The dark background, the bold styling, the cinematography, music, and script, every single detail matched the video I had just saved to my drafts.
If I didn’t know that I got the idea from watching a British drama and stayed up countless nights writing that script, I might have thought I copied her.
But the truth was clear. Somehow, she posted it first.
And just like that, she went viral overnight.
In my past life, that exact video destroyed me.
I remembered feeling excited, thinking the internet would finally recognize my work when I posted it.
But when I checked the comments, the joy quickly turned to dread. Everyone said I was a copycat. They even linked the original, which was Lesley’s video.
When I clicked it, I found the same concept, same angles, and same style. A 99.9% match.
But I swear. I never copied a single thing.
I was instantly furious then. Desperate to prove I was the true creator, I posted all my drafts and BTS footage.
But it didn’t help.
Because Lesley also posted her process, and somehow, her timestamps were earlier than mine.
Then came the backlash.
[She planned this ‘evidence’ in advance just to drag Lesley down!]
[Support originality! Say no to plagiarists!]