Do you enjoy cliffhangers? Or do they turn you off?

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:42:44 +0200

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Frostwolf@lemmy.world

Do you see them as anticipation? Or just unnecessary stress in reading fanfics? Have you dropped fanfics that ended in cliffhangers?

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:51:21 +0200

vltraviolet

vltraviolet@lemmy.world

Chapter cliffhangers are fun! I want to be engaged and wonder what will happen next. If the story itself ends on a cliffhanger… I guess that kinda depends. Is it setting up for a sequel? Is the author leaning into ambiguity? Both can work if the author can pull it off. I don’t think I would drop a fic for cliffhangers; I usually drop fics when I stop caring about the story/characters, or reading the story feels more like a chore than something fun that I look forward to.

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net

I like them so long as I actually get the payoff. I really hate media that ends on a cliffhanger and then never gets finished.

TV shows seen to be all about it these days. Every single episode leaves on a wild cliffhanger so you wanna see the next episode as soon as it airs.

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 12:42:45 +0200

Midnight's Hubzilla Home

midnightman@hub.hubzilla.de

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I like them so long as I actually get the payoff. I really hate media that ends on a cliffhanger and then never gets finished.

Although, to be fair, this is high-octane fanfic fuel. See Disney's Gargoyles.

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:13:01 +0200

CrayonMaster

CrayonMaster@midwest.social

I like them so long as I actually get the payoff.

This. I love them, but fanfiction gets abandoned often enough that there’s a real risk that it never gets updated

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:09:47 +0200

Gabrial

turboshadowcool@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I think it’s fine if a cliffhanger asks new questions, but if there are any unknowns or uncertainties during the story I’d rather have them answered by the end though.