Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[clover]

Also I just found this: https://vapolis.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F770484438252552192 (𓌻‸𓌻) ᴜɢʜ.

Ngl i really hate this author. She has good writing but I will still never try out her works because her personality is shitty as hell. Like, freedom of speech exists bro. People are not allowed to criticise your IFs anywhere because it "negatively affects your mental health" (which I understand but it also builds up resentment which stops people from offering anything constructive) so when they create a discord for it y'all have an issue with that too? Are you ****ing kidding me? They are not even bothering YOU in any way? Why do you never say the same (how they have a lot of time on their hands) when people create fan made discord servers for a specific IF? Please. Your opinion only matters when you're praising these authors? Seriously?
Honestly, she gives me the same vibes as A tale of crowns author.

 

[Self-Inflicted]

Ngl i really hate this author. She has good writing but I will still never try out her works because her personality is shitty as hell. Like, freedom of speech exists bro. People are not allowed to criticise your IFs anywhere because it "negatively affects your mental health" (which I understand) so when they create a discord for it y'all have an issue with that too? Are you ****ing kidding me? They are not even bothering YOU in any way? Why do you never say the same "how much time do people have" when they are licking your ***? Please. Your opinion only matters when you're praising these authors? Seriously?
Honestly, she gives me the same vibes as A tale of crowns author.

You are spot on, any criticism about their IF and they cry and scream victim. It's absurd. If they can't handle receiving negative feedback they have no business writing a IF. I know many authors like that. It makes it very hard to enjoy a IF because of the toxicity in their souls.

 

[Raijin_01]

Ngl i really hate this author. She has good writing but I will still never try out her works because her personality is shitty as hell. Like, freedom of speech exists bro. People are not allowed to criticise your IFs anywhere because it "negatively affects your mental health" (which I understand but it also builds up resentment which stops people from offering anything constructive) so when they create a discord for it y'all have an issue with that too? Are you ****ing kidding me? They are not even bothering YOU in any way? Why do you never say the same (how they have a lot of time on their hands) when people create fan made discord servers for a specific IF? Please. Your opinion only matters when you're praising these authors? Seriously?
Honestly, she gives me the same vibes as A tale of crowns author.

Spit your fax indeed my friend

 

[LosLorento]

Also I just found this: https://vapolis.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F770484438252552192 (𓌻‸𓌻) ᴜɢʜ.

Ew. And the added tags on the post are even worse. Like god forbid if she (and the dick riders in the comments or whatever Tumblr calls it) ever vent about anything they dislike anywhere. People are allowed to have opinions about the stuff thrown out there on the internet even -gasp- negative opinions (shocking I know). May as just well own that they want a toxic positivity-only echo chamber and leave the people not even bothering them directly alone (and maybe she should follow her own advice and get a job or a hobby).

Ngl i really hate this author. She has good writing but I will still never try out her works because her personality is shitty as hell. Like, freedom of speech exists bro. People are not allowed to criticise your IFs anywhere because it "negatively affects your mental health" (which I understand but it also builds up resentment which stops people from offering anything constructive) so when they create a discord for it y'all have an issue with that too? Are you ****ing kidding me? They are not even bothering YOU in any way? Why do you never say the same (how they have a lot of time on their hands) when people create fan made discord servers for a specific IF? Please. Your opinion only matters when you're praising these authors? Seriously?
Honestly, she gives me the same vibes as A tale of crowns author.

I have honestly regretted ever taking a peek at ATOC's author's tumblr because I was enjoying it up to learning how she actually interacted with people (even people politely asking her questions) and pretended like she was the only acceptable moral authority in the world. And now, even if the end product is free for all (which I think is the case? I dunno haven't looked at it in ages), I won't be touching it (or anything else she does) with a ten foot pole.

 

[seneya]

and maybe she should follow her own advice and get a job or a hobby

Funny thing is, these people do have a hobby... Reading IFs... Which includes discussing said IFs, including the elements they didn't like in them.
Man, some popular authors really are so spoiled with attention they don't understand how valuable good (constructive) criticism is.
As for AToC, I stopped playing it a while ago, but not because of the LIs - I simply didn't feel like I could shape the Crown the way I wanted to, despite the personality stats implying I could. Oh, and having a "golden" path through the game that requires very specific choices. And the game doesn't even tell you you can mess up your relationship with your LI if you don't pick very specific options in very specific dialogues that are, as far as I remember, not marked in any way. JOY.

 

[clover]

Funny thing is, these people do have a hobby... Reading IFs... Which includes discussing said IFs, including the elements they didn't like in them.
Man, some popular authors really are so spoiled with attention they don't understand how valuable good (constructive) criticism is.

No because for real. Everytime I see something by her it pisses me off to no end. The horny people on reddit thirsting after characters and making memes? Why don't you tell the same to them? Why don't you say the same to authors who have no demo on Tumblr and yet have all the time in the world to answer asks about how an ro likes their tea? Hell even, why is SHE sitting down and writing that post instead of her IF and hating on people who are in a server of their OWN? Does she not have anything else to do?

 

[realman]

Ngl i really hate this author. She has good writing but I will still never try out her works because her personality is shitty as hell. Like, freedom of speech exists bro. People are not allowed to criticise your IFs anywhere because it "negatively affects your mental health" (which I understand but it also builds up resentment which stops people from offering anything constructive) so when they create a discord for it y'all have an issue with that too? Are you ****ing kidding me? They are not even bothering YOU in any way? Why do you never say the same (how they have a lot of time on their hands) when people create fan made discord servers for a specific IF? Please. Your opinion only matters when you're praising these authors? Seriously?
Honestly, she gives me the same vibes as A tale of crowns author.

what'd tale of crowns author do? I remember seeing her game on itch and thinking it looks cool (mostly because i like non american/british stories, no offense). Checked her tumblr out a bit and it's mainly reposts of fanart.

 

[BiscuitB]

Ngl i really hate this author. She has good writing but I will still never try out her works because her personality is shitty as hell. Like, freedom of speech exists bro. People are not allowed to criticise your IFs anywhere because it "negatively affects your mental health" (which I understand but it also builds up resentment which stops people from offering anything constructive) so when they create a discord for it y'all have an issue with that too? Are you ****ing kidding me? They are not even bothering YOU in any way? Why do you never say the same (how they have a lot of time on their hands) when people create fan made discord servers for a specific IF? Please. Your opinion only matters when you're praising these authors? Seriously?
Honestly, she gives me the same vibes as A tale of crowns author.

Reminds me of someone made a comments about how a different IF author created unfinished work then starts on something new, and making multiple IFs and leaving them unfinished just isn't a good look. I'm just glad someone finally spoke up for once.

 

[Foulwarden]

I have honestly regretted ever taking a peek at ATOC's author's tumblr because I was enjoying it up to learning how she actually interacted with people (even people politely asking her questions) and pretended like she was the only acceptable moral authority in the world. And now, even if the end product is free for all (which I think is the case? I dunno haven't looked at it in ages), I won't be touching it (or anything else she does) with a ten foot pole.

I dropped this game when I found out that Xelia, the RO, was actively pursuing the MC while also sleeping around with other people. A lot of players criticized this, and rightfully so, because it felt like a huge betrayal, especially in a romance focused story. Instead of addressing the criticism, the author shut people down and then disappeared from Tumblr (why are you running)

On top of that, the author is also racist (what a shocker). Someone asked her about Kurdish culture, which she is profiting from, and her response was incredibly disrespectful. She showed no regard for the culture she was using for her work

 

[Vamp-kun]

I dropped this game when I found out that Xelia, the RO, was actively pursuing the MC while also sleeping around with other people. A lot of players criticized this, and rightfully so, because it felt like a huge betrayal, especially in a romance focused story. Instead of addressing the criticism, the author shut people down and then disappeared from Tumblr (why are you running)

On top of that, the author is also racist (what a shocker). Someone asked her about Kurdish culture, which she is profiting from, and her response was incredibly disrespectful. She showed no regard for the culture she was using for her work

That's... not fun at all.
How was she profiting from the Kurdish?
Through a Patreon-style fund specifically mentioning them?
Or through a veiled personification in the game, and then saying on Tumblr "Oh, that's them."

 

[Foulwarden]

That's... not fun at all.
How was she profiting from the Kurdish?
Through a Patreon-style fund specifically mentioning them?
Or through a veiled personification in the game, and then saying on Tumblr "Oh, that's them."

ATOC is based on Kurdish culture, and yes she has a patreon profiting from them

 

[seneya]

I thought the author of AToC was Kurdish herself? At least, I think I remember her referring to herself as a Kurdish woman, and how AToC has a lot of Kurdish influences, like potential MC names being taken from Kurdish poets (?)

 

[Foulwarden]

I thought the author of AToC was Kurdish herself? At least, I think I remember her referring to herself as a Kurdish woman, and how AToC has a lot of Kurdish influences, like potential MC names being taken from Kurdish poets (?)

That is the thing then, she's racist to her own people (??) Very weird

 

[Self-Inflicted]

I questioned the AToC author about X's cheating and she mocked me, blocked me and went into a rant about how it's not cheating. It obviously is cheating but the readers are always wrong to her.

 

[seneya]

I questioned the AToC author about X's cheating and she mocked me, blocked me and went into a rant about how it's not cheating.

Man, talk about overreacting Oo
Even if X and the Crown not being in an official relationship (?) makes it technically not cheating, them leading the Crown on while keeping their other options open is still valid grounds to dislike them, I think.
If you want to create flawed characters, why be offended when people call their flaws out lol, just own it

 

[Vamp-kun]

ATOC is based on Kurdish culture, and yes she has a patreon profiting from them

Dang it, I need to create a Patreon-led g(sc)ame and start drawing the pity for the half-breed French!
I'll probably make me more money than action adventures and Harlequins combined!

 

[LosLorento]

seneya:

I thought the author of AToC was Kurdish herself? At least, I think I remember her referring to herself as a Kurdish woman, and how AToC has a lot of Kurdish influences, like potential MC names being taken from Kurdish poets (?)

That is the thing then, she's racist to her own people (??) Very weird

I questioned the AToC author about X's cheating and she mocked me, blocked me and went into a rant about how it's not cheating. It obviously is cheating but the readers are always wrong to her.

She from what I've seen from her comes across as if she believes her moral standards are the only valid standards to judge by and if you don't agree with her viewpoint then you are just plain wrong. Add Tumblr's propensity towards stroking/defending the egos of creators plus it's tendency to create echo chambers and you get people like her who believe their **** don't stink.

But uh, we should probably try to refocus the thread away from the authors (as fun as this conversation is - but it should probably be its own thread if we want to continue it) and back to the stories they create and what disappoints us about them.

 

[Foulwarden]

Dang it, I need to create a Patreon-led g(sc)ame and start drawing the pity for the half-breed French!
I'll probably make me more money than action adventures and Harlequins combined!

Hire me Vamp Chef, lemme cooook

 

[seneya]

What other sacred cow IF should I speak out against today?
Oh, I know. Mind Blind.
After the MC got you-know-whom into their head, I lost interest. That particular development imo defeats the whole premise and purpose of MC being mind blind, and reads like an admission that the author had no idea how to build the story with/around the MC's condition.
*runs for the hills*

 

[Vamp-kun]

What other sacred cow IF should I speak out against today?
Oh, I know. Mind Blind.
After the MC got you-know-whom into their head, I lost interest. That particular development imo defeats the whole premise and purpose of MC being mind blind, and reads like an admission that the author had no idea how to build the story with/around the MC's condition.
*runs for the hills*

HOW DARE THEE BESMIRCH THE HOLIEST— Ok just kidding. That part of the plot was completely unexpected.

Hire me Vamp Chef, lemme cooook

That requires levels of pirating skills, but who knows.....