A Rant of Unreasoning Hatred
*Ahem*
Dear Reccers. If, by chance, you should happen upon a story that is 77 FUCKING CHAPTERS LONG, and tout it as a 'must-read' for all fans of this or that pairing or genre... kindly state in said rec whether the FUCKING THING IS A FUCKING WORK IN PROGRESS PLEASE!!!!!
Because on no account would I have saved this FUCKING url, or began reading such a FUCKING TOME if I had known that it was unfinished, and that the last update on it had been more than a year ago! I feel somewhat cheated by this outcome of affairs, frankly, because I know my self, and my reading/logging habits. The author is not one of my favorites, which means I got the link from a reccing source, and since I do not knowingly read WIPs without very specific parameters, this was just about like getting handed a really great book by a trusted friend, only to find that the last half of it had been torn out before printing, and the damned thing went to press anyhow!
So yeah. Betrayed is about how this feels, on a mild scale of betrayal. Especially since I've spent two FUCKING days reading this thing, when I COULD have been writing something else. AND FINISHING IT!!!
(To all of you Reccers who already DO note the completed vs WIP status of your recs, thank you. Please continue this courtesy, as it is very helpful in not making my head go all 'splodey at random intervals.)
Dear Reccers. If, by chance, you should happen upon a story that is 77 FUCKING CHAPTERS LONG, and tout it as a 'must-read' for all fans of this or that pairing or genre... kindly state in said rec whether the FUCKING THING IS A FUCKING WORK IN PROGRESS PLEASE!!!!!
Because on no account would I have saved this FUCKING url, or began reading such a FUCKING TOME if I had known that it was unfinished, and that the last update on it had been more than a year ago! I feel somewhat cheated by this outcome of affairs, frankly, because I know my self, and my reading/logging habits. The author is not one of my favorites, which means I got the link from a reccing source, and since I do not knowingly read WIPs without very specific parameters, this was just about like getting handed a really great book by a trusted friend, only to find that the last half of it had been torn out before printing, and the damned thing went to press anyhow!
So yeah. Betrayed is about how this feels, on a mild scale of betrayal. Especially since I've spent two FUCKING days reading this thing, when I COULD have been writing something else. AND FINISHING IT!!!
(To all of you Reccers who already DO note the completed vs WIP status of your recs, thank you. Please continue this courtesy, as it is very helpful in not making my head go all 'splodey at random intervals.)
So, basically, I agree.
As far as your fic, if it's the one I think it is, at one point it was being updated faithfully about once a week, so perhaps the reccer thought that would continue. However, since I'm more cynical, I bookmarked it and never started it. There is another author who is writing an ending for it so people have some closure, but I really can't comment on their ability to match the original author because I haven't read it. Though that person is updating regularly.
There are actually two in progress right now. Sadly, although the authors are attempting to continue the storyline, the writing styles just don't match that of the original author. Meh.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4981738/1/M
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5082954/5/L
I'm not reccing anything here, just providing links. I'm still really crabby over the original being abandoned.
Seventy-seven chapters sounds PAINFULLY long for no payoff! What fandom was this in, out of curiosity?