i wish i could get excited about fanfiction like i used to, but the ever-escalating use of gen-ai in fic plus my equally growing disillusionment w how modern fandom moves has hardened my heart in a way that deeply saddens me
What got me back in was finding an old very long fic to get invested in. The ff.net 100k stuff posted in the early 2000s doesn’t stop hitting just bc it’s old enough to drink now