As I said on tumblr (because I felt like ranting somewhere people would see >.>)
“ascribing wholesomeness to a work of fiction is as useless as ascribing a moral value to a food” is such a great line.
I mean I wouldn’t say “hopefulness” is entirely subjective (even if the people who laud it do tend to stretch the definition to breaking point), but there’s legitimate artistic (and, where relevant, political/moral etc) merit to getting across a feeling of despair anyway. I tend not to seek out deliberately depressing works, but some people do, and they’re not being ~problematic or ~privileged for doing so. Just like I tend to avoid bitter foods, for both taste and health reasons, and find all the rocket/arugala in salads these days annoying, but am not going to act like that make me morally superior to someone who likes it.
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“ascribing wholesomeness to a work of fiction is as useless as ascribing a moral value to a food” is such a great line.
I mean I wouldn’t say “hopefulness” is entirely subjective (even if the people who laud it do tend to stretch the definition to breaking point), but there’s legitimate artistic (and, where relevant, political/moral etc) merit to getting across a feeling of despair anyway. I tend not to seek out deliberately depressing works, but some people do, and they’re not being ~problematic or ~privileged for doing so. Just like I tend to avoid bitter foods, for both taste and health reasons, and find all the rocket/arugala in salads these days annoying, but am not going to act like that make me morally superior to someone who likes it.