Thank you to everyone who responded. It is really heartwarming to see that even these random people on the internet care. :)

Rora, you are a lovely person, and your creativity and kindness are two factors of why you are lovely. I believe I know who you are speaking of, and agree that it was likely an accident. Nobody on the CB would ever do that on purpose.

Your AEs are original, exciting, and, most importantly, yours. If you feel like someone created AEs that are too similar to yours, it benefits both of you if someone changes their AEs a bit, because that adds originality. I think this is a spot where you can speak up. You are under no obligation to act like it is okay with you if someone has made a replica of your characters. As long as you go about it kindly, this is definitely something that it's okay to be upset about and acknowledge, in my opinion. We need to be able to have conversations on the CB where we can be honest and open about our feelings and come to some agreement, because that's how the real world works, and real friends value each other's emotions and thoughts, even if we aren't always in sync. We don't have to be mean about it, but it's okay to say something when someone is causing you discomfort and sadness.

This is just my opinion, of course, but I wanted you to know your feelings are valid and reasonable.

In my opinion, your AEs are very original. But AEs are made to reflect aspects of one's personality- if you share personality traits that someone else may also have, your AEs are bound to be similar. It's likely that this person's AEs are not copies of your own, they just have a similar personality to you, which is great and gives you a reason to be friends! Lots of people have similar AEs as well, like how my AE, Ever, is very similar to any other outgoing AE. Meg is also similar to any antisocial/grumpy AE. This doesn't mean I copied though, I just have a similar extroverted side to others and a similar attitude towards things I don't want to do :)

No AEs should be direct copies of others, though! If you feel that your AEs have been directly copied, talk to the CBer! Otherwise, you can embrace the similarities and have the AEs you feel are similar be friend- I promise you, since everyone's different, and everyone's personality reflects differently through AEs, you'll find differences and beauty in their friendship!

Its completely valid to feel the way you do. Don't let it keep you down!! If it keeps bothering you, even if the AEs are only similar, talk to the CBer and see if they can tweak their AEs. I hope this helps! 

Sadly, yes, all the time...

Alas, that's the second biggest problem in my life.

yes. every day.

Hey Echo-

I just wanna say that I truly appreciate you for acknowledging Rora's feelings and attempting to do something to make her feel better, but there's no need to completely stop having AEs. Maybe just try making new ones? I can help you pick out original names and give them specific features that make them feel personal to you, if you like. AEs are fun, and you don't have to miss out on them as long as you make them your own. Let me know if you would like to give that a try, I'm happy to help.