Power Corrupts Konosuba Poll (Patreon)

I wanted to get some general feedback from the Power Corrupts audience to make sure the feedback I've been getting isn’t a vocal minority. Let me begin by saying that I knew going in that the Konosuba jump was going to be a risk. Pivoting from drama to comedy was going to be difficult to pull off, and it seems that I couldn't quite nail Konosuba's brand of comedy or my audience just didn't find that brand of comedy appealing. 

Regardless, based on the rather consistent feedback I’ve been getting about the Konosuba arc, it seems to me that the risk I took just isn’t paying off. And that sucks, but you live and you learn.

So, there are three ways forward.

1) Based on the feedback I get now, I see that it’s just a vocal minority and we continue on as planned.

2) We roll back the story, pretend that the Konosuba jump never happened. This option is a bit more complicated since another world will need to be picked out and I would need to build up a backlog for patreon chapters. So, what would happen is that I continue posting my backlog that I have for the Konosuba jump that I have written while I work on the new jump so those that enjoy the Power Corrupts story will still have something to read.

I’ll aim to make it a seamless transition from Konosuba to whatever world we go to -- Biggest tippers will get the first chapter for the new jump while Big tippers get the last chapter of the Konosuba jump, then that trickles down until the first chapter of the new jump gets published on QQ.

In this scenario, rather than being bumped off to another setting, Jericho finds himself back in the world selecter and Skyrim is marked through. He has the ability to purchase characters that were still living as of the time of his death, but no one that died. However, Skyrim is officially done. He can’t pick the setting again. No round 2 with Alduin, he just has to accept the events of Skyrim and move on. That way dying in a jump still has some consequences, and it heads off the worst of the depression via separation from the familia.

Additionally, I think there will be a vote to see which world we go to.

If that sounds confusing, then let me know. I’ll try to clarify.

3) I reboot the Konosuba jump. I take it from the top, take the feedback that I’ve gotten and give it another try. The bulk of the feedback seems to be -- Jericho is an asshole and depressed which isn’t fun to read. The conflict of interest of not B-lining the Demon King. And the lack of Hestia and other side characters. Those three seem to be the major ones, but if there are others, then let me know.

The same process as above would apply -- I post through what I have of my backlog, use the time to write chapters for the new jump, then Biggest tippers would get chapter 1 of Konosuba 2.0 first. The premise would be different to let the story feel fresh even if it is a rewrite of the jump.

Rather than a deal with Aqua, Jericho gets a random world selected for him and he has to go through it. He bum rushes the DK, ganks him, but with how easy it was, it’s not enough for his system to consider it an adventure. Running through the other threats proves to be similarly ineffective, so Jericho gets the bright idea to become the new Demon King and conquer the world.

The main cast clash against him and hijinks ensue until the world falls to Jericho.

So, those are the three options. Make your vote below, leave comments with your thoughts -- We’re still earlyish in the jump, so if I’m going to restart it or scrap it, then I’d rather do it now. All it takes is a bad arc to kill a story, and I’d rather avoid that if I can.