there was no approval from the original artist to use her art

Nope. Ever heard of a law called Fair Use? You don't even need to research, i'll do that for you:

_{Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work(...) Fair use is a doctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship.}</sub>

No one cares (or at the very least no one SHOULD, because obviously you cared) if the artist of the critiqued piece wasn't aware of their art being used on a deviation based on criticisim and satire. As long as the deviation that uses that artwork isn't making monetary profit from it being used without permission, it's well allowed within deviantart's Terms of Service.

and that it is within range of bullying or if youd prefer the synonymous: personal attack

Nope. Criticism and satire is not bullying, please don't be another idiot from the "omg bullies everywhere" era, it's tiring enough to see people shielding behind that term when their brains aren't enough to make a decent counter argument to anything as to see it on DeviantArt too.

Again, you're letting your emotions get the best of you. People ARE allowed to be mean to each other, people are allowed to express themselves even if they're bitter, angry, jealous or whatever. Truth hurts. The artist of the original deviation had the right idea: She laughed and moved on. Do that yourself or at least try to investigate a little bit more about how the world works and Deviantart's terms of service.

ill just keep being spammed for apparent reason

I don't see any spam in your user page. If you're referring to the (well deserved) replies you're getting on that deviation, well, i'm afraid it's not spam, it's you being bashed rightfully for not doing your homework before going on a crusade to defend someone that did not need defending.

Finally i really hope for your own sake that you didn't report the deviation, because as i just explained to you, that deviation is in fact perfectly within the rules, while making false reports (and also telling people you reported them) IS against DeviantArt terms of service.

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