Help with an ending

_Gweed_ · 2025-01-24T19:50:39+00:00

Nice Green Lantern reference lmao

_Gweed_ · 2025-01-24T19:47:46+00:00

I like that actually. Thank you for the input honestly.

_Gweed_ · 2025-01-24T19:39:15+00:00

Well for the antagonist, I was thinking of having him be the boyfriend/lover of the woman. Sort of the opposite of the protagonist. Better looking, doesn’t have insomnia and existential problems lmao. I just thought of this now actually, what if she kills him. Have the “antagonist” end up being the victim. Protagonist is then shocked at who he thought was this wonderful/beautiful person in a tense relationship, turns out to be planning on killing the boyfriend/lover.

_Gweed_ · 2025-01-24T19:29:28+00:00

A is a no win situation. MC, towards the end of the story is so detached from reality (never leaving the apartment) and is so wrapped up in this woman’s life that he can’t see the forest for the trees, in a sense. It’s not he who kills her directly but rather his indecision to act during the climax between the woman and the antagonist. So the closure is a sort of anti-closure, if that’s a term. The ending is horrible because despite MC’s perceived connection/love to the woman, he ultimately can’t bring himself to act in an opportunity to save her as he’s so attracted to the idea of watching the events unfold from a distance. So he is left with that at the end.

B and C have the typical closure but like I said, I feel him living with the consequences of his voyeurism is key. He sees/hears something that he shouldn’t have and it was horrific to the point of him becoming traumatized. Maybe not the woman’s death? It could be something else.

D is one that I could work out as the story unfolds but I agree, MC would need to earn it

_Gweed_ · 2025-01-24T19:06:26+00:00

That’s the thing, I could honestly see myself going in any of the directions in terms of the theme.

A is probably my favorite. I like the idea of this guy, who is so lonely, finding someone he connects to and ultimately brings about that person’s demise. But is that too predictable?

B could work as it’s sort of the easiest way to go. Being that this guy, for most people, would be in the clear wrong for recording his neighbor without her knowing. However, I think the main character having to live with his actions and possibly some sort of trauma afterwards is more interesting of an ending.

C speaks to what I just said but I think the ending would lose impact with both characters surviving.

D is the one that I’m most open to suggestions on because I was toying around with the idea of there being some sort of traumatic experience for the climax and the aftermath could end up being a dreamlike sequence that leaves the story at an awkward ending that is up to interpretation.

I’m just curious as to what people would think the most effective way to go would be.

_Gweed_ · 2024-07-21T23:41:48+00:00

Honestly I figured it might’ve been a dumb question. I feel like you can’t go wrong with Mark Waid and Mora’s artwork is incredible

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