The fact that others do it is no excuse for it to be acceptable. Just because it is not actively prosecutable does not make it any less bad. I think everyone here knows that the site itself does not actively take action against these cases, considering the plagiarism laws. People don't feel angry as you think, nor is it a crusade to stamp out similar issues. People feel cheated and disappointed. If you had read the story when it was active, you would have noticed that the author promoted and promised additional chapters if people helped him to raise the rating. Of course, this story was not bad, on the contrary, it was quite entertaining. Since people liked the story and trusted the author, they helped it skyrocket up the leaderboard. The problem was that, when it came time to publish those chapters, the author asked for more time before publishing them, asking for help in the meantime to keep climbing. Then, when it was time to publish those chapters, the author did it, but at the same time he blocked them to monetize them. ¿How did people feel, after they helped the author as much as they could and then he wanted to squeeze them even more? Well, here is your answer. People monetize fanfics, I have no doubt about that. I myself follow some authors on pat#eon, because I know that despite using an already established world, it's hard to get down to writing about it in a coherent way. The point is when authors go overboard trying to find ways to squeeze money. Believe me, it's quite noticeable and discouraging to read when you know that the author is practically thinking more about how to get money from you than about the story. Let me tell you, because I was one of the many who liked the story. It felt just plain wrong how the author practically just used his fan base to get on top and then just left them out in the cold. So I can understand why people reacted as they did. But then again, you said beforehand that you had not read the story, so I would first suggest that you inform yourself about the situation before giving your opinion about those who are complaining

Fanfiction disguised as a novel, all in order to monetize it. If the issue of having chapters behind patreon is not enough, you also need to block chapters even when you use material from other authors.

Everyone is better than the novel MC. The sister is OP with godlike talent and she will surpass the MC in a fraction of time, so the MC's training will be a useless joke. The author likes to see the MC suffer and struggle but not the other characters. At this point it's better if the main character is the sister or another background character because literally everyone else feels more like the main character. Also the author has this obsession with talent that will make the characters be driven exclusively by it in all their skill development. No talent? Then training you will take ten times as long and you won't be nearly as strong as someone who was born with "talent". This talent is more like an affinity that marks your potential and is a gap that so far has not been shown to be overcome through hard work and perseverance. So far to call it talent would be generous, taking into account that someone older and with metaknowledge in the body of a child, would be in his development not much different from a prodigy in the eyes of the rest. What this affects most is the MC, who seems to be the most untalented guy in existence for anything but a sword and, even so, it's a talent that doesn't look anywhere near as impressive as his sister's godlike talent. You would think that being a person in the body of a child, he could do better than others his age, but no, even if you have more determination, will and perseverance, you won't be anywhere near as good as some children, unless of course, you have the so called "Talent". The MC has meta-knowledge of where he is, but so far the only thing he has achieved is to be used by everyone else in the world. Basically he is a pawn of the "Fatui" and the author justifies it by saying that it is to protect his sister who we see only in the first few chapters and with whom the MC has no real bond. He didn't even spend more than a few chapters with her when he kidnapped his brother's body and most of the time he wasn't even conscious. Not to mention the fact that the Archon was already going to take care of her, and that when she wakes up, it will take her less than a couple of years to catch up to the MC's tireless training and to be at the same level of power. Making redundant the issue of protecting her when she will probably be stronger or at the same level as him in just a fraction of the time it took him.

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