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[lyssie]

I don't get it. I still think fooling people into reading something with a bad ending by omitting a warning is mean.

...y'know... there's just nothin' I can say to that.

Stark Incomprehension all round, lads?

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Re: *laughs hysterically*

[lavidaessueno.livejournal.com]

You've missed my point completely.

When the plot twist is the key to the story, asking writers to reveal it in the front matter is cutting them off at the knees. The talent of the writer is immaterial - you've taken away one of their primary tools, namely, not knowing how the story ends until the very end.

Re: *laughs hysterically*

[featherxquill.livejournal.com]

I suppose you're right, with that one. If the story hinged on something like a character death, or something upsetting, giving an appropriate rating and genre would be enough to warn away people who did not want to read those sorts of things, without ruining the ending of the story.