| rdfs:comment | - An Un Reveal executed as a Cliff Hanger. A good cliffhanger will have you on the edge of your seat, screaming "What happens next?!" A "What?" Cliffhanger, on the other hand, will have you on the edge of your seat, demanding "What's the cliffhanger?! What's the twist?! Why should I be excited?!" Instead of postponing The Reveal, it's been included - but phrased in a deliberately vague way for cheap suspense. Not to be confused with Pseudo Crisis, which at least gives the appearance of a proper cliffhanger before getting resolved in two seconds after the break.
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| abstract | - An Un Reveal executed as a Cliff Hanger. A good cliffhanger will have you on the edge of your seat, screaming "What happens next?!" A "What?" Cliffhanger, on the other hand, will have you on the edge of your seat, demanding "What's the cliffhanger?! What's the twist?! Why should I be excited?!" Instead of postponing The Reveal, it's been included - but phrased in a deliberately vague way for cheap suspense. A "What?" Cliffhanger happens when a chapter ends with a shocking turn of events, but the author doesn't tell you outright what it actually is. It commonly involves abuse of the word "something", implying that the "something" will be revealed at the very beginning of the next chapter, making you wonder why the author didn't just put the shocking revelation at the end of the previous chapter for untold amounts of extra drama and suspense. Instead, we are left to wonder what the plot twist will be. Sure, it might get you to read the next part (if it doesn't take too long to get released, or if you haven't figured it out for yourself already), but it's a lot less fun and a lot more annoying than a "proper" cliffhanger. See Also: Cliffhanger Copout, when a creator tweaks with a story's continuity of events when resolving a cliffhanger or outright denies to follow through on a promise to reveal important information from one chapter to the next. Not to be confused with Pseudo Crisis, which at least gives the appearance of a proper cliffhanger before getting resolved in two seconds after the break. Examples of "What?" Cliffhanger include:
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