The WOLF Report

1.0     Summary

1.1     Purpose

This research will either prove that the writer known as "Texas Aries" had plagiarized any of her stories or she hadn't.  I will employ software called PLAGIARISM-FINDER to see if she has.

This report will not name any names or contain any damaging information concerning any archives or any other writer.  The only person that this report will deal with is Texas Aries.  

1.2     Audience

This document will be available to all members of the Magnificent Seven fiction communities and to anyone else that has an interest.

1.3     Plagiarism 

According to "The FreeDicitionary.com by Farlex" and I quote "Plagiarism refers to the use of another's ideas, information, language, or writing, when done without proper acknowledgement of the original source."  

After reviewing various archives and their rules of plagiarism I have found them to be as diverse as the fandoms that they host.  There is no consistency nor are firm guidelines set up for anyone new to fan fiction, which leads to confusion and unfair persecution of anyone whether new or old to the Net.  To give you an example, if a fan fiction writer posts a story on an archive that has only one sentence similar such as, "It was a nice day,"  and that sentence appears in another fic by a different author, the second author can in some archives be accused of being a plagiarist while on another archive this is not considered plagiarism at all.  This leaves people confused and unsure of what to do.

In the writing world there are eight common themes that make up most any literature.  These themes are: the individual in Nature, the individual in Society, the individual's relationship to the gods, human relations, growth and initiation, time, death, and finally alienation.  Within these few themes a writer then has to incorporate their own life experience, flavor, opinions, views and style to create their works.  But with fan fiction, these themes are dictated by the universe that the author is writing in.   Because of these universe constraints as well as the limitations on the characters themselves, various authors can have overlapping themes which can cause similar stories to appear.  As an example of this, while researching the Magnificent Seven archives I came across a number of stories with this theme that were so similar they had me checking back to see if it was actually the same story I had read previously:

• Ezra Standish is accused of a crime.

• The men turned on him driving him from town.

• Ezra gets hurts.

• The remaining lawmen find out that he is innocent and goes to find him.

• They then nurse him back to health after being afraid that he might die.

• They beg for forgiveness and Ezra does forgive them in the end.

Should these authors be labeled as plagiarists?  According to the law and a number of plagiarism cases on the books, there are people trying to prove just this issue.  But do they have a case?  According to many different legal sites on the web the answer is yes.  But in order to make the case stick, the complainant has to prove that the fan fiction author is trying to make money and that they are affecting the income of the complainant due to their works.

On all sites where the writer cites the original work(s), notes where they come from and gives the original author credit, then it is not plagiarism.  If the document is an article, the writer must place the information in quotes and indicate in the footnotes or equivalent citations the source of the information.   Since this is a rule in the real world, how does this affect fan fiction?  It means that fan fiction must follow the same rules as the literary world.  That means if a person copies passages from another author's story, all they have to do is give credit for those sections to the author and they are clear of the charge of plagiarism.  According to the various legal sites the author does not need to get permission so long as they give credit to the original author.  No legal means are open to the original author unless they have been adversely affected by losing money.  

It should be noted that in fan fiction plagiarism has caused people to be run off the Internet over some perceived infringement by one person or a group of people, but with so many different and diverse plagiarism rules being employed by the various groups, lists, and archives confusion may be leaving people unfairly accused of plagiarism.  It should also be noted that even in the real world authors who have been accused of plagiarism are not driven out of the writing community.  Their publishers might use the various plagiarism-checking softwares available to insure that the writer's subsequent works are truly their own, but they are stilled allowed to continue to write.  There are even a number of noted and famous authors who have been accused of plagiarism; by all accounts they paid their fines and continued their writing unhindered.  

In my opinion the cyberworld of the Internet must follow the same rules set in the real world, they cannot pick and choose which rules to follow.  To do so will leave fan fiction authors lost, confused, and afraid to write.  As things stand anyone can accuse anyone of being a plagiarist, and once so labeled these writers are forced to leave the Internet by other fan fiction authors employing various tactics of harassment.  No one has the right to hound someone off the Internet, but on the Internet laws against harassment are not enforceable as of yet.  To the people who are hounding these authors it doesn't matter if the writer has ever been accused before, all their works are automatically judged to be tainted by plagiarism.  In the real world this does not happen.  When a case of plagiarism has been brought before the court, both sides present their evidence, the judge makes a decision and if guilty the author pays the fines imposed by the judge.  The author then goes on to write without fear of harassment.  

While researching plagiarism I have come across different percentages of copied content that an article or story must contain in order to be considered to be plagiarized.  On some sites even one matching sentence could be considered plagiarism and on others 30% of the literary work has to be plagiarized from the same source.  Please note I said the Same Source.  This means that whole sentences, paragraphs and dialogue must be copied word for word with only minor changes.  If the document being viewed has part of a sentence from one source and another fragment matching from another source then this is coincidence, not plagiarism, and will therefore be ignored.  

As you can see even in the real world there is no hard and fast rule on what is considered to be plagiarism.  To this end, while investigating Texas Aries for plagiarism I have decided that 15% of her story word content must be plagiarized and that 15% must come from the same source.  To this end I will be employing the software Plagiarism-Finder to help located any plagiarism by this author.

1.4     Fan Fiction

I was curious to see how the world views fan fiction and if what fan fiction authors do is considered to be legal.  According to many legal sites fan fiction is considered to be a copywrite infringement and the fan fiction author can be sued for monetary damages and may even face jail time depending upon the severity of the infringement.  Because of this many studios have sent out legal notices called cease and desist letter to authors, archives, and ISP's demanding that they take these sites down.  As yet there are no cases on the books because the authors who receive these letters, fearing a legal battle, remove the stories from the Internet and the individual ISP companies either take down the site themselves or else have their lawyers reply to the notice.

In their own defense many fan fiction authors use the legal claim of "fair use", but again according to the various legal sites fan fiction is considered to be a copywrite infringement and can be punished under the law.  Now also according to these same sites the one claiming copywrite infringement has to show that the fan fiction author is making money off the complainant's work AND adversely effects the complainants income because of this infringement.

It should be noted that literary works which are considered to be in public domain are considered to be fair game and any author who wishes to can write anything off these works. 

 

1.5     Plagiarism-Finder

The PLAGIARISM-FINDER is a software that many universities and colleges use to determine if the student has plagiarized any works from the Internet.  The cost of this software is around $125 and I was allowed to use it to find out if any of Texas Aries' stories are plagiarized.

In the EXAMINATION PROTOCOL section of the report, information pertaining to the document is displayed.  This information is the name of the document, the date it was created, when it was last modified and the number of words in the document.  Since I downloaded all of Texas Aries' works to my computer they will have the date and time I downloaded them. 

In the ANALYSED ORIGINAL SOURCE section it will show text that has been stripped of any punctuation and had special characters converted to allow this software to search the Internet for any possible plagiarism.  All text that that the software has found a match for on the Internet will be in red as an indication.   Beside this red text will be a link that can be used to pull up the document that the software had found the text-module in.  

According to the software manual these links are selected based upon the age of the document.  Any other document that has the same text-module will appear in the BIBLIOGRAPHY section which is unsorted.  If the text displayed in this section is not colored that means that the software could not find a match on the Internet.  Remember punctuation was removed and special characters converted.  This could be a reason why there is no hits for those specific words.  Another reason could be that the story being searched is new and therefore not in any search engine.  If the story is old then the reason is that the search engine does not have it listed because of the low readership for that particular literary work.

It should also be noted that Texas Aries has been publishing her stories on the Internet for the last three years.  This means that the software can and will pick up her stories as being hits.  Because of this I will manually search through each link and change the color of the text to green to indicate that this text-module has been traced back to one of Texas Aries own stories.  This way it will make it easier to see only those text-modules that have links to other documents.  It should also be noted that some of the links lead to blank documents.  When that happens I will mark the text in blue to indicated that there is no document associated with that link and then discount that text-module as being plagiarized.  For song lyrics I have highlighted the background in gray with blue text letting everyone know that this is a song fic.  I will check to see if Texas Aries has give credit to the artist of the song and if she has then I will clear that of plagiarism.  Again I am going by the rules that if the original artist is credited then it is not plagiarized.  

In the BIBLIOGRAPHY section it will have a detailed list of all the Internet sources found, which has been reduced to those that has a substantial place of discovery.  After each source you will find the number of characters that have a match. This is characters, not words.  The number of words used to find these matches is stored in the RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION section.  

For my test I used 10 words with an increment of either 8 or 13 words, which is a detail search setting for this software.  If any plagiarism exists it will be picked up by this software setting.  According to the software any lower word count and the results returned will be inconclusive due to the number of hits.  The bigger the word count, the easier it is to find any plagiarism.  Also it should be noted that the normal setting is 8 words with increments of 50 used.  I don't want to be accused of 'fixing' the results, so I have chosen the most detailed search criteria possible in this application.

In the RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION it will display the results of each document. With the settings I used around 70% to 100% of the words in the document will be examined.  The software will then calculate what the percentage is of the words found on the Internet.  Since Texas Aries has published her work on the Internet for the last three years the software can and most likely will pick up the corresponding story.  The software does not take that in consideration, therefore I will recalculate the percentage and place it in red by the other column that the software has calculated so that the reader can view both results.

You will notice that some of the results will show no links even with the story published on the Internet. There are a couple of reasons that this occurs.  The first is that this story didn't have enough hits to actually record it into any of  the search engines because the work is new and therefore no hits.  If the document being searched is an old one then it could be that this particular story has very low readership therefore does not get recorded into the various Internet search engines.  

In some cases the text-module does not appear in the linked document.  The software does not distinguish between cached documents and the actual current document.  If the author updates the document or story the text-module might not be in the current version of the document, but in the cached part of cyberspace the software could find that the previous version of the document has those text-modules.  The software does not pull up the cached URL instead it supplies the actual URL to this document.  

Some links show up missing.  Again the software does not distinguish between cached documents and live documents.  

2.0     Restated/Expanded Problem Statement

As of today the accusations have floated around the Internet causing tension between the fandoms and within the larger Magnificent Seven community itself.  With the completion of this document a course of action will provide some answers.  

To start, a search must be performed using the Internet to see if any evidence of plagiarizing exists.

2.01     Magnificent Seven - The Crow – Arrival

2.01.01      Plagiarism-Finder:

One of the sources that I have used to find if the author Texas Aries has plagiarized any of her works.  To this end I am employing the use of a software called Plagiarism-Finder.  This application is used around the country by High Schools, Colleges and Universities to discover if a student has plagiarized a report, or purchased a report from the Internet.  Because of internal limits set up by the software I have divided this story into different parts so that I could do a more through job of examining this story for plagiarism. 

Wanting to insure that no one could say this report is biased I have determined to use the most detailed settings that this application has.  This means that I use ten word text-modules with increments of eight words between the beginning of the text-module and the start of the next one.  This means that these text-modules overlap one another and will search through every line of the document looking for any evidence of plagiarism.  It should be noted that most institutions only use the random setting because if there is any plagiarism in the document it would be picked up by this setting.  I have decided to go one step better. 

 

2.01.02      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 0:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 0 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 69% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Reviewing all those links I found that they lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story this section has to be cleared of plagiarism.   

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" was not plagiarized. 

2.01.03      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 76% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found that the majority of the links lead right back to this story written by Texas Aries.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story these sentences must be removed from the equation.  That leaves two text-modules that have to be reviewed.

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the document to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in any way.

 

2.01.04      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part was not plagiarized. 

2.01.05      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 3:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to concluded that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" was not plagiarized. 

2.01.06      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 4:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 4 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 81% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story those sentences must be removed from the equation. That leaves eleven text-modules that has to be reviewed. 

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismissed them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the document to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in any way.

2.01.07      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 5:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 5 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part was not plagiarized. 

2.01.08      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 6:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 6 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 79% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Reviewing all those links I found that they lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story this section has to be cleared of plagiarism.   

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" was not plagiarized. 

2.01.09      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 7:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 7 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 74% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves five text-modules that have to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in way.

2.01.10      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 8:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 8 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 74% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves eleven text-modules that have to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in way.

2.01.11      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 9:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 9 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 76% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Reviewing all those links I found that they lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story this section has to be cleared of plagiarism.   

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" was not plagiarized. 

2.01.12      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 10:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 10 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 30% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves seven text-modules that have to be checked. 

It should be noted that I did find and highlight song lyrics that have been indicated by the software.  Upon checking with the story itself I have found that Texas Aries has given credit for the song to Donny Osmond and since she gave credit to the original artist then it's not plagiarism.   

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in way.

2.01.13      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 11:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 11 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 14% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in way.

2.01.14      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 12:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 12 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 18% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in way.

2.01.15      Plagiarism Report for The Crow- Arrival - Part 13:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for The Crow - Arrival - Part 13 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 77% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves nine text-modules that have to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "The Crow - Arrival" has been plagiarized in way.

2.01.16      Other Sources:

There are a number of sites that have “The Crow” fan fiction:

• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Fan fiction

• C:StH Fanfic Archive

• The Crow

• The Crow Fan Fiction

• The Crow's Nest

• Skeeter63.org

• Abahd - A Boy and His Bird

• Fanfiction.net

• Adultfanfiction.net

• Wonderful World of Make-believe

2.01.17      Conclusion:

In these sites listed above, I browsed through all the stories listed looking for any similarity other than what is laid down as guidelines in this Universe.  All have similar plots of someone dying and coming back to life a year later, which is one of the guidelines to writing in this universe.  I then compared Texas Aries' story, looking for anything that would be indicated that the author has plagiarized any part of any of those stories.  I have found none.

I have also determine that the magical aspect that is found in Texas Aries "The Crow" could not be found within those stories located at the above sites.  Therefore it is a unique feature to her work.

On examining the Plot for the movie “The Crow” and Television series “The Crow:  Stairway to Heaven” the similarities between those two and Texas Aries' story is very similar but again not 100%.  Texas Aries modified the plot of the Crow to incorporate the seven characters found in the Magnificent Seven universe.  The addition of the magical element into this story diverts the story even more from both shows.

Looking at the numbers in the various Plagiarism Reports for this story you will find that I could not determine any plagiarizing.  I have reviewed each and every link and have found nothing to indicate that Texas Aries had copied any part of this story.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that they has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.   The Plagiarism reports that have been generated for each part of this story can be offered as evidence that this story "The Crow - Arrival" has not been plagiarized in any matter.   Therefore I have to conclude that this story has not been plagiarized. 

2.02     Magnificent Seven -  Nighthawk

2.02.01      Plagiarism-Finder:

One of the sources that I have used to find if the author Texas Aries has plagiarized any of her works.  To this end I am employing the use of a software called Plagiarism-Finder.  This application is used around the country by High Schools, Colleges and Universities to discover if a student has plagiarized a report, or purchased a report from the Internet.  Because of internal limits set up by the software I have divided this story into different parts so that I could do a more through job of examining this story for plagiarism. 

Wanting to insure that no one could say this report is biased I have determined to use the most detailed settings that this application has.  This means that I use ten word text-modules with increments of eight words between the beginning of the text-module and the start of the next one.  This means that these text-modules overlap one another and will search through every line of the document looking for any evidence of plagiarism.  It should be noted that most institutions only use the random setting because if there is any plagiarism in the document it would be picked up by this setting.  I have decided to go one step better. 

2.02.02      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk- Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "Nighthawk" was not plagiarized. 

2.02.03      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 84% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves two text-module that has to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I investigated each linked document to determine if it was a possible source for plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words in these linked documents they have nothing in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.04      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 3:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 10% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.05      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 4:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 4 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 89% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves only one text-module that has to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I investigated the document to determine if it was a possible source for plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words in the linked documents these stories do not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.06      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 5:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 5 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "Nighthawk" was not plagiarized.  

2.02.07      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 6:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 6 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "Nighthawk" was not plagiarized. 

2.02.08      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 7:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 7 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 88% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves three text-modules that have to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.09      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 8:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 8 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 6% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.10      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 9:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 9 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 88% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Reviewing all those links I found that they lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story this section has to be cleared of plagiarism.   

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "Nighthawk" was not plagiarized. 

2.02.11      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 10:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 10 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 78% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves three text-modules that have to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.12      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 11:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Part 11 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 10% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Nighthawk" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.13      Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Home for Christmas:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Nighthawk - Home for Christmas click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 3% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this story "Nighthawk - Home for Christmas" has been plagiarized in way.

2.02.14      Other Sources:

There are a number of sites that have feature Vampire fan fiction such as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Angel” and the number of books authors like Laurell K Hamilton creator of “Anita Blake”; P.E. Elrod the creator of  “Vampire Files” and Anne Rice the creator of “Vampire Diaries”.  If we discount those sites as having preset vampire characteristic that do not match those outline in Texas Story we still have a large selection of vampire fiction to go through.  Because of this I decided to narrow down my search for original vampire fiction figuring I have a better chance of finding something.

• Fanfiction.net

• Adultfanfiction.net

• Wonderful World of Make-believe Archive

• Susan Sizemore

2.02.15     Conclusion:

In the Susan Sizemore’s Law of the Blood site I have found where Texas Aries got the idea for her vampire.  I went out and bought those books and read them to see what the similarities and the differences that exist between  Texas Aries Vampire alternate universe and Susan Sizemore's. 

After reading them I have only two similarities.  The first is the idea of a vampire that acts as an executioner in the vampire community by enforcing the laws lay down by the community at large.  Now there has been many other sources with a similar theme including the TV show "Forever Knight" which have vampires called enforcers. There is also the short lived TV series called "The Kindred" which has an entire clan that enforces the Kindred laws in much the same way Sizemore has.   The second similarity between Texas Aries and Sizemore's is the way these Nighthawks destroy the offending vampire by tearing into their chest and eating their hearts and destroying them.  But again I have to point also the similarity to "The Kindred" which has them either tearing into the offenders chest or neck kill them.

One of the major differences between Sizemore's vampires and Texas Aires is that Sizemore are incapable of moving during day light and appear dead to anyone who has come across them.  In Texas Aries alternated universe the vampires are not only are awake during the day but can survive in the sunlight depending upon their age.  

The second difference between the two writers are the appearances of "Wolf Warriors" in Texas Aries' story.   One can say that these "Wolf Warriors" have werewolf tendencies but since Texas Aries has not have them transform into wolf like creatures in her story I have to assume that it is more spiritual than physical.  Sizemore has nothing similar in her stories.

There is one aspect of Texas Aries' story and Sizemore's is that is both similar and different. 

Magic. 

More specific wizards.  In Texas Aires' Nighthawk story Owen Travis is as a Wizard but since it's only mention and no descriptions of his powers are describe I cannot say if it is similar or different than Sizemore's.  In Sizemore's works she has different magic users from witches to full wizards using the standard staple of what each magic user is capable of.  It also should be mention that Sizemore also has demons showing up in her stories.  As yet Texas Aries hasn't.

Looking at the numbers in the various Plagiarism Report for this story you will find that I could not determine any plagiarizing.  I have review each and every link and have found nothing to indicate that Texas Aries had copied any part of this story.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  

The descriptions used to describe the vampire and the duties performed by them in Sizemore's books are used as an outline in Nighthawk but the similarities end there. The character development and incursion of the Magnificent Seven characters in Texas Aries "Nighthawk" making it difficult to plagiarize them from another source within the constraints of Susan Sizemore’s Universe.

The Plagiarism Reports for each section also back up my research in that none of the links provided by the software showed that the few words that do appear are just coincidence and in some cases the document link has nothing to do with fan fiction.  The Plagiarism reports that have been generated for each part of this story can be offered as evidence that this story "Nighthawk" has not been plagiarized in any matter.   Therefore I am confidant to declare "Nighthawk" free of Plagiarism.

2.03     Magnificent Seven -  Forever Love

2.03.01      Plagiarism-Finder:

One of the sources that I have used to find if the author Texas Aries has plagiarized any of her works.  To this end I am employing the use of a software called Plagiarism-Finder.  This application is used around the country by High Schools, Colleges and Universities to discover if a student has plagiarized a report, or purchased a report from the Internet.  Because of internal limits set up by the software I have divided this story into different parts so that I could do a more through job of examining this story for plagiarism. 

Wanting to insure that no one could say this report is biased I have determined to use the most detailed settings that this application has.  This means that I use ten word text-modules with increments of eight words between the beginning of the text-module and the start of the next one.  This means that these text-modules overlap one another and will search through every line of the document looking for any evidence of plagiarism.  It should be noted that most institutions only use the random setting because if there is any plagiarism in the document it would be picked up by this setting.  I have decided to go one step better. 

2.03.02      Plagiarism Report for Forever Love- Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 5% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.03      Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 3% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.03      Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 3:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 15% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.04      Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 4:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 4 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 12% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.05      Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 5:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 5 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 2% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.06      Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 6:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Forever Love - Part 6 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 11% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.07      Plagiarism Report for Houston's Plan:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Houston's click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 5% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love - Houston's Plan" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.08      Plagiarism Report for Travel to Morrisville:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Travel to Morrisville click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 17% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Forever Love - Travel to Morrisville" has been plagiarized in way.

2.03.09      Other Sources:

Using the Internet and various archives I have found many slash threesome pairings both in fan fiction and Original works.  The plot is very standard in that the relationship between the three characters has been discovered and one or more are force to leave.  That is one of the basic romantic plots that have been around since in romances novels have been written.  I narrowed down my search into fandoms that have a large cast and did my research into those areas.

• Fanfiction.net

• Adultfanfiction.net

• Wonderful World of Make-believe Archive

• Blackraptor Archive

• Drinking ‘N Fighting Archive

• Cowboy Dreams Archive

2.03.10      Conclusion:

In a number of stories I have found the basic plot of boy found boy (or in this case boys), due to a misunderstanding or by those closes to the couple or threesome results in one or more leaving.  The use of a letter or some other form of communication is used to say goodbye.  This is a standard device used in these types of stories.

Looking at the numbers in the various Plagiarism Report for this story you will find that I could not determine any plagiarizing.  I have review each and every link and have found nothing to indicate that Texas Aries had copied any part of this story.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the document to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  

Even though there are a number of threesome stories that have this standard plot there is no basis to conclude that this story was plagiarized in some manner. The fact that the two missing scene stories were requested of the author and she wrote them further suggested that these stories were created by Texas Aries and not plagiarized.

The Plagiarism Reports for each section also back up my research in that none of the links provided by the software showed that the few words that do appear are just coincidence and in some cases the document link has nothing to do with fan fiction.  Therefore I am confidant to declare "Forever Love" series free of Plagiarism.

2.04     Magnificent Seven - Four Play Series

2.04.01      Plagiarism-Finder:

One of the sources that I have used to find if the author Texas Aries has plagiarized any of her works.  To this end I am employing the use of a software called Plagiarism-Finder.  This application is used around the country by High Schools, Colleges and Universities to discover if a student has plagiarized a report, or purchased a report from the Internet.  Because of internal limits set up by the software I have divided this story into different parts so that I could do a more through job of examining this story for plagiarism. 

Wanting to insure that no one could say this report is biased I have determined to use the most detailed settings that this application has.  This means that I use ten word text-modules with increments of eight words between the beginning of the text-module and the start of the next one.  This means that these text-modules overlap one another and will search through every line of the document looking for any evidence of plagiarism.  It should be noted that most institutions only use the random setting because if there is any plagiarism in the document it would be picked up by this setting.  I have decided to go one step better. 

2.04.02      Plagiarism Report for Proof of Ownership:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Proof of Ownership click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

I have took my investigation a step further and scanned the Internet to see if the first story “Proof of Ownership” could have been plagiarized from any source.  The challenge was "Elder 2002, Wet and Wild by Quizegan ".   There are a number of stories out there involving water but the only one that came close was Texas Aries own store “Caught between two Brothers” since it’s the author’s own story nothing can be said.   

Upon driving home one day I heard a song called "Ridin With Private Malone" by David Ball (Wood Newton/Thom Shephard) and got on the Internet searching for the song lyrics and once I read them I realized where Texas Aries came up with her story for "Proof of Ownership".  

The first strain of the song is: "I was just out of the Service, thumbin' thru the classifieds; When an ad that said ol' Chevy somehow caught my eye; The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran; But I had that thousand dollars in my hand".

If you check the story "Proof of Ownership" you will find the following line "A few days ago Chris and I had gone to look at an old Ford some guy was selling for a thousand dollars that when we got there turned out to be a red 1965 Mustang convertible." As you can see the song did influence the beginning of the story but to be considered plagiarism no.  

The third stains of the song: "And I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills; What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel; I opened up the glove box, and that's when I found the note; The date was 1966, and this is what he wrote".

If you will note in the story "Proof of Ownership" you will find the following line "felt guilty getting it so cheap but the car would be a real beauty after some bodywork and minor engine repairs, which was what the two of us had been working on since we brought it home."  Again you see that this song influence the beginning of this story and Texas Aries used it as the springboard for the rest of the story even if she did use some parts of "Caught between two brothers".  Does this constitute Plagiarism no. 

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 6% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that "Proof Of Ownership" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.03      Plagiarism Report for To Grab a Dream:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for To Grab a Dream click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "To Grab A Dream" was not plagiarized.

2.04.04      Plagiarism Report for Inspired Performance - Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Inspired Performance - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 1% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-module indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Following the link it led to an original story that  had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Inspired Performance" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.05      Plagiarism Report for Inspired Performance - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Inspired Performance - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 10% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Inspired Performance" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.06      Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 9% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Inspired Performance" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.07      Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 2% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Inspired Performance" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.08      Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part 3:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 5% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Sweet Illusions" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.09      Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part 4:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Sweet Illusion - Part4 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

In this story “Sweet Illusions” the use of a character dressing in Drag can be found in many different fandoms.  Because of this there is a similarity in all these stories including the use of fake breast, the taping or some other form of constraining the male character's genitals to achieved the illusion of a female form.  Due to these constrains in achieving this transformation there has to be some similarities, such as the removal of hair from the character's chest, arms, back, legs; restraining the genitals of the character; applying the fake breast, make up and finally putting on a dress.  This cannot be consider plagiarism unless you want to call authors who write these type of stories plagiarist.  

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 2% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Sweet Illusions" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.10      Plagiarism Report for Weekend Plans - Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Weekend Plans - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 3% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Weekend Plans" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.11      Plagiarism Report for Weekend Plans - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Weekend Plans - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 1% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Weekend Plans" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.12      Plagiarism Report for Weekend Plans - Part 3:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Weekend Plans - Part 3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 14% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  These links all lead back to the lyrics to "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles.  Upon checking with the story itself I have found that Texas Aries has given credit for the song to Alannah Myles and that it was part of the challenge.  Since Texas Aries gave credit to the original artist then it's not plagiarism.   

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "Weekend Plans" was not plagiarized. 

2.04.13      Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 2% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Secrets Revealed" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.14      Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 2:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 6% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Secrets Revealed" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.15      Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 3:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that this part of "Secrets Revealed" was not plagiarized.

2.04.16      Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 4:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Secrets Revealed - Part 4 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 11% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Secrets Revealed" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.17      Plagiarism Report for Surprise:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Surprise click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software could not find any text-modules (10 words per text-modules) in any other document out on the Internet.  Not even Texas Aries' story was selected and according to the software manual this can happen.  The software relies on the Internet search engines to find the documents.  If a particular document does not have very many hits then it does not get registered into the search engine and therefore will not be found.  

As you will also note, no other literary works can be found associated with this part of the story.  Since the Plagiarism-Finder software has not found any other works I have to conclude that "Secrets Revealed" was not plagiarized.

2.04.18      Plagiarism Report for First Date:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for First Date click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 80% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those text-modules must be removed from the equation.  That leaves two text-modules that have to be checked.  

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that "First Date" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.19      Plagiarism Report for Tailgating:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Tailgating click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 2% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that "Tailgating" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.20      Plagiarism Report for Four Play - Beginning:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Four Play - Beginning click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 3% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source.  Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that "Four Play - The Beginning" has been plagiarized in way.

2.04.21      Other Sources:

Using the Internet and various archives I have found very few foursome pairings both in fan fiction and Original works.  The only ones that I have been able to locate is a CSI (Gil, Nick, Greg, and Warren), X-Men (Scott, Jean, Remy, and Wolverine) and the Sentinel (Jim, Blair, Ralf, Simon and one with Jim, Blair crossover with Johnny and Bruce from the Dead Zone).  

• Fanfiction.net

• Adultfanfiction.net

• Wonderful World of Make-believe Archive

• Blackraptor Archive

• Drinking ‘N Fighting Archive

• Cowboy Dreams Archive

2.04.22      Conclusion:

The Four Play Series was written based upon the challenges issued by Cowboy Dreams.  Searching through the Internet for similar challenges did not yield any results other than the ones archive in Cowboy Dreams.  Even there the difference between Texas Aries and the other authors are too great to even think they are similar. 

The challenges issued at the being of each story added another degree of difficulty and searching through the Internet I found only the stories at Cowboy Dreams have similar plot challenges.  None of those stories have any similarities to Texas Aries Challenge answers.   The stories and challenges are as follows:

• "To Grab a Dream" - Birch 2002: “So here is my challenge ... I'd like to see someone make a mess with another person or persons, gold star if you can make chocolate part of the mess or the reason for it!”

• "Inspired Performance" - Ash Challenge:  Write a break up scene...can be short term, permanent or just one hell of a nasty misunderstanding... but ugly words and anger / hurt / disappointment / jealousy (take your pick) must be expressed or implied. It can be between any couple of your choice, or you can break up the entire team. Between the couple feel free to include make up sex. <Big grin>. If you choose to break up the team, then I'd like you to find a logical place for them to end up...new careers, job opportunities.

• "Sweet Illusions" - Alder Challenge: Lead the dear reader astray, then set things aright at the end.

• "Surprise" - Willow Challenge:  To be caught literally or figuratively with ones pants down.”

• "Weekend Plans" - Hawthorn challenge: "Satin, Silk and Leather challenge - if you could use all three materials and/or the song "Black Velvet" in your story extra bonus points."   

• "First Date" - Oak challenge: "Pick any couple or pairing. One member plans to celebrate a day of significance to them...could be first kiss, first glance, first year together...whatever. the celebration can not go off as planned in part because the rest of the team does not realize the couple you choose is in fact a couple and have committed the frustrated paramour to being elsewhere. Other than that, I give you free rein. Have fun." 

• "Secrets Revealed" - VINE Challenge 2003: Katy - write a fiction that revolves around an 'outing'. Who gets 'outed', by whom, weather it happens deliberately, accidentally or maliciously and what the consequences are - is up to you."     

• "Tailgating" - Alder Challenge 2004: Katy -  Ok so hoping to inspire you with a challenge I have used before at the Gen Challenge list. The photo challenge. I have posted 3 pictures in the photo file at the list.    

Looking at the numbers in the various Plagiarism Reports for this series you will find that I could not determine any plagiarizing.  I have review each and every link and have found nothing to indicate that Texas Aries had copied any part of those stories in this series.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  The Plagiarism reports that have been generated for each part of this story can be offered as evidence that these stories in the series "Four Play" has not been plagiarized in any matter.   Therefore due to the evidence available I have to conclude that Texas Aries created these stories without the use of plagiarizing within the specific guidelines outline in each specific challenge.

2.05     Magnificent Seven - Aces High

2.05.01      Plagiarism-Finder:

One of the sources that I have used to find if the author Texas Aries has plagiarized any of her works.  To this end I am employing the use of a software called Plagiarism-Finder.  This application is used around the country by High Schools, Colleges and Universities to discover if a student has plagiarized a report, or purchased a report from the Internet.  Because of internal limits set up by the software I have divided this story into different parts so that I could do a more through job of examining this story for plagiarism. 

Wanting to insure that no one could say this report is biased I have determined to use the most detailed settings that this application has.  This means that I use ten word text-modules with increments of eight words between the beginning of the text-module and the start of the next one.  This means that these text-modules overlap one another and will search through every line of the document looking for any evidence of plagiarism.  It should be noted that most institutions only use the random setting because if there is any plagiarism in the document it would be picked up by this setting.  I have decided to go one step better. 

2.05.2      Plagiarism Report for Aces High - Part 1:

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Aces High Part 1 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 94% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those sentences must be removed from the equation. That leaves ten text-modules that has to be reviewed. 

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Aces High" has been plagiarized in way.

2.05.3      Plagiarism Report for Aces High - Part 2 :

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Aces High Part 2 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 89% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those sentences must be removed from the equation. That leaves six text-modules that has to be reviewed. 

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Aces High" has been plagiarized in way.

2.05.4      Plagiarism Report for Aces High - Part 3 :

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Aces High Part 3 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 86% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those sentences must be removed from the equation. That leaves seven text-modules that has to be reviewed. 

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Aces High" has been plagiarized in way.

2.05.5      Plagiarism Report for Aces High - Part 4 :

To view the entire Plagiarism Report for Aces High Part 4 click here.

RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION

As you can see in this Plagiarism report the software has identified 84% of text-modules (10 words per text-modules) have been found in another source but once those links have been review the majority of those links lead directly back to Texas Aries' own story.  Since an author cannot be accused of plagiarizing his/her own story this story those sentences must be removed from the equation. That leaves sixteen text-modules that has to be reviewed. 

Using the text-modules indicated by the software I searched the associated linked document for any indication of plagiarism.  Upon doing so I found only two to four words groups that have any similarity to the text-module indicated by the software.  To be considered plagiarism 15% of the document must come from the same source this is not the case here for each link in this report is to a separate and independent document.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  Therefore with the evidence of the Plagiarism report I could not find any indication that this part of "Aces High" has been plagiarized in way.

2.05.06      Other Sources:

There are a number of sites that have "The Sentinel" fan fiction:

• Fanfiction.net

• Adultfanfiction.net

• Wonderful World of Make-believe Archive

• Sentinel Slash Fiction Links

• Blackraptor Archive

• Drinking ‘N Fighting Archive

• Sihn's Archive

• Cowboy Dreams Archive

2.05.07      Conclusion:

In these sites listed above, I browsed through all the stories listed, looking for any similarity other than what is laid down as guidelines in the Sentinel Universe.  I have even tried to locate the story that Texas Aries has based this story on and cannot find it anywhere.  In Texas Aries' Author Note she gives credit to the original author for allowing her to write in this alternated universe.  Since this is one of the oldest of Texas Aries stories I would have thought that if the original author had any problems with her writing in this Universe it would have come up a long time ago. 

Searching through all the Sentinel and Sentinel Crossover fiction I try to find anything that would indicate that Texas Aries has plagiarized any part of any of those stories into this one.  I have found none.

Looking at the numbers in the various Plagiarism Reports for this story you will find that I could not determine any plagiarizing.  I have review each and every link and have found nothing to indicate that Texas Aries had copied any part of those stories into this story.  Just to be thorough I read the linked documents and found in many cases that it has nothing to do with fan fiction and therefore dismiss them as a possible plagiarized source.  

Those links that actually lead to a fan fiction story had me investigating the documents to determine if they were a possible source of plagiarism.  Other than a grouping of two to four words the linked document does not have anything in common with the story being investigated.  

The Plagiarism Reports for each section also back up my research in that none of the links provided by the software showed that the few words that do appear are just coincidence and in some cases the document link has nothing to do with fan fiction.  Therefore due to the evidence available I have to conclude that Texas Aries created this story "Aces High" without the use of plagiarism.

2.06     Magnificent Seven - Ambushed

2.06.01      Plagiarism-Finder:

One of the sources that I have used to find if the author Texas Aries has plagiarized any of her works.  To this end I am employing the use of a software called Plagiarism-Finder.  This application is used around the country by High Schools, Colleges and Universities to discover if a student has plagiarized a report, or purchased a report from the Internet.  Because of internal limits set up by the software I have divided this story into different parts so that I could do a more through job of examining this story for plagiarism. 

Wanting to insure that no one could say this report is biased I have determined to use the most detailed settings that this application has.  This means that I use ten word text-modules with increments of eight words between the beginning of the text-module and the start of the next one.  This means that these text-modules overlap one another and will search through every line of the document looking for any evidence of plagiarism.  It should be noted that most institutions only use the random setting because if there is any plagiarism in the document it would be picked up by this setting.  I have decided to go one step better.