I'm lazily making a comic. Should it have a happy ending or sad ending?
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Comic Ending?
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As a amateur teller of stories myself and with the limited information provided, I'd say that depends on your approach to storytelling:
- If you have a tendency to change/update a lot of things while finalizing the story then do whatever seems the most fitting by the time you get to the end.
- If you have a set plan that you deviate from only in minor details, go with what better fits the mood.
Newgrounds also has a forum for writers where you could get 'way' better feedback than from a news post that next to nobody sees - but of course you would need to share a bit of your story to give the writers there something to work with...
I appreciate the info. It's just a short little depressing one-shot. I just feel like more people like happy endings rather than sad ones, so I think I may go happy. I will probably find that forum for tips on a visual novel though.
After having a quick glance at your art I wouldn't say you draw with the expressed goal of pleasing the mainstream. So the "more people" approach might be a bit flawed. ;)
I'm not saying you 'shouldn't' do happy endings - just that you shouldn't commit to an option because you think that's what the audience wants. More often than not, consumers of art did not really know what they want before it was given to them.
Slight spoilers ahead: The movie 'Se7en' (1995) did not have a happy ending, and despite numerous flaws, it was very well received at the time.
You're right! lol. I'm just very indecisive sometimes =)
Relax and take your time. It's not a race. ;)
I also have a James Stephanie Sterling-quote that I like to hand out in these situations: "Attempting to keep 'everyone' in your audience happy is a path towards the steady erosion of your own mind."
Similarly, I like ol Ricky Gervais' quote too - "If you try to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one." My already eroded mind will think of the ending when it comes ;)
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kill everyone with a nuke,make that shit the castle crashers prequel