The Worst Writing on the Internet

Short drama apps make soap opera and porn writing look like Shakespeare in comparison.

Image copyright the author. It has no connection to the story, which probably means it has more merit than anything that would have been connected

So Bad

There are these apps, short drama apps. They are all over the Internet. I see ads for them come up on my Instagram feed constantly, on TikTok, on Facebook, and on games. The ads are some of the story, enough to give you a solid start on the plot, but without a conclusion. I believe that it’s a good marketing strategy — our minds like to see the conclusion of stories, even if the story is objectively horrible.

The Story

The ones I’ve seen all seem to follow the same pattern. An incredibly rich and powerful man (occasionally it’s a woman) is keeping their identity hidden because they don’t want everyone to use them for their extreme wealth and power. They have some romantic involvement with a member of the opposite sex. That person gets a small amount of power and ditches them in a horrible way. They meet another person who also has some power but is loyal. They end up marrying the new person very suddenly (usually the same day). Sometimes it’s a fake marriage, legally a marriage but done only to fulfill some condition, or to prevent them from having to marry someone they don’t love. The reason doesn’t usually matter.