I've grown tired of shadows and wispy ghosts. Can't they have something solid like...creative MONSTERS?
And I hate that nearly all evil things are dark. A league of evilness can dress in neon pink! And kill people with cute kittens with razor claws!

Some of the most vile and horrible things in the world aren't dark. They often appear to be the opposite, actually. Good and helpful and not evil. (Take Wal-Mart for example... :| Or McDonald's...) But the thing is, even when these most evil things are exposed for what they are, the TRULY terrifying thing is that most people don't care. They continue along like cattle being herded. Thus allowing the evil thing to continue on and grow and become worse.

Apathy is one of the most destructive and underestimated forces in the world. And it's not dark, either. It's neutral.

So deep, bro.
(I don't know...that just sort of became a quote to me)
Unfortunately...it's really hard to bring out those sorts of darknesses as the main evil in the story without people retaliating. And then, while revealing the dark sides, the authors can't help adding dark and grisly things there.

i hate how i don't fit in anywhere
i hate it when my parents underestimate me
i hate being morbidly obese
i hate being judged too easily
i hate the bullies from my swim team
i hate everyone at school
i hate my sister's singing voice
i hate being nice to people
i hate being taken advantage of
i hate stereotypes
i hate sexists
i hate racism
i hate being misunderstood
I JUST HATE IT ALL.
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(you dont need to read my pathetic venting if you dont want to)

I chose to read it because I want to.
*hugs* Things will change.

*hugs back* thanks :)
its a little hard to believe that now...

There's a vast world of psychology behind this, but human beings crave darkness and darker themes as much as they need happiness and nice themes. For some the need for darkness is more intense, but everyone needs a balance. Usually, whether aware of it or not, one may need darkness or unhappy themes in their life to feel real--I know that I myself, along with many other people, may feel kind of surreal if there isn't something negative nagging away in the background, from the scale of a minor worry to a serious traumatic event. (I'm actually at my calmest when something Really Bad is happening, because I can focus fully on getting through it and recovering rather than worrying blindly about the future.) Other people use negative things to help them deal with negative things in their own life. Maybe they feel consoled by the pain of the characters, or they feel strongest when they're overcoming something negative, whether it is a real-life problem or the deaths/suffering of several characters. Most importantly (for me, at least), is that Scary Things happening in books break the illusion of false perfection that I absolutely loath modern literature for. The characters are fake. They're like dolls, perfectly living in a perfect world, and overcoming their problems perfectly without showing any human weakness, and leaving me, the reader searching for a character to relate to, out in the cold and oftentimes very, very ticked off. There are so many good books I've read that have been ruined by a lack of flaws and Bad Things happening to the characters. I remember actually getting so angry at this one book, where every character was attractive, had a love interest, and was 100% physically strong and confident with no real world problems... Idk. That's my slice of pizza on the matter.

TL;DR: Depending on the person, everyone needs a certain amount of pain in their life to feel real, therefore they are able to turn to dark or dystopian literature as a release.

As for fantasy literature, though, I gave up on that genre after like two books. To be completely honest, I'm really done with elves and dragons and wizards and magic/magyk/magik/mageic and the entire fantasy genre, which carries the same air of heavy Germanic and Nordic mythology-influence. So done with magic especially, though. Oh, not to mention vampires and demons. I haven't read a book in like three years because of how done I am with the idiotic writers these days. Also, can we please stop the random genetic mutation stuff? Please? I just.. . I ... *breathes* *leaves to go to the cliche-rant thread*

hello friends i am here

hello friends i am here

That completely depends on which story you intend on writing, friend! uvu If you're referring to AG, just keep in mind the agreement we made several months ago. :> I'm sure your new story will be wonderful!


Happy 1st birthday! 8D

Sandy: That's actually how I am. I look for books with sad ass shit in it because I can relate to it most, and those are my fave kinds of books. But sometimes, I want more positive books but its also really hard to pull off with darker themes.

My dearest darlingest mother,

When I explicitly ask you not to tell my father something, for whatever reason (be it a reason that you know or something that you do not know), I expect you not to tell my father. When my father comes into the room wanting to talk to me about the thing that I EXPLICITLY told you not to talk to him about, it is a violation of my trust that I will remember when telling you things in the future. If I can't tell you things knowing that you will not share them, I won't tell you things at all.

Love,

Your most fabulous and insecure daughter