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Dear fanfic author
I ... don't usually do this, but... I feel a need to vent that isn't through an unfair comment, so:
dear fanfic author,
I see what you did there. You ran out of time for your challenge and just kind - handwaved the ending. I understand that - as a writer. But as a reader I feel kinda cheated. You were building up to something quite interesting and then, wham bham, thank you Sam, all resolved neatly in time for the deadline.
Disappointedly.
Me
dear fanfic author,
I see what you did there. You ran out of time for your challenge and just kind - handwaved the ending. I understand that - as a writer. But as a reader I feel kinda cheated. You were building up to something quite interesting and then, wham bham, thank you Sam, all resolved neatly in time for the deadline.
Disappointedly.
Me
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I have seen this played several times and each time felt
entirely cheated..........
Just too easy to 'wrap it up in a neat package with a bow tie on top'..........kind of thing
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On the other hand, as a writer, I am more than guilty of that, especially as most of my fic were for challenges. Sometimes it's more obvious (The story I wrote for a reverse bang, about Dean and Cassie) sometimes I think the incompleteness is mostly in my own head (the fringe/spn story from summer gen) because I know where it was supposed to go. I hate it almost as much as a writer than as a reader, because running into that problem as a reader doesn't lead to guilt, hah.
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As a writer, I do completely understand it. I may have (to a degree) done it myself *refuses to review own fic just in case*. And it could even be that as a writer, you had no clue how to end it, got some help from a beta and voila - ending. *shrugs* Still annoying... :)
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It's bad, I know, but sometimes I cheat and read the ending first, and if I don't like it I don't read the rest.
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I have done that once, in a book, just to see if a character I hoped wasn't dead reappeared until I realised that the other characters could just be talking about him. *sniff* And then I went back and read it properly.
SHEESH... read the ending first! *stalks off muttering*
*runs back and smishes you*
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Did that with the book "Exodus Code" John and Carole Barrowman have written ;) Am I a heathen too, now?
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*whistles innocently*
Okay, who am I kidding? You already knew I was evil. But in my defense, I only skip to the end to see
if my deductive powers are as brilliant as I think they areif I have guessed correctly about what is going to happen. I must say, fanfics that are WIPs have been very good at curbing this habit though.I guess between that and my evil prompts...I am doomed.
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So, I counter your evil - with Jane.
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Bwhahaha.....
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Only true evil and Fitzwilliam Darcy. I think you know which one you are ;-)
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Your awesomeness continues to... amaze me ;-)
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Or not :)
hoodietime?
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