I'd pull the character too. You reached out to them multiple times earlier in the process to try and collaborate and they continued to brush you off and privately court this other writer in the meantime. It sucks that they did this to you, and this breakdown of your friendship and collaboration is their fault, not yours. They should have been more honest with you, but they shouldn't get to just pull the rug out from under you like this and use your character after this stunt.
Am I fair for denying use of my intellectual property?
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I'd pull the character too. You reached out to them multiple times earlier in the process to try and collaborate and they continued to brush you off and privately court this other writer in the meantime. It sucks that they did this to you, and this breakdown of your friendship and collaboration is their fault, not yours. They should have been more honest with you, but they shouldn't get to just pull the rug out from under you like this and use your character after this stunt.