Happily Ever After...

[kerrilee]

In a weekend full of my own fandom "coming of age" I guess it only appropriate that I finally stumble into a disappointing ending. Actually, that's not true. I'm more than a little pissed. But then I'm all, "Calm down, Kerrilee, not everyone has to have a HEA." But apparently I do. Especially after such a promising start. Ah, well, growing up is a bitch.

Tell me, do you have to have a happy or optimistic ending or not that important?

Comments

[birdsofshore]

Ahh, I'm worried that it was one of mine, now. I keep trying to write unhappy / ambiguous endings, and my betas keep steering me away, but a couple sort of snuck through....

I used to very much like a HEA, but recently I don't find it such a requirement. I actually quite enjoy a fucked up, complicated ending sometimes. But within strict parameters that I find acceptable!

[kerrilee75.livejournal.com]

You've never disappointed me with an ending!

I think I'm just more pissed that I was so invested and really liked the way it was going. And then it took a twist that I didn't like, but I hung in there hoping it would it would twist again, but it kept barreling down the hill and I'm all like "no, no!!" and then it smashed into a fucking mountain along with my hopes for it.

It was well written and kept my attention enough. Blah. I just feel annoyed.

[birdsofshore]

I really enjoy reading Bastard!Draco, you see. And sometimes, if he's really a gorgeous bastard, a happy ending can feel sort of tacked on. What I like best of all, is Bastard!Draco with a screwed up dynamic for quite a long time, and then a slow convincing turnabout to romance and desperate undying love. Which would usually take about 150k. But I hardly ever read long!fic. Ahahaha!

Maybe you should do what dysonrules once owned up to doing, and save the story as a doc and CHANGE THE BITS YOU DON'T LIKE? :DDDD

[kerrilee75.livejournal.com]

Me? Change the ending?! That would require a skill I do not possess.

I think it's also a trust issue. I have authors I trust and am happy to just go along for the ride and enjoy where they take me because I know it's going to be right even if it's not happy. I don't know this author, so, yeah.

Bastard!Draco and all the variations is wonderful in the right hands, yes?!?