Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[seneya]

It will be, I have little doubt.
I don't really want to go on another tangent, especially since I'm just a single person whose opinion hardly matters. No way to stop progress and all that.
I'm just worried about the culture of instant, easy gratification coupled with decline in reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Effort is not always bad. People need to put in effort to grow. People need to think and analyze and "waste time" on stretching their creative and mental muscles. People need to read actual books and not ChatGPT summaries of them!
And this is all before considering what will happen to the job market if AI does take off even more.
But yeah, we'll get used to it.

 

[CQ2205]

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

Well, from what we can see, instead of driving the assholes away, it just attracted another, even bigger *******:

Post by @fateunwritten-if · 1 image

💬 37 🔁 6 ❤️ 127 · SOMEONE JUST SENT ME A DICK PIC???!!!!!! · I am so close to deleting this account bc wtf???!!! ITS TWO IN THE FREAKING MORNING

www.tumblr.com

What to say? Just disgusting

 

[Hbibi90_772hbs]

Dragon's Covenant seems interesting, but it has so much Gptism in it that I can't bring myself to play it more. At least the author admits he used AI, though not for everything and mainly to translate from his native language to English.

I feel like AI is becoming way too common in IFs now. Out of many WIPs I've played, I felt like a lot of them had AI involved.

Well its AI we're talking about so of course people will use them, be it good or bad. Also AI keeps getting better and better, like I can't differentiate what's "Human Drawn" or "AI Generated" anymore. Feels kind of inevitable don't you think? Like people literally stroke their meat to AI.

 

[kecap asin]

Well, from what we can see, instead of driving the assholes away, it just attracted another, even bigger *******:

Post by @fateunwritten-if · 1 image

💬 37 🔁 6 ❤️ 127 · SOMEONE JUST SENT ME A DICK PIC???!!!!!! · I am so close to deleting this account bc wtf???!!! ITS TWO IN THE FREAKING MORNING

www.tumblr.com

What to say? Just disgusting

And whats worse is you can't send picture by being anon. So they are that bold to send it without hiding themselves anymore.

 

[God]

It will be, I have little doubt.
I don't really want to go on another tangent, especially since I'm just a single person whose opinion hardly matters. No way to stop progress and all that.
I'm just worried about the culture of instant, easy gratification coupled with decline in reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Effort is not always bad. People need to put in effort to grow. People need to think and analyze and "waste time" on stretching their creative and mental muscles. People need to read actual books and not ChatGPT summaries of them!
And this is all before considering what will happen to the job market if AI does take off even more.
But yeah, we'll get used to it.

Oh don’t worry that was happening even before Ai, TikTok brain rot has already been destroying the youth. Well at least in America lol, I love going on Reddit teachers and being appalled that these kids cannot read or have horrible attention span. I can’t stand on a high horse when I used to cheat in other ways on my homework and stuff when I was lazy. The good thing is all the great great Ais are expensive. People are already copying and getting ideas from each other. Sadly I don’t think they’ve been reading books even before Ai pretty sure I saw a study a few years back blaming technology on the decline. So yeah let’s be honest Ai is not going to be the reason intellect is going downhill it’ll just be the reason it accelerates. Sad to think about because I just love to get into my own world and space and read for hours when I could.

 

[God]

Well, from what we can see, instead of driving the assholes away, it just attracted another, even bigger *******:

Post by @fateunwritten-if · 1 image

💬 37 🔁 6 ❤️ 127 · SOMEONE JUST SENT ME A DICK PIC???!!!!!! · I am so close to deleting this account bc wtf???!!! ITS TWO IN THE FREAKING MORNING

www.tumblr.com

What to say? Just disgusting

Wtf is wrong with people so bold?

 

[SasariRomanii]

And whats worse is you can't send picture by being anon. So they are that bold to send it without hiding themselves anymore.

Even if it's not anonymous, they're still hiding behind an account. It's not like they send the pic with their face on it, or reveal their real name and address. Their identity is still protected somewhat. All we know is it's a dude. Also, blocking/reporting the account won't do sh1t, they could just create another one and come back to harass the author

 

[ADB446]

I’m not saying this is what you guys are thinking, but I do want to say that I hope no one assumes a writer is using AI just because their stories include em dashes. I’ve seen writers say they’re going to stop using them because it leads to accusations, which is really unfortunate. A lot of novels have used em long before GPT existed. I just really hate AI, and I’m getting tired of the paranoia it causes, especially for newer authors.

 

[bosslady]

And what evidence would that mean? Would you want for her to show it to her followers or send people to harass that account? I frankly don't see why anyone would lie about it, there are other ways to get attention.

 

[ADB446]

The fact is this, this author showed zero evidence of this so called "d i c k pic", and I know many will take her word at face value but I do not. I believe she's crying like a babe to get attention and for people to feel sorry for something that ultimately did not happen. It will not be the first or last time Interactive Fiction authors do this s h i t. If this did happen though it's pretty hilarious lmao, just move on like for real and quit crying on a social media platform.

It’s hilarious that someone got sent a d*ck pic without their consent? People have every right to be upset about something like that - which is sexual harassment, by the way - and they have every right to make their discontent clear.

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

You think sending d*ck pics is funny? Are you 14? Because only 14 year olds and younger think sexual harassment is humor.

 

[SasariRomanii]

It is definitely disgusting, just because our tolerance to some things are f8cked doesn't make it less of an offense. Though I agree on reserving on taking a social media post at face value.

There are more reasons to fake harassment than attention, such as to make a statement. Lots of anons responded to Fateunwritten's previous reminder about boundaries with rational solutions such as giving firm warnings for a no NSFW rule, ignoring asks that crosses the line, etc. Because if they do this, those trolls would soon get tired anyway and leave naturally. She could be saying someone showed dick-pics to strengthen her claim of harassment — to make it sound less like a baseless complain, giving it more weight.

But that's just my cynicism talking.

I believe Fateunwritten could be the type of person to fake harassment. I also believe some rando could send a dick-pic to mess with Fate — I mean, this is the internet. There's no way to know unless you know the author on personal level, but then again, most of the times we don't actually know everything about those closest to us. Many victims are assaulted by the person they trust; that they think they know. We're partial to defend the people we're close to (duh) even if they might be scumbags.

Imma cut my ramblings short. I don't believe anyone would get get what I'm saying. Some of you are already twisting my words to fit your narrative and whatnot and raring to shove them into my mouth (I'm a cynist through and through, we're all maggots swimming in a rotten carcass of a world). Byeeeeeeeee

 

[kecap asin]

The fact is this, this author showed zero evidence of this so called "d i c k pic", and I know many will take her word at face value but I do not. I believe she's crying like a babe to get attention and for people to feel sorry for something that ultimately did not happen. It will not be the first or last time Interactive Fiction authors do this s h i t. If this did happen though it's pretty hilarious lmao, just move on like for real and quit crying on a social media platform.

L takes

 

[BiscuitB]

Well, from what we can see, instead of driving the assholes away, it just attracted another, even bigger *******:

Post by @fateunwritten-if · 1 image

💬 37 🔁 6 ❤️ 127 · SOMEONE JUST SENT ME A DICK PIC???!!!!!! · I am so close to deleting this account bc wtf???!!! ITS TWO IN THE FREAKING MORNING

www.tumblr.com

What to say? Just disgusting

Are people still doing this in 2025?!? No one wants to see it. What a way of proving their point.

 

[seneya]

but I do want to say that I hope no one assumes a writer is using AI just because their stories include em dashes.

Wait, dashes are a sign of AI now? I've always used them a lot to signify abruptness, guess I'm a robot after all

Re: d i c k pic: the maturity level of these people never ceases to amaze me... and off anon, too? What do they even gain if authors start leaving.
"Kuhuhu harrassing people is funny" <-- some caveman on Tumblr
Either that, or it was a p o r n bot.

 

[hxtshepsut]

Dragon's Covenant seems interesting, but it has so much Gptism in it that I can't bring myself to play it more. At least the author admits he used AI, though not for everything and mainly to translate from his native language to English.

I feel like AI is becoming way too common in IFs now. Out of many WIPs I've played, I felt like a lot of them had AI involved.

do we know what games have confirmed AI usage? (where the author has confirmed it themselves)

I can’t stand AI tbh, I find it so soulless. As for writers that have English as their second language, I can understand the appeal of using AI for editing and grammar but I hope it doesn’t become a widespread thing

 

[Benu]

It's called Autumn Wind: https://cogdemos.ink/play/laderyuss/autumn-winds/mygame

Just finished reading the demo, and it was awesome! Even if gender-locked, we can play as an overachieved lord of a high standing (a marquis, above everyone else except for duke and the royal of course). The scenes with the perfect MC is so hilariously over the top, it actually got a few giggles out of me. The prose is a bit confusing sometimes but otherwise it's simple enough to understand the big picture. It has built-in mod to max out skills and attributes too. It has its flaws of course, but it can easily be overlooked. It is wordy, and long, and definitely more book than gameplay.

*did I say "overachieved"? It should be over accomplished!

Really good recommendation, the pianoforte genius scene and angelic face scene had taken a laught out of me, easy going funny experience.

It got a small update yesterday, added visual cues for skill checks and a pov that ends with mc and the gang arriving at the ball.

 

[SasariRomanii]

Really good recommendation, the pianoforte genius scene and angelic face scene had taken a laught out of me, easy going funny experience.

It got a small update yesterday, added visual cues for skill checks and a pov that ends with mc and the gang arriving at the ball.

Wonder how Mary's painoforte scene will play out in this one! Especially after the London lot has been blessed by MC's mastery over the instrument just the day before. Poor Mary. The cherry on top is definitely Lizzy's POV at the end of the current demo. MC so fine she lost her precious wit on sight

Since this is a thread for bad IF, tis only mandatory to put a complain: THE ABYSSAL HAS A SNEAK PEEK FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER ON PATREON, after basically being dead, abandoned, forgotten, for like — half a year? A full year? Two years? It feels so long. And the Patreon is still active whyyyyy. I swear Authors with Patreon update slower than those without!

 

[Benu]

Wonder how Mary's painoforte scene will play out in this one! Especially after the London lot has been blessed by MC's mastery over the instrument just the day before. Poor Mary. The cherry on top is definitely Lizzy's POV at the end of the current demo. MC so fine she lost her precious wit on sight

Since this is a thread for bad IF, tis only mandatory to put a complain: THE ABYSSAL HAS A SNEAK PEEK FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER ON PATREON, after basically being dead, abandoned, forgotten, for like — half a year? A full year? Two years? It feels so long. And the Patreon is still active whyyyyy. I swear Authors with Patreon update slower than those without!

Definitly teasing Mary but offering to teach her If i can, Lizzy is going crazy with the marquess reveal and Mrs. Bennet plotting like one of those cartoon villains will always be funny to me.

Worst still is knowing chapter 3 of the abyssal will be divided in parts, i mean after so much time and you only have part 1 more or less complete? (i could be burning my tongue here and the chapter has 100k+ words but its unlikely) seriously the story hasnt even begun yet, all flashbacks (that are great ngl) and prison break.

True, few authors can manage a patreon, everyone says that its Just to support the author but most of the time It derails things up (we all know the drill), in the end of the day money speaks louder.

 

[bosslady]

I'm not sure what to think of Patreon, myself. Like yeah, some authors are making absolute bank, but for most is a hit or miss if they will get anyone to donate and if they do, I'm not sure it is enough to like quit your job and write full time (or I could be wrong, depends on where is the author located). Plus, it seems like they might feel more obligated to keep the Patreon updated (either with a private demo, or snippets or short stories) and sometimes the free readers wait a long time until the update is available to them.
I mean, yeah good for them for getting money, but I wish they could release very old stories to the public too.