparently it’s time to speak up, as we have recieved word that it’s “sus” we haven’t made an official post. Our apologies to Riverdale fans who have nothing to do with this, but we refuse to keep silent on this plagiarism anymore.
Morgan (@lilhemmo/@gallickingun) copied much of the Southside Archive word for word to create her own server, @bnhabookclub.
Alisha’s excellent post above includes screenshots of the plagiarism as well as screenshots of Morgan’s attempt to blacklist her from the BNHA fandom before even joining. It’s well worth the read.
For more info on what else Morgan has stolen, feel free to check out the blog @gallickingunsteals for a thorough outline of stolen gifs, art, and other server components such as bots.
As a final note, all of Morgan’s content will be removed from the Fanfic Archive as well as our A03 collections and event masterlists.
Right now, @gallickingun / @lilhemmo said she’s going to keep certain stolen elements and only credit where they came from instead of getting permission to use them.
She hasn’t taken any public accountability even though she publicly stole a lot of content, and apologies were not given to the victims.
She’s also writing this off as “I took it but only because it was so great and I just wanted to bring you all together” and not “I shouldn’t have done this, I was wrong.” That’s seeking pity and attempting to guilt trip people for feeling that she is in the wrong since she’s so nice to bring us together and so nice to copy something she liked.
If this is the philosophy she follows, her own work is up for plagiarism opportunities to anyone that likes it. If it’s not, then she and the rest of @bnhabookclub need to show that clearly, concisely, and without manipulating people.
We can see that @haikyuucreations even removed her from their directory for her constant plagiarism and we hope more and more people will continue to see her faults and hold her accountable.
Gallickingun/Lilhemmo is tracing art, reposting art and gifs, stealing ideas, and more
We’re going to start by introducing ourselves: we are a group of anonymous artists, writers, and editors that are either in @bnhabookclub or have left it for various reasons related to the admin and creator, @gallickingun / @lilhemmo and the mod staff as a whole. This doesn’t mean all of her staff is bad, but they’ve strongly enabled, overlooked, and allowed Morgan to steal for too long. We’re not associated with @gallickingunexposed, but we would like to work with them if they have more they want to share. The reason we’re remaining anonymous for now is because some of us are still in Bookclub. As you’ll see below the cut, and if you go through gallickingunexposed, you’ll find that Morgan has ruthlessly degraded and talked shit about people within Bookclub as well as kicked people without saying why or telling her mod team.
Next, we’ll explain why we’re doing this. Many people will respond with “Why not message Morgan? This isn’t right. You’re creating drama.” We’re not sorry to say this, but theft is not drama. It’s disrespectful and rude as well as illegal depending on the circumstances. Alongside this, Morgan has been contacted about these actions in the past multiple times by multiple people but continues to do it and/or insist she’s in the right. At that point, what else would you propose when handling it privately doesn’t work?
Additionally, all creators deserve to know that someone is blatantly and consistently disrespecting their mutuals or people they follow by stealing their stuff. They all deserve to know that there is someone (Morgan) out there who might steal their work or break their posting rules as she’s done to others, as well as know if she’s already done it to them. Had this happened once or twice then we wouldn’t be posting this, but Morgan has a record of reposting art, gifs, stealing fics, ideas, and tracing art and she continues to insist that she doesn’t do that.
This post is meant to give Morgan a wakeup call and inform everyone of things they are ignoring or unaware of. If you decide she is still in the right after reading this, then we hope you and her are blocked from other creators’ accounts so that you don’t get the chance to steal their work. This is not a discussion. This is a compilation of just some of the things she did.
Please keep in mind that this isn’t just about creative laws, this is also about creative decency and integrity, and the respectful treatment of creators. All of those have been continuously ignored by Morgan and other Bookclub staff after it is brought up multiple times, which proves that they are unfit to be in any position that allows them access to others’ pieces or a position that lets them dictate what people post. It also shows how little they care about creators as a whole.
A solution: remake the Bookclub, remove Morgan from Bookclub staff at least, and possibly get new support staff (unless the current staff truly does disagree with her ways). If the other support team and members excuse her for stealing, reposting, etc., then they are just as bad, and those in support staff team shouldn’t be in there any longer. Shame on them for promoting and enabling creative theft. That is not an environment anyone should be promoting or enabling. Fair warning to anyone interested in BNHA Bookclub right now — they currently do not care about your work being stolen and the head admin herself has and still does steal from and ridicule and disrespect others even in Bookclub. The Bookclub was completely stolen (details below) and shouldn’t get the benefits and praise that come with zero credit and claiming originality.
And for Morgan, when you see this, we know you’re going to delete your theft posts so that the original artists and editors won’t see it. You’ll say you deleted it because you “know it’s wrong” and you “shouldn’t have posted it” but if that were the case, you would’ve done so the first time people have brought up you stealing, not the 2nd or 3rd or 4th — this is a trend. Delete them after you own up to it with the original posters. Let them see that you’ve done this. You can’t cover up what you’ve done by saying you didn’t do it or garner pity with a long apology. We also know that’s something you tend to do right before you repeat the same “mistakes,” feed into hate messages, and throw a pity party with your followers to feel better about your wrongdoings. An apology is the bare minimum. You should actually stop posting things that aren’t yours, stop copying ideas that aren’t yours, and stop covering up your theft. You are not the victim here!
We realized the original post didn’t tag some people, but we hope this reaches you guys and that you’re aware of your art and gifs being misused. While the original posts have been deleted, there is proof within this post to show that they did exist even though Morgan isn’t acknowledging it. Hopefully apologies have been given to you guys and we hope she’ll publicly apologize for always lying about not reposting or stealing while she does.
This is a post I really didn’t want to make, but I guess it’s finally time for me to come out and say that @/gallickingun/Morgan almost word for word copied the @bnhabookclub blog and server from a blog/server hybrid that I co-created with friends in the Riverdale fandom last year: @southsidearchive.
(Sidenote: don’t send shitty asks to any of the blogs tagged here, especially not bookclub where the people receiving these asks are likely the mods running the queue and not Morgan.)
I tried a few times to start this, because I wanted to be clear and concise, but honestly, the more I think about this situation, the more it pisses me off. I know a lot of people won’t believe me despite the screenshots I’m about to show, and that’s their prerogative. People are going to continue to support Morgan and the bookclub after this, and Morgan will probably come out with some long post where she talks in circles and blames her mental health and/or me for the situation.
The only other things I’ll say to preface this post is that: I don’t have any issues with anyone in the bnhabookclub (admins, mods, etc) aside from Morgan, and I don’t want anon messages sent in my name, especially ones that are hateful in nature. You can disagree with someone without harassing them.
It’s been almost three months since most of what I talk about in this post occurred, but that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped being upset about what happened. And, in a way, I feel like my hands are tied. The bnhabookclub being “stolen” and “copied” has been brought up on the @gallickingunexposed blog. Since the only way people know that is from hearing it from me or someone I told, I figured I might as well come out and say it:
Morgan copied the @bnhabookclub from @southsidearchive, a blog/server combo which Morgan was an active participant in.
Now, I could continue to keep my mouth shut and try to move on from the subject. I could leave and find a new fandom to join (which I was going to do with hq until Morgan also joined that fandom). At the end of the day, neither of those options brings me closure on the subject. It also shows no consequences for bad behavior. I’ve heard a few people talk about Morgan stealing fic ideas or outright plagiarizing content, and while I can neither confirm nor deny those accusations (for obvious reasons), I do have proof of 1) how similar the bookclub and archive are, and 2) Morgan talking shit about me before and after I gained entrance to the bookclub server.
The only reason I’m posting this now, aside from closure for myself, is that I can’t in good conscience ignore this incident if there’s the possibility of Morgan doing the same thing to other people. Plagiarism isn’t okay. I’ve dealt with fic plagiarism in other fandoms. From experience, I know how damaging that can be to a writer.
To avoid forcing people to view a massive post, all of my screenshots are below the cut. These screenshots include proof of Morgan in the archive, comparison pictures of the bookclub and archive, and screenshots that were sent to me that lead me to believe that the copying of the archive was done with malicious intent.
Gallickingun/Lilhemmo is tracing art, reposting art and gifs, stealing ideas, and more
We’re going to start by introducing ourselves: we are a group of anonymous artists, writers, and editors that are either in @bnhabookclub or have left it for various reasons related to the admin and creator, @gallickingun / @lilhemmo and the mod staff as a whole. This doesn’t mean all of her staff is bad, but they’ve strongly enabled, overlooked, and allowed Morgan to steal for too long. We’re not associated with @gallickingunexposed, but we would like to work with them if they have more they want to share. The reason we’re remaining anonymous for now is because some of us are still in Bookclub. As you’ll see below the cut, and if you go through gallickingunexposed, you’ll find that Morgan has ruthlessly degraded and talked shit about people within Bookclub as well as kicked people without saying why or telling her mod team.
Next, we’ll explain why we’re doing this. Many people will respond with “Why not message Morgan? This isn’t right. You’re creating drama.” We’re not sorry to say this, but theft is not drama. It’s disrespectful and rude as well as illegal depending on the circumstances. Alongside this, Morgan has been contacted about these actions in the past multiple times by multiple people but continues to do it and/or insist she’s in the right. At that point, what else would you propose when handling it privately doesn’t work?
Additionally, all creators deserve to know that someone is blatantly and consistently disrespecting their mutuals or people they follow by stealing their stuff. They all deserve to know that there is someone (Morgan) out there who might steal their work or break their posting rules as she’s done to others, as well as know if she’s already done it to them. Had this happened once or twice then we wouldn’t be posting this, but Morgan has a record of reposting art, gifs, stealing fics, ideas, and tracing art and she continues to insist that she doesn't do that.
This post is meant to give Morgan a wakeup call and inform everyone of things they are ignoring or unaware of. If you decide she is still in the right after reading this, then we hope you and her are blocked from other creators’ accounts so that you don’t get the chance to steal their work. This is not a discussion. This is a compilation of just some of the things she did.
Please keep in mind that this isn’t just about creative laws, this is also about creative decency and integrity, and the respectful treatment of creators. All of those have been continuously ignored by Morgan and other Bookclub staff after it is brought up multiple times, which proves that they are unfit to be in any position that allows them access to others’ pieces or a position that lets them dictate what people post. It also shows how little they care about creators as a whole.
A solution: remake the Bookclub, remove Morgan from Bookclub staff at least, and possibly get new support staff (unless the current staff truly does disagree with her ways). If the other support team and members excuse her for stealing, reposting, etc., then they are just as bad, and those in support staff team shouldn’t be in there any longer. Shame on them for promoting and enabling creative theft. That is not an environment anyone should be promoting or enabling. Fair warning to anyone interested in BNHA Bookclub right now — they currently do not care about your work being stolen and the head admin herself has and still does steal from and ridicule and disrespect others even in Bookclub. The Bookclub was completely stolen (details below) and shouldn’t get the benefits and praise that come with zero credit and claiming originality.
And for Morgan, when you see this, we know you’re going to delete your theft posts so that the original artists and editors won’t see it. You’ll say you deleted it because you “know it’s wrong” and you “shouldn’t have posted it” but if that were the case, you would’ve done so the first time people have brought up you stealing, not the 2nd or 3rd or 4th — this is a trend. Delete them after you own up to it with the original posters. Let them see that you’ve done this. You can’t cover up what you’ve done by saying you didn’t do it or garner pity with a long apology. We also know that’s something you tend to do right before you repeat the same “mistakes,” feed into hate messages, and throw a pity party with your followers to feel better about your wrongdoings. An apology is the bare minimum. You should actually stop posting things that aren’t yours, stop copying ideas that aren’t yours, and stop covering up your theft. You are not the victim here!
ART (reposting and tracing)
Recently, Morgan got an ask and said she doesn't repost fanart without permission. Right before that, she had done just that with screenshots of a bunch of Bakugou art in a Google search. We felt this was still a form of reposting, but we wanted to ask the artists themselves too since Morgan didn’t. They all agreed that it’s still reposting because it shares their content where they don't allow even if it's not the HD image. She didn’t have to post the art. She could have gotten her notes without reposting art (yes, she cares about that and you can see in the link shared in the stealing ideas section of this post).
She edited this post to crop out the art, so someone must have told her to do so. We would like to give her more credit, but the BNHA Bookclub rules are a strong indication of her beliefs: that no matter what the artists and others think, she doesn’t believe she reposted -- she doesn’t want to admit she’s wrong or facilitating reposts.
“9. Do not repost content without credit... But we realize sometimes you’re just doing a google search and can’t find the original poster.”
The rules of the Bookclub themselves, as pictured in @rivendell101′s post about Morgan stealing the Bookclub entire set up, rules, theme and concept of Bookclub from her, do not mention anything about reposting content or plagiarism or anything else that would promote protecting creators. So what?
This means you’re safe (by Bookclub standards) to repost and steal on your blog! And with that, you’re safe to do it in the server too because Bookclub staff has deemed this okay. So all of support staff are guilty of enabling and practically promoting theft.
It unfortunately gets worse from here.
Morgan has not only reposted art, but traced art too.
The original artist, @lem0uro, doesn’t allow reposts or tracing of their work (read - one, two, three, four) (here’s the original art). They have also said that this counts as reposting because again, their work is being shared in a manner that is not on their blog or being reblogged. But Morgan wouldn’t count this as reposting.
There is no permission like she says she would get if she reposts (but she doesn’t, remember?), neither is credit given. You have to zoom in to find the blurry watermark and hope that you got it right so you can find the original artist.
Who, again, doesn’t allow tracing. Most, if not all, artists don’t. You can easily overlay those two images and see that it was traced, not referenced.
GIFS (reposting)
Fandom editors typically don’t allow reposting of their work. If they do, you follow their rules for reposting (common rules are either get permission, credit them, or both). In Morgan’s case, she has reposted multiple gifs over the years, and also posted a submission of someone else’s gif — yes, that’s still reposting because she still chose to post it when she knew it wasn’t hers.
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We couldn’t find the creator of the submitted gif but if someone does, please send them this or tell them about this happening so that they can know. It’s not the person who submitted it as there are multiple reposts dating back to before Morgan’s post.
The second gif is by @slaughterofinnocence found here and it’s unclear if they allow reposts (but that doesn’t make it free real estate, Moe).
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This gif is by @sstarphase found here and they don’t allow reposts.
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Again, not Morgan’s original gif because it’s been reposted multiple times before. If you know the creator, please let them know this is happening.
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This gif is by @bellblake found here and they don’t allow reposts.
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This gif is by @billrskarsgard found here and it’s unclear if they allow reposts.
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We couldn’t find the original creator but if you know then please make them aware.
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We couldn’t find the original creator but if you know then please make them aware.
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We couldn’t find the original creator even with the watermark, but if you know then please make them aware.
We’re aware that some of these posts are old, but that doesn’t excuse her actions, especially since she insists that she doesn’t repost. That only shows that this isn’t a one time issue.
IDEAS (exact copy and pasting and mimicking without inspo credit)
We won’t be addressing Morgan stealing fic ideas because that has been brought up by multiple other people already including @gallickingunexposed and @lady-bakuhoe. Keep in mind that this is a compilation of observations no matter how small.
You can read this post about Morgan stealing the entire idea of Bookclub. Are network and archive blogs and servers exclusive and original ideas? NO! But Morgan didn’t just copy the idea, she:
took credit for it
copy and pasted the rules from @southsidearchive
copied the same exact theme as ^
copied the set up of the server from ^
bonus: shit talked the admin of ^ and said she’d use them for notes and only add them to Bookclub at the very last minute
Again, you can’t take credit for a common concept like Morgan did, but you can easily give credit to where you got the idea or what you’re basing your actions off of, which Morgan didn’t do. That’s called saying who inspired you. Since Morgan and staff legitimately plagiarized the entire Bookclub setup, they didn’t just get inspiration in that case.
Moving on, all of the people contributing this post except a few have been here since the beginning of Bookclub and have either left Bookclub or remain in it. We remember what it was like when it started up and we’ve seen the changes it has gone through. Interestingly enough, these changes were not original.
NOTE: Because Morgan and Bookclub staff have stolen and taken credit for the entirety of southsidearchive’s set up, this is being brought up because it is no mere coincidence that they’re doing the same things again. The only difference is that they were caught sooner.
A couple of us noticed the current changes reflecting @haikyuucreations‘ server only after Morgan had joined. This is a smaller instance compared to the previous, but that should mean there’s no issue with mentioning “I got this idea from them” just like @southsidearchive did with their rules and haikyuucreations did with their set up.
There was no mention inspiration when Morgan took all of these from haikyuucreations:
QOTD (role and channel)
the same bots
a split administrative staff between the blog mods and server mods
As you can see here, Morgan didn’t join the haikyuucreations server until July 25th, and she only waited a couple days until she started copying the way they did QOTD. Previously there was no role or a separate channel, but Morgan shamelessly used that idea and didn’t say she got inspiration or anything. Instead, she passes it off as her wanting it to be more active. The nice thing to do would be at least promote or mention the people you got your ideas from even if they aren’t original ideas. We’re sure Morgan wouldn’t want someone writing a whole fic inspired by hers without saying, or creating an entire blog and server like hers without saying.
Below we’ll talk about the dates that Morgan and Bookclub staff copied the same bots as haikyuucreations. Public bots are not exclusive, but the idea of Bookclub is completely unoriginal since it is a carbon copy of southsidearchive and now it’s imitating haikyuucreations.
Once again, no one owns common concepts, but we believe the timing is all too convenient for Morgan to be adding in the same bots after joining the haikyuucreations server. When we first joined Bookclub, Writer-Bot and Carl Bot weren’t there, but Morgan went ahead and added both of them in like she “just came up with it,” to quote her directly in the post linked earlier from southsidearchive.
You can see the earliest messages from those two bots in the haikyuu server and compare it to when Writer-Bot joined Bookclub. There isn’t anything about when Carl Bot joined, but we and anyone else in the server can confirm that it wasn’t there until after Morgan joined the other server.
Besides this, she got her character bot ideas with prompts and flirty lines from the southsidearchive server, but there was no inspo credit for that.
We will, though, reach out to the staff of haikyuucreations to see if Morgan at least asked about getting inspiration for how they run their server. If that is the case, we’ll delete everything regarding Morgan copying from them. But that’s really unlikely since she didn’t do that for southsidearchive.
Another instance of copying without inspiration credit is Morgan copying haikyuucreations split staff setup. Since at least June, their blog and server have been split between two different teams. This third screenshot is from August 22nd after a Bookclub member spoke with Candy from the Bookclub staff. This change of Bookclub being split is a recent one, once again only coming up after Morgan has seen it work in the haikyuu server. This information was sent via DM, and Bookclub staff is continuing to avoid acknowledging that they’ve stolen ideas from other archival blogs and servers.
MISC
This is unrelated to creative theft. We want to point out another inconsistency where staff has failed to uphold their rules and protect their members, specifically about incest.
They make it very clear that incest is not a topic allowed in the server or in fics submitted to the blog, yet they allowed this conversation about Todoroki family incest to occur. If it’s allowed in specific channels, then that should be clear in the rules but it isn’t. But that’s just what happens when you copy and paste someone else’s rules and don’t have any familiarity with them:
According to gallickingunexposed, there was also the instance of minors getting into NSFW channels by lying to staff and by staff opening the channel up temporarily for everyone to participate in. This isn’t legal. It’s unfair. It’s disgusting. Being lied to is out of your control, but Bookclub support staff willingly opened up a NSFW channel for minors to get in. Temporary or not, that’s unacceptable.
And to discuss rule 11: Lyssa/@burnedbyshoto was kicked without notice to anyone, members and mods alike, just because Morgan didn’t like her (referencing gallickingunexposed). This doesn’t mean Lyssa was innocent, but since only Morgan knew about kicking her, no one could personally take it up with her. That’s an abuse of power and a fine way for Morgan to go around her own rules. With all of that, Bookclub members are literally forced by the rules to respect staff and their decisions, breeding an unhealthy environment where no one can speak up without facing backlash in the server or in DMs -- like Morgan shit talking her own members and other bloggers.
CONCL.
We compiled as much as we could, but there is definitely more that Morgan has stolen and more that her staff has enabled. We believe the best solutions include
1. Bookclub to be remade since it was completely stolen and continues to steal from others.
If someone steals a gif, art, or writing, the proper response is to delete it. It’s unlikely Bookclub staff will do that with Bookclub, so the least they could do is stop benefitting from others’ ideas. Had the Bookclub been marginally influenced by the Riverdale and Haikyuu servers and blogs then it would be different, but this is too far. There is no telling how far they’re going to go and Morgan has no limits of what else she’ll steal and defend. This also needs to happen because the rules themselves are not followed by staff. If you don’t know your own rules or you’re not going to follow them then change them. They were never your rules in the first place and the power is being abused anyway.
2. Morgan needs to leave Bookclub staff.
She may have started it, but it was never her idea or setup in the first place. Considering she doesn’t follow the rules she copy and pasted, abuses her power, and consistently disrespects other creators either personally or by stealing from them, she doesn’t deserve to get by with another fake apology. Multiple apologies over the same thing followed by the same “mistakes” are worthless. They’re emotionally manipulative and only serve to let her get by with doing it again and get pity when she’s caught. We considered suggesting a suspension, but since Morgan has already left the server once and came back with the issues persisting and more arising, we don’t feel like this is a proper solution. She will only come back and continue to be a risk to the members of Bookclub for talking poorly about them behind their backs and for stealing from them and others. We sincerely hope that Bookclub mods are capable enough to run Bookclub without her, especially if they remake it to fit them. It’s understood that Morgan did most of the admin duties on her own and wouldn’t let mods participate despite being told or asked of, so we hope that that’s even more reason she shouldn’t be in staff.
3. Apologize to the original posters and follow their instructions.
Don’t delete the posts before they see, that’s just running away. If they tell you to credit them, do it. If they tell you to delete it, do it. But don’t delete it and brush it under the rug. And once you do apologize, don’t go back to posting and pretending everything is normal. This is a serious topic and deserves serious reflection. Every time this comes up, Morgan goes in circles victimizing herself, giving an apology, and repeating. That doesn’t work 10 times in a row.
This post will remain up until all three of these suggestions are taken. We’ll continue to help find more content that Morgan and staff have stolen, even if it means getting no sleep because this matters. As writers, artists, and editors, Bookclub staff should understand that. Morgan may not and has proven that she doesn’t care enough to change her ways, but we won’t stop until we see what we want.
