[ SECRET POST #2881 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2881 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 076 secrets from Secret Submission Post #412.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[silverr]

To me, by letting them drive you into this ragey corner you're giving them waaaaay too much power over you; it's not much better than authors who ask readers to vote on plot points and write to order.

But ultimately, do what makes you the happiest.

And hey, if you post in more than one place, give the bratty readers one ending and the reasonablde readers another. :p

[(Anonymous)]

you're giving them waaaaay too much power over you

Thiiiiiis.

I'm assuming that when you started the fic, OP, it mattered to you at least a little and you had some kind of story or idea to communicate. Has that changed just because people are douchey? Has what you wanted to achive with the fic changed just because of bratty strangers on the internet?

If yes (or if your reason for writing was only for fandom brownie points, in which case the doucey fans would affect that ambition a great deal...) then do what you want. If no, then don't let your work pay the price for some people being assholes.

[philippos42]

I like this plan.

[(Anonymous)]

Jep, a "make your own adventure" style ending would do it! Lure the brats towards the ending of your evilest dreams with key words you know they will gobble up - and let your reasonable readers have the ending you intended from the start. I'm sure you'll get two highly amusing comment fields as payment for your extra effort. And you'll get to be fair to the non-brats which will be its own payment in the long run.

[(Anonymous)]

I was about to say this.

Write two endings, one to mess with the readers that annoy you (if you really must) and a proper one for yourself and the readers you actually care about?

Otherwise it's like you've let the situation spoil your own writing pleasure.

[(Anonymous)]

In the Lois and Clark fandom we called the evil endings Tank endings.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Otherwise it's like you've let the situation spoil your own writing pleasure.

Not OP, but sometimes it isn't a case of 'letting' that happen. Sometimes it just does, regardless of your best intentions.

It's hard to find pleasure in being treated like a fic ATM, and eventually you'll associate the fic with that discouraging feeling as much as you will the entitled readers.