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- @smritisriram | @hits_litsocClick here to reply to @smritisriram
"Hi, everyone. This is Smriti Sriram from Hindustan University. To answer this prompt, if I could change the ending of any book, it would be We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. That book broke me. Every time I read it, knowing full well what's coming, I still cry my eyes out. It's just one of those stories that stick with you. The writing is haunting and beautiful. The characters feel so real. And the twist, it hits like a punch to the gut."2 min - @mrids.reads | @hits_litsocClick here to reply to @mrids.reads
"This is actually something that I haven't thought about until this question has popped up. Well, of course, if I don't like the way a book ended right after reading, I would be like, why did the author finish it this way? Why couldn't they have done this or that? But then, now thinking about this in a general term of books, this is my official petition to ban happy moments in epilogues of books. I love books with happily ever after."2 min - @MR12 | The damsel in distress tropeClick here to reply to @MR12
"It certainly tells us that strength, agency and decision making belong to men, while vulnerability and dependence are a woman's default setting. And that's problematic to say the least. Sure, storytelling is full of fantasy and drama, but these tropes spill into real life more than we realize. They shape how society sees women and even how women see themselves."2 min - @MandMWorm | Journey, not DestinationClick here to reply to @MandMWorm
"So the damsel in distress trope is a trope which is as popular as time, so be it stories like fairy tales or Indian mythology, Greek mythology or even action movies. So it's mostly always men saving women. So I think the point is like earlier it was all about gender roles. So like men they do the strong heavy lifting while women were relegated the role of emotional support. But now it has changed so it's not uncool to express emotions anymore."2 min - @Airene | Let's revamp the trope!Click here to reply to @Airene
"I think the damsel should be in distress. I think the problem with the damsel in distress trope is not that there is distress for the damsel. It is more overarchingly in the idea of there having to be a male counterpart who rescues her out of her distress. As far as we as people in the real world know and understand, we know that most of the times women are plucking themselves out of their problems."2 min - @TanmayBarri | I think it makes it more difficult to...Click here to reply to @TanmayBarri
"I think I wouldn't mind it if I saw as many men as a damsel, but we don't. It's historically been used as a tool to show how great men are when he saves a woman. Right. So I think the act of saving someone is inherently judgmental. The savior is higher than the one being saved. So I think it is damaging to any gender because all of us need to be saved at some point. And this trope just makes it difficult to ask for help."1 min - @thoughtfulsoul | @hits_litsocClick here to reply to @thoughtfulsoul
"One more drive in the middle of the night just talking about the universe and everything in it. I would allow Augustus space to live a little longer in Hazel's world. And not just in her heart. Because sometimes the greatest tragedy is not that someone is gone but that they left before they could fully live. And Augustus, with all his dreams, his fears and his metaphors, he deserved to live. And Hazel deserved a memory that didn't end in an empty hospital bed."4 min - @aldendjulian | LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERAClick here to reply to @aldendjulian
"But she's met with a surprise. The wooden box has washed up on the shore, now empty except for a small note that reads, the river will carry us to eternity. Firmina smiles, knowing that Florentino's love will forever be intertwined with the river's flow and that their story will continue to unfold in the currents of time."2 min - @aqul.vedant | @hits_litsocClick here to reply to @aqul.vedant
"I mean, I get the whole believe what you won't thing, but still, I wish they just stuck to the magical story. It felt more meaningful and beautiful that way. The twist just left me kinda empty. Like the magic was snatched away at the last second."1 min - @thoughtfulsoul | @hits_litsocClick here to reply to @thoughtfulsoul
"If I could rewrite the ending, I would not just keep Augustus alive. I would give them both a future. One where their love evolves beyond hospital visits and support guys and groups. Maybe they travel. Maybe they write a book together. Maybe they become advocates for others fighting similar battles. But they live, they grow, they heal. Not perfectly, but powerfully. Because sometimes fiction is where we seek the justice real life denies us."2 min
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