Me, deleting a scene from my fic: Ugh, that was self-indulgent twaddle
Me, adding the scene back in: Oh, wait, that’s the entire point of my writing fan fiction
Fight the good fight.
If I can’t introduce the 1934 movie version of He Who Gets
Slapped that was never made in real life into my WTNV WWII AU, then why even
bother?