Three Star Review on RR

[lambenttyto]

Oof!

Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting:

When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't satisfy me....the mc is unexpectedly moral.....SPOILER..i mean she cares about life in city right after her parents were probably kidnapped from there...ITS Just not vibing with me so cya later

Is that what people want? Murder hobos who kill indiscriminately?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

It's what that reviewer wanted.

 

[CarburetorThompson]

Revenge based characters are so boring, you can pretty much always guess how they'll develop if they have any development at all.

 

[Noel_Elitia]

Every story is interesting
And while a hero on a morally right path is what is always broadcasted on a TV
people love to read murder hobos
but that is only true until it becomes repetitive and without logic
as for the MC on a righteous path, if you always make the villain give a narrow escape in a final plot only to reappear later to give the hero nightmares, it makes the MC look weak and doubtful of his motivation. that's also where the plot armours becomes painful.
But as long as you like your own work pay no heed to others. and others would come to like it too

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Oof!

Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting:

When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't satisfy me....the mc is unexpectedly moral.....SPOILER..i mean she cares about life in city right after her parents were probably kidnapped from there...ITS Just not vibing with me so cya later

Is that what people want? Murder hobos who kill indiscriminately?

I do.

 

[Jemini]

Oof!

Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting:

When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't satisfy me....the mc is unexpectedly moral.....SPOILER..i mean she cares about life in city right after her parents were probably kidnapped from there...ITS Just not vibing with me so cya later

Is that what people want? Murder hobos who kill indiscriminately?

Sounds to me more like wanting believability in terms of characters and culture. Did you do anything in your story to make it seem like Oni should be primarily violent as a race, or is this just the reviewer forcing their racial stereotypes onto your story?

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Yeah, going against people's expectations with a stock characterization is what usually ends up getting people to give not-so-flattering reviews / ratings. That's what happened to my Villainess Retry! on RR, so you're in good company.

 

[Nirokuro]

Oof!

Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting:

When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't satisfy me....the mc is unexpectedly moral.....SPOILER..i mean she cares about life in city right after her parents were probably kidnapped from there...ITS Just not vibing with me so cya later

Is that what people want? Murder hobos who kill indiscriminately?

I think revenge characters are interesting i write about that too but just don't make the character focus too much in revenge, she can have another personality that shows to alleys and remember they are all living beings with emotion so emotional break down under stress or crying is an essential thing from my perspective

 

[lambenttyto]

Sounds to me more like wanting believability in terms of characters and culture. Did you do anything in your story to make it seem like Oni should be primarily violent as a race, or is this just the reviewer forcing their racial stereotypes onto your story?

Never implied anything about the oni race.

Yeah, going against people's expectations with a stock characterization is what usually ends up getting people to give not-so-flattering reviews / ratings. That's what happened to my Villainess Retry! on RR, so you're in good company.

Fudge.

 

[T.K._Paradox]

Oof!

Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting:

When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't satisfy me....the mc is unexpectedly moral.....SPOILER..i mean she cares about life in city right after her parents were probably kidnapped from there...ITS Just not vibing with me so cya later

Is that what people want? Murder hobos who kill indiscriminately?

Don't worry dude it just wasn't that guys cup of tea. Just don't take any criticism to heart and think your story is bad, they are just to express why they dislike it.

Just try to keep on doing what you want and think about how things should work according to your world.

 

[Deleted member 68927]

Oof!

Not complaining, but I thought this was interesting:

When i started this story i expected the mc to be cold..revenge based and you know focused on revenge...i mean its not my fault that I didn't expect an oni to have morals or be indecisive little brat....even the rage moments didn't satisfy me....the mc is unexpectedly moral.....SPOILER..i mean she cares about life in city right after her parents were probably kidnapped from there...ITS Just not vibing with me so cya later

Is that what people want? Murder hobos who kill indiscriminately?

Pfft, it is RR. What they want is a litrpg isekai. Why should an author take the beaten path? Gems are not born that way. If I had taken the beaten path, all of my vampires would have been assholes. But, they are not. With Hadrian from An Explorer's Guide even being a goofball. I think they should learn over there that what you were born as does not define your character. Chin up, you still have plenty of people who enjoy your story. Don't let one bad review kill your enjoyment of it.

 

[AnUnknownMan]

Some people like straightforward expressions of emotion and motive. This can make some moments really stand out on their own, but usually comes at the expense of character, plotlines, and nuance, so should usually be ignored.
However, it may be that your characters devotion (to justice/revenge) is being questioned. Show how aspects of her life have changed to accomplish her goals, what doubts she harbors, or maybe even why (if this is the route you are going) she is not seeing revenge.

 

[bigbear51]

I swear, I can leave for months at a time and without fail come back to see another review complaint.

Also do people not know that Oni are inherently evil in Japanese folklore? Or is it too much to expect actual knowledge in this forum?

 

[CarburetorThompson]

I swear, I can leave for months at a time and without fail come back to see another review complaint.

Also do people not know that Oni are inherently evil in Japanese folklore? Or is it too much to expect actual knowledge in this forum?

Do people not know that Satan isn’t the ruler of hell, but is just a another sinner being punished in Christian Theology. See no one cares, it’s fiction for a reason people can make up their own stuff. My oni can be different from yours.

 

[bigbear51]

Do people not know that Satan isn’t the ruler of hell, but is just a another sinner being punished in Christian Theology. See no one cares, it’s fiction for a reason people can make up their own stuff. My oni can be different from yours.

So I guess we'll just ignore that things exist and we can just take words will-nilly without explaining then whine if someone uses the preexisting definition of something you didn't create. At least Satan has many other references at this point being the ruler of the underworld. Oni hasn't had mixes to their lore unless an author openly states they're subverting it, it shouldn't be some shock if someone gets confused as to why one has morals all of a sudden.

Seriously, this is why we get bullshit like Twilight.

 

[Zoey]

Also do people not know that Oni are inherently evil in Japanese folklore? Or is it too much to expect actual knowledge in this forum?

People will sexualize just about anything in there pilgrimage for more things to fuck. At this point Oni are just another humanoid species in the fantasy grab-bag.

 

[Ai-chan]

So I guess we'll just ignore that things exist and we can just take words will-nilly without explaining then whine if someone uses the preexisting definition of something you didn't create. At least Satan has many other references at this point being the ruler of the underworld. Oni hasn't had mixes to their lore unless an author openly states they're subverting it, it shouldn't be some shock if someone gets confused as to why one has morals all of a sudden.

Seriously, this is why we get bullshit like Twilight.

Twilight is on another level of bullshit. And from that cesspool we got another cesspool, which is ****** ** ****. Both are bestsellers though, and are enjoyed by a lot of people.

Ai-chan doesn't really have a problem with that. It's cultural misappropriation that Ai-chan has a problem with. For example, when you remove the weakness to sunlight, not needing to drink blood, lives a short life and can breed with non-vampires, are they still vampires? Now, one can argue that some of the original 'vampire' are neither weak to sunlight nor did they need to drink blood, but most of the vampires in popular culture are based off Bram Stoker's Dracula, instead of 'origin vampires' such as Cain or Ambrogio

 

[Zirrboy]

I don't really get the point of using a concept by name only to change most of it from a worldbuilding perspective, but I'm also grateful they don't make their own names that often sound awkward.

I swear, I can leave for months at a time and without fail come back to see another review complaint.

Also do people not know that Oni are inherently evil in Japanese folklore? Or is it too much to expect actual knowledge in this forum?

You missed the best one by a day Link