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Okay, I never write rant journals, but this is something that's been aggravating me ever since I first started writing (no, actually. even before that.), so I'm just going to be blunt and say it right here. Right now.

(I apologize in advance if I end up offending some people, but I'd like to get this off of my chest ^_^)

A story does not have to be angsty, deep, or profound to be good.

Do there exist stories that are angsty, deep, or profound that are good? Of course! Many of those stories are, because it's one of the easiest ways to tug at an audience's heartstrings. In fact, the majority of angsty/deep/profound stories I've read go beyond "good" and approach "amazing" or "fantastic".

However, it doesn't have to be an angsty, deep, or profound story in order to be a good story.

Some of the best stories I've ever read in my life are stories that are light-hearted and funny—stories written purely for the purpose of making people laugh, forget their day's troubles, and just brighten their day for a little while. I know crack stories that suck, crack stories that are just as good as angsty stories, and I know crack stories that blow generic angsty stories out of the water.

(for example, have you ever read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? it's one of the most hilarious and most amazing books I've ever read in my life, capable of making me simultaneously burst into laughter and ponder the meaning of life.)

I guess I should provide some context as to why I'm bringing this up, huh?

Well, after posting my last story (Luckless) about a week ago, I recently received a note about how I should be "ashamed" of writing Attack on Titan such a light hearted manner because the "deep" character of Levi is going to waste. Before that, I got a couple complaints about my Haikyuu crack story, saying that Oikawa's background called for something more "profound". Before that, I've also been insulted by people who think my stories are shit because I apparently don't know how to "add depth".

These were all by different people, by the way.

Before even getting direct complaints, I've always noticed a startling disparity between the attitudes towards angsty stories and crack-ish stories. The main example directly off the top of my head is: I've rarely ever seen stories that are crack in nature win contests, even if they're really, really good—often better than some of the stories that actually earned awards. I'm serious.

Honestly, I feel like there's this general perception that angsty stories are just inherently better, and anyone who disagrees is automatically labeled as someone not "profound" enough to appreciate tragedy. As an anime-loving, self-proclaimed, deranged fangirl, I get so much flack for this, and I sure many of you have experienced this as well. Remember that time when you were too embarrassed to say you liked some particular anime or story or video or drawing or whatever simply because it isn't considered "deep" or "complex" or "abstract" by society's standards?

By this point, I'm not even talking about just dA anymore. Whenever I say something along the lines of "I thought [insert some tragic novel here] was good, but I didn't like it as much as [insert really funny comedy story]." to my friends or my classmates, I immediately get appalled gasps and horrified looks from the people around me.

In fact, I'm actually in the midst of writing college application essays, and I've been told by my peers to not writing "funny" essays because they can make me look shallow. Yet, an essay that I wrote for Tulane University was borderline crack, and it got me accepted with a full ride. Someone must have thought it was pretty good, no?

Anyway...

//deep sigh

I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't rule out a funny story just because it isn't "profound" in the way that angst stories are. I mean, I'll admit I'm guilty of this pretty often, too. It's pretty easy to think of yourself as a profound person if you can read and appreciate a good angst story, yeah?

But I've read so many hilarious stories with subtle humor that takes a good two or three reads (sometimes even more than that!) to actually catch and understand the little things that make the story absolutely hilarious. Sometimes, I'll pull out an old crackish story I haven't read for a while, and I'll discover a lot of new things that I'd missed my first read through. I'll admit, I've tried to do that in my own stories, but I feel like they often get looked over and disregarded because people read it once, laugh for a second, and then walk away and never give it another thought—simply because it's labeled as "humor" or "crack".

So yeah.

Don't brush off light-hearted stories too easily, okay? They can be really deep, too.

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