Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[Jack O Man]

You'd think with Night Road being so popular, there'd be more Julian Sims.

Almost everyone I talked to about Night Roads hates him. I feel more mixed about him myself

 

[Ksilver]

Same!!! I love toxic relationships in fiction, but it took a lot of disappointments for me to realize the Dark Romance trend is not for me. I ****ing hate those types of LIs that just abuse you and you can do nothing about it. Let the MC be toxic too! What happened to choosing your own adventure? Some authors are just making self-insert Wattpad books and calling them "IFs" nowadays (looking at locria-writes).

I've read one from a Tumblr blog where we can be toxic partner and corrupting an RO, but I forgot the name of the IF.

The premise is you killed your Best Friend abusive partner, and now that you taste the thrill of killing, you can't stop anymore. One of the RO is the first victim best friend, an innocent man. I believe we can slowly manipulate and corrupting him throughout the story, at least that's what the author promised, but I haven't seen it for sometimes.

Either I forgot to follow the blog, or it got deleted. Perhaps somebody here knows the IF I'm talking about?

 

[Ksilver]

I don't even want toxic any more, I just want to play an MC who isn't the equivalent of a porcelain doll with no brains. Like, let the MC have actually conflicting emotions, let them fight back and say no. It's so frustrating, I'm considering learning choice script.

I say go for it, mate. Maybe one day you can see your story being leaked here too

 

[Parallax]

I've read one from a Tumblr blog where we can be toxic partner and corrupting an RO, but I forgot the name of the IF.

The premise is you killed your Best Friend abusive partner, and now that you taste the thrill of killing, you can't stop anymore. One of the RO is the first victim best friend, an innocent man. I believe we can slowly manipulate and corrupting him throughout the story, at least that's what the author promised, but I haven't seen it for sometimes.

Either I forgot to follow the blog, or it got deleted. Perhaps somebody here knows the IF I'm talking about?

I was excited about it. But I suspect this was one of those "writers" who published demo and then disappeared forever.

 

[Ksilver]

I was excited about it. But I suspect this was one of those "writers" who published demo and then disappeared forever.

Seems like that is the case, unfortunately...

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

Almost everyone I talked to about Night Roads hates him. I feel more mixed about him myself

Ironically, everyone I've spoken to loves him. I must admit that he loses his appeal if you aren't into f'd up dudes to begin with.

 

[Parallax]

I started rereading the Tale of Crowns and I don't remember MC being such a clueless idiot who keeps asking questions with a pikachu face, even about things that you could put two and two together yourself. The stats say that MC uses their intellect, but I have the impression that they have a brain the size of a pea! For someone who has spent their entire life moving around and hiding effectively, at 25 they should be more smart and assertive. The author clearly likes to force mc into the role of an unaware, helpless child who will now be babysat by ROs instead of their parents. Maybe that will change in later chapters? I hope so.

Also what's up with "I'm [name] and I go by [she/he]"? Does everyone in this world wear covering clothes or have gender neutral features? xD What nonsense.

 

[God]

I saw The Abyssal author, reblogged Gods and Villains author return… these dudes are not serious… returned with short stories…. I thought the update was almost finished???? Like 2 months ago lol. Now that’s an author that is in it for the money these two are the same.

 

[Parallax]

I saw The Abyssal author, reblogged Gods and Villains author return… these dudes are not serious… returned with short stories…. I thought the update was almost finished???? Like 2 months ago lol. Now that’s an author that is in it for the money these two are the same.

Ha, no wonder they support each other. And this plague spreads, setting an example and encouraging newcomers.

 

[Foulwarden]

The author clearly likes to force mc into the role of an unaware, helpless child who will now be babysat by ROs instead of their parents. Maybe that will change in later chapters? I hope so.

You still have hope? Oh, you sweet summer child

 

[Parallax]

You still have hope? Oh, you sweet summer child

I'm autumn child.

 

[Foulwarden]

I'm autumn child.

AUTUMN?? Uh okay I will work with that

Oh, you sweet … sweet autumn child, clinging to hope like falling leaves

 

[Parallax]

AUTUMN?? Uh okay I will work with that

Oh, you sweet … sweet autumn child, clinging to hope like falling leaves

Haha, I wouldn't say it's that desperate! Rather some hope combined with resignation. I've been in the community too long to be naive... I probably wouldn't give this IF a second chance if it wasn't one of the few where you play MC monarch.

 

[Hackett Thrail]

I'm autumn child.

AUTUMN TWIN!

Oct 23rd in my case

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

For someone who has spent their entire life moving around and hiding effectively, at 25 they should be more smart and assertive. The author clearly likes to force mc into the role of an unaware, helpless child who will now be babysat by ROs instead of their parents.

They try to justify it with saying with the MC being on the run, they never learned the running of the court which is fair, but I can't believe that the MC can't hold their own against an assassin or two. That's something that annoys me every play through.

 

[Parallax]

They try to justify it with saying with the MC being on the run, they never learned the running of the court which is fair, but I can't believe that the MC can't hold their own against an assassin or two. That's something that annoys me every play through.

I'm not talking about the court and being the ruler, they're already stupid in first few chapters There is something dismissive in the way MC is written, very different from the way the author writes all ROs (it's clear she adores them).

Ugh. I don't know how to explain it better, but it's incredibly tiresome + only two choices + forced romance. The only positive thing about this game I see is the setting. World-building. At least some fantasy not based on the European Middle Ages.

 

[seneya]

At least some fantasy not based on the European Middle Ages.

I wish we had more non-European fantasy.

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

AUTUMN TWIN!

Oct 23rd in my case

Happy Birthday

At least some fantasy not based on the European Middle Ages.

I've only seen one other IF based on the Middle East, and that one's dead.

 

[seneya]

I've only seen one other IF based on the Middle East, and that one's dead.

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Swahili city-states, according to the author
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[yourstalkeroutside]

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Swahili city-states, according to the author
Not exactly the same, but...

Let's see, not European fantasy (actually inspired by Africa), a protagonist in their 30's and an interesting story. Any bets on how long this one lives?