Once upon a time, I would know exactly what animes to expect in the comments. These days, you would need to post an Excel Spreadsheet. lol
Akikojam on
Kabaneri immediately comes to mind.
babycart_of_sherdog on
Tropes and memes.
Unless the author already planned out a great ending at the start and was just fleshing out the details as time goes by, the more time lapsed between the start and the end of the series the more “experienced” and jaded the consumers become.
And with that, such an ending is nothing new under the sun cuz tropes and memes already primed the consumers’ minds.
gamerguy47 on
Writing endings aren’t easy it is the final part of a story and it is the last thing a person is going to see of a story, so there often is a bitter feeling going into it. If the writer puts out a bad story arc they can try again, but the ending having to try to tie up loose ends, or set up a happy ending can be tough. I also think many of us want this mythical perfect ending that will make us happy, but is impossible to deliver. I also think there is a lot of burnout happening these days for writers. I know for me I just get sad a series is ending if I enjoyed it knowing I won’t get more time with characters and or story I am enjoying.
00owo00 on
Honorable mention:
RegularAvailable4713 on
Writing is hard.
Writing endings is harder.
Writing endings while being crushed by the insane pace of a cutthroat industry is much harder.
Writing endings while being crushed by the insane pace of a cutthroat industry and growing older, more and more tired and bored with your work is definitely much harder.
mastesargent on
Weiting endings is hard. Plenty of talented authors struggle to come up with satisfactory endings to their stories. I try and make it a point to not hold the ending against a story unless it’s do bad as to retroactively negatively effect the rest of the story (*coughcough* Game of Thrones *coughcough*)
el_morris on
Kado The Right Answer and Babylon comes to my mind, of course both series writen by the same author.
Destyl_Black on
Authors who try to break the ending tropes usually fail spectacularly. There is nothing wrong with “And the Hero became King, marries the princess and they lived happily ever after”. It is good, decent and just. We read stories to see the MC happy, it’s about the Hero journey.
Can you imagine reading a story about a superhero aiming to be the number 1, who loves a girl and fighting evil with all his might, and instead it ending as he being the number 1 hero, who marries the girl he loves and get the recognition he always aimed for from the people he sacrificed himself to, it is shown to us the MC with no powers, forgotten by their friends for 8 years and working a 6 to 6 job? It would be horrible. Just a totally random hypothetical scenario of course.
Anyway, there is no need to break away from the formula bc the formula ain’t broken. It is unfortunately become a trend bc Authors decided that “As long as they are talking about me, I don’t care if it’s good or bad”. Also, controversy sells. If not the work itself it will sell as free marketing.
Seaweed_Widef on
The only one that still hunts me is “Devil is a part timer”
denofgames01 on
Nope endings are great. Just stupidly impossible people to please who can’t stand the idea of a show ending so they have to go back to the depressing lonely darkness that is their life.
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Once upon a time, I would know exactly what animes to expect in the comments. These days, you would need to post an Excel Spreadsheet. lol
Kabaneri immediately comes to mind.
Tropes and memes.
Unless the author already planned out a great ending at the start and was just fleshing out the details as time goes by, the more time lapsed between the start and the end of the series the more “experienced” and jaded the consumers become.
And with that, such an ending is nothing new under the sun cuz tropes and memes already primed the consumers’ minds.
Writing endings aren’t easy it is the final part of a story and it is the last thing a person is going to see of a story, so there often is a bitter feeling going into it. If the writer puts out a bad story arc they can try again, but the ending having to try to tie up loose ends, or set up a happy ending can be tough. I also think many of us want this mythical perfect ending that will make us happy, but is impossible to deliver. I also think there is a lot of burnout happening these days for writers. I know for me I just get sad a series is ending if I enjoyed it knowing I won’t get more time with characters and or story I am enjoying.
Honorable mention:
Writing is hard.
Writing endings is harder.
Writing endings while being crushed by the insane pace of a cutthroat industry is much harder.
Writing endings while being crushed by the insane pace of a cutthroat industry and growing older, more and more tired and bored with your work is definitely much harder.
Weiting endings is hard. Plenty of talented authors struggle to come up with satisfactory endings to their stories. I try and make it a point to not hold the ending against a story unless it’s do bad as to retroactively negatively effect the rest of the story (*coughcough* Game of Thrones *coughcough*)
Kado The Right Answer and Babylon comes to my mind, of course both series writen by the same author.
Authors who try to break the ending tropes usually fail spectacularly. There is nothing wrong with “And the Hero became King, marries the princess and they lived happily ever after”. It is good, decent and just. We read stories to see the MC happy, it’s about the Hero journey.
Can you imagine reading a story about a superhero aiming to be the number 1, who loves a girl and fighting evil with all his might, and instead it ending as he being the number 1 hero, who marries the girl he loves and get the recognition he always aimed for from the people he sacrificed himself to, it is shown to us the MC with no powers, forgotten by their friends for 8 years and working a 6 to 6 job? It would be horrible. Just a totally random hypothetical scenario of course.
Anyway, there is no need to break away from the formula bc the formula ain’t broken. It is unfortunately become a trend bc Authors decided that “As long as they are talking about me, I don’t care if it’s good or bad”. Also, controversy sells. If not the work itself it will sell as free marketing.
The only one that still hunts me is “Devil is a part timer”
Nope endings are great. Just stupidly impossible people to please who can’t stand the idea of a show ending so they have to go back to the depressing lonely darkness that is their life.