C92 Bee raids
| C92 Bee raids | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Beekeepers[1] Pro-beekeeper volunteers | Anti-bee groups:  The Arsonists Pro-Arsonist volunteers Pro-tree volunteers Supported by:  Darkhood | ||||
| Leaders | |||||
| (đ) sad_bun (đ) Virgu | (đ„) Opal (Pro-tree) Arinnnnnnn | ||||
| Members | |||||
| 7+ | Arsonists: 4 Pro-tree: 4+ | ||||
During Canvas 92, the Sabrina Carpenter bee artwork by sad_bun and Virgu became the target of multiple griefing campaigns. The first griefs began on the 4th of August with Arinnnnnnn, who attempted to place a tree over the artwork in protest of its perceived NSFW nature. He recieved the support of Darkhood, who called in their members to assist with the griefing. These initial griefs were met with heavy resistance from defenders and ultimately failed to make lasting progress.
2 days after Arinnnnnnn began his raids, The Arsonists launched a larger-scale raid placing fire over the bee. At its peak, this campaign resulted in the loss of approximately 1,400 pixels for the defenders before the raid was repelled and the artwork was restored.
Arinnnnnnn and 3 others, including Universe, continued to grief the Sabrina bee artwork by attempting to place the tree artwork over the course of the 3 days after the Arsonist raid while facing significant resistance from the beekeepers, before the conflict concluded with the tree placers ceasing their griefs on the 9th of August.
Background
The Sabrina Carpenter bee artwork was originally created by @thisislux on X (Twitter), based on Sabrina Carpenter's Rolling Stone cover photoshoot, in which she is nude except for a pair of socks. The artwork was initially placed to match the original art, but following a moderator request due to the original art violating the "No nudity" rule, the art was adjusted to give her clothes while removing her socks.
This modification drew a significant amount of criticism from members of the pxls.space Discord. Some, including Arinnnnnnn viewed the artwork as still violating the "No art with clear NSFW intentions or origins" rule, while others viewed the moderator ruling as inconsistent with their past decisions on similar issues.
Timeline
Pre-Arsonist Raid
On the 4th of August, 2025, Arinnnnnnn started his raid of the Sabrina Carpenter bee, intending to place a tree design originally made by Selio for The Ember Empire over it. He continuously griefed the artwork during active hours. On the same day, Universe, one of the leaders of Darkhood announced that the faction was assisting with the griefs in a raid operation titled "Murdering Horny Bee Op.". Arinnnnnnn was usually the sole griefer of the Sabrina bee artwork prior to the large-scale raid by The Arsonists, but he received occasional help from members of Darkhood, mainly Universe. Despite repeated attacks, these raids did not cause any lasting damage as he faced fierce resistance from volunteers defending the bee artwork.
Arin's template featured a Minecraft bee above the tree's intended location. Bee defenders copied this design and placed to the right of the Sabrina bee artwork.
Arsonist Raid
At around midnight UTC on the 6th of August, 2025, 2 days after Arinnnnnnn started his raid, The Arsonists launched a large-scale griefing campaign targeting the Sabrina Carpenter bee art. Their template was a version of Arinnnnnnn's tree design, but with an explosion-like fire where the bee's left eye was. During the raid, they would only place the fire part of the template.
The raid lasted 6-7 hours, setting the bee art back approximately 1,400 pixels at its climax before The Arsonists went offline and the defenders were able to restore the art around an hour after it concluded. During the raid, the bee defenders had the help of Chantii, the top placer of Canvas 92, and the third-place all-time placer.
While the raid was raging on, a new placer named FL attempted to void the eyes of the Sabrina bee. They succeeded in voided her left eye but eventually surrendered after being pushed back by both the Arsonists and the bee defenders.[1]
During the raid, Fisk and Onion77 had the Brown Pixelstuck in-canvas tag equipped, leading the defenders to believe that they were under attack by the faction and causing the Brown Pixelstuck unhelpings.
Post-Arsonist Raid
Arinnnnnnn was largely absent during the Arsonist raid, waking up only a few hours before the bee art was fully restored and upon returning, resumed griefing the artwork by placing the tree over the bee. Arinnnnnnn received intermittent assistance from Universe and new placers in placing the tree artwork.
The bee defenders[1] placed a second Minecraft bee to the right of the Sabrina bee artwork, using the same design as the previous one, but flipped to face right. They also placed a third Minecraft bee to the right of the artwork that was identical to the first one.
While the third Minecraft bee was being placed, two of the bee defenders began assisting Arinnnnnnn in placing his ego art, which is part of the NPom collab. They made significant progress on the transgender flag portion of the ego before stopping approximately a day after they started. The unfinished portion of the artwork was later placed by Arinnnnnnn and Pannenkoek.
On the 8th of August, the bee defenders planned to place the tree design used by Arinnnnnnn over the intended location of the Fukae as Gura artwork by the NPom collab, which was outlined but hadn't been placed due to the defiddle being unfinished. They recieved permission from the Fukae artwork's defiddler, Chirps, but following a statement from the tree artwork's artist, Selio, who said: "The tree and dog are my arts that I provided to arin exclusively for the raid. Do not build them.", Virgu and other bee defenders decided against personally contributing to placing the tree.
Despite these concerns, one of the pro-bee volunteers, Fruity, decided to place the tree artwork at the planned location. Additionally, an artwork of Mephiro's boopling by Wisteria was relocated with the defenders' help, due to an overlap with the tree artwork's template.
On the morning UTC on the 10th of August, the user Aspertia, a bee defender and a previous helper in Arinnnnnnn's ego art started a raid against it, replacing the name of the ego and the pixel counter by his own. Few hours later, when the replace was almost finished, the ego's owner noticed and stopped raiding the bee art, seeking to reestablish the original art and ended the raid helped by Pannenkoek.
Once the ego raid was finished and the art was repaired, Arinnnnnnn stopped placing the tree artwork over the Sabrina bee, putting an end to the 6 day long conflict. On the same day, after the griefs had ceased, the primary bee defenders (pau, Aspertia, Virgu and sad_bun, ordered by pixels placed) formally established a faction called the Beekeepers, created by sad_bun.
Brown Pixelstuck unhelpings
After the bee was mostly repaired from the prior Arsonist raid, 4 of the bee defenders[1] started replacing pixels on Brown Pixelstuck's art that they had placed with azure pixels, imitating the state of the initial canvas. These actions were explained as an effort to retract their prior support for the faction due to members of Brown Pixelstuck, including the leader, Onion77 participating in the Arsonist raid.
6 hours into the "unhelpings" it was clarified that this response stemmed from a misunderstanding, as the bee defenders believed the entire faction was participating in the griefs due to Fisk and Onion, who participated in the raids, both having the on-site Brown Pixelstuck tag equipped. Virgu offered to help with rebuilding, but Onion declined the offer.
This time would also be when the "unhelpings" peaked, resulting in a loss of approximately 1,800 pixels for Brown Pixelstuck. After this, the griefs went on for one more hour resulting in the bee defenders fully reverting all of the pixels that they had contributed to the faction. 21 hours after the "unhelpings" ceased, Brown Pixelstuck fully restored their artwork.
Aftermath
The Sabrina Carpenter bee artwork was not the subject of any further griefing campaigns since the conclusion of the conflict, and it remained fully intact on the final state of Canvas 92.
On the 10th of August, the Beekeepers began placing a lattice of a medium and deep grey checkerboard pattern to the right of their artwork.
On the 13th of August, other placers started assisting in placing the tree artwork, which had been solo placed by Fruity for the past 5 days up to that point. On the 18th of August, they finished placing the tree artwork, 10 days after construction had started.
Notes
- â 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The primary pro-bee volunteers operated as an independent group with shared goals and leadership until the 9th of August, when they organized into a faction called the Beekeepers. For clarity, mentions of their actions before the factionâs formation use the term âbee defenders.â
- â Brown Pixelstuck members, Onion77 and Fisk participated in the raids independently from the faction, but with the in-canvas tag equipped.