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"is it rude if I politely ask a writer if they use ai or chatgpt on their works because I'm almost certain they do?"

yes, it is rude. no matter how polite you are being when you ask them this.

you say you are almost certain. so you are not absolutely certain.

unless you are absolutely, undoubtedly certain — with actual proof — that their writing is ai generated, never ever ask an artist if their work is ai generated.

I know several writers who would stop writing and delete all of their works if they were ever accused of using ai. so it doesn't matter if you are polite when you ask them this, you are suggesting that their works are ai generated, that they didn't create the works they could have spent hours, days, weeks, months or years working on.

ai and chatgpt are trained on real humans' works, they are trained to mimic the way real humans write. so if you say a genuine writer's work "looks ai", I'm gonna have to ask you what you think ai was trained on.

a writer whose English isn't their first language may also write in a way that "looks ai" to some, if they write in English and have to rely on translator.

using em dash isn't a sign of ai. I do it all the time. my fellow writers all love em dash.

having long paragraphs with "overly described scenes" isn't a sign of ai. I do it all the time, and so do my fellow writers.

all the "ai signs" are actually just what most writers actually do. they get mistaken for "ai signs" because sometimes the way writers write or describe a scene in a fanfic or an original work is different than the way people talk or text. because they're writing a fic and describing a scene, not chatting with a friend. the way I talk is different than the way I write my fics.

if you suspect a work was ai generated, but are not 100% sure, you can always just stop reading said work without saying anything.

if someone does use ai to write, they will either a.) deny and continue using ai to write or b.) admit because they see nothing wrong with it and continue using ai to write.

if a genuine writer was wrongly accused of using ai, they may stop writing altogether.

asking a writer if they use ai or chatgpt to write will always do more harm than good. witch hunting will always do more harm than good.

it’s not “hey do you like x or y” question. it’s a subtle implication that your work looks like it was written by a robot within a minute. if you personally don’t find that offensive, that’s cool. but I know a lot of writers do. and they have the rights to be discouraged by it.

Asking a writer or artist if they “use AI” is an accusation, no matter how you dress it up. It’s not neutral. It implies you think their effort, style, or voice is artificial. It implies that their human work doesn’t look human enough for you.

You don’t protect the community by policing people who are actually creating from scratch. You protect it by supporting human creators, reporting confirmed AI misuse when there’s evidence, and learning the difference between this sounds different than what I’d write and this is machine-generated.

Writers—especially fanfic authors—already pour their time, emotion, and identity into what they share for free. They don’t owe anyone proof of authenticity on top of that. And if your question makes someone want to quit writing, it’s not protecting the community. It’s shrinking it.

My review of this chapter, as someone who's terrible at analyzing while also somehow simultaneously overanalyzing each scene.

Now, let us begin with my favourite scene

In classic out-of-pocket fashion, Enjin says he completely agrees with Mymo's words. Essentially telling Amo "whomp whomp, go cry about it pookie :/ "(Miss girl was gagged😭). But he says this with purpose, obviously. The technique is a little unconventional...but what he's trying to do is get amo to experience new emotions.

As explained earlier in the chapter, Amo can associate a scent that was present during a memory and make people relive similar experiences once they themselves smell that odour (hope im explaining this well).

The title of this chapter being "Experiences Points" is actually perfect because this chapter forces Amo to confront her weakness: her power is entirely dependent on her own experiences, which are pretty limited due to the fact she was stuck in a fuckass castle in the middle of the desert for the majority of her life.

This weakness is put on full display in this chapter, with Mymo's incessant yapping and in my opinion this panel:

"The real world" is coming at her at full speed, hungry, hungry for her doubts and fears. The audience is huge, stretching for seemingly forever, never-ending.

Jumping at her

Ok, coming back to Enjin mentor of the year), he encourages Amo to stock up on experiences. Emotions of all kinds:

Amo's spirit is lifted (yaay ~(￣▽￣)~*) and I imagine gets taken away by fuu to someplace safe.

Conclusion:

My two favourite characters getting screentime (Amo & Fuu) makes me really happy. Besides Amo and her development, this chapter seems a bit more mellow, prob easing us into those puppet twins.

i really appreciate the different tones enjin adopts while guiding the cleaners. we saw it in the earlier chapters when rudo hit amo out of anger. enjin realized rudo already knew where he went wrong, and only chose to calmly tell him that there will always be room for conscious growth. the moment called for compassion and that is what enjin showed.

we see it again in how he deals with zanka after his loss to hyo. zanka was trying desperately to be someone he wasn’t, and all enjin had to do to get him out of that hole was tell him he wasn’t thinking straight. that for all his self-pity, he still had some fight in him. zanka was losing determination and enjin merely gave him a reason to believe again.