love or hate?
i guess it depends on how good the rest of the story is and which characters but its just a bit of a let down when the stories been do good and then the endings just a load of cheese.
I'm a sap for these kind of endings XD
I prefer tragic endings myself - mushy endings kind of make me go 'eh', but tragic endings make me feel like I've been stabbed in the chest...which I like >_>;
Ending where 'they all lived happily ever after...' despite having gone through this, that, and the other thing annoy me greatly. Feels like a cop out.
I think it depends, if it fits the tone of the story then its fair enough...
But I honestly can't see myself writing a happy ending to either of the two that I'm planning, one of them definately won't be, the other one...I don't know as of yet - we'll see how it pans out, haha.
Mushy endings are better when they don't point out obvious emotions, like 'X felt despair but with a hint of happiness in the end'. Urgh, unnecessary and annoying to read. I sometimes can't help but write a slightly mushy ending but I try to leave out the mention of emotion and just describe actions to show it.
As the Robot Devil in Futurama said in one episode: "You can't have your characters say how they FEEL! That makes me feel angry!!" XD
As long as the ending makes sense, I'm usually pretty happy.
I prefer ones that have a glint of hope at the end (awww)
Isn't it weird how stories with a happy ending makes the story feel unfinished, yet a sad ending makes the story feel complete?
I like both, as long as the happiness in the ending isn't too annoying.
Tragic endings, every time. They leave a deeper impression on me.
>>5 I just had this random image of a story being all tragic then everyone dying.
"...and they lived happily ever after as ghosts in the lost realms.
The End."
-giggle-
It seems like most stories considered epic in some fashion are tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, or Beowulf.
My personal opinion is that the tone of the story has a lot to do with how the ending will work, as if, say, Gladiator had a happy ending, it wouldn't have worked nearly so well.
By that same token, if Avatar had a sad ending it wouldn't have been nearly as satisfying. That being said, if someone decided to rewrite Twilight as a tragedy, I wouldn't object.
I think my favourite ending to a story ever would have to be The Green Mile, but I couldn't even begin catagorise that.
I don't know... I kinda like mushy endings but I wouldn't write any. Except when it's like... crack. Or 'they went off and lived happily ever after - until the hot gardener came into the picture and divorce was invented'.
Ran Fan > When you said 'Twilight with a tragic ending' I felt like:
"So, we all have to die?"
"We're dead already!"
"That's totally beside the point. If the mighty author wants us to die, so we shall die"
exeunt - rumble and cries are heard backstage
Director: Where are [insert actors' names]???
Hum... that's just me.
Tristina> You're suprisingly close to what i was thinking, although I had something a little more like A Winter's Tale in my mind.
'Exit stage left, pursued by bear'
Guilty! at the end of my book, Warpath, my main character proposes to his girlfriend!
I think the bigger crime is the name 'Warpath'.
I am so convinced I just failed epically with the above.
Meh.
i love mushy endings, but i love sad endings better
@Rayray- What were you trying to achieve?
I did not realise that that was something one could pass or fail...
I was more thinking of the word I used in relation to me agreeing - it didn't sound right, I was sleep deprived. I had a feeling I failed in my word choice.
i am more prone to writing a happy and sometimes mushy ending, but there are stories out there that i love that end tragic. if it fits, go for it, but i don't think i'm personally capable of writing anything but happily ever after endings. guess i should give it a try one of these days though.