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Mar. 28th, 2019 03:19 am people keep bringing up "I only want happy endings" as if it's some massive outspoken minority opinion, like just radically out of left field and no one has ever said it before, and like. this is the mainstream opinion. this is how most people feel.
very few people are actually saying "it has to be sad to be art" and if they are, they almost always suck at art. what people are trying to defend is that there ARE good reasons for sad endings, that it's fucked up to be like "well why would you even bother writing it if it doesn't have a happy ending" or "all stories should have happy endings"
people go up to someone who likes sad or ambiguous endings, who like grimdark, who like angst or whump, and they're just like, well why do you have to like it
and then when you try to explain your preference it's all two dozen famous authors tweeting about DON'T FORCE ME TO READ SAD ENDINGS I'M BEING OPPRESSED
very few people are actually saying "it has to be sad to be art" and if they are, they almost always suck at art. what people are trying to defend is that there ARE good reasons for sad endings, that it's fucked up to be like "well why would you even bother writing it if it doesn't have a happy ending" or "all stories should have happy endings"
people go up to someone who likes sad or ambiguous endings, who like grimdark, who like angst or whump, and they're just like, well why do you have to like it
and then when you try to explain your preference it's all two dozen famous authors tweeting about DON'T FORCE ME TO READ SAD ENDINGS I'M BEING OPPRESSED
