I prefer Triumph over Tragedy. Of course in life Triumph is more rewarding, and that seems like a no-brainer, though many of us do seek a little heartache and drama in our lives. As humans we seem to have a propensity for misery.
In storytelling, though, I prefer the uplifting to the tragic. As a writer Triumph is always the sort of stand-up-and-shout emotion I'm going for. Of course to get a good Triumph you need good Tragedy. Tragedy must lead to any Triumphant moment, or at least the best ones -- it's hard to triumph over nothing -- but I prefer the stories that have their fair share of incredible victories, overcoming the odds ... basically really big wins.
As for reality; in truth there's more positive in the world than negative. More good. Despite the merchants of chaos running the typical news hour, despite all the bad things made all the worse, all the more serious by the fact that they get the most alarming coverage, the evidence supports the fact that, mostly, we're good. We haven't killed each other yet. Wars, yes, terrible crimes against each other, of course, but over the millennia we've gotten better. The world has advanced. If the balance of our actions were destructive than we wouldn't be here today. Man -- the vast majority of us -- is good, and no cynic, no matter how clever, can change that.
It's the cycles, however, that make it interesting. On the whole mankind is not a Tragedy, but we've certainly had our dark times. We likely will again. Like ice ages we go through cultural shifts, and the Romans exist no more and the Thousand Year Reich never made it and someone new is in charge and so on and so on.
And so a good story, in my opinion, has both, but it has no shortage of Triumph. And, of course, nothing beats that for an ending.
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