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Wouldn't it be cool if there were written multiple endings for the story? One is randomly selected when you start reading, and you won't know which one! Would t
by Aardwolf 10y ago
Wouldn't it be cool if there were written multiple endings for the story? One is randomly selected when you start reading, and you won't know which one! Would that bring back the excitement?
Oddly I think it wouldn't, and wonder why. Is it because we want to know the one single ending the author intended?
- swombat 10y agoI think it's simpler than that. We don't want to miss out on a great ending by picking a suboptimal one. Endings are definitely not equal.
- CamperBob2 10y agoNo, it wouldn't be a good thing. Stories are works of both art and engineering, and neither of those fields have much room for random outcomes.
- niftich 10y agoThe 'Dragon Age' and 'Mass Effect' series of video games has player choices -- that may not be apparent in advance -- which influence the fates of characters you bond with, and alters the ending. I have not finished a complete playthrough of any of these games, because I'm afraid that my choices will leave me with regret, and when I come back to make different choices, the novelty will be gone, and the suspense, the hopes and the fears, the genuine real-world emotions I feel wouldn't be the same. In my case, having multiple endings to a book would definitely make my hesitation worse.