#the rerun

[thisbisexualbrainrot]

Guys what if I made a documentary about The Rerun?

[nyxm3lodyz]

I just saw your post about the rerun and was wondering if you might know where I can find a copy? (The link in the post isn't working unfortunately). I never read it and now I'm so curious from the way everyone is talking about it

i have no idea why i couldn’t get the access link to work, but this one here should.

tysm!!

[nyxm3lodyz]

The Rerun - Let's talk about it.

If you're a member of the Hazbin Hotel fandom, more specifically the Murdermedia/radiostatic community, you most likely have heard about it's most popular fanwork 'The Rerun'.

And going on from this, you would have heard of it's recent discourses across multiple platforms - twitter, tumblr, tiktok etc. One of two things, the creator having been on hiatus for god knows how long and well, its confirmed use of ai.

"Oh but, how could this be?? There's no way of knowing!!"

Well thanks to our wonderful friend of the great Archive, user @heatedrivalryai on twitter released a Google document covering html code through source pages that reveals whether or not a 'author' used Claude AI in their works.

Upon a friend sending me this document, I had a look through its heavily detailed and correctly referenced reports and am to believe it is extremely accurate and reliable.

(Here is a link to the document for those curious!!) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YyFKLzunnvVJRDTql5nHJwBb-swxIftn/view?pli=1

So running these tools through the fics source codes, i found over 1,000 uses of ai. Which is both horrible and disgusting to see, giving the large fanbase that this work has built, with hundreds of artists having given their time and REAL talents towards a project they deemed worthy of said skills.

An example of this would be Hazbin Hotel animator @silentzound, who made a post 24 hours ago about the upsetting news of the creator quitting. It is safe to assume that at this point in time, they were unaware of the ai 'allegations' and had only heard word on the creator deleting the work and quitting.

It is truly so upsetting to see posts like these, I know how it feels to see your favourite work be deleted and thrown away.

But other than the author - known as "Leech" on discord, quitting and deleting as much evidence of having existed in the first place, both I and a few anonymous people on discord have scrounged up information.

The first thing I would like to show for context is the message a mod left in the official rerun server (hosted by leech) that was named "Jonestown if it was good". A, that is a disgusting name and I had no idea what it had meant until recently. And B, I was never very active in said server, and only used it as a announcement channel for when updates were released / discussion on said new chapters.

So i know very little to none about what happened between leech, the moderators and the active members. All information I have is from a second-hand source of a small gathering who got together after the crisis of server members being suspended before being banned. I was told that he and his mods (a common one being 'clowncat') made crude comments with and towards minors, allowed his members/mods to racially profile members, as well as 'acting like a total dick' to everyone due to his 'personality.' Again, i have no substantial proof for this other than people's word.

(borrowed screenshots from other members)

A conversation I and another were having after the big announcement (which i will show soon) before both being suspended. (theyre here TO SILENCE ME ToT)

At this point in time, the ai usage were still allegations and no one had left substantial evidence. We were focused on the leech's announcement left through a moderator.

From this, there are many conclusions that can be drawn. Three key points:

What kind of asshole doesn't make this announcement themself??

continuing to lie about the ai allegations knowing damn well you used it. just admit to your faults?? WHY continue to lie.

and of course, what a coincidence that you quit the same time period as the allegations arising??

Whilst this report should remain not, I will become bias in the fact that the usage of ai in fanworks should not be condoned nor supported, whether the 'author' is open about it or not. And, if you DO use it, do not claim the work as your own. Yes, it was your idea to prompt the AI in the first place, but you did not craft for hours therefore it is not yours. Simple enough, no?

Apparently not for the great minded Leech, who has not been heard from other than deleting his server. (not the fic yet, surprisingly.)

After this announcement of removing himself from the fandom and community, he went on to say that he wishes to still join other servers and talk with the people. HELLO????

As I previously said, I never spoke with any of these people and therfor do not know how close leech was with them, but it seems a bit egotistical of the sorts considering his past with being a total asshole. (which i will cover more on his past once i wrap up this ai bullshit)

Basically, if you weren't convinced enough already, I myself ran the given html codes to cement substantial proof of AI usage with Claude.

Whilst this method will not work for all AI using fics, neither will it be much use in the future as 'authors' will start to find ways around it, it is extremely useful for pre-existing works.

oouhh bonus twitter screenshot, i dont have much to say on it but if people were curious. (i dont have the orginal post i just have this that i uh... borrowed...)

Okay! So we have a basic idea now - Leech used Ai ro write a fanwork, got caught, ditched really weirdly and unprofessionally, and now everyone is tryna pick up the scraps!

Well would you believe me if I said this wasn't the... first time this has happened... in a way, that is.

See after doing spme discussing with friends/acquaintances of Leech's, I found out that he apparently wrote the third most popular Gravity Falls fanwork for its time. Take this with a grain of salt, as people can be wrong/misleading, and that last thing i want to do... is spread misinformation!! (hah. get it. okay fuck you.)

According to what information I have, in a previous point of time, (no dates im sorry im a bum) Leech had a similar community and situation that he has now - huge, famous fanwork, server and fan space on discord with fans he hated, and going on hiatus before ditching.

I tried my hardest to search for this fanwork and for more evidence of it being true, but as a newbie to the shittalking-people-with-proof, i was unlucky. like i said, do not take this as factual, but more so something to consider when approaching your viewpoint on leech.

For now, I believe i have addressed everything I had wished to talk about. I talk a lot, wanted to talk a lot, and am also a nobody who just felt like they needed to well, talk about it.

I am HOPING that this post gets even a little bit of traction, as i really enjoy piecing together things like this, given the opportunity.

In summary, The Rerun fanwork on Archive of Our Own has been proven to be AI Generated using Claude AI, with the creator known as Leech having quit in a confusing way.

Here i have attached PDF versions of The Rerun, for whatever reason you may wish to access it.

file:///C:/Users/61431/Downloads/The_Rerun.pdf (it wouldnt let me link it properly sorry)

Thank you for your time, please keep in mind this is technically my first time making a post like this, any additional information / tips for improvement is appreciated!! have a great day everyone <3

[thisbisexualbrainrot]

I never read The Rerun but I feel bad for those who enjoyed it. I do have to say though, as a long time fic writer/reader, I did find 10,000 chapter slow burn a bit much. Always felt kinda off to me.

[tailsimp]

Calling for Murdermedia fic recommendations!

In light of the popular murdermedia fic, The Rerun, being found to use AI in its creation I know a lot of the fandom is hurting and looking for new fics to read and new authors to support. I've seen a lot of recommendations for fics floating around in comments of untagged posts or tags in reblogs- but unless you know where to look you probably won't find them.

So this is a call for murdermedia fic recommendations so we have one easy spot for people to find the new fics they're looking for! So if you've got a favorite murdermedia fic you want others to read (including your own!) please share in the comments of this post to make it easy for others to see it!

(Going to preemptively warn as well that the main focus of this post is to be a positive thing for the fandom by celebrating and sharing other fics in light of what happened. Thus, I don't want to see comments disparaging anyone on this post. There's a time and place for everything, and this post is the place for positive fic recommendations! Anything besides that will be hidden real quick.)

[vermivox]

god the way I FELT that the rerun was made with ai and i still tried to convince myself that i like it because it was the murdermedia it thing of the month. embarrassing. it's not even the way the author was pumping out 200k words a week, it's the way the same thing has been happening over and over again in the plot. vox decides he's going to show them all. alastor humiliates him in public or vox humiliates himself in front of alastor. vox comes back to his shitty little apartment and starts pacing and crashing out monologuing his fish. vox sleeps it off and in the morning decides that he's going to show them all, and repeat. it's the way some things didn't seem to have any real consequences. honestly ai fanfiction is just pathetic i don't know what to tell you guys, create create create. you are capable of making great things you just need passion and patience. human mind is a vast and beautiful thing don't waste it on ai slop

[daddylikeydummy]

Oh everyone has like found FOUND out the rerun was AI - I never read, if anyone has more deets about this please enlighten me I don’t have discord

[zovie9638]

Starting the day by crying because the fic The Rerun is being discontinued and erased, along side its server. This fic, its server and the people in it mean SO MUCH to me. Despite being a fan of Hazbin since the pilot, it's the fic that finally got me to draw fanart for this fandom. so Thank You for that.

As a goodbye and thank you for everything, i would like to share everything i haven't posted about this fic. Enjoy.

Comics

Designs secondary characters

Bar scene ch.62, didnt like this drawing at first.

ch.63 animatic (background non accurate bc i did this before the next chapter went out which added more details about the bg)

One last word, (which i hope, will be found by those it is intended to), I am so gratefully for meeting some of the coolest, most talented and amazing people in this server. I wished I would have join sooner just so I could have spent more time talking with them. Idk what the futur holds for us, but I'm thankful for everything I lived and shared with you guys.