User blog comment:AustinDR/Interpretations/@comment-26521507-20170507180320/@comment-31563773-20170508031129

Well, I really missed something while I was at work today. This is late but I should point this out...saying fics shouldn't be that dark is outright false...Fics are based on ideas one person makes, much like what Entertainment said. Sure, this is a kids show, but you need to realize a lot of the lessons learned from it are taken from real life examples (some are over-exaggerated mind you, but still). Same goes for a lot of other cartoons.

I've grown up watching tons of kids shows that produced a good amount of dark fics, and I liked a decent amount of them. I literally felt something for a certain character while reading them, and that's what makes dark fics a good read. Heck, my own stories aren't regarded as such for nothing (to the point even a few authors told me they couldn't get past the 3rd chapter of Sisterphobia because of how emotional it was), but the fact is drama itself is an interesting piece of literature that draws readers in and gets them hooked. It especially helps if you help create a certain emotion that even the readers are sure to feel themselves as they go further into the story. This is why fics like Requiem for a Loud, Inadequate, The Prodigal Lincoln, and even Austin's own story are widely received as being generally good stories.

Like Austin said, and as I told you before Harvey, if you make a dark story and it comes to find out that in the end, everything was pointless, that's gonna do nothing but leave you with a lot of angry readers. A dark fic will usually have something heartwarming at the end, but not all stories end well. I can tell you right now, mine will be bittersweet.