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** It might be worse. The canonical [[Bittersweet Ending]], there the little mermaid is turned into "daughter of air" with a prospective to eventually enter Heaven, very probably was a result of revision by Andersen. Initially the mermaid just dissolved into foam in the end. |
** It might be worse. The canonical [[Bittersweet Ending]], there the little mermaid is turned into "daughter of air" with a prospective to eventually enter Heaven, very probably was a result of revision by Andersen. Initially the mermaid just dissolved into foam in the end. |
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*** Even the happier version has the [[Fridge Horror]] of knowing that the [[Deader Than Dead|dissolving into foam]] fate is eventually going to befall the Little Mermaid's sisters and family. But as long as ''she'' is saved, everything is all right... right? |
*** Even the happier version has the [[Fridge Horror]] of knowing that the [[Deader Than Dead|dissolving into foam]] fate is eventually going to befall the Little Mermaid's sisters and family. But as long as ''she'' is saved, everything is all right... right? |
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** "[[The Little Match Girl]]", too. [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]] turned [[Up to Eleven]]. The tone of the ending makes it clear that it's supposed to be a happy ending. Nearly every retelling alters the |
** "[[The Little Match Girl]]", too. [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]] turned [[Up to Eleven]]. The tone of the ending makes it clear that it's supposed to be a happy ending. Nearly every retelling alters the ending — either making it so the Little Match Girl gets a happy ending in ''this'' life, or recasting it as a tragedy — because the standard reaction to the original ending is "What the fuck was ''[[Creator Breakdown|wrong with you]]'', [[Hans Christian Andersen]]?" |
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*** [[Hogfather|Even {{smallcaps|Death}} can't stand it.]] |
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** By all accounts, Andersen [[Creator Breakdown|was a very depressed man]]. Out of all his fairy tales, there are only a few with unambiguously happy endings. |
** By all accounts, Andersen [[Creator Breakdown|was a very depressed man]]. Out of all his fairy tales, there are only a few with unambiguously happy endings. |
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* [[Robert Silverberg]]'s stories fall into this occasionally because his personal philosophy is so different from how most people (or at least most modern Western readers) view life and humanity. A particularly jarring example is ''The Face Upon The Waters''—the main character spends most of the story trying to maintain his cultural identity after the destruction of Earth and the scattering of its people, but ultimately concludes that people should adapt to whatever culture they live amongst... {{spoiler|1=and joins up with [[The Corruption]]/[[Instrumentality]], which has a stated goal of assimilating everyone it can and killing everyone it can't.}} |
* [[Robert Silverberg]]'s stories fall into this occasionally because his personal philosophy is so different from how most people (or at least most modern Western readers) view life and humanity. A particularly jarring example is ''The Face Upon The Waters''—the main character spends most of the story trying to maintain his cultural identity after the destruction of Earth and the scattering of its people, but ultimately concludes that people should adapt to whatever culture they live amongst... {{spoiler|1=and joins up with [[The Corruption]]/[[Instrumentality]], which has a stated goal of assimilating everyone it can and killing everyone it can't.}} |
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[[Category:Ending Tropes]] |
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[[Category:YMMV Trope]] |
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[[Category:Unexpected Reactions to This Index]] |
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