>> Hmm. I'm a switch and favor all the pieces of the hurt/comfort cycle. <<
That makes sense.
>> I thrill to emotional pain in characters, it's a visceral thing that's part catharsis, part sadism. And then I feel a ton of things in the comfort part. And I don't like stories that are just the hurt portion; there has to be the comfort or healing or being-okay-at-least-sort-of afterwards. <<
Aftercare is important.
>> (I actively avoid stories with bleak endings. I need at least a ray of hope. Dystopian fiction is always a dicey thing for me as it often ends with "everything sucks forever and there's no hope".) <<
I share that stance most of the time. It's very rare for me to be in a mood for really bleak material. Usually I like things that push the edge, but don't go over.
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Date: 2014-09-28 04:41 am (UTC)That makes sense.
>> I thrill to emotional pain in characters, it's a visceral thing that's part catharsis, part sadism. And then I feel a ton of things in the comfort part. And I don't like stories that are just the hurt portion; there has to be the comfort or healing or being-okay-at-least-sort-of afterwards. <<
Aftercare is important.
>> (I actively avoid stories with bleak endings. I need at least a ray of hope. Dystopian fiction is always a dicey thing for me as it often ends with "everything sucks forever and there's no hope".) <<
I share that stance most of the time. It's very rare for me to be in a mood for really bleak material. Usually I like things that push the edge, but don't go over.