How will the above poster's novel end?

Note to mods - no, this is not a game. And I'm posting it to the same section it was in last year. :]

I found this thread incredibly useful last year - I'm not sure who started it, so I can't give credit, sorry. The idea here is to read the synopsis posted in the above user's novel info on their profile and, from there, tell them how you think their novel will end. I saved every response I received last year for inspiration, so I'll give you a real example of how it's done:

Quote:(Portion of a 2010) SYNOPSIS:

...Dixon's always believed that the last drops of love died with the disbandment of Savage Garden and the only purpose human's have in life is to reproduce then die. But the world he thought he knew becomes skewed when he meets Luca: a seemingly asexual mechanic with the mentality of a six year old. Soon the self-assured escort finds himself lost in a whirlwind of sweet vanilla days and passionate, Belgian chocolate nights. Reality becomes blurred as his perceptions of love and sex begin to intersect and his livelihood feels more and more like a shame than a pride.

Armstrong's a superstar with everything he could ever want: a fast car, a mansion in the hills, and legions of hot women prepared to bow to his every whim lined up to please him. A closet homosexual, he refuses to accept his true desires and instead pays extortionate amounts to a young escort [Dixon] in exchange for his services and a vow of silence. But as the stress of the job pulls him down he becomes more and more aggressive, he moves from simply enjoying the man's company to finding pleasure in hurting him: heart, mind and soul...

Quote:Example of a RESPONSE: (by nonsequiturone)

I think Luca will end up with either Dixon or Armstrong (hopefully Dixon; the use of the word "seemingly" makes me think he'll act asexual throughout a portion of the novel but he ultimately isn't - maybe he was waiting for the right person?). Maybe this is just me, but I hope Armstrong gets his comeuppance, if in fact he's hurting Dixon (unless this is ok with him?). For some reason, I don't think Armstrong will ever accept who he is; from his character description he just seems like the kind of person who will take out his frustration in private and lead a semblance of a "normal" life in public.

Please don't post your synopsis in the thread - the above is purely an example. :]

Never tried this before, but I'll give a hand.
Luca leaves Stephen, and Stephen starts drinking again. Eventually Luca realizes how much he misses Stephen, though, and comes back. But when he finds Stephen dead drunk, he leaves again. Stephen wakes up the next morning with no memory of Luca returning, but he reads a book/hears a conversation/somehow is inspired that love is real, and that what he feels for Luca really is love, and goes back to find him. Luca doesn't take him back, but his disposition starts to budge, and at the end of the book it's a hopeful-but-ambivalent ending about what happens to them.
Any good?

Bryce goes on a scavenger hunt of sorts, following clues left to him by his father in a series of ensuing letters. Along the way, he realizes how much his father actually meant to him and discovers a few things about himself as well.

Hannah discovers that the US military intends to round up all clones and execute them en masse following the discovery that one Eastern nation is building a clone army to use against the West. After meeting some of her clones and seeing how human they are, she tells the other genetic 'Sources' about what their military bosses have planned, and together they throw a spanner in the invasion plan. Hannah and the Sources free the captive clones rounded up in execution camps and then broadcasts a recording she managed to make, in which her military boss admitted what their real plans were - namely the extermination of human clones everywhere. This results in a mass uprising of clones worldwide, with Hannah and the Sources as the leaders.

Simon comes within a hair's breadth of finishing off the last of the Faust-men when he and Carnacki have some kind of final showdown. Heated words are exchanged, but in the end they reach some sort of consensus. Carnacki either helps Simon in his quest or agrees to look the other way. The last of the bad guys get killed.

Kreiger's rule eventually incites chaos among the ranks, and a plot to overthrow him emerges. The plotters are eventually disbanded, but in the process, unrest is sparked and a battle breaks out, threatening to cause the Empire to crumble. Kreiger kills many more than is entirely necessary, but ultimately atones for it, leaving the Empire behind and choosing to walk his own path.

(I'm not the best plotter. >_

0.0 That is almost exactly what I was planning . . .

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

Lol, no way. O_O;; ... wow, sorry about my ... seemingly freaky psychic powers. xD anyways, really liking the sound of your novel. :D

Ooh, tricky, but I like it.

Courtney (I like it, by the way) will solve the case and end up taking a high dive himself.

Longer: Desperate to solve the case to the point of refusing to eat or sleep, Courtney will succomb to an obsessive madness. At first his friends and family won't notice, but as time progresses and no answers are found, Courtney can't hide it anymore and people get worried. They ask him to see a therapist but he refuses, beginning to take progressively more dangerous risks and even breaking the law to get the answers he wants, even though he knows the evidence won't hold up in court if neccessary. It leads him on a journey of uncovering heartbreak after heartbreak, not only in the lives of those two (one?) dead bodies, but also in the world around him. It also leads to heartbreak in his own life as his friends, unnerved by his desperation, desert him. He solves the case, but it costs him everything—with nothing left to lose and no reason to live, he climbs to the top floor of a skyscraper and jumps, realizing at the last that the feeling of free fall and abandoned was what he was really searching for his whole life.

Wow, I'm depressive and philisophical today.

You've two stories so I'm going to go with "Cobblestones".

Firstly, I love the metaphor. It's clever. I think that the characters Marie meets will grow more twisted the further she gets towards the castle - maybe trying to lead her astray and tempt her to leave the path. While others she met earlier might try to warn her, or be somewhat clingy (like some sort of nostalgia). Once she reaches the castle I think it'll be a struggle for her to find away inside, but once she does she might realise that it's not as remarkable as she thought it might be - maybe the size might be overwhelming or it's been left untidy? Something that represents that life only gets more complex.

So, Tatsuya! Let's see about your novel. First of all I love the nickname Kitten. And I like your novel idea a lot, very intriguing. And juicy!

I'm guessing there will be a lot of drama, with the women from their pasts and whatnot, fights and such. Stephen gets abusive. His drinking takes him to hospital, which brings them closer together. Stephen is surprised by Luca's deep level of caring -- because surely, he does care a lot. It'll sure be a veeery rocky road, and as much as I like this couple, I think Luca will eventually leave Stephen for his own good, possibly convinced by a friend or a family member. I think this novel will end up in heartbreak, in one way or another.

I think that Emma either had a dark secret or it turns out that one of her friends had something to do with it. Maybe it wasn't suicide like everyone thinks? I can't imagine how guilty her friends must feel knowing that they didn't spot the suicide signs. Or did one of them spot them and fail to do something about it? That'd be even worse.

Also, I bet two of her friends get together while trying to deal with their grief.

I think Jono has become a werewolf/some kind of mix seeing as he is already a mage. Either that, or he has fallen in love with a member of Roy's pack. Aimee is not truly in love with Roy, but using him to get close to the pack to investigate (but there might be the possibility she ends up seeing that Roy is one of the 'good guys' - but Roy will take some convincing after his heart has been broken). The pack that Roy is fighting with are setting him up to convince the cabal of mages that it's Roy whose behind the attacks.

Oliver is actually in on The Game. His so called ‘troubles’ are all to add challenge to The Game. Part of the objective in The Game is actually to find this double agent Rhoades but when Sophie finds him she ends up falling in love with him and he divulges secrets about their agency that caused him to have to be a double agent. Margot adds to the troubles. She isn’t as innocent as she appears and ends up getting part of Sohie’s team killed before Sophie kills her.

@starblack: First of all, I want to read it. Given that it's a "battle between good and evil" story with, from the sound of it, relatively high stakes, I have my doubts Larina will side with the Demons. On the other hand, given the constant war in Chriora, it seems unlikely that siding with the angels is going to end in triumph and peace. So, uh, my bet is that it will be ending in the beginning of a rebuilding process, because hey, even the good side winning means something gets destroyed.

weh it's hard for me to tell which posts are synopsis and which are endings =w= I think I will just leave you guys with my synopsis...

"Lynn Brennan was a renown surgeon. Patients would come for miles to receive treatment that only she could give. But what special power does she hold that makes her able to save the lost? A dark secret looms over her and the others of her highly influential family. When a fire consumes her home, Lynn finds herself captured and held hostage by a well-known assassin, known only by his ivory owl mask and his ability to kill. Trapped on a plantation with no way to escape, Lynn must keep herself alive in hopes of finding her twin brothers. However, war is beginning, and Lynn may find that treachery can come from where you least expect it."

@Pandah: The synopses are supposed to be on your profile, not here, which is why you're not seeing them.

Anyway, I feel almost as though I don't have quite enough information to make any predictions for yours; a lot of what you've written seems a little disconnected. I'm under the impression that it's got fantastic elements, given the "special power," but I don't really know what it is, and without having any idea what the assassin's motive is [or the motives of the people hiring him, more likely], it's difficult to say how he'll act. Clearly, however, there's going to be a lot of action, and I suspect, given their mention, that her brothers will play some part in the mentioned treachery.

This thread is give and take - in that order. Please remember this. You have to give your opinion on someone else's synopsis before you get your own. :3

So, @Loki:

I found it quite hard to follow. Is she hiding her gender or just trying to take on a role that is unusual for a girl? It doesn't actually say.

I think that Val will be constantly knocked down by the hurdles thrown her way but will continue to stand back up each time because she knows she has a role to fulfill. Eventually she will succeed - but maybe it'll be a bittersweet victory, with a significant loss (eg: her father or someone's respect) along the way.

Wish I could give something more detailed but I just don't quite get it.

@AniRemi: Kate discovers that her parents were actually illegal mages and the professor was inspired by their situation to help other ones. He's been funneling them through the Academy to give them legitimacy, and he's been sending messages to the high-ranking Sentinel because he's buying the Sentinel off. The serial killer is actually the high-ranking Sentinel, not a real serial killer or cultist. They're targeting Kate--and possibly other Unmagicals--because if they do manage to access their innate power, they will discover a damaging secret about the real relationships between the government, the Sentinels, and the illegal mages. Ultimately, the professor dies, Kate kills the Sentinel, and goes on the run with her little sister, becoming an illegal mage.

I would love to know how horribly wrong I am. :D

@August;
Colin is just about to give up as summer approaches, but realizes almost too late that he has been the thief all along. His burning desire to be a detective has caused him to become a thief and repress the memories so that he has a mystery to solve. He ends up institutionalized.