Take this into consideration seriously. Axetale is a dark AU, it makes AUs like Horrortale look like a pipe dream for monsterkind if we were to take away the wholesome family moments found.
However, in the window of time between now and Bananafrappe’s retirement, there has been awful rumors being spread around. There was nothing really to stop said rumors, as until now, the wiki has been deleted for five years and information wasn’t accessible.
Axetale Antis could easily make something up and than spread it, and there would be no information or source to debunk such claims. The AU, being niche as it is, doesn’t have wide appeal like others have, thus people aren’t that keen on digging deep for answers.
The wiki’s resurgence is not just to revive the AU and bring it in a light never expected, but it is to finally put those rumors to rest that have demonized the AU and its creators.