Angst, to me, suggests internal conflict. I like angsty stories in which the internal conflict is resolved in a way that convinces me. I loathe angsty books in which the angsty person is doing the wrist-to-forehead "Here I am on this pinnacle, oh woes, the burden of perfection is too much to bear!". Mary and Marty Stu angst is usually this kind.
Depressing is when there is no out--like those poor cows in that horrible vid the other day, on the news. Pain and suffering was their lot, leading to a wrenching death. Period. No ticket out.
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Date: 2008-02-19 08:24 pm (UTC)Depressing is when there is no out--like those poor cows in that horrible vid the other day, on the news. Pain and suffering was their lot, leading to a wrenching death. Period. No ticket out.