08-11-2016, 12:49 AM
(08-11-2016, 12:35 AM)Shaadaris Wrote:(08-11-2016, 12:25 AM)Rahizel Wrote: Okay...
So here's the situation, lets say you got a character that won a contest to be inserted in a popular webcomic. They are a massive hit with this popular comic.
Fictionkin happens, and you got one that insists they are that character due to how much they identify with your fursona or whatever.
Imagine meeting this fictionkin who asserts they are you and you are not you, claiming "I AM THIS PERSON STOP OPPRESSING ME" and refuse to view any proof that this character is yours and ends up causing a lot of shit as they masquerade under your name.
That's incredibly stupid.
If you're going to identify with a character that much at least make your own damn ripoff of said character.
If you steal someone's OC you're stealing someone's OC. It doesn't matter if you think you like that OC more.
That's like saying "I liked [movie] more than the producer of [movie] therefore I own the rights to [movie]."
Edit: Not to mention online stealing someone's OC can be essentially akin to IDENTITY THEFT. Especially if they're going around insisting they are the character. You could actually probably sue over that.
(08-11-2016, 12:41 AM)Surge Wrote: In my amateur opinion. Otherkin tend to fall into one of two categories. The "always be different" brand of speshul snowflaek, or the "there must be a reason I feel so out of place among other people" variety. The former can't be reasoned with and are just toxic, the latter...well there's no "easy" way to let them down and they're usually harmless enough that there's no point assaulting their world view and sense of identity.
So yeah, that's a thing though, the fictionkin claimed that "I was (REDACTED) first so you can't be them!"