Tell Us About Some Funny Moments You’ve Had with Reader Rage

[Valmond]

I just started to think about this, but here are a few.


Reader,

“MC is overpowered!”

—> Proceeds to get the crap beaten outta them the next chapter.


Reader,

“MC still won!”

Me:

—> Reflects to Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5.


Reader,

“Why don’t they just power up?!”

Me:

—> Thinks about chapter 5 ending.
—> Reflects to everything that’s been built up.


Reader,

“They’ve been fighting on their own!”

Me thinking: Do you see anyone else alive here?


Reader,

“Why don’t character help?”

Me thinking: Literally said they were injured in their battle with one of the main antagonists, and can only effectively act as a guide for the time being.


Reader,

“Too depressing!”

Me: Looks at tragedy tag.

Also me: Yeah, I know right?


Reader,

“Takes too long to power up!”

Me: Their power is literally sealed, and at this point it was made clear that they go through phases in each battle due to their nature.


Reader,

“Aaaahh!!!”

Me: Yeah, I ain’t puttin’ out that fire.


Reader,

“I don’t want to decipher the story!”

Me: And I don’t want to deal with your stupidity, but we both can’t have what we want, can we?


Reader,

“Would they just say it already?!”

Me: No.


Reader,

“You’re not supposed to write like this!”

Me:


Reader,

“MC just powered up late battle!”

Me: Yeah, because like every other time. They crossed into the next stage due to the previous occurrences. The story literally mentions a Countdown to Ruin.


Reader,

“So, MC will just power up, is that it?”

Me:

—> Thinking about Chapter 5, and the main’s steadily returning memories and power over time.

Their power literally has a cap, and as clearly noted. They have a while to go before reaching the cap for this story.


Reader,

“Well, if they can just beat them. Why don’t they just do that?”

Me: Do you not know how to read and understand nuance? Even then, their power is literally sealed. On top of that, they have restrictions due to how they are as a character. For one, they hate fighting.

Also me: I don’t know, maybe it was mentioned.


Reader:

“Why is the world like this?!”

Me: Just gotta read, just gotta read.

Thinks about specifically Chapters 1, 4, 8, 14, 18, 19, etc.

(To answer this. Chapter 1, pretty much shows when the world fell completely into madness. Chapter 8, it showed how it happened, as in what caused the world to fall into its state.

Chapters 14, 18, and 19 shows what happened to the lead up to the main arriving at the start of Chapter 1 and their presence revealed in Chapter 2. The other chapters helps to clarify this.

The final piece though, even though there are hints. The final piece connects in the finale, the one who blanketed the worlds in the Eternal Night. I’m sure you can guess who did it.)

Anyway, this was just a small portion. I think about it and laugh, what about you lot?

 

[Fairemont]

My readers would need to leave comments for me to get rage from them.

 

[Valmond]

My readers would need to leave comments for me to get rage from them.

Fair enough. When you get some, let us know.

 

[Fairemont]

I do get some.

Its all positive so far!

 

[Valmond]

I do get some.

Its all positive so far!

I’ll send some readers over your way then.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

1. Reader: "This is some gooner shit."
Me: "You clicked on a yuri smut novel, smart pants."

2. Reader: "I can't deal with this MC. She's too dumb."
Me: "Ah yeah, I kinda said she was dumb in the synopsis, and the tags also indicate that."

3. Reader: "These are terrible parents who neglected their child."
Me: "I see, so you classify neglect as when a parent takes their eye off a kid for a few seconds, and that kid hurt themselves?"

4. Reader: "I'm sorry, but I'm not a fan of this story. There is no action."
Me: "Um, there is no action tag. In fact, there is a slice of life tag right there with no action tag. Not even a subplot tag that has anything to do with action."

5. Reader: "I hate this MC and all evil MCs."
Me: *Points to evil MC tag.*

There are so many like this, and these readers are what made me realize that people are less intelligent than I thought.

 

[Valmond]

1. Reader: "This is some gooner shit."
Me: "You clicked on a yuri smut novel, smart pants."

2. Reader: "I can't deal with this MC. She's too dumb."
Me: "Ah yeah, I kinda said she was dumb in the synopsis, and the tags also indicate that."

3. Reader: "These are terrible parents who neglected their child."
Me: "I see, so you classify neglect as when a parent takes their eye off a kid for a few seconds, and that kid hurt themselves?"

4. Reader: "I'm sorry, but I'm not a fan of this story. There is no action."
Me: "Um, there is no action tag. In fact, there is a slice of life tag right there with no action tag. Not even a subplot tag that has anything to do with action."

5. Reader: "I hate this MC and all evil MCs."
Me: *Points to evil MC tag.*

There are so many like this, and these readers are what made me realize that people are less intelligent than I thought.

1.

I get the ones expecting all my stuff to be Yuri, when it is not. And some who read the Yuri, expect smut, when there is none. I get the opposite side of your mess. XD

2.

They want see real neglect, shoulda seen what my main’s father was like. The guy fell apart so bad, that he alienated his own child from him, and caused them to hate him for years.

The guy basically forced the main to become something they are not, they forced them to fight, and try to force on their worldview. Let’s just say, their actions ended up really damaging the main psychologically, emotionally, etc.

Wanna see a poor excuse for a parent? It was that guy. He does get better though, so…eh?

5.

MC is neither good nor evil, but I wonder how they’d react when they find out MC damned the worlds a few times over. ?

The thing is, it was a lose-lose situation. In the end. The worlds view them as the enemy, and the oppressor as the savior.

 

[Edenc2708]

these readers are what made me realize that people are less intelligent than I thought.

????

 

[Valmond]

I guess what should be noted. A lot of readers have been conditioned to not only read very simple things.

They have also been conditioned to read typically Good vs Evil.

Clean, simple, easy to process.

When you flip it on its head.

Such as Evil MC, or someone that blurs the line between good and evil. Where they do not fall into a category, and is built on much depth and other nuances.

You then get people loudly screaming against it.

This wasn’t much of a problem say 20 to 30 years ago, it really rose more in recent modern times. Though, the erosion did begin 30+ years ago.

When people deal with something uncomfortable, there can be varied responses. Though, that is how you grow as a person.

However, more so. In the end, you still have the choice to engage with whatever you want. No point in yelling about something.

I guess it probably comes down to entitlement, and what they’ve been conditioned to expect.

 

[Zodiac36Gold]

>Be me
>Writing a story with character that is turned into half monster creature
>The character has slowly been leaving behind their humanity since the world treats them as monster
>The character acts like the monster they are

Readers:
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? HOW DARE YOU? YOU BROKE OUR TRUST!!! SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD AND KIND

My brothers and sisters in Christ, have you forgotten to read the entirety of the two books before this scene?

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I haven't really had much issue with reader rage. I did have one person let me know they weren't going to keep reading because they thought the mc was dumb. Though I don't have very many interactive readers.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Fall solstice. It's an equinox ffs. The book had other issues, but that was the last straw.

 

[Madmcgee]

This one is my personal fav.

Me: posts a comment at the beginning of the story "this is not a harem."

Proceeds to omit the tag for that reason

Readers: God, I can't wait until he gets his harem!

Me: adds another post that there is no and will never be a harem.

Reader xyz: I see people posting about harem, please properly tag the book. Thx. Bye.

Me:

 

[Valmond]

This one is my personal fav.

Me: posts a comment at the beginning of the story "this is not a harem."

Proceeds to omit the tag for that reason

Readers: God, I can't wait until he gets his harem!

Me: adds another post that there is no and will never be a harem.

Reader xyz: I see people posting about harem, please properly tag the book. Thx. Bye.

Me:

XD

I mean, I had people who wanted that, but seriously. ?

I don’t write harem as well, but don’t think I ever got someone that did that.

 

[Madmcgee]

XD

I mean, I had people who wanted that, but seriously. ?

I don’t write harem as well, but don’t think I ever got someone that did that.

100% was one that hurt the soul lol

Some people feel real strongly about the genre, but I guess just don't read or trust the authors, who knows

 

[Valmond]

>Be me
>Writing a story with character that is turned into half monster creature
>The character has slowly been leaving behind their humanity since the world treats them as monster
>The character acts like the monster they are

Readers:
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? HOW DARE YOU? YOU BROKE OUR TRUST!!! SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD AND KIND

My brothers and sisters in Christ, have you forgotten to read the entirety of the two books before this scene?

Now I am wondering how they’d react to Azure Night.

The main of Azure Night, they died in prison. However, they could not move on. So, they made a deal to give up their humanity and become a demon to save someone who was captured.

They’d clash against former allies, even killing some. They’d burn down lands, tactically plan out how to fell strongholds, etc.

All the while, the price to pay for the deal was not finalized. Which meant, as it went along. They eventually came to their own conclusion, that their path will likely lead to their death in the end.

So, with that out of the way. All they can do is push to succeed in one thing.

All the while, you feel, experience, and see as the lead embraces their contract. Their doubt, their fear, their despair, their growing desperation. And in the end, their actions while selfish.

It had a ripple effect that ends up freeing everyone, which was not their intention. The burden they have to bear though.

Is that they will forever be viewed as the enemy, and the oppressor will be viewed as the savior that fell to them.

In short, the main chose to take on the hatred of the world to achieve a simple selfish desire.

100% was one that hurt the soul lol

Some people feel real strongly about the genre, but I guess just don't read or trust the authors, who knows

I think it is some kind reading impairment at that point, you literally mentioned there was no. XD

 

[Nathaniel_Wren]

The first comment I received was a brief yet kind message of appreciation from a reader, thanking me for the chapter.

The second comment, however, came from another reader who felt that the main character appears too calm given the circumstances, and argued that it seems unrealistic for him to simply follow others’ instructions.

That said, I had already included tags indicating that the protagonist is both [Cautious Protagonist] and [Mature Protagonist]—he is, after all, a 30-year-old man.

Therefore, I respectfully disagree with the notion that he should react by suddenly lashing out or behaving irrationally, as though he were an unhinged animal. In truth, he scarcely has the energy to function, let alone act out in dramatic ways.

Got me a bit down, but it is what it is.

 

[Zodiac36Gold]

Now I am wondering how they’d react to Azure Night.

The main of Azure Night, they died in prison. However, they could not move on. So, they made a deal to give up their humanity and become a demon to save someone who was captured.

They’d clash against former allies, even killing some. They’d burn down lands, tactically plan out how to fell strongholds, etc.

All the while, the price to pay for the deal was not finalized. Which meant, as it went along. They eventually came to their own conclusion, that their path will likely lead to their death in the end.

So, with that out of the way. All they can do is push to succeed in one thing.

All the while, you feel, experience, and see as the lead embraces their contract. Their doubt, their fear, their despair, their growing desperation. And in the end, their actions while selfish.

It had a ripple effect that ends up freeing everyone, which was not their intention. The burden they have to bear though.

Is that they will forever be viewed as the enemy, and the oppressor will be viewed as the savior that fell to them.

In short, the main chose to take on the hatred of the world to achieve a simple selfish desire.

I think it is some kind reading impairment at that point, you literally mentioned there was no. XD

That's an interesting story!
Not my style of read, sadly, but interesting plot nonethless.

Here's another story for you, one that was more 'author rage' than 'reader rage'.
Originally, when I started writing my book, dialogue was signaled this way: -[Dialogue]-
While thoughts were like this: "[Thoughts]"

People got really fucking mad at me for writing that way instead of going "[Dialouge]" and [Thoughts]. They went to the point of leaving a 2 star review and saying: "The story is really great and promising, but the author writes dialogue and thoughts this way and not that way, making the reading experience awful."

And I'm like "My brother in Christ, you're a fucking pussy"



Another case of rage for me is when people go "Yeah, your characters aren't developed at all and you have too many main characters so the story is too stretched. Your goals are too grand!"... after reading only 9 chapters of the story.

Listen here now you little sh*t, just because my characters aren't 2D and require to develop and aren't just 'Yeah, I'm super OP from the start and can kill anything if I put enough effort into it because I'm special' doesn't mean I'm too ambiscious!!!

 

[AstreiaNyx]

My readers don’t really complain, even though I’ve moved the romance along at a turtle’s pace despite tagging the story as romance. (Well, okay, one person did complain about the lack of romance after 30 chapters.)

There was also one funny comment from a reader who got mad that my MC hadn’t regained her powers within 15 chaps even though the story clearly states she lost them. It wasn’t a rage quit or anything, just some annoyance at the weak MC trope I guess.

 

[CodeCrisis]

So, back when I did fanfics, I did two different types. The ones that follow the main plot, and something more akin to a spin-off. Now, I didn't have much issue with them in general. Until I decided to try my hand at SAO fanfics. Follow the main story as close as possible? "Carbon copy!" Make it it's own thing? "You ruined this masterpiece!" You just cannot appease SAO fans apparently.