Unpopular take: that viral 47-part Reddit saga about the lighthouse keeper was actually rushed

I thought the first 30 parts were genius, but the ending in part 47 felt like the writer got bored and just wrapped it up with a dream sequence, so has anyone else noticed slow burns lose their steam when the author runs out of real details around the 40 part mark?

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spencerw7218d agoTop Commenter

Man, forty seven parts is dedication either way. Reminds me of this one time I followed a live blog about a guy restoring a 1972 Ford Pinto in his garage, he posted every single bolt he took off for like six months, then one day he just posted a photo of a junkyard and said "she's gone" and never explained what happened. I still think about that sometimes, the mystery almost made up for the letdown. But your point about the dream sequence ending, that's a classic move when someone realizes they painted themselves into a corner with all those tiny details and have no clue how to land the plane. The early parts feel so real because the writer is still discovering the world, but by part forty they've used up all the good stuff and start padding with filler. I'd rather have a story end at part thirty two with a cliffhanger than watch it slowly turn into a ghost of itself.