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!!cJ4MGVqvOKw 08/17/11(Wed)12:21 No.28803190>>28803028
>Righteous
Now I can't take this whole post seriously, damn it. I'm reading it in Keanu Reeves' young voice. Fuck!
Anyway, yeah, scrutiny treatment would be a good idea at some point, but that's the way it is with everything. Anyway, basically, yeah, you've pretty much grasped my personal qualm with the ending. It leaves too much open-ended. It's potentially an excellent note to leave it on, because of the aspect of ambiguity that's prevalent throughout the entire piece, but the problem is ambiguity is inherently unsatisfying, and readers will go in and come out entertained, saddened, but ultimately questioning. It really depends on what you want your audience to feel. Including a denouement would detract from the mystique of the piece, because it'd require some form of explanation and would have to take place from an outsider's perspective (losing the allure of the whole "Luna's eyes" element anyway), but if you want to include closure, which is what I personally feel all good fics should have, it's definitely going to be a necessity. Hell, you could probably make it believable by using Luna's perspective from some sort of metaphorical "alicorn afterlife", seeing as you've already touched on your personal ideas of alicorns in the fic. It'd expand certain things and be appropriate thematically. But it's your call. Resolution appeals to the people who want it. Gotta make that choice yourself.
The thing about it is that you're right, you can't reiterate, because, again, there's been that element of ambiguity the narrative is based on. Delusion leading to misunderstanding and an unreliable narrator, in a sense. You don't want something concrete. But I'm no fan of postmodern endings - I like, at least if not happy, conclusive conclusions (heh).
Again, it's really all up to your own personal taste. You're the author, and in the end, what you do and think is what matters, because it's an expression of your soul, even as a fanfic. |
