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Alice Grove MCDLT - THE END...?
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: WareWolf on 23 Jul 2017, 10:16 --- But Jeph hasn't given any indication he's going to turn any of those dangling threads into stories. A pity.
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But we can do it ourselves!
For example, if you want to know the origin story of Alice, Sedna and Church, I nominate the fertile mind of Emily Azuma:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3183
Storel:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 21 Jul 2017, 00:18 ---
--- Quote from: Storel on 21 Jul 2017, 00:05 ---But suggesting, as some seem to be doing, that leaving so many questions unanswered is bad writing on Jeph's part... that seems pretty rude to me.
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Why are we obliged to not say if we don't like something? That is incomprehensible to me.
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Not what I said. Saying "I don't like something" is quite different from saying "this is bad writing". "I don't like something" makes it clear that this is my personal opinion. "This is bad writing" sounds objective, as if everybody could see and agree that it's bad, but it's really not; it's just "I don't like this, so it's bad writing."
--- Quote from: BenRG on 21 Jul 2017, 00:18 ---Maybe Jeph always did intend to leave things unsaid (after all, what reason do I have to doubt him on this?) but to have major plot devices like the Nightwalker unexplained is just inexcusable. It just makes me think that he decided to do it because it 'looked cool' but didn't think about how to integrate it into the story. Maybe others (professional writers who write novels for a living or who work for TV and movies) have done that too. However, I wouldn't give them a pass for it either.
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Fair enough.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 21 Jul 2017, 00:18 ---Now, I don't want to start an argument but I would ask others to respect that this is not the sort of story I like; it isn't the sort of writing style I like.
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All perfectly fine. That makes it clear that it is your personal, subjective opinion.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 21 Jul 2017, 00:18 ---I feel that, if you have a discussion forum for a story, that necessarily includes allowing people to be critical if they can explain it reasonably.
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Of course. I didn't complain about any of that, and I think it's perfectly reasonable to say "I didn't like this, and here's why."
Method of Madness:
Was the ending rushed? Yeah, maybe. Was it disappointing? I think I was more disappointed that it did end than I was with the ending itself. Still a much better ending than Lost, though.
(Also, yep, renamed the thread)
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 24 Jul 2017, 16:11 ---Still a much better ending than Lost, though.
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Well, yeah, if THAT's your standard...
Method of Madness:
It's not, it was just depressing how much that show declined in the last three seasons.
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