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Call me Schrödinger, call me Kit, make something up and see how I respond. I give points for creativity.

AU AND TIMELINES LIST - Updated as more are made

Former Corpsman Langdon AU Rabbot foster parents AU The Pitt Omegaverse Langdon dysautonomia AU Trans!Langdon endometriosis Langdon hypermobility Epileptic Langdon Trafficked Langdon AU Roofied plotline Langdon gets shot AuDHD Langdon Langdon has a stalker Trans Frank Langdon Abusive Abby Langdon Demigod Langdon (son of Zeus) Langdon with disordered eating Red Hood Frank Langdon AU Langdon was bitched at rehab Abby died between seasons

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MY PITT SPREADSHEET PROJECTS

I personally have never read a fic that had slightly incorrect grammar or interesting word choice where that alone set off warning bells in my head. The times I’ve worried if a fic is AI is when it seems too polished and manufactured into something different, like when jeans are sold to look weathered. There’s a specific taste to fics that are written by someone with English as a second language v. someone using generated AI text.

I was wondering what you think about using ai for spell checks and grammar corrections. Would it be a gray area if those spell checks resulted in slighty altered texts which have minor word changes but great changes in their effect?

As someone who doesn't want to give third-party apps access to my phone (nor can i afford some), i often find myself copy pasting my fics into Gemini or chat gpt.

Lots of love.

Hey! Fair question, let’s chat.

I don’t believe, at this point in time, there is any way to ethically use any kind of generative AI. Their practices of scraping data from places that cannot consent, using work that is not theirs to train with, and destroying the environment are not things I can support or endorse.

Apps/websites like Gemini and ChatGPT do not forget your data the moment after you put it in. Whatever you gave them tends to be used to continue training their AI because by using their platform, you are giving them permission to do so. I believe some platforms have specific opt-out options, but by default, it tends to be turned on.

Grammar and spell checks are usually built into most writing softwares. I’m not sure what you use to write on that doesn’t have that, but if you don’t like using apps, I always suggest Ellipsus. While they have an app option, they’re a website first, and it’s fairly easy to use on mobile and laptop. They have a fairly good quality spell/grammar checker, and are a staunchly anti-AI company.

If you’re meaning specifically using generative AI to “enhance” your writing by letting it exchange your word choices for what it thinks might be a better fit, it is no longer your writing. That’s not grammar/spell check anymore, that’s changing the intention behind your words without your thought process. If you think your word choices are bland or repetitive, I suggest looking for definitions and synonyms in dictionaries and thesauruses to find a word you feel more fits what you’re going for. I do it all the time, Merriam-Webster hates to see me coming.

That’s kind of the point. You can’t. There’s nothing that is 100% only and exclusively proof of AI generated text because it’s entirely trained on the way we as humans talk, write, and interact. Unless they put a disclaimer that it’s generated by AI, you don’t know.

Em dashes are becoming known as AI text because LLMs try to use free use material, meaning old books in the public domain — which often use em dashes as it was a trend throughout history — and sometimes fanfiction, because we like to break up our text.

The use of “it’s not [adjective], but [adjective]” is becoming seen more and more in generated text, because that’s a common writing tool across the ages to build tension or clarify descriptions. I’m sure I’ve used that exact format in my fics.

I think the ever-beloved “Oh. Oh.” has started being used, since that’s a tale as old as time in its use in writing. It’s a quick and easy way to show an emotional realization so it’s often in books/writing to the point it’s a trope, and it’s been scraped into companies that want to sound human.

Poor grammar can be someone learning English and writing in it for the first time. Odd sentence structure can be someone playing around with the way they write. Bad formatting might be someone who doesn’t know how to do it better. Weird verbs and adjectives can someone using a thesaurus.

The point is, generated AI text is made using what we as real people write, because it can’t think for itself. There is nothing unique to generated text because it is not capable of doing that.

What do I do if I think a fic uses generative AI?

Don’t interact with it, and don’t post about it by name.

No, I’m serious. You really think an author on AO3/Tumblr/your fanfiction website of choice is using AI for their fics? Block them, mute the author, move on. Don’t comment, don’t say anything. Just keep on trucking.

Unless you have physical, genuine testimony that an author is using AI, you can’t report them for improper tagging. You also never actually know if an author is using AI because generative AI is trained on our scraped data. Sometimes an author just uses common phrases, or odd metaphors, or is simply inexperienced.

Do not start a witch hunt. Do not start thinly vague posting. Do not throw accusations out there. You wanna know what the number one thing you can do to combat generative AI usage in fandom spaces?

Interact with your authors.

Comment, kudos, like, reblog on fics new and especially old. Follow the WIP and get excited when it updates a year later. Go to their Tumblr and tell them you like their work. Ask them about their fics. Start a dialogue. Authors generally love to talk about what they write, give them a space to.

Writing is hard, and we as folks engaging with fandom and with fanfiction can make it worth their while by telling fic writers thank you. By letting them know we appreciate them. Going to their page and not just reading and moving on, but by putting in the extra effort to help them feel genuinely loved by the fandom.

It absolutely is situation dependent on what exactly the Strange Noise is and what people are around him. He’s the “I’m not superstitious but if that’s real I am not fucking around with it” kind of guy. Like I think he doesn’t believe in demons, but yeah no he’s not playing around with an Ouija board.

Langdon, standing across from Robby, takes down a hair tie to reveal a sleek, chin length bob (it was a lot lighter than usual and looked professionally done, it was very chic please keep that in mind). Eyebrows were lighter too (to match the new hair maybe).

Then, “My name is Andrea.” They looked so nervous to tell Robby and when they did, Robby threw his hands up and hung his head.

I thought it was real sigh

https://x.com/sangblue_?s=21

Linked here for your viewing pleasure.

Okay, I'm gonna do my best to explain here because I do see this take around. I'm not defending or condemning actions, but we're gonna go through what we know from Robby's perspective.

Langdon in season one fucked up bad. He didn't do a mild ouchie, he wasn't a little sucky, Langdon was intentionally mean, harmful, and committed felonies that put himself, others, and the hospital in danger. His behavior was likely caused by his addiction, but that does not automatically make what he did perfectly okay.

Beyond that, Langdon was Robby's protégé. His guy, his golden boy, they likely had a very unique relationship that Robby either doesn't normally form with residents or something along those lines. Langdon's been to his house, Robby wrote him a good letter of recommendation for a hard to reach fellowship, it is very clear to us that Langdon was/is special to Robby.

If someone you cared about very deeply, regardless on if you're aware of it at the time, not only put both of your livelihoods at risk, but also threw an incredibly vulnerable and what you consider to be embarrassing moment back at your face on one of your worst days, that's going to scratch deep.

Besides their relationship, Robby is and has been in a very rough and rocky mental spot. We see him in season one actively make a decision he knows to be bad for his mental health and we hear in season two that he can't be alone with his thoughts. Suicidal ideation aside, both of those things do not show us that one, Robby is in a spot capable of handling added stress, and two, he does not know how to cope.

Ten months is a long time, and not talking to someone you were very close with for nearly a year after what is probably one of the most difficult days of your adult life to look back on carries a weight with it. Langdon is not just representative of their broken relationship, he's representative of that day as a whole.

Robby feels guilt for not noticing Langdon's addiction. He's upset with himself for not knowing, for not being a safe person for Langdon to come to, and for allowing it to get this bad. He also is incredibly angry at Langdon for his actions, for being fallible, because projection is one hell of a bitch. Robby's also deeply wounded in general, but Langdon drew fresh blood.

He hasn't spent the time to deal with any of that. Robby hasn't done the work to manage himself and his mental health in a way other than to push it down and out until it physically claws him to the ground. Langdon was too painful to think about, so he didn't. He gave up on therapy repeatedly. He bought a motorcycle. He let himself stay hurt because holding onto the glass was more comfortable than the added pain of pulling it out.

Why does he tell Langdon he doesn't know if he wants him here? Because he doesn't. Maybe he was being malicious on purpose, maybe he was being honest to a brutal degree, maybe he wanted to trip him up and maybe he just didn't know what else to say. Either way, Robby hasn't put in effort to think about Langdon and untangle his emotions, so even a year down the line he doesn't know what to do with him.

Why does he check on Santos? Because he knows what went down between them. He's worked with Santos for ten months, and he has probably talked with her at least once about what happened with Langdon. He probably knows her feelings about him, and he is both fishing for information because he wants to know as much as he can without directly talking to Langdon but also because he genuinely wants to see if Santos is okay.

He didn't want to hear the apology, I'm sure he guesses Santos doesn't either.

I'm finally going through my old asks and found this, which is so very cute.