What do you want most from the stories you read?

[RainingFish]

Hello all, I was just curious about the main thing that draws you to a story. Whether it’s escaping reality, cheering for a powerful MC, or diving into a rich world, we all read for different reasons. For me, I often like escapism, power fantasy, and some amount of the love stuff. What do you like? Choose up to three.

 

[Macha]

I don't care for those things. Just finish it so I know the way it ends.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Interesting concept (which can include some or most of those criteria above - or none of them) and a sense of humor.

 

[Tempokai]

I just want stories to be fun or good enough to pass time without thinking about storytelling lol

 

[RainingFish]

@Macha, @CharlesEBrown, @Tempokai
I guess I missed a lot, so I added those.

 

[RepresentingDesire]

Deep stories help me think.

 

[Fairemont]

@Macha, @CharlesEBrown, @Tempokai
I guess I missed a lot, so I added those.

Im with @Tempokai and will mostly search for something that is enjoyable to read. Most other things dont factor in as heavily.

The narrative tone, voice, presentation, and general prose quality tend to be the biggest thing for me.

I will enjoy something more if I like how it feels to read. Other factors will come into play for sure but this usually has the most weight.

 

[Nezothe]

I like tears of joy type of stories. Best example for this for me is

Kono Oto Tomare!

Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of...

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[Golden_Hyde]

Apart from the three things I have voted, what I want is exploring the intricacies of polygamous relationship, how to do it right without making it fell into the same self-fulfillment trope (but the end will still be fulfilling, just not as much as for my fulfillment and more as for everyone), as well as the dynamics of the harem and how the protagonist deal with it.

As for the kingdom building, what I want to see & read is the perspective of a protagonist who inherited the higher position, how they run things beyond the surface and how pragmatic they would have to be without ruining their reputation—primarily from the readers who felt sanitized by the ungodly amount of plot armor

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Violent stories are cathartic

 

[NotaNuffian]

I'll be honest, I don't actually like power fantasies where MC becomes the biggest cock.

I like fantasies where MC doesn't have to take shit from other people.

 

[ShrimpShady]

I'm a big fan of holistic stories, tales that try to capture the whole spectrum of the human experience and emotions.

Yeah, I'm talking about 3-gatsu no Lion again. It's actually perfect. It's so worldly too, like you can tell the author is an actual human being who is super interested in and empathetic towards other human beings.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Romance.

 

[beast_regards]

I want to select all options to avoid conflict.

 

[DJ_Rhaposdy]

I want a story with dynamic characters with goals, flaws, and chemistry with each other. The protagonist has to be someone worth following and not just a plank-of-wood self-insert.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I want a story that sucks me in and keeps me there. It is very hard for most media to do this to me anymore. I could spend days in a book as a child, hell, even as a young adult, but now, the portal into those worlds feels tattered, worn, and lost. May such stories be felt again.

 

[georgelee5786]

A satisfactory ending

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Romance. Even if it's just a subplot. I prefer a story I am reading end with some kind of romance.

 

[Valmond]

Romance. Even if it's just a subplot. I prefer a story I am reading end with some kind of romance.

You heard em. Kill em at the end.

 

[Edenc2708]

Romance.

Sort of didn’t expect this from you ???