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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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[personal profile] starlady 2022-04-08 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I think for me the worst "it was all a dream" might be Gur Obk bs Qryvtugf, particularly since it was clear the author just didn't feel like writing out a denouement.

I'm trying to think whether the twists in The Locked Tomb books even fit in here. "Two characters are actually sharing a body" might need to be added to the list.
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[personal profile] sholio 2022-04-08 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I gotta say that while I had major problems with Harrow the Ninth, it did have a really cool twist on the general theme of narrative reality-bending that I haven't seen before (rot13) jvgu gur aneengbe univat fryrpgviryl rqvgrq ure zrzbevrf fb gung jura jr frr ure irefvba bs gur cerivbhf obbx'f riragf, vg'f pbzcyrgryl qvssrerag sebz jung jr ernq orsber. Ohg fur'f abg ylvat be orvat vagragvbanyyl qrprcgvir; fur trahvaryl oryvrirf va gur irefvba bs ernyvgl fur'f qrfpevovat.
Edited 2022-04-08 21:53 (UTC)
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[personal profile] starlady 2022-04-08 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I love those books unreservedly, and the experience of wondering what the hell was going on while I was reading the second one since so much contradicted what we saw on page in the first was really unique. I reread it and understood what all the clues meant and was even more impressed at how it all held together.
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[personal profile] viridian5 2022-04-09 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
If I hadn't known that twist going in, I don't think I would've continued reading Harrow the Ninth because I would've been too frustrated.