Erm, help?

[loaded_march]

I've been recently contacted and informed that someone is writing a Merlin fanfic that is structurally similar to the Loaded March series and that there are some parts that were lifted directly from Loaded March itself.

The fanfic is posted as a series, though only a few chapters of the first part are available.  I skimmed through it, but as far as I can tell, the story itself is completely unlike Loaded March to begin with, the writing style is vastly different to mine, and I can't pick out anything specific that might have been lifted from Loaded March itself.

To be honest, I haven't looked at Loaded March since it was posted, so I'm not even sure if something would stand out to me right now.  I'm wondering if anyone knows of any plagiarism software that could do the checking for me?  Also, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Comments

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

Crap, yeah, that's pretty obvious. Did they reply?

[jennydcf.livejournal.com]

She says she sent you an apology and changed the passage as of 12:02 pm, BST. The passage has been added to, and the sword being thrown is separated from Merlin's smile and Arthur's thought about it. But the story of the battle with the sorcerers who threw fireballs and "magic missiles" and Merlin's rescue of Owain from such an explosion struck me as awfully familiar and is still there, as are several more similarities.

In the comments more than one person notes the strong "resemblance" to the book Throne of Glass, which I described in my comments above.

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

I haven't received any sort of apology in any of the ways people can reach me, so that's dubious. Also, even the change doesn't really change anything.

Interesting about Throne of Glass -- which I haven't read.