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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37967
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While writing my story this has come up in my mind a lot. I have been planning and foreshadowing this major plottwist near the end of my story.

But the effects of it might change my world utterly and completely. Invalidating the story arcs and progress of my side characters. So I have planned to complete their story arcs before the twist.

Can an ending like this be satisfying to the reader? How far can I go with these "earthshattering" plottwists? And lastly, can I just make the reader let go of the side characters in the end?

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**EDIT**

In the end of my story I want to make my MC leave the world or the world gets destroyed or whatever. And make him feel he was better of in a time where he was still with his friends (the sidecharacters).

While looking at [https://www.nownovel.com/blog/finding-an-ending-for-your-novel/](https://www.nownovel.com/blog/finding-an-ending-for-your-novel/) it said to resolve (invalidate might be the wrong choice of words) the secundaire storylines.

People from the comments dislike dreamtwists but i'm curious how stories like "Alice in wonderland" or "Total recall" or "Wizard of Oz" pulled those endings of. So maybe plottwist might be the wrong word for these kind of endings?

Original score: 10