#last of these i read by (insert popular writer like PenFleeced) was just like

[david-box]

I think one reason I hate the "response to a writing prompt on Tumblr" style of writing is that it's very immediately and quickly obvious where a story is going to go very quickly with "character/narrator saying one thing but feeling another" being like the max depth you can have in a story and also random ass Easy Progressive TM topics being thrown in there like "oh, this autistic kid is being treated nicely :-) because of the fae" or "This Evil Curse Person Fucks Up And/Or Isn't Evil Anymore Because Child Happens" some such shit like that. They just feel intensely saccharine and boring as fuck like you can tell in a few paragraphs if not 2 fucking line exactly what the story is, what it's leading up to, and how it ends and then we're supposed to feel good because Insert Discriminated Class In Vaguely Fictional Medieval Setting And Maybe Victorian Or Ancient Greek Times Every Now And Then Wins The Day. Give me some fucking murder or something

#i dont know enough about writing to express whats wrong with these stories #or why i sont like them #me #text #last of these i read by (insert popular writer like PenFleeced) was just like #idk. it took me longer to figure out what was happening because i thought it was gonna end in murder and i got excited #like damn you set the scene withthe probably 20th century suburban housewife infighting #told me lady B gave Lady Narrator A rat poison for her rats #and then told me Lady A made stew and mentioned the rats went missing #and then she gave the stew to Lady B!! #i thougjt it was gonna be murder #that could be rad as hell #idk what goes on in my brain its just. When rhat wasnt it and it was Oh Lady A secretly cares for Lady B also theyre both being abused #it was like a switch flipped #i think i find the idea of someone being utterly consumed by hate they whole ass poison someone #just more interesting than a WEAK escape fantasy #itd be a good short murder story and a bad romance