QnA 3
Not really a QnA, but I don't want to change the name.
1. Yesterday's chapter question
If I understand what you all told me, my story suffers from being too young and slow paced. Another problem is my MC being too normal, not belonging to any archetype like the cold MC or the funny…
I would like to first thank you for answering the question, and now let's go to the bad news. To be honest, I've always known it, but I never really acknowledged it, I couldn't accept it, but I had no other choice here.
Webnovel's community… sucks. Just a bunch of horny teenagers. You know, my most successful stories were actually the first ones I wrote, which had almost unreadable grammar, no plot whatsoever and just an MC that stomps on everything.
And the more I tried adding depth to my character, to create a plot and make things last, the less people would be reading the story. Before anyone busts my balls, I am not saying the community sucks because they don't vote for my novel, it is nowhere near perfect. I only say they suck because of the reasons they found for disliking my story.
Unfortunately, you will get more views and power stones by writing smut than an actual story, and that's just sad. Here, no one cares about your grammar, all that matters is that the MC is 'cool', handsome and just perfect in every way. Very few stories escape this rule, the most obvious one recently being Marvel: Gamer Path from Cornbringer, he managed to reach the top by writing an actually good fic.
But once again, just look at the monthly ranking for fanfictions… all the stories above mine are R18 and/or harem, and most of those below are the exact same.
Anyway, I wrote a lot, just to say Webnovel's community sucks. From now on, I'm just writing for myself, fuck everything else. It doesn't mean I won't take your comments into account, but you can stop giving me power stones and I won't care, let the teens fap to the porn.
2. Power, Peter, Suck
I have read several comments complaining about the MC lacking power, about him being too involved in Spider-Man's hero career and being boring in general. First thing, his power. Yes, he is weak. Yes, he didn't become omnipotent in a week. Becoming stronger takes time, and he is the first of his kind, so I think the pace at which I am going at is best. Secondly, him being too involved in Peter's life.
Peter has been introduced in three chapters, where his connection to Edward, Connors and their relationship was made clear. Then, Edward fought the Rhino. And that's it.
An introduction to the character, a brief mention of Edward training him, and Edward fighting Rhino. That's it. That's all Edward did. And even among those actions, only the brief mention of training and the Rhino happened when Edward was stuck at the human limit. And yet, this is too much for you people. According to you, he doesn't focus on himself enough, he doesn't improve enough.
If I followed your advice, not a single character would be mentioned ever again after their introduction. I mean come on, he reached the limit at Chapter 14, he fought against an enemy who couldn't be defeated through sheer strength in Chapter 15, he learned magic to improve himself in Chapter 16-17, he trained Peter and helped his girlfriend in Chapter 18, dealt with the consequences in a SINGLE chapter in Chapter 19, realized his weakness in Chapter 20 by fighting against one of Spider-Man's opponents and faced a magical problem in Chapter 21 that will start a new arc.
If you still think this is slow paced, then I guess you should just leave, this story isn't for you. For those who decide to stay after my rant, thank you, I will do my best to improve my writing but won't change the style.
3. Chi
On a lighter note, or maybe not, his power, Chi. Why is he so weak as a Chi Master? Iron Fist is so much stronger and bla bla bla.
Iron Fist has weaponized his body to hold the immense Chi of the Dragon Shou Lao. This is not the power of his own Chi, it is a weapon. For now, all Chi does is strengthen the body, it can't be used actively.