okay SO. two things can be true at the same time: using ai to help write your fic is weird (especially untagged and/or with an anti-ai message in the notes) AND this rise in ai fics is 100% related to the consumerist mindset people have around fanworks. and both of these matter.
‘X author releases way too frequently it’s suspicious’ one of the greatest authors I know can belt out a 10k on their lunch hour and make it a smash triple hit, u need to factor in that ppl can be rly rly rly good at things beloveds
seeing some absolutely insane takes on fanfics and ao3 as a whole lately and i’m saying this as someone who survived the purity wave circa 2018-ongoing
woke up from a dream and i gotta admit, the concept of an extremely old yjh with prescription glasses and a lil whimsy cane to go is still extremely endearing to me