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User @/eggdxhan said they hoped Sonic kills and dumps Amy's body in a river specifically naming the same river they found Em.mettTill. I am a black woman from the American South I don't take these threats lightly, and how DARE you use a black boy's violent death to voice your hatred towards a fictional character. This isn't funny and you caused me to have a trigger moment.
I have my inbox closed for the time being to prevent further triggering content. Here is proof. Warning for allusion to historical hate crime, misogyny
(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)
An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:
(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)
I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:
You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:
First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.
Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.
Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.
In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.
In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:
I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.
In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.
Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.
Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!
NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!
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Where did you get the idea, headcanon, or fact (whichever one it may be) that demons age differently than humans?
I ask bc in a gb asks I asked you from January 12th, 2023, on your alt account @juniaships about the story of the arranged marriage between Alya Moonstone/Purple Lightspeed Ranger and Prince Olympius, you said this at the end of the post:
"Anyways, it's a pretty messy human x monster story and before anyone asks, demons age differently and don't perceive age in a human sense. So Olympius is actually MUCH older than Alya's 20 (and he had the mind& design of an adult at full strength so it's not p3d0)"
And I was curious as to whether that was true or not. I also ask bc I don't wanna come off as a p3d0 supporter (as I extremely hate p3d0 stuff and p3d0s in general with a burning passion) by shipping myself & my self-inserts, my PR OC Luna Gwen, and other canon characters and ocs/self-inserts with him. So, I thought to ask you for some clarification. That, and also bc I couldn't find a direct and clear answer from Google and most of them involved stuff from Demon Slayer.
Olympus is 17 in human years according to the wiki 💀 i thought he'd be older like 20ish. Though it is a wikia so it might not be correct. Hmmm...
You know in Atlantis the lost empire where Kida is way older than Milo? That's basically how it works in this AU. Olympius was born centuries ago but due to Bansheera's banishment he was stuck. Until his and Alya's Star Power activated he grew up to the age he actually should be. Unlike Justin from Turbo, Full Power Olympius is very much viewed as a young adult & doesn't express childlike behavior or immaturity save for his occasional naivety. So because of that I'll be aging Alya down by 2 or 3 years. I know 20 and 17 aren't huge gaps but just to be on the safe side her new age is 18.
Just wanna make a quick shout out to the self shippers that:
Don't gush often
Don't talk about their ships often
Are low energy and low spoons in general
We all have our reasons, but that doesn't make your ships any less valid. You have so much love in your heart and your F/Os are very lucky to share that with you!
Pro//shippers please DNI y'all make me very uncomfortable
Just something I think people that write for ATSV should watch
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