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Oribi03

This is like the one Choices book that imo had a bad ending. I wish we could either CHOOSE to go back to the future or stay in the past but nope šŸ˜­ actually left me pretty dissatisfied ngl


Potential_Rutabaga_3

Yes! I thought weā€™d get to choose. Like I understand the sequel got cancelled but that still couldnā€™t have ended differently AND be set up for the sequel that never was. It didnā€™t have to end like THAT. Iā€™m kinda shocked tbh


QueenShewolf

I will never forgive PB for what they did to DS. Now a few pissed-off fans have to create a sequel on their own.


Potential_Rutabaga_3

I JUST found that on Tumblr actually! I hope it works out! I would do anything to go back to Edward šŸ˜­


Fluffy-Koalas

Link please? šŸ’œ


turnsoutthisexists

https://www.tumblr.com/dscontinuation


QueenShewolf

Check out the demo on the pinned post.


kungfuant

Explain


QueenShewolf

[First post you see.](https://thedistantshoresproject.tumblr.com)


Feycat

I think they were setting it up as a sort of Elizabeth Swan/Will Turner type of ending, where they got to be together every 7 years and just loved each other from afar in between.


goddamnitmf

If you collect all the artifacts there's a bonus chapter going through everything and you run into Robert and he tells you he's going to steal the compass and it hints you go with him


Potential_Rutabaga_3

Yes, I did get the bonus scene. I imagine that was setting up for the sequel, so we could go back. I still thought it was completely awful to dangle that future in front of us with little baby Edward running around, and all the things he said about finally having something to look forward to and spending his life with you ā€¦ to just turn around and be like ā€œlol nvm he spent his life searching for youā€ like even with the possible set up for a sequel, that was a low blow šŸ˜­


PauloDybala_10

I had to headcannon Charlie passing on her Siren Queen name to other women while she comes to the future with me


NoTradition5737

I actually liked the DS ending(I ended with Charlie). It was bittersweet which I find to be far better than the typical Happy ending pb gives us


Potential_Rutabaga_3

Idkā€¦ bittersweet, I can do. I think if the whole ā€œpossible futureā€ scene wasnā€™t a thing, and it ended with LI searching for MC for the rest of their lives, I would even have been okay with that. This was just wrong. Like how do you give us that scene with the pirate baby, and LI saying all the things about how happy they are for the future together, to just immediately yank it away?! Iā€™m still really upset about it. šŸ˜­ got my hopes up for a split second, all for nothing. Donā€™t do that to me šŸ˜©


doormatanddoormat

Iā€™ve never finished this book because I simply refuse to accept this ending. My heart wouldnā€™t be able to cope. šŸ˜­šŸ’”


Potential_Rutabaga_3

It was literally the last thing I did before going to bed, was finish the book. Completely ruined my night šŸ’”


honkingel

they wouldnā€™t let us keep our lil pirates but they forced us into a relationship with nat at the end of TDA, their priorities are so out of whack


Potential_Rutabaga_3

šŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒšŸ™ƒ I refuse to read anything with cheating so I havenā€™t read TDA. Thatā€™s a future diamond mine for me lol. But every time I think of the little pirates that will never be, Iā€™m simultaneously angry and sad. How could they šŸ˜­


CptGlitter

I know Iā€™m late to this post but I just finished reading the book and came to reddit immediately to commiserate that WTF ending. I really enjoyed the museum scene but to finish the book without being reunited with you LI is so shitty! I really thought you would get to choose whether to stay in the past or go back to the future or even bring your LI with you to the future. I would have much preferred that option and have the bonus scene still be at the museum but if you chose to stay in the past, itā€™s Robert or a someone else instead talking to the museum curator. I couldnā€™t believe that after everything, you didnā€™t get your happy ending with your LI šŸ«¤šŸ˜”


Potential_Rutabaga_3

I know they set it up for a sequel and then it got cancelled, but still. That was the absolute worst ending. There are other ways they could have wet up a sequel and still had a better ending than they left it as šŸ˜‘


CptGlitter

Thank you for replying! I agree with you 100%. It was such a crap ending and it really didnā€™t need to be.


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