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Side Dishes 6-02: PSD

Added 2018-08-27 23:36:05 +0000 UTC

When the winning poll suggestion was first shared I actually had some conflicting emotions about it. I felt like having the entire chapter planned out ahead of time was really against the spirit of Side Dishes, but I figured that I had never actually forbidden anyone to post anything like that (and at times I had actually encouraged people to post ideas that finalize a chapter, although always when the chapter is already underway), so I went ahead and accepted the, figuring that there's no way anyone was going to vote for it anyway. But not only did it win, it wasn't even close. This is pretty much the biggest landslide victory in Side Dishes.

And that got me starting to doubt Side Dishes entirely. The intent was to be a collaborative story that changes according to the wishes of the readers as it progresses, but it seems like that's not really what people want from the series. At first my plan was just to begrudgingly draw this story and just overtly ban suggestions like that in the future, but considering how popular it is, maybe it's just a sign that people don't want Side Dishes stories the way I thought they would. Maybe it's just time to retire Side Dishes outright after this. Anyway, I'm trying to vocalize my thoughts on this without being too negative, but it is a little hard for me. I'm really not happy with this direction for the comic, but maybe I'm all alone in that opinion. I don't know what I want to do after this, but if this is how Side Dishes is going to go from here on out I feel like it's not really worth it. It's certainly more difficult for me to be excited for the story beyond this point.