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Stories that left you disappointed for a reason
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Feels like this has something to do with the Septic Saint author leaving, or authors who left Tumblr in general: https://www.tumblr.com/fateunwritte...he-interactive-fiction-community?source=share
Dont bother the author if they dont update a while, its their right? Sure if their game is 100% free. Sexually harassing authors? Dont send kinky or nsfw messages regarding characters to authors? I swear i've seen like a dozen tumblr blogs encourage this by replying to them explicitly. You might want to talk to them about not responding to asks such as this, most of them make a living out of stuff like this. Besides, i have a feeling they are overexaggerating by saying sexual harrassment.
I feel like the issue is when they assume that just because some authors do it, every other author is comfortable with it. Then they spill their kinks onto an author w/o a single thought as to inquiring first - specifically because it became so normalized.
I don't know what they mean by sexual harrassment, but I assume it's when the NSFW asks start implying something not about a character, but the author themself, and might even spam/harrass them about it.
And yes, disabling anon asks largely fixes the issue. It cuts off a number of "normal" asks as well, but better to establish boundaries than to have a breakdown later on.
That's what I meant, I should have phrased it better. It was those authors who normalised asks like this. It doesn't mean they are completely responsible for those weird anons ofc but some of those weird anons might have sent nsfw asks to those authors and they might've even responded to them. So I think it's very biased to just blame those weird anons. Like you said, best to disable anonymous asks.
I don't know about the sexual harrassment. The post didn't mention anything about recieving asks like that directed at the author. If they did, then idk why that post didn't mention it. Sexual harrassment is a very ambiguous and serious term to use in this context without any explanation.
Yeah.. the anon ask sometime is so out of pocket, like they never talk to other people before. To the point i have to block pregnancy tag because my god, they are a lot of them and it keep appearing on my TL.
I vent and rant about the game and author all the time, but thats it. Going after them by sending bunch of targetted weird *** ask seems beyond obsessive.
I vent and rant about the game and author all the time, but thats it. Going after them by sending bunch of targetted weird *** ask seems beyond obsessive.
No wonder golden rose mc has such a human touch, no matter which personality you base the Romanus around guy feels like a living, breathing human being.
That's why i like golden rose despite it being quite linear, mc kind of drags you into his/her perspective and you see the world through mc's eyes so to speak.
Reading actual celeb drama makes me dislike Infamous more now. Like the drama in the story is so stereotypical and boring when actual immature celeb drama is cheating on your husband with a catfish and having the person who the catfish is pretending to be out the entire relationship. Jumping off a rooftop (iirc) has no shock factor.
The thing is that I remember that this used to be a joke. Then the whole dream sequence scene happened, and slowly the MC stopped being reasonably weak and instead just became whatever they are now. I play as a female Wu heir, so I'm missing out on 90% of the actual content (bonus points for being morally gray instead of going full virtuous or demon), but it sometimes stuns even me how my void build is so weak. Why is my MC who has the ability to teleport and hide inside the void getting hit by attacks she should easily dodge? Now it just feels like Nicki saying that Ruo is the real MC wasn't a joke.
Worse part now any character with some relevance is a cultivator, another uniquess of mc gone down the drain, this was the breaking point for me, now I simply don't care about poma anymore.
This, I know most authors have a FAQ section where they state what type of asks they answer. If you say you won’t answer certain ones and stick to that logic should be fine. Once you start answering certain NSFW questions it opens up a cans of worms
For a strong protag, the MC lacks not just actual strength, but also cleverness/any sort of plan and, yes, style. For a weak protag... the MC still lacks cleverness, a clear goal, and an unyielding determination to reach that goal. Even if it means duck-walking across half the country for training (yes, it's a reference).
I didn't think it was a joke x)
We can even tell him the immortal "you're courting DEATH" - the line of an MC's arrgant opponent who gets beaten into dust in the next panel...
Because writing MC means you have to include several different personality types and give several different options for how MC reacts. The problem is, some people don't like it and at the same time they aspire to be an IF author. When you have to add option for MC who despises your beloved OC (in the story it's RO), who isn't impressed by how attractive they are? That's not so fun to write, eh?
Unfortunately, authors like Anathema (The Golden Rose) who adores MC are rare.
Press Play is the only one I would recommend from the celebrity IFs category. It's not toxic (yet), the author doesn't seem to favors one character, and the MC is well written. One of the problems with this story might be that it will be too linear. But for now it's early stage. We'll see.
Seven can be emotionally stunted. Seven can even be a parody of emotionally stunted person if the author wishes. But the author should let MC be more mature. Give an options to completely cut off from them - because some players don't give a **** about Seven and their dramas.
Agreed, but the thing that annoys me (and im sure many others) about these games is not the existence of emotionally stunted adults, its that you have to like them. there's no choice about ignoring them or hating them that actually follows through.
Another thing that i personally don't like is that the mc has to be stunted like them. Just the lack of choice with no justifiable reason frustrates me. I don't think people hate Seven, i think they hate being forced to love them. Noone says people like this dont exist, but its annoying when their actions get constantly excused by the authors.
Dragon covenant, Broken fable and Dao ascension (although this last one dont take itself seriously/seems more like a funny parody)
I’d have to disagree. This is just my opinion, but I’ve noticed that even though the author claims to be against romance-related asks, they still tend to talk a lot about Stevie ( who also is the only one who can have a crush on MC ) and occasionally Zima. The asks about Stevie are always long, and full of praise, and the author often jumps in to defend her. But when it comes to Angel, the responses are brief and noticeably less enthusiastic.
Also, Scapegoated is the goat amazing, though it’s worth mentioning that you don’t really play the "band" aspect in depth. There are a few moments where you get to play guitar, sing, or write songs about real-life artists. Like The Golden Rose, the MC is clearly the heart of the story. There’s a lot of attention given to personalizing her. Yes, she’s gender-locked, but that’s tied directly to the narrative: she’s accused of dating one of the guys, which the fans think led to the band’s breakup. And she will have to face all this backlash alone and while in her new acting job.
I know the author rewrote the scene involving the vote about Seven becoming a background singer, since a lot of players didn’t like being forced into the “bad guy” role. I don’t remember if not voting him out was an option in the original version, but I understand that it’s important to give Seven a reason to resent the MC. Still, the conflict feels a bit forced. Even if you didn’t vote him out, he still accuses the MC of not doing enough to keep him in the band which is fair, to some extent. I just wish there had been an option in the flashback to push back against the band and fight for him to stay as a lead singer. Then again, maybe that would’ve lessened the intensity of his grudge. It’s a valid emotional reaction—feeling sidelined or betrayed by their partner/bff—even if technically he wasn’t kicked out, just shifted to a secondary role. Still, it ends up feeling like he was pushed out entirely. I guess seeing where the story is going, it looks like we’re only going to be confronting the band now.
For now, but it depends on whether you overlook her constant need to stay in the MC’s orbit, and the way she seems to feel entitled to know everything about them. According to the author, this is only the beginning of her arc—so that dynamic is likely to intensify as the story progresses. Maybe this is just my impression or a bit of a stretch, but Stevie reminds me of how Avina relates to Seven.
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