Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
** Florean Fortescue, an ice-cream maker who was noted a few books. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerofAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', he's mentioned helping Harry with his History of Magic homework, ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' namedropped a former Hogwarts Headmaster named Dexter Fortescue, and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' mentioned him vanishing, likely dragged off by Death Eaters. Creator/JKRowling was planning to foreshadow him being the one who explained the various historical magical artifacts to turn up in ''Deathly Hallows'', but she eventually decided that the subplot wasn't going anywhere, and handed the explanations to other characters, with Fortescue's disappearance never being revisited.
to:
** Florean Fortescue, an ice-cream maker who was noted a few books. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerofAzkaban ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerofAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', he's mentioned helping Harry with his History of Magic homework, ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' namedropped a former Hogwarts Headmaster named Dexter Fortescue, and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' mentioned him vanishing, likely dragged off by Death Eaters. Creator/JKRowling was planning to foreshadow him being the one who explained the various historical magical artifacts to turn up in ''Deathly Hallows'', but she eventually decided that the subplot wasn't going anywhere, and handed the explanations to other characters, with Fortescue's disappearance never being revisited.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Alphabetizing example(s)
Added line(s) 5 (click to see context) :
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** The main characters once encountered a new type of Controller called the Garatron, which was incredibly hard to defeat given that it could run ridiculously fast. After finally managing to defeat one after a book they comment there's a good chance they'll be fighting more of them soon. They never do.
** Book 41, "The Familiar" centers on a BadFuture where the Yeerks have conquered Earth, but even InUniverse nothing makes sense, with numerous cases of AGlitchInTheMatrix. The plot railroads Jake into a choice between saving [[LoveInterest Cassie]] [[FriendOrIdolDecision or the human race]]. We don't find out what he picks, but at that point it's revealed (unsurprisingly) to be AllJustADream while a mysterious voice says that humans require "more study." Nothing ever reveals what put Jake through this random test, though WordOfGod rules out [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Ellimist]] or [[CosmicHorror Crayak]], the two most likely suspects.
** A few off-hand references are made to the Yeerks having some presence on the Andalite homeworld, but this never developed into anything and by her own admission Applegate just forgot about it.
** The main characters once encountered a new type of Controller called the Garatron, which was incredibly hard to defeat given that it could run ridiculously fast. After finally managing to defeat one after a book they comment there's a good chance they'll be fighting more of them soon. They never do.
** Book 41, "The Familiar" centers on a BadFuture where the Yeerks have conquered Earth, but even InUniverse nothing makes sense, with numerous cases of AGlitchInTheMatrix. The plot railroads Jake into a choice between saving [[LoveInterest Cassie]] [[FriendOrIdolDecision or the human race]]. We don't find out what he picks, but at that point it's revealed (unsurprisingly) to be AllJustADream while a mysterious voice says that humans require "more study." Nothing ever reveals what put Jake through this random test, though WordOfGod rules out [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Ellimist]] or [[CosmicHorror Crayak]], the two most likely suspects.
** A few off-hand references are made to the Yeerks having some presence on the Andalite homeworld, but this never developed into anything and by her own admission Applegate just forgot about it.
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
** A couple of tie-in novels seem to have gotten aborted. Books like 'The Journal of Rupert Giles' , 'The Cordelia Collection' and Angel's "The Longest Night" clearly had Vol.1 on their covers, but no more were ever made.
to:
** A couple of tie-in novels seem to have gotten aborted. Books like 'The ''The Journal of Rupert Giles' , 'The Giles'', ''The Cordelia Collection' Collection'' and Angel's "The ''The Longest Night" Night'' clearly had Vol.1 on their covers, but no more were ever made.
Added line(s) 8 (click to see context) :
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' ends with the Patrician taking control of a network of dwarf tunnels under the city, many of which have rails laid down, and also a dwarfish power source with infinite torque. ''Literature/MakingMoney'' and ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' go into further detail about "The Grand Undertaking", which the Patrician has planned for these tunnels. Oddly, this goes unmentioned in ''Literature/RaisingSteam'', which introduces actual steam trains, and DiedDuringProduction means that we will never see the completed underground system, unless it appears in ''The Watch'' TV series.
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
** Ayla's son Durc is set up to play an important role as one of the half-Clan/half-Other children and potential future leader of his clan in ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', but he's never seen again after Ayla leaves the Clan besides in dreams and visions. To be fair, the series is focused on Ayla and her journey rather than Durc's, and it's made repeatedly clear that Ayla will never see her son again in this lifetime, so both Ayla and the reader are left to wonder what kind of life Durc leads now.
to:
** Ayla's son Durc is set up to play an important role as one of the half-Clan/half-Other children and potential future leader of his clan in ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', but he's never seen again after Ayla leaves the Clan besides in dreams and visions. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair, fair]], the series is focused on Ayla and her journey rather than Durc's, and it's made repeatedly clear that Ayla will never see her son again in this lifetime, so both Ayla and the reader are [[TheUnreveal left to wonder wonder]] what kind of life Durc leads now.
Changed line(s) 10,16 (click to see context) from:
* ''Literature/WildCards'' had some plots abandoned, presumably because some creators left, probably taking their copyrighted characters with them. Tachyon's infection with the Typhoid version of the virus is treated as something that can be cured by another character who disappears from the series. Tachyon is also jumped into a different woman than his girlfriend, a Chris Claremont creation.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** The main characters once encountered a new type of Controller called the Garatron, which was incredibly hard to defeat given that it could run ridiculously fast. After finally managing to defeat one after a book they comment there's a good chance they'll be fighting more of them soon. They never do.
** Book 41, "The Familiar" centers on a BadFuture where the Yeerks have conquered Earth, but even InUniverse nothing makes sense, with numerous cases of AGlitchInTheMatrix. The plot railroads Jake into a choice between saving [[LoveInterest Cassie]] [[FriendOrIdolDecision or the human race]]. We don't find out what he picks, but at that point it's revealed (unsurprisingly) to be AllJustADream while a mysterious voice says that humans require "more study." Nothing ever reveals what put Jake through this random test, though WordOfGod rules out [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Ellimist]] or [[CosmicHorror Crayak]], the two most likely suspects.
** A few off-hand references are made to the Yeerks having some presence on the Andalite homeworld, but this never developed into anything and by her own admission Applegate just forgot about it.
* K.A. Applegate's series ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' became a major KudzuPlot, with many arcs were left undone by the end--most egregiously, what the "Ancient Enemy" was and how both [[BigBadDuumvirate the Troika]] and Billy related to it.
* A major hazard of the multi-author format of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series. Perhaps most notable were the arcs dealing with the Insiders, a conspiracy set up by the heroes that was to keep LaResistance going even if the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the New Republic, and Tahiri's possible destiny as a half-human half-Yuuzhan Vong DarkMessiah, but smaller arcs were dropped as well.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** The main characters once encountered a new type of Controller called the Garatron, which was incredibly hard to defeat given that it could run ridiculously fast. After finally managing to defeat one after a book they comment there's a good chance they'll be fighting more of them soon. They never do.
** Book 41, "The Familiar" centers on a BadFuture where the Yeerks have conquered Earth, but even InUniverse nothing makes sense, with numerous cases of AGlitchInTheMatrix. The plot railroads Jake into a choice between saving [[LoveInterest Cassie]] [[FriendOrIdolDecision or the human race]]. We don't find out what he picks, but at that point it's revealed (unsurprisingly) to be AllJustADream while a mysterious voice says that humans require "more study." Nothing ever reveals what put Jake through this random test, though WordOfGod rules out [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Ellimist]] or [[CosmicHorror Crayak]], the two most likely suspects.
** A few off-hand references are made to the Yeerks having some presence on the Andalite homeworld, but this never developed into anything and by her own admission Applegate just forgot about it.
* K.A. Applegate's series ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' became a major KudzuPlot, with many arcs were left undone by the end--most egregiously, what the "Ancient Enemy" was and how both [[BigBadDuumvirate the Troika]] and Billy related to it.
* A major hazard of the multi-author format of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series. Perhaps most notable were the arcs dealing with the Insiders, a conspiracy set up by the heroes that was to keep LaResistance going even if the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the New Republic, and Tahiri's possible destiny as a half-human half-Yuuzhan Vong DarkMessiah, but smaller arcs were dropped as well.
to:
* ''Literature/WildCards'' had some plots abandoned, presumably because some creators left, probably taking their copyrighted characters ''{{Literature/Flashman}} and the Dragon'' ends with them. Tachyon's infection Flashman attempting to blackmail the woman who tricked him into gun-running past Chinese authorities. It rapidly becomes clear that she has outwitted him, and the book ends with her husband, thought missing, and a shadowy figure asking what seems to be a drugged Flashman if he is enjoying his drink and clearly intending him mischief. If Fraser intended to delve into this any deeper, he passed before he had the Typhoid chance; the next chronological story takes place seven years later in Abyssinia, and the incident is never mentioned again.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Florean Fortescue, an ice-cream maker who was noted a few books. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerofAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', he's mentioned helping Harry with his History of Magic homework, ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' namedropped a former Hogwarts Headmaster named Dexter Fortescue, and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' mentioned him vanishing, likely dragged off by Death Eaters. Creator/JKRowling was planning to foreshadow him being the one who explained the various historical magical artifacts to turn up in ''Deathly Hallows'', but she eventually decided that the subplot wasn't going anywhere, and handed the explanations to other characters, with Fortescue's disappearance never being revisited.
** There's also Harry's mind-blocking Occlumency training in ''Order of the Phoenix''. The goal was for Harry to learn Occlumency from Snape in order for him to block out the visions that he's been receiving from Voldemort. However, the Occlumency classes end up being dropped before Harry completes the training, so the visions continue anyway. Harry being partially taught in Occlumency also never comes into play afterwards.
* The manga version ofthe virus is treated as something that can be cured by another character who disappears from the series. Tachyon is also jumped into a different woman than his girlfriend, a Chris Claremont creation.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** The main characters once encountered a new type of Controller called the Garatron, which was incredibly hard to defeat given that it could run ridiculously fast.''Literature/IStoppedWorkingBecauseIWasExpelledFromTheHero’sParty After finally managing to defeat one after a book they comment there's a good chance they'll be fighting more of them soon. They Denounced Me as a Coward'' ends with a lot of dangling plot threads unresolved. Such as former party members who were sent to recruit Nicola under threat just giving up on that with seemingly no worry about repercussions. Not to mention all the political intrigue that got laser-focused on him that is just never do.
** Book 41, "The Familiar" centers on a BadFuture where the Yeerks have conquered Earth, but even InUniverse nothing makes sense, with numerous cases of AGlitchInTheMatrix. The plot railroads Jake into a choice between saving [[LoveInterest Cassie]] [[FriendOrIdolDecision or the human race]]. We don't find out what he picks, butaddressed at that point it's revealed (unsurprisingly) to be AllJustADream while a mysterious voice says that humans require "more study." Nothing ever reveals what put Jake through this random test, though WordOfGod rules out [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Ellimist]] or [[CosmicHorror Crayak]], the two most likely suspects.
** A few off-hand references are made to the Yeerks having some presence on the Andalite homeworld, but this never developed into anything and by her own admission Applegate just forgot about it.
* K.A. Applegate's series ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' became a major KudzuPlot, with many arcs were left undone by the end--most egregiously, what the "Ancient Enemy" was and how both [[BigBadDuumvirate the Troika]] and Billy related to it.
* A major hazard of the multi-author format of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series. Perhaps most notable were the arcs dealing with the Insiders, a conspiracy set up by the heroes that was to keep LaResistance going even if the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the New Republic, and Tahiri's possible destiny as a half-human half-Yuuzhan Vong DarkMessiah, but smaller arcs were dropped as well.all.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Florean Fortescue, an ice-cream maker who was noted a few books. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerofAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', he's mentioned helping Harry with his History of Magic homework, ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' namedropped a former Hogwarts Headmaster named Dexter Fortescue, and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' mentioned him vanishing, likely dragged off by Death Eaters. Creator/JKRowling was planning to foreshadow him being the one who explained the various historical magical artifacts to turn up in ''Deathly Hallows'', but she eventually decided that the subplot wasn't going anywhere, and handed the explanations to other characters, with Fortescue's disappearance never being revisited.
** There's also Harry's mind-blocking Occlumency training in ''Order of the Phoenix''. The goal was for Harry to learn Occlumency from Snape in order for him to block out the visions that he's been receiving from Voldemort. However, the Occlumency classes end up being dropped before Harry completes the training, so the visions continue anyway. Harry being partially taught in Occlumency also never comes into play afterwards.
* The manga version of
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** The main characters once encountered a new type of Controller called the Garatron, which was incredibly hard to defeat given that it could run ridiculously fast.
** Book 41, "The Familiar" centers on a BadFuture where the Yeerks have conquered Earth, but even InUniverse nothing makes sense, with numerous cases of AGlitchInTheMatrix. The plot railroads Jake into a choice between saving [[LoveInterest Cassie]] [[FriendOrIdolDecision or the human race]]. We don't find out what he picks, but
** A few off-hand references are made to the Yeerks having some presence on the Andalite homeworld, but this never developed into anything and by her own admission Applegate just forgot about it.
* K.A. Applegate's series ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' became a major KudzuPlot, with many arcs were left undone by the end--most egregiously, what the "Ancient Enemy" was and how both [[BigBadDuumvirate the Troika]] and Billy related to it.
* A major hazard of the multi-author format of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series. Perhaps most notable were the arcs dealing with the Insiders, a conspiracy set up by the heroes that was to keep LaResistance going even if the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the New Republic, and Tahiri's possible destiny as a half-human half-Yuuzhan Vong DarkMessiah, but smaller arcs were dropped as well.
* The end of ''The Final Warning'', the 4th book in the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series ends with a cliffhanger: The Voice tells Max about a mission that she should go on. The 5th book, ''Max'', begins with a CSM show, with no mention of the mission from the 4th book ever again.
* In ''Literature/TheMister'', Kit's widow Caroline brings up that she thinks she [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy may be pregnant with Kit's child]], who would potentially displace Maxim as Kit's heir (Maxim being Kit's younger brother), but this plot point ultimately goes nowhere.
* A major hazard of the multi-author format of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series. Perhaps most notable were the arcs dealing with the Insiders, a conspiracy set up by the heroes that was to keep LaResistance going even if the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the New Republic, and Tahiri's possible destiny as a half-human half-Yuuzhan Vong DarkMessiah, but smaller arcs were dropped as well.
* In ''Literature/TheMister'', Kit's widow Caroline brings up that she thinks she [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy may be pregnant with Kit's child]], who would potentially displace Maxim as Kit's heir (Maxim being Kit's younger brother), but this plot point ultimately goes nowhere.
* A major hazard of the multi-author format of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series. Perhaps most notable were the arcs dealing with the Insiders, a conspiracy set up by the heroes that was to keep LaResistance going even if the Yuuzhan Vong destroyed the New Republic, and Tahiri's possible destiny as a half-human half-Yuuzhan Vong DarkMessiah, but smaller arcs were dropped as well.
Changed line(s) 20,21 (click to see context) from:
* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Wings of Fire'', one plotline involves Sky Masters, Inc. being the victim of a takeover, with the heads of the purchasing company having a ChildProdigy daughter that really impresses Jon. All this is seemingly forgotten by the next book.
* Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse
* Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse
to:
* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Wings of Fire'', one plotline involves Sky Masters, Inc. being the victim of a takeover, with the heads of the purchasing company having a ChildProdigy daughter ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'': The Fat Controller says that really impresses Jon. All if Wilbert proves useful during his visit to Sodor, he knows where to find another Austerity tank engine to help on the branch lines. Between 1994's ''Wilbert the Forest Engine'' and 2011's ''Thomas and his Friends'', this is seemingly forgotten never brought up again.
* K.A. Applegate's series ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' became a major KudzuPlot, with many arcs were left undone by thenext book.
end--most egregiously, what the "Ancient Enemy" was and how both [[BigBadDuumvirate the Troika]] and Billy related to it.
*Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverseFranchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse:
* K.A. Applegate's series ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' became a major KudzuPlot, with many arcs were left undone by the
*
Deleted line(s) 24,28 (click to see context) :
* ''Literature/HarryPotter''
** Florean Fortescue, an ice-cream maker who was noted a few books. In ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', he's mentioned helping Harry with his History of Magic homework, ''Order of the Phoenix'' namedropped a former Hogwarts Headmaster named Dexter Fortescue, and ''Half-Blood Prince'' mentioned him vanishing, likely dragged off by Death Eaters. Creator/JKRowling was planning to foreshadow him being the one who explained the various historical magical artifacts to turn up in ''Deathly Hallows'', but she eventually decided that the subplot wasn't going anywhere, and handed the explanations to other characters, with Fortescue's disappearance never being revisited.
** There's also Harry's mind-blocking Occlumency training in ''Order of the Pheonix''. The goal was for Harry to learn Occlumency from Snape in order for him to block out the visions that he's been receiving from Voldemort. However, the Occlumency classes end up being dropped before Harry completes the training, so the visions continue anyway. Harry being partially taught in Occlumency also never comes into play afterwards.
* The end of ''The Final Warning'', the 4th book in the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series ends with a cliffhanger: The Voice tells Max about a mission that she should go on. The 5th book, ''Max'', begins with a CSM show, with no mention of the mission from the 4th book ever again.
* The manga version of ''Literature/IStoppedWorkingBecauseIWasExpelledFromTheHero’sParty After They Denounced Me as a Coward'' ends with a lot of dangling plot threads unresolved. Such as former party members who were sent to recruit Nicola under threat just giving up on that with seemingly no worry about repercussions. Not to mention all the political intrigue that got laser-focused on him that is just never addressed at all.
** Florean Fortescue, an ice-cream maker who was noted a few books. In ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', he's mentioned helping Harry with his History of Magic homework, ''Order of the Phoenix'' namedropped a former Hogwarts Headmaster named Dexter Fortescue, and ''Half-Blood Prince'' mentioned him vanishing, likely dragged off by Death Eaters. Creator/JKRowling was planning to foreshadow him being the one who explained the various historical magical artifacts to turn up in ''Deathly Hallows'', but she eventually decided that the subplot wasn't going anywhere, and handed the explanations to other characters, with Fortescue's disappearance never being revisited.
** There's also Harry's mind-blocking Occlumency training in ''Order of the Pheonix''. The goal was for Harry to learn Occlumency from Snape in order for him to block out the visions that he's been receiving from Voldemort. However, the Occlumency classes end up being dropped before Harry completes the training, so the visions continue anyway. Harry being partially taught in Occlumency also never comes into play afterwards.
* The end of ''The Final Warning'', the 4th book in the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series ends with a cliffhanger: The Voice tells Max about a mission that she should go on. The 5th book, ''Max'', begins with a CSM show, with no mention of the mission from the 4th book ever again.
* The manga version of ''Literature/IStoppedWorkingBecauseIWasExpelledFromTheHero’sParty After They Denounced Me as a Coward'' ends with a lot of dangling plot threads unresolved. Such as former party members who were sent to recruit Nicola under threat just giving up on that with seemingly no worry about repercussions. Not to mention all the political intrigue that got laser-focused on him that is just never addressed at all.
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' ends with the Patrician taking control of a network of dwarf tunnels under the city, many of which have rails laid down, and also a dwarfish power source with infinite torque. ''Literature/MakingMoney'' and ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' go into further detail about "The Grand Undertaking", which the Patrician has planned for these tunnels. Oddly, this goes unmentioned in ''Literature/RaisingSteam'', which introduces actual steam trains, and DiedDuringProduction means that we will never see the completed underground system, unless it appears in ''The Watch'' TV series.
to:
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' ends with In ''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', the Patrician second volume brings up how Karen "LLENN" Kohiruimaki is taking control great pains to keep her Gun Gale Online playing a secret from her family, who disapproves of a network of dwarf tunnels under VRMMO games after [[Literature/SwordArtOnline roughly 4,000 people died playing Sword Art Online]]. As Karen begins putting even more hours into GGO to prepare for the city, many of second Squad Jam, her sister becomes concerned about her not answering the phone, and Karen can't say why. Volume 4 skips ahead to months after the second Squad Jam, during which have rails laid down, and also a dwarfish power source with infinite torque. ''Literature/MakingMoney'' and ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' go into further detail about "The Grand Undertaking", which the Patrician has planned for these tunnels. Oddly, time Karen barely played at all, so this goes unmentioned in ''Literature/RaisingSteam'', which introduces actual steam trains, and DiedDuringProduction means that we will never see the completed underground system, unless it appears in ''The Watch'' TV series.plotline has presumably been forgotten about.
Deleted line(s) 32,36 (click to see context) :
* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'': The Fat Controller says that if Wilbert proves useful during his visit to Sodor, he knows where to find another Austerity tank engine to help on the branch lines. Between 1994's ''Wilbert the Forest Engine'' and 2011's ''Thomas and his Friends'', this is never brought up again.
* In ''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', the second volume brings up how Karen "LLENN" Kohiruimaki is taking great pains to keep her Gun Gale Online playing a secret from her family, who disapproves of VRMMO games after [[Literature/SwordArtOnline roughly 4,000 people died playing Sword Art Online]]. As Karen begins putting even more hours into GGO to prepare for the second Squad Jam, her sister becomes concerned about her not answering the phone, and Karen can't say why. Volume 4 skips ahead to months after the second Squad Jam, during which time Karen barely played at all, so this plotline has presumably been forgotten about.
* ''{{Literature/Flashman}} and the Dragon'' [[spoiler: ends with Flashman attempting to blackmail the woman who tricked him into gun-running past Chinese authorities. It rapidly becomes clear that she has outwitted him, and the book ends with her husband, thought missing, and a shadowy figure asking what seems to be a drugged Flashman if he is enjoying his drink and clearly intending him mischief. If Fraser intended to delve into this any deeper, he passed before he had the chance; the next chronological story takes place seven years later in Abyssinia, and the incident is never mentioned again.]]
* In ''Literature/TheMister'', Kit's widow Caroline brings up that she thinks she [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy may be pregnant with Kit's child]], who would potentially displace Maxim as Kit's heir (Maxim being Kit's younger brother), but this plot point ultimately goes nowhere.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The arrival of [[{{Kaiju}} Leviathan]] results in a few of these, because the author decided to up the stakes by doing a dice roll for every character involved in the battle to see if they lived or died. This meant a couple of storylines got abruptly cut short because the characters involved were killed in battle with Leviathan. Most notably, a supervillain named "Kaiser" was clearly being setup as the next ArcVillain for the story, but Leviathan kills him, rendering all the build up moot.
* In ''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', the second volume brings up how Karen "LLENN" Kohiruimaki is taking great pains to keep her Gun Gale Online playing a secret from her family, who disapproves of VRMMO games after [[Literature/SwordArtOnline roughly 4,000 people died playing Sword Art Online]]. As Karen begins putting even more hours into GGO to prepare for the second Squad Jam, her sister becomes concerned about her not answering the phone, and Karen can't say why. Volume 4 skips ahead to months after the second Squad Jam, during which time Karen barely played at all, so this plotline has presumably been forgotten about.
* ''{{Literature/Flashman}} and the Dragon'' [[spoiler: ends with Flashman attempting to blackmail the woman who tricked him into gun-running past Chinese authorities. It rapidly becomes clear that she has outwitted him, and the book ends with her husband, thought missing, and a shadowy figure asking what seems to be a drugged Flashman if he is enjoying his drink and clearly intending him mischief. If Fraser intended to delve into this any deeper, he passed before he had the chance; the next chronological story takes place seven years later in Abyssinia, and the incident is never mentioned again.]]
* In ''Literature/TheMister'', Kit's widow Caroline brings up that she thinks she [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy may be pregnant with Kit's child]], who would potentially displace Maxim as Kit's heir (Maxim being Kit's younger brother), but this plot point ultimately goes nowhere.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The arrival of [[{{Kaiju}} Leviathan]] results in a few of these, because the author decided to up the stakes by doing a dice roll for every character involved in the battle to see if they lived or died. This meant a couple of storylines got abruptly cut short because the characters involved were killed in battle with Leviathan. Most notably, a supervillain named "Kaiser" was clearly being setup as the next ArcVillain for the story, but Leviathan kills him, rendering all the build up moot.
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
to:
* ''Literature/WildCards'' had some plots abandoned, presumably because some creators left, probably taking their copyrighted characters with them. Tachyon's infection with the Typhoid version of the virus is treated as something that can be cured by another character who disappears from the series. Tachyon is also jumped into a different woman than his girlfriend, a Chris Claremont creation.
* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Wings of Fire'', one plotline involves Sky Masters, Inc. being the victim of a takeover, with the heads of the purchasing company having a ChildProdigy daughter that really impresses Jon. All this is seemingly forgotten by the next book.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The arrival of [[{{Kaiju}} Leviathan]] results in a few of these, because the author decided to up the stakes by doing a dice roll for every character involved in the battle to see if they lived or died. This meant a couple of storylines got abruptly cut short because the characters involved were killed in battle with Leviathan. Most notably, a supervillain named "Kaiser" was clearly being setup as the next ArcVillain for the story, but Leviathan kills him, rendering all the build up moot.
* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''Wings of Fire'', one plotline involves Sky Masters, Inc. being the victim of a takeover, with the heads of the purchasing company having a ChildProdigy daughter that really impresses Jon. All this is seemingly forgotten by the next book.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The arrival of [[{{Kaiju}} Leviathan]] results in a few of these, because the author decided to up the stakes by doing a dice roll for every character involved in the battle to see if they lived or died. This meant a couple of storylines got abruptly cut short because the characters involved were killed in battle with Leviathan. Most notably, a supervillain named "Kaiser" was clearly being setup as the next ArcVillain for the story, but Leviathan kills him, rendering all the build up moot.
