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rachelmanija ([personal profile] rachelmanija) wrote2022-04-08 11:46 am
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Let's Do The Twist!

I know it all depends on execution, but in general...

Poll #26831 Do the Twist
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 114


What is your favorite twist?

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Two or more characters are actually the same person.
20 (18.7%)

One or more characters are actually imaginary or hallucinations.
9 (8.4%)

One or more characters were dead all along.
12 (11.2%)

Someone is secretly God.
5 (4.7%)

It's all taking place in virtual reality.
2 (1.9%)

It's all a dream.
1 (0.9%)

What you think is the future is actually the past or vice versa.
38 (35.5%)

The narrator misunderstands something.
48 (44.9%)

The narrator is lying about or deliberately omitting something.
42 (39.3%)

Someone is secretly related to someone else.
22 (20.6%)

A character is a woman.
21 (19.6%)

A character is queer.
19 (17.8%)

A character is trans.
14 (13.1%)

A character is [some other surprise marginalized identity].
12 (11.2%)

A character is a cis man. (Has anyone ever seen this one? I can't think of an example.)
3 (2.8%)

Someone the protagonist trusts has been secretly manipulating them all along.
27 (25.2%)

The entire story was all deliberately planned by a character.
40 (37.4%)

Someone is a mole.
22 (20.6%)

The narrator is in a mental hospital or otherwise delusional all along.
3 (2.8%)

The apparent victim is actually the perpetrator
22 (20.6%)

Everyone in the story is actually pigeons/aliens/dolls/etc.
14 (13.1%)

Something else I've forgotten to mention, so please explain in a comment..
6 (5.6%)

What twist do you HATE?

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Two or more characters are actually the same person.
8 (7.5%)

One or more characters are actually imaginary or hallucinations.
25 (23.6%)

One or more characters were dead all along.
23 (21.7%)

Someone is secretly God.
26 (24.5%)

It's all taking place in virtual reality.
48 (45.3%)

It's all a dream.
73 (68.9%)

What you think is the future is actually the past or vice versa.
4 (3.8%)

The narrator misunderstands something.
4 (3.8%)

The narrator is lying about or deliberately omitting something.
17 (16.0%)

Someone is secretly related to someone else.
4 (3.8%)

A character is a woman.
6 (5.7%)

A character is queer.
9 (8.5%)

A character is trans.
13 (12.3%)

A character is [some other surprise marginalized identity].
10 (9.4%)

A character is a cis man. (Has anyone ever seen this one? I can't think of an example.)
0 (0.0%)

Someone the protagonist trusts has been secretly manipulating them all along.
20 (18.9%)

The entire story was all deliberately planned by a character.
10 (9.4%)

Someone is a mole.
4 (3.8%)

The narrator is in a mental hospital or otherwise delusional all along.
66 (62.3%)

The apparent victim is actually the perpetrator
11 (10.4%)

Everyone in the story is actually pigeons/aliens/dolls/etc.
14 (13.2%)

Something else I've forgotten to mention, so please explain in a comment..
2 (1.9%)



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asakiyume: (miroku)

[personal profile] asakiyume 2022-04-09 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been reading through the comments because I'm coming to this late, and just now this is making me think how I like a gradual, mind-blowing (or it could be terrifying or joyous--anything where the feeling comes rushing in) reveal, where you're like, wait... this is Something Else... could it be...? And then the author lays on more and more and you're like OMG YESS! What's in my head is Piranesi, even though that doesn't exactly fit the bill. But where things are shifting around you all the time, and you're aware of it happening, and then they fall into place ... AND ALL THE DOORS OF THE UNIVERSE ARE OPENED (... okay maybe not that, but it can *feel* like that)
asakiyume: (definitely definitely)

[personal profile] asakiyume 2022-04-09 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Right?! Like an idiot at first I was like, Now wait a minute; this is bad characterization--he can't know this. And then I came to understand.