"All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier. With each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher...Long ago, the defenses I built to withstand the stress of my childhood, to save what I had of myself, outlived their usefulness, and I've become an abuser of their once lifesaving powers. I relied on them wrongly to isolate myself, seal my alienation, cut me off from life, control others, and contain my emotions to a damaging degree. Now the bill collector is knocking, and his payment'll be in tears."
The “oh I could definitely write this fanfic in under 5000 words and it really wouldn’t take me that long” voice in your head is actually the devil speaking
the lair of the white worm (1988) directed by ken russell
"Now, if you're sitting comfortably, I shall tell you why you must not be afraid to die. To die so that the god may live is a privilege, Kevin, and if you know anything at all about history, you will know that human sacrifice is as old as Dionin himself, whose every death is a rebirth into a god ever mightier!"
The fact that Mirror, Mirror didn't explicitly recall the alternate timeline that would have been the future from The City on the Edge of Forever if McCoy saved Edith Keeler.... stupid Wagon Train-esque storyline structure.
In the dark there was no pretence. In the dark there where no poker faces. The tears fell silently. The horror was bone deep. Reassurances where pressed into skin with lips and hands and noiseless care so that when the light came they would be stone again. Staunchly resolute and unrelenting.
There are currently ~2300 works in AO3 tagged with "Created Using Generative AI"
I'll be upfront with my opinion, which mirrors my opinion in regards to my field: using AI will only hasten your own obsolescence. The point of fanfiction is not to crank out fics, but rather to enjoy the hobby and communities of writing and fandom.