Lime Bar @limebar@mastodon.social
I am a little shocked at the lack of solidarity I see between artists working in different mediums wrt genAI.
Musicians who would never use it to make music use it to make cover art
Graphic artists reach for it to make music over their videos
Writers use it to illustrate their articles
And, considering software development an art, many use it to create web sites or apps to host their art.
None of this is necessary. All of this is harmful to the other artists.
Collaborate ffs.
Stop it.
Aug 09, 2026, 12:17 AM
Seen this myself.
I just semi-retired after 10 years of writing My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction. It was a nice little side hustle that brought in 1-2k a year and I enjoyed learning how to write stories.
In the past I would write a story and then either commission an artist for some cover art, or find some that suited the story on one of the many MLP art databases and ask permission to use it. In 10 years of writing over a million words I was never once refused my request to use someone’s art, and I always made sure the artist was credited.
But, in the past year or so the primary website for MLP fanfictions (fimfiction.net) started allowing AI art for covers which like the OP, I feel to be a betrayal of our fellow creatives. We definitely need to stand together against the tide of AI slop, no matter its genre.
No slop on my clop!
And yeah, I’ve contributed more than my share of clop, but if you are looking for good non-clop stories check out:
The Dresden Fillies series - Dresden Files crossover
White by Crimnar - short horror story
Changeling Space Program - a riff on the Kerbal Space Program game
Celestia vs Garble - pure comedy in Monty Python style
It Sleeps Beneath Foal Mountain - Lovecraftian horror
Parlous - some of the best uses of archaic words and phrases I’ve ever read.
None of these are by me. Just some of my favorites