It pisses me off, to no end, when people copy stories or plots. It's annoying and just plain disrespectful.
As for the character thing, feel better. Whoever did that was rude.
Anyways, I enjoyed your rant. I hope your day brightens up c:
Author's response
I agree that it's disrespectful, it just shows that they don't care about the effort you've put into writing it.
S xx