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Have you accepted that some of your favorite stories will never, ever be completed? (And will probably have fan-fiction endings)
- Thread starter AnansiThePersona
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They are books that can be read children or adults and while I personally like WoT and Song of Ice and Fire more I don't know if I agree with them not being as complex.
Her books are way more iconic than either of those series due to what an amazing writer she is. She is just a better writer (in my opinion) than either Jordan or Martin, and for me its not even close. I would liken her books to being closer to something like Lord of the Rings as compared to WoT or Fire and Ice. They are just several steps below.
But this is something that can't be proven one way or the other so we can just agree to disagree.
With complex I mean that Dune, WoT and ASoIaF all are very focused on creating big, internally consistent worlds. Meanwhile the Harry Potter series (which is lovely, don't get me wrong), isn't really concerned with any of that stuff. The story mostly isn't a big continuous story, but every year has its own trials and tribulations (this changed a bit towards the end of the series, with Voldemort taking a more active role as villain). It's vastly different than what for instance GRRM does who has to somehow make a cohesive story-ending out of ten or more individual storylines that have mostly been running since Book 1.
JK Rowling also is notoriously not at all bothered by any worldbuilding, with her introducing and handwaving elements of the world willy-nilly. The time turner is an infamous example of this.
From what I understand he blessed the idea and people thought it was going to be, but she has since said no she would rather let his work stand on its own and she is not the writer he was so it's better to just not.
It actually wasn't a very good show in my opinion, but boy, do I think about the 2011 Thundercats reboot a lot.
Some of the stuff they were planning in that final season was wild.
Oh yeah, Vagabond is never getting an ending.
It hurts.
Some of the stuff they were planning in that final season was wild.
Oh yeah, Vagabond is never getting an ending.
It hurts.
I think I'd like some adult fare set in the HP universe, but after Cursed Child I have absolutely zero desire to see more of the original characters. Rowling clearly had a feeling early on that she needed to end Harry's story so it couldn't go on forever - and I wish she'd stuck with that commitment.
On that note, I'd prefer if she was just never involved with any future Wizarding World projects. The Fantastic Beasts films suffered tremendously for having to loop back into the world of Hogwarts - the more distance these projects get from the original text, the better. Let HP be one story in this universe, and just leave it at that.
The series just kinda....wrapped up everything in about 30 seconds then just stopped.
Then the movie happened in which a ton of stuff happened off screen, very little of it got explained in the movie, then it too pretty much wrapped up in 30 seconds and just kinda stopped.
Yeah thats a fair point. I still think her worlds are not far behind theirs, but I have to concede on that.
None of them approach something like Lord of the Rings though. Though then again I can't think of another story that has that level of detail. Tolkien kind of started from the beginning of his world until the end, with a billion details in between.
And that's totally fair, and I completely respect that choice.
Plus it's not like Discworld doesn't have a LOT of books in it, and it's never really been a series that's felt like it needed a definitive "Conclusion". And each series within Discworld (Watchmen, Rincewind, Witches, Death, etc) never really ends with cliffhangers and have satisfying conclusions that could continue or not.
LMAO I remember trying to watch the movie, but it started in a way I didn't understand anything. I decided to stop and try to catch up so I could understand it and never finding anything else.
I think one of my most morbid thoughts I continually come back to is living long enough to see One Piece end. But Oda is a smoker and theres a global death virus that fucks with the lungs and the heart, so now I feel even more iffy about it concluding.
Also because I am an idiot and still watch the anime every week, some of those voice actors are really getting on. Mayumi Tanaka is 65 and must be protected at all costs. There is no other Luffy voice.
Also because I am an idiot and still watch the anime every week, some of those voice actors are really getting on. Mayumi Tanaka is 65 and must be protected at all costs. There is no other Luffy voice.
I'm a huge Hunter x Hunter fan too, so yeah I know this pain well. It's one of my absolute favorite pieces of media, and I'm completely enthralled in the story (the current Succession War arc especially). At this point, I just hope I get to see the Dark Continent, and Gon meeting Gyro before I die.
I mean, I used to read tons and tons of fanfiction, so I am always mentally prepared for stories to end abruptly haha.
Martin planned for the show ending to be the book ending. Now since that was poorly received. Dude is going to want to rewrite it. Making someone who already wrote himself in a corner and made no real progress since Feast(Dance did not solve any of the plot points nor issues he brought up). The series will never finish. He will release the 6th book. Release he can't finish everything in just one more book while working on the new ending. Split it like Dance of Dragons into two and ditz away another 10 years before passing on. And someone else, unless he writes it in his will" will pick up the story to completion.
Yep.
At some point we'll get TWOW. But we're never getting A Dream of Spring. It truly was a dream all along.
Nah, the show perhaps followed the extreme broad strokes of his planned ending, but all of the details will be different. The ideas for the ending are not bad, its the execution. Martin would nail the execution if he ever actually got to the point of writing the ending.
Heh, I raise you Gerrold's War against the Chtorr. Book four came out in 93, still waiting on book 5 of rumored 8.
Agreed, I never had any issue with the ending, but the ride in the show was wild to get there.
But because that chamber was spent and the show tainted it, he's going to want to change it up. Dragging this process out an extra year or two.
Yep. One that hit me hard was "NaNa" an anime and manga series
Speak of the devil
Speak of the devil
Yeah it doesn't hurt anymore. After this last hiatus of what? 2 years? I don't really care anymore about HxH. I mean hell yeah I'll read a chapter when it comes out but I'm just expecting to never get a regular release ever again or a definitive ending.
Same with berserk. Although that isn't as bad since it hasn't had a really good anime adaption. Which is a shame because the manga is fantastic.
Same with berserk. Although that isn't as bad since it hasn't had a really good anime adaption. Which is a shame because the manga is fantastic.
Name: Murasaki
Favourite Book: The Tale of Genji
Eternally disappointed and unfulfilled: Yes
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Edit: Add to that The Dream of the Red Chamber / Song of the Stone
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Favourite Book: The Tale of Genji
Eternally disappointed and unfulfilled: Yes
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Edit: Add to that The Dream of the Red Chamber / Song of the Stone
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Feels like there isn't an ending in sight for D.Gray-man.
The release schedule is completely understandable, but lordy does Hoshino still pace the story like a weekly manga.
The release schedule is completely understandable, but lordy does Hoshino still pace the story like a weekly manga.
I'm at the point where i wanna fanfic an ending for ASoIaF just as a fun hobby writing project.
I've seen people who like harry potter give rowling the "Minecraft came from space" treatment before, but i didnt realize anyone hated book 7 specifically enough to mindwipe themselves.
I've seen people who like harry potter give rowling the "Minecraft came from space" treatment before, but i didnt realize anyone hated book 7 specifically enough to mindwipe themselves.
I still want to know what happened to Lavi. Last time we saw him was like, 2017? :(
There's a fanfic I keep up with every now and then about Warhammer 40k around 20,000 years in the future where everything has broken down and new chaos god's are forming and their factions are taking over.
Last update was in like 2017? Last I heard the author was working on a real book, so not much hope there.
Last update was in like 2017? Last I heard the author was working on a real book, so not much hope there.
We'll never see The Silmarillion as Tolkien envisaged it unfortunately, but the version edited by Christopher Tolkien and posthumously published is certainly acceptable.
For whatever reason they wanted to leave things open for sequels. The director outright rejected the original scripts for the final episode that would have a conclusive ending. But then they just made one movie (which doesn't close things since it was meant to set up further sequels) and the project just stopped for a while. Production was completely disbanded by the early 00s due to lack of interest of the staff by then.
Having just caught up in Berserk, I have some serious doubts, especially after seeing a hiatus chart.
I'm convinced Hoshino has forgotten about Lavi at this point. ;_;
The majority of my favorite stories come from serialized fiction, have technically completed, and exist within a framework that will likely outlive me.
Except for Dragon Ball; we're never getting more Super.
Except for Dragon Ball; we're never getting more Super.
What a mess.
Which would friggin sucks because Lavi was my favorite character, and not knowing his fate after last we saw him is buuuuullshit!
Still waiting for season 2 of Odyssey 5.
Damn, I loved that show. Peter Weller was amazing in it.
Damn, I loved that show. Peter Weller was amazing in it.
I've long since made peace with the fact that Hunter x Hunter and (maybe) Berserk will never end
Somebody else remembers! lol
I don't bemoan CLAMP for capitalize on their success at the time, but X-1999 is a prime example of why authors should not jump to Movies and TV series before they finish their books. ASOIAF failed to learn this lesson.
Not to be morbid about it, but is Hagewara of Bastard! fame still alive?
I didn't mind much for years, until they started Tsubasa and Sorata & Arashi appeared there. It felt like a tease that they might actually come back. But then they come back to Sakura CC before finishing X-99?? OH COME ON!
I don't really have anything like this.
Also i'm ok with things not existing. Not waiting for anything in life. Only death.
Also i'm ok with things not existing. Not waiting for anything in life. Only death.