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[pandorasxbox]

I realized part of the reason I used to love things like Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark? so much when I was a kid: they didn't always have a happy ending. It was so completely unpredictable.

I remember quite a few books by R.L. Stein that did this. Calling All Freaks, the main guy eventually gets seduced by the freaks. How To Be A

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[collapse_wilde]

This makes a lot of sense. I love it when there is no easy or comforting resolution to a story. When evil prevails simply because that's how the world works sometimes. Or when characters do terrible things for no reason, not because of a troubled childhood or revenge, just because they do them. That's why I liked Iago from Othello so much. His motivations were so out of balance with the severity of his actions. Great stuff.

I liked reading that, Cindy! Thanks.

[robertlyon]

I like when the bad guys win, it makes it more interesting.