This is something that has been bothering me recently...
A few commenters on the Jane the Killer article have been claiming that Jane Arkensaw / Everlasting is not a "rip-off", but is meant to be a "separate interpretation" of the classic Pasta- Jane Richardson.
While some users were able to bring up some valid points on this topic, however only one argument stood out to me. User, tripoverparty, provided a link to a Tumblr blog where it shows an exchange between FearOfTheBlackWolf (creator of J.Richardson) and PastaStalker64 (creator of J.Arkensaw), where both creators agreed that both of their characters could be used separately in the Jeff the Killer mythos.
However, the rules on this Wiki suggests that we should only support original characters and their true creators, and not plagiarized characters and/or derivative fan-work (besides the exception of Nina the Killer). But if it's true that Jane Arkensaw is indeed a different character altogether, then would it be a fair judgement to still call the character a rip-off and exclude it from the Wiki?
Tell me what you guys think about this.