Not 'bad' endings in that they're not well written endings, but endings in which the evil people actually win?
I've noticed that books, films, tv shows, practically anything worth watching has the good guys win even when the evil guys have the best powers ever or have something over the good guys, the good guys still win. This sort of Disney induced happiness, this fake 'good will prevail' irritates me at times.
So...what I've done is, I've started a trilogy in which I've set the evil guys to win. One of my friends, once I told them about the idea, said that no one wants to read an evil ending, that people want good to win, to feel better about themselves, and I guess it makes common sense?
But, in horror movies, the evil force near enough always wins. Freddy Krueger (think I've spelt that wrong) manages to kill everyone. Jason X does too. There's loads of horror films where good fails and dies.
So that's my question. How do you people of YWS feel about a sci-fi novel in which the evil guys win and the Earth may just blow up and the entire human race just...dies?
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