This is starting to piss me off
I never thought I would make a post about this. But it's starting to get on my nerves.
So a lot of you already know I have an OC inside the Call of Duty fandom with the call sign "SPARROW".
Recently I started to see other OCs from the same fandom with the same call sign. The first time I saw this I let it pass, because I thought it was just a coincidence. The fandom is big and things like this can happen, I get it. But I've already seen THREE OCs called Sparrow. And judging by the dates of those posts those OCs were created recently. And if you stayed with me from the beginning you know that my Sparrow has been in the fandom for much longer than a year.
I don't want to call names, I know who you are, I don't want to pick up a fight with anyone, I don't have the time and the energy for this. But it has not only happened to me, a few of my mutuals and other accounts have experienced similar things. People stealing ocs' designs, drawings, stories or even tracing over their drawings.
I know I'm not that popular, I know I don't have that much influence like Sleepy or other famous users. But it's like suddenly you start seeing a bunch of random OCs called Jade.
I don't want to suggest that these people stole my oc's call sign, I want to have a little faith in these people,. If you stole it from me, you already know that you did it, and you know what you did was wrong.
But if you are new to the fandom, it costs nothing to do a little bit of research.
I don't want to proclaim that the name "Sparrow" is mine and only mine. That's childish, it's just a fucking call sign, it's not that big. And all this matter is not just about me. I just want to take this opportunity to make it clear. There are a lot of creators, squeezing their brains to make an original and unique oc with an amazing lore, practicing everyday their drawings/writing skills so they can improve and make it look much cooler than what already is. And people think they have the damn right to steal from these creators and get all the praise from others' work.
If you want to create your own content with your own ocs, it's totally fine to use other people's work as reference. But there's a line between using it as reference and stealing.
*sigh*
Well... I hope it's clear loves. This is a thing that I wanted to talk about from a few months ago.
Take care and stay safe my dears. <3