SOOO CUTE!!!!!!!

happy birthday!! your art is such a treat to see on my timeline and i still look so fondly at the piece you did of my gecko, i hope you have a wonderful day!

this leaves audiences that are unwilling to engage with text that doesnt explicitly have a firm moral stance. narratives are no longer seen as tools for storytelling, but weapons of an entitled and false justice against make-believe characters

and that kinda sucks!

in this regard, stories become nothing more than karmic exchange centers for the characters. its safe and comfortable for audiences to imagine a world where people always, uncritically, get what they deserve. i think this explains the growing aversion to tragedy or morally grey characters

bad should always beget bad and good should always beget good, and any deviation is seen as irresponsible or dangerous. if a bad character is left unpunished or rewarded, then some think that the narrative or author uncritically endorses their actions, or that the writing is of lesser quality

some ppl are only comfortable with morally bad characters if bad things happen to them, their very existence justified by the narrative ultimately punishing them for their wickedness. its fine for kids media or fables, designed to "teach" lessons, but just saps all the complexity from anything else

i think a lot of ppl see "the narrative" as some omnipotent force used exclusively to punish "bad" characters and reward "good" characters rather than a vessel with which these characters can explore themes/nuance