Claire Keane
Game Changer & Make Some Noise
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if i look back, i am lost
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Attention Hollow Knight Artists:
If you are doing arts that require extensive environmental references (you know, like a long-form comic) that go beyond even what our excellent wikis contain, please consider using the interactive, high-definition Hollow Knight and Silksong maps by scripterswar. It will potentially make your life so much easier.
Hollow Knight Fanart Masterpost
Bygone Grandeur: some years (centuries) ago, I think he would have worn this :)
Color scheme/speed paint under cut
PSA: AO3 Bots Are Getting Worse (And Here's What You Need To Know)
Alright so if you're active on AO3, you've probably heard about the bot problem. It's been going on for years but it's gotten way worse lately, so here's a breakdown of what's happening and how to protect yourself.
What Are AO3 Bots?
Basically spam accounts that leave comments on fics. They're automated and they've been plaguing the site since like 2021, but they keep getting more sophisticated.
Types of Bots You Might See:
Praise Bots - These leave super generic compliments that could apply to literally any fic. Stuff like "This is pure genius, I'm in awe of your world-building" or "This deserves all recognition." The dead giveaway is when someone praises your "heartwarming" fic when everyone literally died and the earth shattered around them lmao.
Hateful/Cruel Bots - These are the really fucked up ones. They scrape REAL AO3 usernames and attach them to horrible, cruel comments. So innocent people get their names attached to hateful shit they never said. If you see a mean comment, check if the username is clickable - if it's not linked to an actual profile, it's a bot.
Kudos Bots - Some authors have woken up to like 30-60 fake kudos dumped on their fics all at once, with no corresponding increase in hit counts. This completely destroys the metric system especially in smaller fandoms.
AI Accusation Bots - These accuse authors of using ChatGPT or other AI tools, sometimes on fics that are literally older than the AI programs they're being accused of using. Some link to "AI detection tools" which are likely just trying to get you to feed more fics into AI training databases.
Misinformation Bots - A newer type that showed up in May 2025 claiming AO3 was removing works to "conserve server space" and telling authors to delete their own work or risk being banned. Complete bullshit - AO3 has never done this and never will.
Mary Sue Bots - Accuse your OCs of being Mary Sues, even when your fic only has canon characters and no self-inserts at all.
Art Commission Scam Bots - Leave praise then offer to make comic/art commissions of your fic. They get you off-site to Discord or Instagram, take your payment, then either send AI-generated garbage or ghost you completely.
How Do They Work?
The bots comment as unregistered guests and scrape real AO3 usernames to attach to their comments. The username shows up but isn't clickable and has no actual profile associated with it (unless you search for that name directly, which makes it look legit at first).
The newer ones are getting smarter too - they scrape your fic's tags and use them to make the generic praise seem more personalized. So if you tagged "angst" they'll specifically mention emotions and tension.
How To Spot Them:
Username isn't clickable/has no profile
Generic praise that could apply to any fic
Comments that make zero sense for what actually happened in your story
Multiple comments hitting your fics really fast (like 7 comments timestamped over 9 hours)
Sudden spike in kudos with no matching increase in hits
Anyone trying to get you off-site for commissions or services
The Emotional Impact:
This shit genuinely hurts authors. Some don't realize they're bots at first and think the hate comments or AI accusations are real criticism of their writing. There's also concerns from neurodivergent and ESL authors who worry their real comments will be mistaken for bots because their writing style might seem stilted.
And if your username gets stolen? You might have to track down authors and explain that hateful comment wasn't actually you.
What You Can Do:
As an author:
Delete bot comments as soon as you spot them
If it gets bad, lock your comments to registered users only (Settings → Privacy → "Only show your work to registered users")
Report the comments if you can
As a reader/commenter:
Don't panic if your username got stolen - reach out to the author and explain it wasn't you
Keep leaving real comments! Authors need to know there are real people who love their work
Maybe make your comments a bit more specific/personal so authors know you're real
Everyone:
Spread awareness so people know what to look for
Don't feed fics into "AI detection tools" that bots link to
Why Are They Doing This?
Honestly? Probably to keep AI brands in the "fandom news" cycle and create controversy. Some are straight-up scams. Either way, they suck.
Stay safe out there and keep supporting your favorite authors with real comments. We need that genuine engagement now more than ever. 💜
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itsbeenanearlyayearitsbeennearlyayearwhy is there stillno gms/radiance tag AO3 PLEASE I NEED MY FIX
oh and silksont SLUUUDGEEE and Random guy
My Silksong Miku design!!! ♡ she's blue for an amazing reason planning on redrawing some miku memes with her soon https://x.com/kktwojingle/status/2066758843359539209
"Oh Khann, stop teasing ~!"
For a tyrant of Pharloom, he's a loving man
We're running low on Coraldance everyone please join the cookout
More Alva
FUCK. i think i have to learn blender
the humble manual smoothie maker after they break their hands:
every day i log in here and get beat up by genies
HEY !!!!
the horse when asked what he would like for dinner
put a bullet in me already why dont you
hold on. everyone shut up. i need to cry about the concept of a touch-starved gun
Sippin juice thrice
Reblog to sip the juices thrice
Here. Coraldance. I guess I'm allergic to having empty space in my drawings- Have some other things I drew as well
I really like this version of the mouth, I might do it instead of what I have been doing. Gives the 'tyrannical dragon' without the 'wyrm' thing
WHEN I FLEX I FEEL MY BESTT !!! <- Reference
I had a realization just now that conclusively PROVES beyond a shadow of a doubt that Phantom uses they/them pronouns for themself!
It comes down to how the Hunter's Journal works! The bottom text of each entry, the Hunter's Notes, are very obviously written in-universe by Hornet, and are thus subject to her limited knowledge and worldview. Meanwhile the top text of each entry isn't. It takes an omnipotent tone, existing in a purely meta sense for the sake of clarifying things for us, the players. We know this because in the entry for Sister Splinter Hornet calls her a they, because she has no way herself of knowing her gender, but the top text comes out and clarifies; Sister Splinter is a she. This discrepancy also confirms that the top text and bottom text cannot possibly both be written by Hornet, as they are giving conflicting information. This discrepancy deepens when the top text gives us info on creatures that Hornet would, again, have no way of knowing, like the mating habits of the Great Conchflies, or the specific jobs of the various workers in the Deep Docks. Hornet's text is limited and subject to, admittedly, some ambiguity on whether or not Hornet is referring to a character as they/them in the nonbinary sense or the "I'm not sure what gender you are" sense. The top text, however, is not.
And if we look at Phantom's journal entry, what do we see? Oh look at that, "Their talent with a longpin is unmatched."
The Unravelled
The Unravelled serious design
Any comments are really really appreciated ^~^
Nyleth
Nyleth serious design
Any comments are really really appreciated ^~^
The Radiance
Radiance design. Trying to go for a more serious, insectoid vibe (opposed to my more common "less serious" vibe). Might do other HK characters in this vibe too
Any comments are really really appreciated ^~^
