Hi, it's me again, the person who wrote that viral post about fanfiction plagiarism! Today I'm here to warn you about abuse perpetrated by bots who have stolen AO3 usernames.
There's currently an epidemic of bots going around leaving (apparently random) horrible, hateful comments on people's fics. This isn't the first time bots have invaded AO3, but the big problem with this wave is that they're using real AO3 usernames to do it.
I learned about this when another writer contacted me after receiving the following comment on their story:
Now, while that is my username, I DEFINITELY did not leave this comment (and anyone who would leave something like that on a fic should be slapped! What an awful thing to post). This fic is in a completely unrelated fandom that I have never participated in, nor has that author participated in any of my fandoms, so the probability of it being some intentional fandom drama thing to make me look bad is also low.
The writer whose fic the comment was left on enlisted the aid of some friends and tracked down other guest comments with unrelated usernames attached, which is pretty strong evidence that they are being left by bots at random.
The TL;DR: If you receive a cruel comment from a (Guest) with an actual AO3 username attached, it's most likely from a bot. Please do not lash out at or dogpile the AO3 user who owns that name, and who in all likelihood has no idea that their name has been hijacked for evil.
If finding this kind of comment on a fic, even left by a bot, is likely to upset you, I would recommend changing your comment settings so that only users who are logged in can leave comments. To do this, edit your story settings, and under "Privacy," select the radio button that says "Only registered users can comment," as shown below.
Please spread the word to other AO3 users! And if you see mean guest comments on other fics, maybe let the author know that it's probably from a bot and not a real person who thinks their writing is bad.
Sorry for spamming you going through your art ๐๐ your designs are so nice though!!! Lovve how you keep the base bird part and give them all their own thang,,, they're very easily recognisable as their voices gdiehdh
Do you maybe have any Paranoid things you'd like to show off? I have. A personal bias. And love the design you've given him hdkegdh
Thank you so much!!! And I never mind the spam, feel absolutely free to :D
And I'm glad I got this ask because I have drawn Paranoid a CRIMINALLY low amount of times. What is wrong with me. Anyways here ya go:
OG meme under the cut and some yapping:
I see the headcanon that Para doesn't get proper sleep a lot and it is SO GOOD. But also, obviously he's gotta know that not sleeping at *all* will eventually catch up to him and lead him to crashing out for hours at a time (plus he's less awake and aware for more time because of the sleep deprivation). Ideally in some post-construct story, Paranoid would eventually find a way to get proper sleep while feeling safe, but I think like halfway through that process, like after he's discovered how bad not sleeping is but before he could bring himself to safely snooze for the needed amount of time, the voices geniunely would find him taking these short power naps. Keeps him functional, and Nightmare only broke through the door after TLQ closed his eyes the *second* time, so sleeping isn't inherently the problem - it's sleeping for long periods that gets ya. It wouldn't entirely solve the problem, I imagine he would still have to take longer naps semi-frequently, but it's a good compromise to what he was doing previously. Oh and here's the original meme:
having talented friends is so wild!!!!!! like. YOU!!!!!!!!!! YOU made THAT. YOU DID THAT?!?!?!?! YOU created!!!! THAT!!!!!!!!!!! WOAH!!!!!! praise!!!!!!!! praise for one thousand years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A battle between Oppy and Cheated would be really interesting tbh
Both of them have many tricks behind their back and would know how the counter each other
Oppy would have to be more creative with his trickery cause Cheated knows that heโs always up to something
Cheated would get his arse beat but god damn it can he counter well and be extremely durable
if you want me to consume a new media you MUST catch me at the exact moment when the stars are aligned and the air pressure is equal to the current degree of the sunโs peak against the horizon and all the cosmic energies are perfectly unified (aka my old interest is fading out) or i will nod and say โim adding that to my list!โ Knowing theres no chance i will check it out
I saw the post you made about taking requests immediately followed by the contrarian supercut. So how about: Razor being literally thrown out of the window. Bonus points if it is the version of her that still has a face because her expressions are always priceless.
im sorry this is so low effort i think it makes it funnier q_q
hiiii smittennnn, glad that you finally decided to join the partyyyyyy
birdieeeee
Mutuals who I have hardly spoken with but we instead communicate through silently liking and reblogging each other's posts... I hope you're all having a lovely day โจ
Slay the princess is very epic and cool ๐
There needs to be more exploration of the way Hero mustโve felt watching Quiet walk out that door with the Princess.
Doing the right thing even as it destroys you, watching someone you love walk into uncertainty alone- the fear of them needing you. The lost of meaning. The way you have to pick up all the pieces, rebuilding it and itโll still never be the same. The intimacy of how thereโs something missing and it hurts. Every jagged edge of you is missing something.
Some part of you resents it all, resents the way he doesnโt look back and the way you miss him so so deeply.