It's related to the idea that a grimdark world of misery and suffering is realistic. Or Joss Weadon's bizarre belief that happy people are boring and even more bizarre belief that having everything end in tears and every relationship in death is dramatic and realistic. Actually, Joss*, it's really frigging boring and about as realistic as a sitcom.
Either a good number of creators actually need treatment for depression or other mental illnesses or they need to sit down and actually think about what the grimdark movement thinks reality is. Do actual real people all suck? Or are there plenty of good (which is not at all the same as perfect) people out there? Does life actually contain mostly misery, unhappiness, and pain? Or does it have a lot of fun, laughter, love, and joy, too?
Its one thing to, for whatever reason, like grimdark or shows about petty, selfish, unpleasant people, and quite another to proclaim them any more realistic than happy fluffy land.
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Date: 2010-06-26 02:30 (UTC)From:Either a good number of creators actually need treatment for depression or other mental illnesses or they need to sit down and actually think about what the grimdark movement thinks reality is. Do actual real people all suck? Or are there plenty of good (which is not at all the same as perfect) people out there? Does life actually contain mostly misery, unhappiness, and pain? Or does it have a lot of fun, laughter, love, and joy, too?
Its one thing to, for whatever reason, like grimdark or shows about petty, selfish, unpleasant people, and quite another to proclaim them any more realistic than happy fluffy land.
*And every other writer who does this.
(sorry, wrote you a novel there ^_^;)