Nads6969 Victim 74 - Leopup13 aka The Princess Clarity Incident
While this isn’t entirely theft/tracing, it is still nonetheless a debacle that displays Ms. Stepputat’s horrid, toxic, and spiteful personality in dealing with people who confront her about her behavior.
Poor Leopup, who had been Ms. Stepputat’s friend at one point but admitted that the friendship had gone stale, finally had enough after the Holocaust OC Debacle. They penned a very sad, very heartfelt post about how they were cutting ties with Ms. Stepputat, and withdrawing their OCs from her NSG storyline effective immediately:
https://www.deviantart.com/leopup13/status/18968917
Initially, Ms. Stepputat responded with understanding to this Status Post. She claimed that she would respect Leopup13’s decision and have their OCs (Sailor Royal/Princess Clarity and the Blood Moon family) depart from NSG:
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/62/18968917/4786623407
Several people encouraged Leopup13 to be firm, and to demand that Ms. Stepputat remove their OC immediately from all of her galleries, without question or delay. Their OC is their property, and from the moment they verbally rescinded permission for Ms. Stepputat to use/draw her, their word became final.
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/62/18968917/4786693254
Unfortunately, Ms. Stepputat got cold feet about respecting their feelings and decided that the artwork would not come down after agreeing to take it down:
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/4/7982924/4787601460
https://sta.sh/01ust6la53f7
“I do forfeit Sailor Royal, but I won’t delete my art of her.”
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/4/7982924/4787825291
“I can still draw her without being part of the story.”
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/4/7982924/4787898618
It gets worse:
https://www.deviantart.com/leopup13/status/18983927
That’s right, folks. After showing her true colors during the Holocaust Debacle and driving away one of her friends, Ms. Stepputat again outdid her own nastiness by reneging on her agreement to take her mitts off of Leopup13′s OC, Sailor Royal/Princess Clarity.
To top things off, she once again abused the blocking feature and essentially flat-out stated that she would still draw that OC, even after there was verbal/written rescinding of permission to do so by the OC’s creator. This is how nasty she is, folks.
Sure enough, the NSG Fanclub Gallery still has its folder for Leopup13’s OC:
https://www.deviantart.com/nsg-fanclub/gallery/30354609/nsg-royal-moon-kaoru-princess-clarity
This is what Ms. Stepputat does, folks. Gets cold feet about doing the right thing, especially towards someone who was once her friend, and this is how she treats them. “Fuck you, I’m gonna draw your character whenever I want!”
Can you believe this woman is 38? Her Status post and her responses to people there have to be seen to be believed:
https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/status-update/18979300?comment=62%3A18979300%3A4788441693
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/62/18979300/4788422518
https://www.deviantart.com/comments/62/18979300/4788500201
So apparently, it’s fine to pull the “I’m older than you” card when younger and smarter people call you out on your bullshit.
Double apparently, growing a backbone = being an asshole and stubbornly refusing to do the right thing.
Please if you have the time, head over to Leopup13′s page on Deviantart and offer them some encouragement, support, and advice. They could really use it, and I’m sure they would appreciate it.
