On my apparent inability to be sufficiently sadistic to capture an audience

[jakesbrain]

"Happy characters make for boring stories."
--Joss Whedon

"Go fuck yourself."
--me

Comments

[kawaiiranchan]

hey, that guy is preaching the emo-talk! burn him with fire, man!

Now I think that a story can be based around gaining happiness, and having a positive outlook while trying to overcome obsticles. But just writing downed characters for the sake of capturing an audience is bullshit and you know it.

Happy characters can be happy in a bad environment, I think...