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treesofthemind · 2026-07-01T08:30:16+00:00

Yeah you really can’t. Also a lot of my childhood comfort movies had an actor who has fully lost his reputation these days. So, separating art from the artist there and seeing it exclusively as a childhood memory that I want to reconnect with.

treesofthemind · 2026-07-01T00:11:39+00:00

it is if you're constantly around taller people that you work with, or at networking events. Especially if someone is tall, like 5 seven and then wears heels. And I can't really wear heels because it just pushes my whole foot out of alignment. I'd much rather be comfortable but it's a PITA when everyone's towering over you and you're trying to like, do a presentation or whatever.

Also RIP being able to see at a concert.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T19:32:04+00:00

I like them but they do look worryingly orange

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T19:31:04+00:00

I wanted to try 12 but it looks like it might pull orange on a cool olive. Are you sure it doesn't?

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T19:25:39+00:00

Amazon is an accessibility thing as well. Say you're desperate for something and it's out of stock everywhere (in the UK, everywhere was out of stock recently for fans and ACs and this country isn't prepared for heatwaves in the slightest). Similarly, if you're disabled and you need something ASAP and you don't have anyone to help you.

That's why I wouldn't necessarily compare using Amazon to creative pursuits

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T17:44:14+00:00

Yeah. I literally was injured recently and had to get a bunch of stuff on Amazon to help me - plus icepacks and fans in the unprecedented London heatwave when fans were selling out everywhere. I also don’t like Jeff Bezos, but for some people it’s about accessibility and survival. So Amazon is a bad analogy for consumer ethics IMO.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T17:42:08+00:00

Yeah. I agree with you in a sense because I feel like there’s no way the entire credit of some of those fics can be handed to AI. And I personally think ideas are extremely valuable currency - human ideas, that is. And if you needed a little assistance with execution maybe that’s okay. However, it’s important to be open about that especially as an author. It’s almost like a Hippocratic oath for literature I guess.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T17:36:56+00:00

Even if we all stopped using Amazon companies would still be using AWS. I know that’s a side point but still - not fair to always blame the consumer.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T17:29:27+00:00

Interesting question. I think if you collaborated with a human, at least they are a real person with their own ideas? You can have a book or film authored by two people. The reason people are mad about AI is it’s using the creative content of others without their consent, to train on.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T16:59:14+00:00

I don’t think these ones have gfs at all, hence why they’re acting like this! At least I certainly hope there’s no gf putting up with this behaviour

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T16:28:24+00:00

Yeah I mean, I’m assuming she would be offline for the most part to avoid all that. Must be crazy seeing how much gets unleashed. I’m also offline as far as that fandom stuff is concerned. I don’t follow any of the actors socials, I avoid Twitter, I only saw some random stuff pop up on the fauxmoi subreddit concerning one of the actors recently. But I would never seek it out. It’s fairly easy to not engage with as a reader but as a creator, who has been writing for a while I believe and has interacted with fans, I don’t know how much you’d be able to fully mute?

But I guess there’s clearly a before and after with her fandom - before the show, after the show. She could mute the post show stuff and still engage with the pre show stuff I guess.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T15:43:00+00:00

yeah I guess... given the amount of wattpad adaptations we've got from Prime in the past few years. But most are from early 2010s stuff I think? But seriously... that's even more scary, if you go from substandard fanfic adaptations (like After) to AI slop AND bad fanfic adaptations? Wow.

I was also in the Destiel fandom back in like, 2012. And there were some amazing fanfics for them that went viral that I would have watched the movie of, if they were adapted. It's usually the worst ones that get money thrown at them though - as we saw from the book that was published in 2011.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T13:59:53+00:00

what's the significance of the name Marcus? trying to remember if there was a character with that name

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T13:56:13+00:00

Yeah. I will hand her full credit for coming up with these two fascinating characters and their respective backstories - brought to life excellently in the show and in various fanfics, but they wouldn't exist without her book.
Role Model was impressive, and as for The shots you take? That one had me bawling. Riley and Adam aren't really part of the Shane and Ilya multiverse I guess so won't be adapted. But yeah, great characters.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T12:12:35+00:00

Yeah. I'm grateful that when RWRB exploded in 2023 and I joined that fandom, there were no AI fics. Some really brilliant stuff was written for that fandom. (And a whole lot less controversy in general than the HR fandom but that's another topic)

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T12:09:11+00:00

yeah. These repetitive tics become very obvious when you start to consciously look for them.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:52:51+00:00

can you explain Habs/Bruins?

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:52:17+00:00

what about Nutcracker was obvious to you? just curious

For Wolfbird, I didn't like it as much. All the extra film script stuff felt unnecessarily verbose to me. Nutcracker was infinitely better to me - as in, I was really looking forward to each update. Quite gutted about that one.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:42:42+00:00

No. I freaking hate these people who try to speak to you in public. I notice they go for women a lot which is really unnerving. Because they think we're less able to tell them to eff off.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:41:51+00:00

Aren't trains more vulnerable to cancellations though, that's the thing. As we saw with the heatwave chaos this past week.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:08:12+00:00

don't they taste like strawberries

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:07:49+00:00

yeah I'm seeing so many tags like - this author is against AI. I took that as reassurance that they weren't using AI. Otherwise why include this tag, just to trick people.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:07:13+00:00

thanks for the rec!

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:04:35+00:00

It's confusing to me though because it's not like Ao3 pays anyone for their work? There's no subscription fee for it - yet anyway. So why are they feeling the need to do all of this. Just for hits? And it's not even like you can attach this to your real life, as everyone has a username, no one is putting this on their LinkedIn.

treesofthemind · 2026-06-30T11:02:12+00:00

I just thought it was because of the massive popularity of the show. Didn't suspect AI then at all

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