general media Do you like happy or sad stories?

[Vefka 1,504]

When it comes to movies, series, fanfics, books, etc, what do you prefer: light and happy or dark and grim stories? Or you like it in the middle?

For me, I love dark, grim and philosophical stories and (this might sound wrong) I like stories with suffering. Not physically but mental, you know that kind of stories when the main hero slowly loses his mind, can't distinguish reality from hallucinations, everything is so abstract and philosophical, etc. Such stories are my favorite (that's why I'll never be tired of mentioning my favorite Background Pony)

Also I noticed recently that I feel almost nothing for light stories with happy ends because they feel so unrealistic, good guys never sacrifice/lose anything, no balance. Like FiM, afair the only thing mane 6 lost is Twi's library (and got the whole castle instead). I know that such light-hearted things are created to run away from cruel reality (and for kids), but I guess I don't really want to run away from it

Anyway, it was my opinion, I'd love to read yours!

[Pandora 38,662]

When it comes to my series I prefer a happy cute ending but movies are allowed to be dark UwU 

[Splashee 28,599]

I don't like shows that do sad things on purpose, like Walking Dead.

But stories that make you cry because they are genuinely emotional, I like!

[Tom Gallagher 33,632]

Happy! I hate sad endings! 

[TheRockARooster 54,185]

Sometimes happy and sometimes sad.

[Ittoni 538]

it depends on my mood. Sometimes i can't stand depressing movies or the ones that preach some kind of philosophy, sometimes I just want a nice escapist dream where everyone lived happily ever after. Other times I can't stand the happy ever afters and i need a movie that makes me want to not live in this plane of existence any more because it's so true it hurts.

It depends. Either way, both must be at least good.

[SparklingSwirls 21,601]

I like happy, silly stories. There's already enough sadness in day-to-day life, so it's nice to escape that for a little while and have something that makes you smile and laugh  

[Gaines 1,227]

While sad endings suck, sad stories aren't so bad. I bet 80% of the books I've read are shocking or upsetting, but most are very well written 

[ShadOBabe 19,028]

I like happy stories!

I don’t mind sad stuff happening, but as long as there’s ultimately a happy ending, I’m good. X3

[SharpWit 2,867]

My favorite books are ones where the character mostly goes through some hardships to obtain a goal or is in a survival situation, so there are sad events along the way and things improve by the end but they're rarely better off than they were at the start,,,

[ExplosionMare 22,096]

I mainly like sad stories unless I think the characters were undeserving of a sad ending

[Pastel Heart 6,473]

I like my dark stuff a lot but a nice story helps too when I need to ground myself and smile ♡

[BritishBrony2012 858]

Happy, sad will bring me down.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,339]

It depends on my mood. I like all kinds of stories!

Edited August 25, 2020 by cuteycindyhoney
Forgot to make my text dark violet! Wish that was automatic!

[Kronos the Revenant 1,973]

Call me pessimistic, but I prefer sad endings since they’re more realistic. 

[Vefka 1,504]

2 hours ago, Kronos the Revenant said:

Call me pessimistic, but I prefer sad endings since they’re more realistic. 

I almost started to think I'm the only one here who prefer sad endings. I find the much more emotional

[Megas 28,138]

Like happy, feel-good stories. Nowadays a lot of people seems to love sad stories too much, they just come off complete downers that just come off as trying too hard to be artsy

[Brony Number 42 10,093]

Typically I like happy endings. The world is full of suffering, why do you want that to be your entertainment?

[Splashee 28,599]

If sad means crying, then I fine with it.

[mailm 2]

difficult to answer, probably both depends on the mood. I read a lot of different stories and stories on studydriver.com, regardless of whether they are funny or sad, I just go to the topics that interest me, that's all. But nevertheless, if you conduct statistics, then more often there are funny stories, because even if the mood is bad, then you want to improve it

Edited August 30, 2020 by mailm

[Technoblade 117]

yes          

[Dreambiscuit 11,336]

I like any kind of story that’s well-told, whether it’s happy or sad. I prefer happy, but I can think of some really moving sad ones that just leave me breathless afterward.