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[rubah]

*pokes friendslist*

Which do you prefer in a story:

a happy ending, or something that might not be happy, but makes sense and has a good moral to it?

I myself like the happy ending.

(weird.. I thought this was edea's theme at first@@;;;;;; I guess she's sorta like seymour)

Comments

[natashca.livejournal.com]

Something that might not be happy but makes sense!! I need the ending to make sense, I need it to be true to the story and to the storylines and characters - if there's anything I hate when reading a story, it's if it has an ending that is forced-happy and doesn't make sense :X As long as it makes sense and isn't forced-happy and forgetful of its issues, I'm happy! :D

[snowystingray.livejournal.com]

I would have to say that I prefer and ending that makes sense. Although I always hope for a happy ending, sometimes authors try to hard to make everything work out happy at the end and then you feel kind of betrayed because it just doesn't fit with the rest of the story. As long as the ending is the natural conclusion of the story and follows nicely with the nature of the story and the characters, I am happy with it (even if it means my favouirte people die! Wah!).

[adellahale.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'll chime in there. I like the sensible ending best. Happy endings satisfy at first, but in the end don't always work best. They're kinda like empty calories. The endings that have stuck with me over the years have been the ones that weren't happy but worked and, most of all, made me think. These endings can be bitter at first in comparison to sweet happy finishes, but the insight from them is usually more meaningful and deeper. I guess I'd rather take a bitter pill if it shows me more than the sweet which shows me little.

Then again, I can understand wanting some simple levity. Sometimes, we need that too.