Genre....

[mdehners]

I was reading a graphic novel while waiting to get my hair wacked off, and something the Writer said in his forward really "clicked" in me head. Paraphrased, it was, "Ordinary People Triumphing in Extra-Ordinary Circumstances". This, in Truth is the Core in the genres I enjoy; Horror, Action, Adventure, Combat, Sci-Fi,etc. Regular folks not only havingto "deal" with something that is generally overwhelming but if not to "win the War" than at least the "battle". It's also the reason some books and films IN those genres really "piss" me off.....esp the "and then they DIED!!!!!" crap that's become more popular in the last decade or so.
It certainly can explain the WTF Attitude of some folks. If your "Entertainment" Ideal is that the Bad Guys always Win or Everone always Dies, what does it say about the person that finds this Satisfying?
Troth,
Pat