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MAJOR PLAGIARISM! The thing mentioned earlier which shattered any of our lingering faith in Filia, was the plagiarism of Traumatic.nu and Utena.net. She had recently purchased the domain Aquavy.net from the pervious owner, and one of her first layouts for it was blatently ripped off of both Utena.net and Traumatic.nu. The similarities her layout shared with theirs was impossible to miss. First and foremost were the animated numbers that Filia had taken from Traumatic.nu:
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When confronted about the similarities, Filia immediately changed the animated numbers to a static image. However, plenty of people had already noticed beforehand, and saved Filia's original layout. A copy can be found here, in full detail. And on top of that, the parts plagiarised from Utena.net were even more obvious:
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There were other, more subtle details plagiarised from each site, but I've stated the most obvious. Any other bits and pieces can be viewed by simply lining the layouts up next to each other. Click on any thumbnail to view a bigger picture:
![]() And it's not the first time she's plagiarized. Tasuki actually first met Filia when Filia accused Tasuki of copying her Filia Ul Copt shrine. Guess who really copied who? Turns out that someone left an entry in Filia's guestbook noting how similar her shrine seemed to Tasuki's, and Filia immediately flipped, claiming that Tasuki had copied her. Nevermind that Tasuki's shrine had been up long before Filia created her's. Tasuki regrets ever having forgiven her for the supposed "misunderstanding". Now, I realise that some people reading this site will still stubbornly refuse to admit that Filia is a plagiarist, but the facts are all here. Filia is not only a plagiarist, but a plagiarist who refuses to admit it and continues to recycle* her plagiarized layouts. *(Both links are dead now, but she used the layout for her guestbook on two seperate domains.) However, this isn't the end of our story. After having first published this account of our experiences with Filia, I received an email from someone who shall remain anonymous. Read On.
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