Apparently this is a post I have to fucking make:

[absolutelybatty]

Since this is the second incident I am aware of, I guess it's time to make a damn post about it. Just a warning this post isn't a particularly nice one.

MY ICONS ARE NOT RESOURCES OR BASES. YOU CANNOT USE ANY PART OF THEM IN YOUR SHITTY WORK AND CALL IT YOUR OWN. MY TEXT IS NOT FOR YOU TO USE AS A TEXT TEXTURE. MY BACKGROUNDS ARE NOT BASES FOR

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[absolutelybatty]

- I don't know what your definition of "accident" is, but taking someone else's icon and slapping your own subject on top of it and calling it yours isn't a mistake. You have to do that deliberately.

- You've never apologized to me. Not when the incident occurred. Not when you were informed of why the ban at iimpossibletask was being kept in place. And you certainly haven't done it now. You've kind of done everything BUT that, in all honesty.

- Which doesn't surprise me since you've mentioned when I make mistakes similar to this, and as has already happened in other situations. Really? You've done this before? And you still haven't stopped? Respecting other people's work isn't specific to me, you know. All the talented icon makers out there who do their own thing deserve the same courtesy. If you've done this before, I'm glad I finally made the incident involving mine public so that other makers have a chance to make sure you haven't done the same crappy thing to them

[dixon]

Yeah, she did it to me too. I didn't want to say anything publicly because I aproached her via pm and we resolved things. It's sad to see that she did this to you and a year after she did it to me too :/

[absolutelybatty]

Ah, a repeat offender. I cannot say I am surprised. You know, this is the sort of thing I want to take care of privately as well, but I guess not all people respond as well to that as they should these days.

Anyway, I am very sorry to hear that they got to you as well. Honestly, I know it is kind of expected that these things will happen (though it shouldn't be; people should know better, imo), but it still really, really sucks.

Thank you for sharing your story and for your support, lovely! <3

[uglybusiness]

I'm sorry this happened to you. My stuff had been ripped off in the past so many times, I know how irritated and offended it makes the artist feel. :(

'If someone steals from you than you're good" is kind of a weak consolation, but still, it's true.

[absolutelybatty]

I don't know how anyone who has ripped you off thought they were going to get away with it, to be honest. You're such a recognizable name, imo.

Haha! It's very kind of you to say! Thank you for your support, lovely! I really do appreciate it! ♥

[theladymorgan]

I am so, so sorry that this happened to you again! This is so ridiculous and this sort of behavior is seriously not okay. There is no excuse for this. Everyone knows that taking something and calling it their own is wrong. It's terrible that there was even a need for this post. I really hope this is the end of the issue for you.

[absolutelybatty]

Hey, bb! Thank you for your support here, and also, just again, thank you for your support re: the first case. It kind of blows your mind when these sorts of things happen, but it is always amazing to have level headed people like you around! ♥

[scoobyatemysnax]

this is all kinds of shit tbh. and i'm sorry it's happening in general, bc it sucks major fucking ass, and especially to a lovely person like you :C

also i totally read this person complaining about being called out and since a picture is worth a thousand words...

[absolutelybatty]

This comment is so many levels of amazing. Seto Kaiba? A Hook pun? A pun on my user name???!!! There's so much to love about it! But what I love most is your support; thank you so much, lovely!! ♥

It's the whining that really gets to me, tbh. Like...just own up to your shit and then stop. How difficult is that? There's no defense for this behavior. At all.

[nightbulbs]

So I only just saw this now but hey, you have all my support and I'm sorry you have to deal with this shit! I'm glad we kept the ban in place at iitask, it was definitely the right call. Seriously, it's terribly unfair that this should happen to you of all people. (And to Rebeca and others who had their icons ripped-off; it seems to happen to the nicest people, why? :/) Plus you were extremely polite and even supportive, linking them to tutorials, so huge kudos to you

[absolutelybatty]

Thank you so much for your support, Mathilde. Honestly, it is just reassuring to know people are in your corner when stuff like this happens. You're always amazing and so reassuring whenever we talk about this stuff. ♥

Tbh, it makes me a little angry that they tried to use that as an excuse because I know so many of our LJ icon makers only speak English as a second language. So many talented, kind, lovely people who don't deserve having something they've dealt with so admirably used by some shithead trying to weasel out of being called out on their crap. :-/