I feel like I make a different post saying the same thing about the same subject at least once per week, but I can’t help but be really annoyed/disturbed by the whole “give me a happy ending, give me positive feelings, I got into this work of fiction to try and get the satisfaction I don’t find in real life and I DEMAND you give it to me otherwise your work is GARBAGE” trend.
Oh man yeah. I cannot STAND the way people conflate “good writing” with “things that suit me personally.” Idk if they realize that satisfaction and catharsis come from different places for different people. If every story was like a fluffy fanfic, someone like me would be bored to tears by all media ever.
