History RuinedFOREVER / Literature

* Literature/HarryPotter got together with [[spoiler: [[HeroesWantRedheads Ginny]] instead of [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Hermione]]]]? Instead of [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Luna]]? Instead of [[HoYay Draco]]? Instead of [[PerverseSexualLust me]]? Ruined FOREVER!

* Literature/HarryPotter got together with [[spoiler: [[HeroesWantRedheads Ginny]] instead of [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Hermione]]]]? Instead of [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Luna]]? Instead of [[FoeYay Draco]]? Instead of [[PerverseSexualLust me]]? Ruined FOREVER!

* ''{{Series/Animorphs}}'' got hit with this after Rachel’s death at the series’ climax. Ending the final book on a cliffhanger didn’t help either. K.A. Applegate took them to task in a letter, saying she didn’t want the series to end painlessly and wanted to show the real effects, after effects and sacrifices of war.

* When the minor ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' character Anemone was revealed to be gay in the second series, a few thin-skinned homophobes complained that it was ruined. Not just the second series, but the whole franchise.

* August Derlath's additions to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Notoriously, these included [[TheScrappy a good vs. evil element]] for the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods and Great Old Ones]], due to how much it [[{{Flanderization}} oversimplified]] the characters in question by substituting BlueAndOrangeMorality for black and white, human morality. [[FlameBait It's still a subject of intense debate for some Lovecraftian Horror fans to this day,]] and was notorious enough that ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', which originally included the mechanic, scrapped it by the fifth edition.

** Ties into FanonDiscontinuity as well: many simply pretend that the Epilogue (or even the last two books) never happened, and instead read AlternateUniverse fics [[CompletelyMissingThePoint focusing mainly on the romance]]. Rowling has gotten ''death threats'' over this, and even has been told that [[DeathOfTheAuthor she doesn't know the characters like they do]], and that she has to [[{{Subtext}} "read between the lines"]]. You know, [[InsaneTrollLogic the lines she wrote.]]

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. According to some people, the series's existance means vampires (and maybe literature) are ruined FOREVER AND EVER.

* Academics tend to whine that whatever books are selling more than the books they want to have people read will ruin literature FOREVER. Usually it's the fault of academia in the first place, when they write and print books only for the wealthy and privileged then complain about the unwashed masses not reading the "TrueArt" books. Some good examples, look at the reviews of TrueArt academic literary critics for Creator/WilkieCollins's ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'', often considered now to be a great example of nineteenth century literature, and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', whose reviews by the literati were not only absolutely disparaging but in many cases were by people who plainly hadn't read the book.

*** How often does one get DeathOfTheAuthor literally as well as figuratively, let alone simultaneously?

** To be more specific, some "[[UnpleasableFanbase fans]]" insist the series was Ruined FOREVER at the beginning of the second arc, and some believe it was the middle of the second arc, and some... Ah, forget it. The series has apparently been Ruined FOREVER at the beginning, middle, and end of every arc [[NostalgiaFilter except for the first one]].

* It's a specialty ''du jour'' in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' fandom. ''Mockingjay'' disappointed, soandso died, [[spoiler: Gale got the boot]], Jennifer Lawrence looks like a blonde cow. It never ends. And ''then'' there are those who [[FanDumb complained about the casting of Rue, Thresh and Cinna]] (who, by the way, were all [[UnfortunateImplications African-American]]).

* With the publication of Harper Lee's "lost" novel, ''Go Set a Watchman'', a 'sequel' to ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' has the transformation of [[spoiler: Atticus Finch into a bitter bigot trying to stop the desegregation of the Deep South]], which has already tarnished the novel's legacy.

* According to the comments section and redditt, every chapter of Creator/{{Wildbow}}'s works apparently find some new way to RUIN the story FOREVER, particularly when said things ruin the things that they had previously complained about but now liked having seen what it was setting up.

* August Derlath's additions to Franchise/TheCthulhuMythos. Notoriously, these included [[TheScrappy a good vs. evil element]] for the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods and Great Old Ones]], due to how much it [[{{Flanderization}} oversimplified]] the characters in question by substituting BlueAndOrangeMorality for black and white, human morality. [[FlameBait It's still a subject of intense debate for some Lovecraftian Horror fans to this day,]] and was notorious enough that ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', which originally included the mechanic, scrapped it by the fifth edition.

* ''Literature/ASeriesofUnfortunateEvents'' is Ruined FOREVER at the end of the thirteenth and final book know as ''The End'' when not all the mysteries of the series were solved that were introduced at the end of book five ''The Austere Academy''; this includes the fates of the characters.

* August Derlath's additions to Franchise/TheCthulhuMythos. Notoriously, these included [[TheScrappy a good vs. evil element]] for the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods and Great Old Ones]], due to how much it [[{{Flanderization}} oversimplified]] the characters in question by substituting BlueAndOrangeMorality for black and white, human morality. [[FlameBait It's still a subject of intense debate for some Lovecraftian Horror fans to this day,]] and was notorious enough that ''TabletopGames/CallOfCthulhu'', which originally included the mechanic, scrapped it by the fifth edition.

* Academics tend to whine that whatever books are selling more than the books they want to have people read will ruin literature FOREVER. Usually it's the fault of academia in the first place, when they write and print books only for the wealthy and privileged then complain about the unwashed masses not reading the "TrueArt" books. Some good examples, look at the reviews of TrueArt academic literary critics for Creator/WilkieCollins' ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'', often considered now to be a great example of nineteenth century literature, and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', whose reviews by the literati were not only absolutely disparaging but in many cases were by people who plainly hadn't read the book.

* ''[[Literature/ASeriesofUnfortunateEvents A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' is Ruined FOREVER at the end of the thirteenth and final book know as ''The End'' when not all the mysteries of the series were solved that were introduced at the end of book five ''The Austere Academy'' this includes the fates of the characters.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. According to some people, the series's existing means vampires (and maybe literature) are ruined FOREVER AND EVER.

* There were people who were not happy about there being [[Literature/AndAnotherThing a sixth book]] in ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' {{trilogy|creep}} by [[EoinColfer a new author]] and declared {{FanonDiscontinuity}} before it had even come out.

* August Derlath's additions to TheCthulhuMythos. Notoriously, these included [[TheScrappy a good vs. evil element]] for the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods and Great Old Ones]], due to how much it [[{{Flanderization}} oversimplified]] the characters in question by substituting BlueAndOrangeMorality for black and white, human morality. [[FlameBait It's still a subject of intense debate for some Lovecraftian Horror fans to this day,]] and was notorious enough that TabletopGames/CallOfCthulhu, which originally included the mechanic, scrapped it by the fifth edition.

* With the publication of Harper Lee's "lost" novel, ''Go Set a Watchman'', a sequel to ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' the transformation of [[spoiler: Atticus Finch into a bitter bigot trying to stop the desegregation of the Deep South]] has already tarnished the novel's legacy.

* August Derlath's additions to TheCthulhuMythos. Notoriously, these included [[TheScrappy a good vs. evil element]] for the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods and Great Old Ones]], due to how much it [[[[Flanderization]] oversimplified]] the characters in question by substituting BlueAndOrangeMorality for black and white, human morality. [[FlameBait It's still a subject of intense debate for some Lovecraftian Horror fans to this day,]] and was notorious enough that TabletopGames/CallOfCthulhu, which originally included the mechanic, scrapped it by the fifth edition.

* August Derlath's additions to TheCthulhuMythos. Notoriously, these included [[TheScrappy a good vs. evil element]] for the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods and Great Old Ones]], due to how much it [[Flanderization oversimplified]] the characters in question by substituting BlueAndOrangeMorality for black and white, human morality. [[FlameBait It's still a subject of intense debate for some Lovecraftian Horror fans to this day,]] and was notorious enough that TabletopGames/CallOfCthulhu, which originally included the mechanic, scrapped it by the fifth edition.