Incompetent Storytelling from the Start

Tikky January 18, 2024 11:50 am

Here I was, happy to see a story I hadn't heard of yet with so many chapters in the hole. And it was a topic I thought I would like, so I was hyped to see what it would do.
And it did do a lot. Right from chapter one. And then chapter two - oh boy. I think I did this to myself for four chapters.
Maybe it's not entirely classifiable as "Incompetent Storytelling", depending on what the author was going for, but it sure did the tell on the "father". I mean, yes, he said that he couldn't stand her existence, but something tells me this isn't a story that aims for the protagonist to train in order to get revenge on her father for all the shit he put her through.

On a transmigration story I'm currently writing, in which the protagonist takes over a body with a somewhat broken family, I had a reader demand that the father and brothers would basically beg for her forgiveness, even though it was made clear from the beginning that it was her who had pushed everyone away until they were scarred from trying and kept their distance. I have also read hundreds of stories with neglective or all around shitty parents that got their redemption with the mostly female MCs. Even if the MC got into trouble due to being abandoned, it was usually because of circumstances nobody could foresee.
But here? What would it need to redeem a scumbag that would take a child he knew is his own, take their powers - as the black hair would make me assume - and send them off not only to a human city, but an entirely different world, naked, through the cold sea water, to end up stranded on a beach? Or did he, somehow, control her fate to have her found on time? Bitch, she would have died, had they found her half an hour later. And the storytelling didn't even make it clear how long she had been there, but it's a fucking newborn baby, she shouldn't even survive for more than half an hour under those conditions.
So, after willingly leaving her to die in another world, he opens and reads a letter that was lying around on the table for 17 years, kindly remembers that he even had a daughter and then, villy-nilly, simply decided to pull her out of the happy family she had, as he could apparently see through some unexplained visual powers (and I mean unexplained as in: why the fuck can a random ass spirit, even if he's a king, from one world send someone to another, watch them there and bring them back whenever he wants without breaking a damn sweat about it?).
On top of that, one of the first things he does is insult her and then he not just threatens to, but actively tries to murder her. He hates her. He doesn't want her. So what if you "just" read that you were actually supposed to give a crap about the child your woman died to give birth to? She probably didn't ask you to make hell out of her life.
And yes, if that isn't what she will go through, then it's already incompetent writing. The storytelling was already shit. Like, we were shown her otherworldly family, even heard their names and were supposed to get to know them, yet we didn't get the chance to actually SEE them interact in a more meaningful way. We know she's into swimming, but we don't know if she ever displayed superpowers, so we must assume she has none. There was no comment like "it must be your compatibility with water that lend you strength to survive back then" or how she could maybe hold her breath for a while - which she can't do, as we know, because she instantly would have drowned after being pulled down by the Spirit Douche, at least until her hair turned back to blue. In other words, they spent precious panels on showing a family, but told the story anyway without needing that extra space, because it didn't "show" anything actually useful.
Anyway, at least we gathered that she loved her family. Even the fucking Titan's Bride had the decency to make a great point out of the fact that the MC may not have had parents anymore, yet he had friends he loved and had to leave behind, and his world, which was entirely different from the Titan Husband's, was something he would miss.
So, to sum it up, he literally kidnapped her from her world. As nothing had happened in his own world after sending her over, as of now, there's no reason for me to believe her family would simply forget about her after she left the world. So the family would be devastated as well. If that changes in the future, point taken, though it would over stretch my already expanded suspension of disbelief, but it would make him a piece of shit still, because it's her family. He isn't. He doesn't want to be.
Why do you think you have to care now?
And as for the "mother"... No child asks to be born. Blaming the child is already an infantile move on the oh-so-great father's part, but taking someone's essence to have a child, knowing it would kill you and leave that child to the unwitting "partner", is an equally infantile and shitty behavior. Imagine someone took your semen off a condom to try and get pregnant if any of the swimmers survived the culling from the stuff on the latex. Would you think that's okay? I think that counts as a form of abuse, to be honest (like, I'm not joking, and I think it's illegal as well).
Then knowing you won't live to see the face of the child, yet totally feeling great about your deed, thinking the guy will take care of the brat he never asked to have. Shouldn't she know him best if she loved him so much she had to have this child with him? How come she never caught his childish, willful, and overall egotistical personality? The amount of stupidity in those two people is immeasurable.
And the victim of each and every step taken is, of course, our MC. After being kidnapped, she would be traumatized. Finding out who her father is and how she was conceived would instill hatred in her. She would start cursing both her parents, who could do nothing to right those wrongs, except for sending her back to live the life she had lived in peace for 17 years prior to all of this bullshit being unloaded on her. The father has every right to regret this for the rest of his sorry excuse of an existence.
In the end, both parents are the sort of selfish people that you wouldn't feel well about having a child at all. They love the idea of having a child, but can't think about the care that has to go into it. Like the mother creating the child, knowing she would leave it to a father who didn't even know the child existed or the father who would first throw the child away and then take it back even through he can't show it any positive feelings.
Did I sum that up well? In case that's not what's going to happen, this story already sucks ass.

And as for the mother, "looking down from heaven": Sweetie, if there is a concept like that in your world, you sure aren't going to heaven after that stunt you pulled. No matter the reason, that's a contract with a demon. You're tainted now.
Rest well in hell.

Responses
    kubzs January 30, 2024 8:52 pm

    Bro wrote a whole novel

    csalone17 January 31, 2024 1:03 pm
    Bro wrote a whole novel kubzs

    Lol so true

    BrutallyHon3st February 5, 2024 12:06 pm
    Bro wrote a whole novel kubzs

    I was about to read this guy comment but i got the urge to see how long it was- was shocked and did not read anything at all

    DARLING CLEMENTINE February 5, 2024 12:21 pm
    I was about to read this guy comment but i got the urge to see how long it was- was shocked and did not read anything at all BrutallyHon3st

    Same

    Tikky February 5, 2024 4:28 pm

    I didn't care when it was two, but getting further notifications about people making no point whatsoever simply feel dumb. If you feel very proud of the fact that you can't imagine reading a text longer than 3 lines, you can open your own thread and discuss with others about it by circle jerking the words: "Tl;dR"
    Otherwise, nobody asked you to read or answer anything here.

    Yumaru February 5, 2024 11:33 pm
    I didn't care when it was two, but getting further notifications about people making no point whatsoever simply feel dumb. If you feel very proud of the fact that you can't imagine reading a text longer than 3 ... Tikky

    What are you being so aggressive for jfc you'd think someone threatened you or sum w how ur acting it should be a good thing for u to get replies but instead ur acting mad at ppl bcs they don't wanna read ur novel length comment

    "Otherwise, nobody asked you to read or answer anything here." Ok then why comment in the first place also nobody said they were proud of anything huh

    BrutallyHon3st February 5, 2024 11:45 pm
    I didn't care when it was two, but getting further notifications about people making no point whatsoever simply feel dumb. If you feel very proud of the fact that you can't imagine reading a text longer than 3 ... Tikky

    ಡ  ʖ ಡ Ok....???

    BrutallyHon3st February 5, 2024 11:46 pm

    Yknow u can mute it right? We're just ppl chilling and chatting about the same thing in the comsec. Don't get mad about ppl being friendly yo

    Tikky February 5, 2024 11:55 pm
    What are you being so aggressive for jfc you'd think someone threatened you or sum w how ur acting it should be a good thing for u to get replies but instead ur acting mad at ppl bcs they don't wanna read ur n... Yumaru

    "aggressive"? Kay, whatever. And yeah, I post something, it's not addressed at anyone. But if you feel the need to comment under my post, that is addressed to me, so I get notified. About something that literally has no value whatsoever, but me addressing the fact that it's worthless info for me if someone didn't read what I wrote and thus has nothing to say about it whatsoever, I'm somehow being aggressive?
    Now that's just the silliest thing I've ever heard.

    Tikky February 5, 2024 11:56 pm
    Yknow u can mute it right? We're just ppl chilling and chatting about the same thing in the comsec. Don't get mad about ppl being friendly yo BrutallyHon3st

    If someone were to actually engage in a discussion about the topic, I wouldn't mind reading it, which is why it would be a sad thing if I muted the whole thing.
    But how stupid are people that they feel the need to tell people they "really, seriously, definitely couldn't read all that", because somehow, that's just too much. I hope you never encounter an actual novel, you might faint from the shock.

    Yumaru February 6, 2024 12:19 am
    "aggressive"? Kay, whatever. And yeah, I post something, it's not addressed at anyone. But if you feel the need to comment under my post, that is addressed to me, so I get notified. About something that literal... Tikky

    Bro didn't even address anything else aside from the aggressive part of my reply and wdym "silly"? bruh did u not read ur own reply before posting it??? You can tell someone something– anything– and, depending on how u write it, it can either be a respectful, understandable, and mature response, OR it could be like ur reply and be clearly defensive, insulting, and overall rude. So yes, you were aggressive and quite obv defensive abt ppls replies. And if it's a post addressed to you, then why post it under a comments section when u can make a private note to urself abt ur opinion if other ppl replying to u is THAT much of a problem. And ur judging other ppls opinions on ur pathetic values lmao when the only things ppl said were abt the length. Pretty sad tbh

    Yumaru February 6, 2024 12:22 am
    Yknow u can mute it right? We're just ppl chilling and chatting about the same thing in the comsec. Don't get mad about ppl being friendly yo BrutallyHon3st

    Exactly bro like fr they should js mute tbh ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

    csalone17 February 6, 2024 1:20 am
    I didn't care when it was two, but getting further notifications about people making no point whatsoever simply feel dumb. If you feel very proud of the fact that you can't imagine reading a text longer than 3 ... Tikky

    why so angry lolol anyway, they're correct u could just mute it if u don't wanna get notified

    Tikky February 6, 2024 7:54 am

    You think it's not obvious that you were trying to provoke in the first place...? Who else would leave a comment on a thread they have nothing to say about, because they didn't read it, just to remark that you need to know they didn't read it.
    Wow, so many people came together to tune into one voice, yet the accumulated IQ is still below room temperature. Anyway, that's usually the reply I get to read when I make a post that might challenge opinions, when they don't like it and can't argue, so I take it for what it is.
    It's just really silly.

    BrutallyHon3st February 6, 2024 9:42 am
    If someone were to actually engage in a discussion about the topic, I wouldn't mind reading it, which is why it would be a sad thing if I muted the whole thing.But how stupid are people that they feel the need ... Tikky

    I hope the novels i have at home doesn't make me faint too

    BrutallyHon3st February 6, 2024 9:43 am
    You think it's not obvious that you were trying to provoke in the first place...? Who else would leave a comment on a thread they have nothing to say about, because they didn't read it, just to remark that you ... Tikky

    I do. I'm that guy who would go around and say nothing in the comsec. Cuz its a comsec.

    kubzs February 6, 2024 10:37 am
    I didn't care when it was two, but getting further notifications about people making no point whatsoever simply feel dumb. If you feel very proud of the fact that you can't imagine reading a text longer than 3 ... Tikky

    Why so serious ☠ We’re just having a laugh little man don’t be sad

    kubzs February 6, 2024 10:38 am
    You think it's not obvious that you were trying to provoke in the first place...? Who else would leave a comment on a thread they have nothing to say about, because they didn't read it, just to remark that you ... Tikky

    It’s not that deep get some fresh air

    BrutallyHon3st February 6, 2024 11:15 am
    Why so serious ☠ We’re just having a laugh little man don’t be sad kubzs

    Bro's life probs so rough rn, bro can't laugh at us joking

    kubzs February 6, 2024 11:59 am
    Bro's life probs so rough rn, bro can't laugh at us joking BrutallyHon3st

    Icl and on a manga site of all places ☠ Bro must be going through it