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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I’m trying to write a story, and I struggled with this, especially when confronting certain realities:

  • While fantasy, the story is meant to reflect some harsh political realities
  • Multiple villains are killed, but the heartfelt good guys live.
  • The ending has everything fixed and everyone’s happy.

I’m aware most stories don’t come anywhere close to a full happy ending like this. Every Batman story ends with Gotham still a miserable shithole. Every noir story ends with the case solved but everyone broken for it and the city still a dystopia. It generally has good reasoning, to reflect harshness of reality, but that’s a realm of fantasy I really want to venture into; one where things just work out.