hey, sorry to bother. i tried to dm, but you have them private. which is understandable ofc!!
but i found a fox i thought was pretty similar to yours. i admit, i didn’t read the whole thing, just skimmed, but i thought it was a bit too similar, personally. sorry if this is a bother
https://www.tumblr.com/itsprettygirlavenue/806225983915147264/lover-boy-steve-harrington
i’ve been going back and forth on making this public for a minute and maybe answering this ask is a mistake but idk. a week ago i got two asks in my inbox of different anons informing me about this fic and account.
i reached out to the account privately and politely asked the to either credit me or take the fic down. they responded almost immediately and said they had never read my work but would credit me regardless.
i personally find this strange, if you’re claiming i didn’t “inspire” you why offer credit? that goes against the very definition of credit. they did end up tagging me but then they took the fic down and put it back up with the credit at the bottom of the fic instead of the top.
i think if anyone reads my fic and then their fic you would see this goes beyond inspiration some scenes and lines are just completely ripped off and plagiarized.
i answered an ask like a month ago saying i don’t mind if anyone is inspired by my fics and wants to write steve x reader from the kids pov, i didn’t invent the concept so i don’t care. however this person is stealing the basis of my mike fics and it really hurts to go into the notes and see people talking about how much they love the premise of the fic when i was the person who came up with it.
everyone is entitled to their own opinion on this situation but personally i feel this goes beyond “inspiration”