I Got Reported on Y!...

[crabofdoom]

... for using my own art in a thumbnail and not explicitly saying so. Same icon as I'm using on this post, only a bit bigger. The fic that was reported is already back up, but... wow.

Should I be flattered that someone thought it was too good to be mine so I must've stolen it? I don't see how one "dude, you forgot to cite the thumbnail" message wouldn't have fixed this, otherwise.

Comments

[drkangelyahriel.livejournal.com]

o_o wtf.
Shouldn't it just be assumed that you'd use your own work unless otherwise stated?

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

I would've thought so, too, unless it was one of those fic icons that look obviously cut down from a manga page or taken from a anime screenshot, but apparently others have been big enough dicks about swipe now and credit later that people now assume that if it isn't credited in the A/N, it's stolen. I always remember to add 'thumbnail=me' on my serial fics; no idea why it slipped my mind this time, but damned if someone didn't use a crossbow to make their point when poking me with a stick would've done the job.