Sorry for all the journals! e_____e This is a question for YOU, and not so much about me, although, I have to tell a story first (sorry.)allowing this person to get away and have people thinking their character is original when it's just a butchered onyx makes me really frustrated. People leaving comments saying "wow! cool character!" Good god, you have no idea.

I was tying up some loose ends today and I had to note an artist asking her not to finish an art trade for the art theif, even though the character she'd been asked to draw wasn't the one ripped from me.

For two reasons. The char could have easily been ripped off of someone else, and because I don't think we should just look the other way when art thiefs do their thing and be friends with them to their faces. That's not fixing the problem.

The reply I got was "well it's a trade so I have to do it now, doesn't matter if the person is accused of theft."

And I noticed that this particular artist was snarked on A_S for saying "I'll cut off your balls/breasts if you steal this char from me."

I have to wonder why the artist is so noncommital to stopping art theft when it's someone else's work (mine) but if it's their own, then threaten violence (even if it's not an executeable threat.)

I'd like to see what would happen if I did the exact same thing that happened to ME to this artist, and see how funny that is, and if I don't get a bunch of fanbrats flaming me. It's just the fact that people are willing to look the other way for MY work but then go back and pretend to be all anti-art-theft that makes me so frustrated.

So here's the question. Saying that you didn't know me, what would you do in this situation? Do you want to help other people when their work is stolen, even though it's not your own and you don't know who that person is? If the person accused is a friend of yours, could you look at the evidence objectively?

I won't be offended if you don't agree, but I want to hear why. Discussion time, people.

((A note: please don't tell me that I'm overreacting about the rip unless you've noted me/asked for a note for the comparison and seen the actual thing, alright? You can bitch at me all you want after that.))