#bad stories

[prompt-master]

Tbh have you even experienced true cnimeatic storytelling if you haven't played Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door?

[cylonalyna]

Things I like in Batwoman series:

Rachel Skartsen as Alice. She's the only reason I'm gonna watch the whole season.

Things I don't like in Batwoman series:

Completely destroying the source material.

Ruby Rose's wooden acting.

Bland characters.

The Crows.

The "romance".

Did I mention having a perfect source material and destroying it?

Also. Killing the suspense in the very first episode!

[badartideas-blog]

The River Life

There was a family who lived on the edge of town who also lived near the lake Murph.But lake murphy was a dangerous place during the summer time because it was so big that it somehow could develop hurricanes!No one knew how this was a thing but it was and any time there was a hurricane there would always be 1 family left and those were the people who lived right next to the lake.I should probably tell who is in this family,It consists of a Mom named Jessica a Dad named Jeffrey, a son named Noah and a daughter named Tess. The only reason why they stayed was the hurricane would always go completely around them the worst that would happen was the swingset got knocked over.

(I Know this is bad sorry!)

[thymestoryteller]

Why We Should Support Bad Writers

We all have seen in, especially those in the Creepypasta fandom. Horrible bad characters, terribly written stories, self-inserts, bad plot lines, shitty grammar and spelling. 

Of course poking fun is okay, there’s really no harm in this. I love making fun of a horribly story. But, we should still be supporting these bad authors. Why? Well we have to start some where.

I doubt the first story you ever wrote was a beautiful professional looking master piece. My first story was a shitty, self-insert, Jeff the Killer fan-fiction. But the love and out pouring support from the community encouraged me to do better, and it can do the same for other authors. Now, well I still have much further to go in my writing, I’ve gone from someone who didn’t know the difference between to and too, to someone who loves writing horror stories and fantasy novels. 

We should encourage these authors to write more, read more, learn more. Authors are a driving force in this world, they can create beautiful things. We all had to start somewhere, and sometimes our starting stories were...horrible. Besides, even if their writing is horrible, at least they’re writing. Many people now of days can’t write, or barely can. So getting these people to have an interest in writing and reading is great for them.

[burnsmyface]

[confusedguytoo]

You know if just stopping consuming lousy media was as easy as people want to act Mystery Science Theater 3000 would never have existed

[reluctantfarburgblog]

Destructive Narratives

Earlier on, I mentioned that I believe there are destructive stories. They are destructive because they cause harm, or otherwise impede individuals from pursuing good. These are stories that go beyond merely being “bad.” 

People will complain about a book, movie, series, or what-have-you and say they didn’t like the narrative. “It was bad,” they’ll say. This is a phrase that can cover a multitude of (mostly) venial sins. Often, this will mean that they found the writing or story-telling as lacking, poorly put-together, or improperly executed. Perhaps there were plot holes or narrative threads that weren’t tied up. The story probably contradicted itself. There are a number of ways a story can fail on a technical level. People can also dislike stories because they fail on a subjective level. I purchased the book Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa with the implicit expectation that there would be lots of sword fighting. There was some sword fighting, but nearly not as much as I thought there would be. I was disappointed. (It’s still a good book, and you should check it out. Just don’t expect a lot of sword fighting.) 

There are many, many, reasons someone may be disappointed in a book. Plenty of those reasons can be subjective. However, while a story may be deficient or disappointing, that doesn’t necessarily mean they cause harm. 

Harmful stories rob us, our societies, and the world we live in. They not only steal hope and joy from our lives, they give us only cynicism and bile in its place. Destructive narratives divide us from our true selves, our best selves, and us from our communities, if not setting whole societies against each other. 

I don’t believe this is an empty superlative claim. How many people struggle with an internal monologue telling them that they can’t? That they simply can’t. That they’re the worst, that the world is out to get them, that they’re worthless, and that the world wouldn’t miss their passing? We dismiss claims as “clickbaity” and yet wade through a river of the madness. And why are they exaggerated? For something as vulgar as lucre. 

We need to have more sophisticated discussions about narratives. There are myriads of reasons for us to be dissatisfied with the stories we are presented by the media. However, we need to better identify when we are being sold destructive stories and confront them better.