Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[Fuffff]

Yeah, I feel bad for them now. Didn't even know all that was happening.

While no author deserves harassment, it's important to differentiate and separate the work from the author. The work can (and should) be subject to criticism, even harsh criticism, but unless the author is shady, I don’t think anyone should bash them. On the other hand, good works should be appreciated even if the author is a dick (I like Harry Potter but hate J.K. Rowling).

What some anons on Tumblr do is harass the authors of any story they dislike. Since the asks are anonymous, it's pretty easy to do so. For the most popular IFs, most assholish anonymous asks are ignored or buried under thousands of other messages, but in smaller ones the harassment sticks out like a sore thumb. And if the author responds, it creates a snowball effect, leading to even more harassment. The only way to actually reduce the amount of harassment is to turn off anonymous asks. But this is a double-edged sword, since many people don’t want their profiles to be associated with the ask.

 

[Harwoof]

POMA MC was always a jobber. They were the weakest person in the exploration team up. Stronger than regular folks but weaker than the other geniuses. As for them not being unique anymore

Spoiler: Recent spoilers

POMA MC isn't the only person with the ability to use Qi. Nicky tried to justify it with the whole Lady Butterfly

Author took away the one thing that kept this story interesting for me if I am being honest, mc feels like a nobody, your progress during story seems meaningless as you will get an asspull upgrade downgrade when author desires.
Tang ruo is more of an mc than the mc.
I genuinely have no interest or desire to see its sequel, if it happens good, if not no loss, from the look of things book 2 will also be a repeat of book 1 but on a grander scale.

Aura clash that had weaker beginning in comparison feels much much better as story progresses.
While mc has less hacks compared to poma mc so to speak but you can feel mc's progress with every Main event, villians whether stronger or weaker than you, dont exist to overshadow you but for your to overcome, even in defeat your progress can be felt, actually makes me feel excited to sequels.

 

[God]

This is insane to see everywhere, as someone who’s hated Ruo since the beginning day 1 hater, crazy that just like 5 months ago if you said anything negative about poma everyone foamed at the mouth. Now I’m seeing it trashed everywhere even on the COG forums in threads not related to Poma even. From the beginning I’ve said Niki lucked out having an insane fanbase no one wants to deal with because Ruo is literally a self insert type OC who everyone glazes, with so many broken abilities he somehow is going to keep up with a reincarnated god. Doesn’t catch enough flack like the breach trio or even the game not to be named. Still in my top 3 WIPs though.

 

[Fuffff]

This is insane to see everywhere, as someone who’s hated Ruo since the beginning day 1 hater, crazy that just like 5 months ago if you said anything negative about poma everyone foamed at the mouth. Now I’m seeing it trashed everywhere even on the COG forums in threads not related to Poma even. From the beginning I’ve said Niki lucked out having an insane fanbase no one wants to deal with because Ruo is literally a self insert type OC who everyone glazes, with so many broken abilities he somehow is going to keep up with a reincarnated god. Doesn’t catch enough flack like the breach trio or even the game not to be named. Still in my top 3 WIPs though.

Funny, because the only reason I got into POMA was that people recommended it for having an overpowered MC. Now it's going the other way around. My favorite WIPs so far are Broken Fable, Aura Clash, and Within Your Eyes, in no particular order.

 

[SasariRomanii]

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

 

[God]

Sexually harassed, never change IF authors

 

[Gone_Dead]

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.

 

[seneya]

I swear i've seen like a dozen tumblr blogs encourage this by replying to them explicitly.

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.

Besides, i have a feeling they are overexaggerating by saying sexual harrassment.

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.

 

[Gone_Dead]

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.

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.

 

[kecap asin]

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.

Then they spill their kinks onto an author w/o a single thought as to inquiring first - specifically because it became so normalized.

 

[Harwoof]

I think I've only seen the Golden Rose author express this kind of opinion.
For some other stories, the MC is basically just a tool to interact with the characters/plot.
I believe they should be a character in their own right, though it's easier to do with a set/semi-set MC than a blank slate one.
(I like writing my MC specifically bc to me they are a character like the others)

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.