From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Friday, November 28, 2014 9:17:19 AM UTC-7, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >    
   > > i.e., if I wrote Madoka Magica, they'd find a way to    
   > > turn Kyubei's power back on his species, get all their wishes granted   
   > > properly, and save the universe.    
   >    
   > *grin*   
   >    
   > I almost always consider a tragic ending to signify a lack of   
   > imagination and intelligence on the part of the writer.     
   >    
      
   A relatively "big" author (I remember who but I'm going to mangle the quote so   
   I probably ought not say that so and so said this exactly) once explained that   
   if the purpose is emotional engagement and emotional response that negative   
   emotions are the    
   easiest to manipulate.  That "happy" is actually, artistically, more difficult   
   to do well.   
      
   I like some crying in my books and movies... but not at the end.   
      
   -Julie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)