A new group to be on the lookout for...

[jessioriginal.livejournal.com]

It's been suggested that part of the reason behind the purge were the mass-reports coming from a trollish community on FanFiction that felt they have the right to judge which stories do and do not belong on the site.  Unfortunately, they are not alone.  My Fatal Fanfiction story-a Fatal Frame parody revolving around the recent purge-was targeted by them.  Apparently the short prologue with references to the characters, story, and setting of the game was enough for them to declare my story an original work.  They have since demanded I change it or remove it, threatened me, they've reported my story, and they keep leaving those kind of reviews.  They have a very self-important view of themselves, and rest-assured they will cause the deletion of a lot of stories who don't deserve it.  And the one who reported my story to them?  An author with a grudge.  I wrote another story in the same fandom.  It's called "Mayu's Promise".  Apparently, he loves her so much that it's character-bashing, even though I explained to him she spent the entire game going through a lot and possessed and pointed out the signs of her own twisted obsession.-.-

This group is called Critics United:

http://forum.fanfiction.net/forum/Critics_United/78623/


UPDATE:

They succeeded in getting my story taking down and my account infractioned.  THEN the leader apologized and acknowledged their mistake, said she would talk to ONE of the people, and then banned me and deleted my message and those of people who supported me.  I'm trying to challenge the deletion, but I'm not hopeful.  I told her they should contact the site and tell them their mistake.  This is ridiculous.  As others have said, they really have a superiority-complex.


Further update:

In nothing short of a miracle, my story has been restored:

http://ffdotnetrants.livejournal.com/144727.html

Comments

[okami-no-yume.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm in the process of backing up my fics. I'm going to cast my net about start posting my stuff to alternate sources. I've got options, at least, like AO3, LJ, Your Fanfiction, and Deviant Art. I'll keep my FF.Net account...for now. I've got several years worth of work on that site. I've been a member since '05.

I'm thinking I might message some folks and warn them that FF.Net's on the war path concerning mature rated works.