I find it funny she just keeps lying about things, but the abuse she is receiving isn't... Then again, she's really asking for it. The whole situation is just something I would slap my forehead over and grunt.

She just needs to be banned from the site and learn that stealing art and lying is wrong. She really does need to just say sorry, take down her art, ignore the posts, and move on - or she's going to be meme-ed to death.

I can see the humor in some of her wild lies, I guess (she says her parents threw her out the 19th-story window? ^^;; ), but the abuse... I don't know; I remember being in a similar position when I was very young and got caught doing something I shouldn't. I had no defense whatsoever, and everyone in the world knew it, but I was only 11 or something, and all I could think of was to defend and justify myself in any way I could possibly think of, and told what I'm sure were similarly outrageous fibs.

But she certainly is asking for it, as I was. She has apologized and taken down the art, actually, but she's just too young to know that the best way to stop the situation is to ignore it.

I suppose I just imagining these adults in the real world sitting there and arguing with a 12 year-old for an entire hour.

I just wonder if her parents know what she's doing... =/

I'd guess not. Then again, it isn't unusual for kids to hone drawing skills by tracing and copying things, and I can see some overprotective parents not being able to see the line between that and her posting it online and calling it hers.

*nods* I remember colouring some of Luna Yoshi's stuff way back when I was 11 - she just let me know, simply, that she would rather see my 100% own work. So, I did. :3 So, I did not need a slap on the wrist, just the right guiding... But some kids - sheesh!

Aww, heh. Yeah, unfortunately, some kids do need to have their metaphorical butts kicked. ^^;

ugg...furry drama, oh noes!! >.<

i just posted a rather long comment about it all. i dont find it funny thats for sure. and sure that Silk_rose person appears to have screwed up. but thanks to all the"BURN THE WITCH!" propaganda the whole thing has turned into a drama fest and they all look bad because of it...just sitting there pointing fingers at each other.

i do have to admit the idea of adults arguing for hours with a 13 year old is pretty funny. but it certainly doesnt help the fandom's appearance to society if what outside people see is a bunch of drama whores >>

Just read it.

Woah, three replies from one person at once. Take that,  kovu-shukani!

While there's certainly something to be said about adding to the drama by bringing this up (for both of us), I think a lot of it needs to be said. I mean, come on, of course this girl's going to insult everyone's intelligence in her attempted defense. She's just a kid. That's what kids do, they lie indiscriminately when they're backed into a corner.

This back-and-forth argument was absolutely ridiculous in that context. I don't think you can just brush off this level of immaturity by saying something like, "Oh, she did wrong, and needed to be taught a lesson," because quite a lot of it had nothing to do with teaching a lesson. It was just silly.

Though we're all dangerously close to slipping into the drama maelstrom going on, I think there's still lots of room for rational discussion about it. I must say, for instance, that  wolf-nymph took it all very gracefully and fairly, though like many here, she found a humor in it that I just don't see (again, that's not a slam or judgement, I'm just restating one of the reasons for this journal).

oh noes, the dreaded triple post has me XD

yeah, that "adding to the drama" factor, which would kinda make me a bit of a hypocrite, almost kept me from saying anything at all. and yeah she's a kid so she's gonna make up something in her defense, i know i did at that age, we all did. and as you said. its "just silly", and thats an understatement.

but Zek! who wants rational discussion when we can all point fingers and bitch at each other until we're blue in the face?! lol

yeah, she did take it rather well, her being the alleged victim and all. though im not really sure of the humor they see in this either. only humor i see in it is a rather annoying dragged out argument that i wish i just had never known about to some extent.

Hehe.

Well, while the best way to let drama die is to stop posting, in cases like this, it isn't going to help much... either everyone is going to weigh in with their opinion (or in some cases blind or biased support/defense), or the main players are going to keep at each other until one of them finally gets tired and stops.

Rational discussion? Madness! LoL. It can be hard to tell who actually enjoys mudslinging and who just wants to push their opinion and not back down, often merely because another person doesn't agree with them. Then you get all the ironic "I'm entitled to my opinion!"s, and it tends to sort of break down from there into simple insult exchange, provided it goes on long enough.

To be fair, I think rational discussion is difficult, especially online, where you don't have a face to be polite to. And also, obviously, if you're emotionally involved. Though the fact that fans of  wolf-nymph took the theft of her art more personally than she did tells us a lot about how drama starts in the first place, I think. You can really only try to be calm and rational yourself; you can't manage crowd control, and trying to do so will only exacerbate things.

As it is, it seems to have passed by the wayside, so that's good. I do hope something like this is handled better in the future, though.

yeah, when fans and outside parties get more involved and take more offense to it than the actual victim, something is incredibly and horribly wrong. and i certainly hope its handled better in the future as well.