@BrokenPromise I see and don't get me wrong. I can see that being quite frustrating. Stealing paragraphs of others writing and calling it your own is pretty bad. But usually people who aren't typing their first language, you can generally tell. I suppose your luck with roleplayers must be worse than mine, if someone that pissed you off and is still in your top echelon of writers you've dealt with. Maybe you need to find new people. XP Though I suppose first experiences like that, I can understand why one wouldn't bother to do so...
But of course people do this. 'This' being finding some kind of inspiration in their favorite show or song or whatever. Everyone does to greater or lesser extents. Creative people will be influenced by those who inspired them to be creative. It's just how creative people work. There really isn't such a thing as an original idea.
There's some fine lines between inspiration and copying. But in the few cheapest cases I've done it in, it certainly was never in writing I'd expect someone to take seriously (aka RP's) and the few times I've done so is generally a single line that fits and isn't forced. It's also vague enough that it really could have been from anything. (Though I also tend to show the music off, since I usually get the feel for a scene as a whole with it. So I certainly don't hide that it isn't mine, when I do it.) But I digress. I don't know if it would make you think more/better of that person, if they admitted that's what their doing. Doesn't sound like that going to happen.
Though the part about needing to match other levels when you're not good enough, tends to not go well anyway. Probably not an enjoyable path for either party and maybe that's a thing you should straight talk about, especially if you actually like this person or if their the sole reason an RP is being drug down. ('The Anchor', is the honorary name.) Though most people I've seen, aren't at the level they think. But that's a whole different can of worms.
But of course people do this. 'This' being finding some kind of inspiration in their favorite show or song or whatever. Everyone does to greater or lesser extents. Creative people will be influenced by those who inspired them to be creative. It's just how creative people work. There really isn't such a thing as an original idea.
There's some fine lines between inspiration and copying. But in the few cheapest cases I've done it in, it certainly was never in writing I'd expect someone to take seriously (aka RP's) and the few times I've done so is generally a single line that fits and isn't forced. It's also vague enough that it really could have been from anything. (Though I also tend to show the music off, since I usually get the feel for a scene as a whole with it. So I certainly don't hide that it isn't mine, when I do it.) But I digress. I don't know if it would make you think more/better of that person, if they admitted that's what their doing. Doesn't sound like that going to happen.
Though the part about needing to match other levels when you're not good enough, tends to not go well anyway. Probably not an enjoyable path for either party and maybe that's a thing you should straight talk about, especially if you actually like this person or if their the sole reason an RP is being drug down. ('The Anchor', is the honorary name.) Though most people I've seen, aren't at the level they think. But that's a whole different can of worms.
Writing without sleep isn't fun. -.-
