Date: October 28 2017 11:17 AM Title: Gina's Gain
Thank you Ackbar! My feelings exactly very well said. My love for how different this story was when it came towards their dynamic made me love this story and the characters. My immediate feelings for the conclusion were "well this sucks" cause i too felt that I kind of wasted my time with the sudden revenge. soooo 23chs of a long winded revenge plot just feels like a let down.
That being said Its cool that your planning more endings.
Date: October 26 2017 3:48 PM Title: Gina's Gain
I have to agree with fellow readers of this one. It was a story I watched frequently for updates to see where it would go and seeing how this was "ended" just... Felt bad?
I mean, she legit talked so much about not killing him, or mistreating him that badly and bragging on his longetivity in the relationship with her so far, I just felt it would go farther really. Would he ever get big again? nah, was very VERY unlikely, but I just expected to see a few different branches to it considering her sisters now knew how to do the same thing as her to other people, I half expected them to stage a rather large betrayal on Fulda after it was all said and done and probably end somewhere after that type of twist. Just feels like a lot of wasted potential really since the story so far was enjoyable up till now.
I always felt from what I read that the sisters would wind up in control though. The narrative of your writing DEFINITELY was leaning towards that angle more then anything from what I could tell. This just felt to me like you got bored with the story.. And that's just an observation, not a mean comment. It happens, and i'm guilty of it myself.
You mention some alternate endings, so maybe I am right about some of the potential ones lol.. guess i'll see
Author's Response:
I knew this ending wasn't going to make everyone happy, but the massive negative response to it is a surprise. It may be a let-down to you and lots of other readers, but it makes sense, if you'll permit some explanation.
Fulda is not a good person. She's a manipulative, deceitful bully who uses her natural talents to intimidate others, even her friends, and admits to taking pleasure in murdering people. When the protagonist tried to dump her over something so petty as a few jokes it really hurt her, and messed with her head a lot - she's never been dumped before, and the thought had never occurred to her. By sparing him then, she was beginning a long, arduous road toward revenge. Everything about their great relationship and how he needed to trust her was a lie, she knew that him recanting on the brink of death was disingenuous and wanted to make it hurt as much as she could. Then when he cheated on her with Anni it was the final straw, and she made up her mind to give him to the worst person she could imagine for him. To her, just killing him would be letting him off easy.
Admittedly there was a bit of longing for greener pastures and a new story toward the end, but I maintian that it was a suitable ending: Fulda is moving on to a new phase in her life, and thinks it's better to cast away her baggage now than wait until the end of summer when she actually leaves for college.
It won't be the first one that goes up, but you'll definitely like one of the alternate endings. By the time I'm done with them there should be something for everyone, and I'm open to suggestions. The canon ending will remain though.
If you want to discuss it further, send me a message - this goes for everyone. I hope I didn't alienate you to the point that you'll stop reading my other stories because of it.
Date: October 25 2017 10:44 PM Title: Gina's Gain
hmmm not really a fan of how it ended up cause i feel like it makes everything so pointless. not that the end makes no sense or anything. just feel like it was a big story for a meh conclusion. ovi you have it set up to be countined but still...