I can see where you're coming from with your thoughts of karma and realistic-ness. Novels are, by concept, meant to be a way to see into someone else's mind and thoughts. That's why novels were first written, as a way of understanding someone. Of course, they've branched out and diversified much since then. But the root cause has remained the same, and I think the real reason we just automatically dislike happy endings: we're jealous. The unnamed entity who inhabits the book/movie, the person we are trying to understand, ends up happy. An ending without grief, suffering, or any negativity leaves us- subconsciously at least- feeling that their life is better than ours. We all have our share of unhappiness, so a joyful, happiness, blissful ending is only going to bring out the green eyed monster of envy in us.
That's enough red for now. Sorry for taking such a negative side, but that seems far more likely than suffering=happiness. Sure, a shot of joy after a long period of sad feels much better than a blissful, general contentment all the time. But either that's not true or we're far less intelligent than we would hope, because droves of people are drugging up and therapizing with that bliss in goal. We want to achieve contentment, not joy. Happiness is by virtue, fleeting.
Against Happiness: in defence of melancholy. Fantastic book on this subject.
What are your thoughts on autotune?
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