lots of people use fiction as a way to escape reality. they know it's fiction, but it's a way to forget about real life for a bit. i don't expect all of my fiction to be sunshine and rainbows. but when a lot of the choices on network tv for adults are RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES procedurals/dramas, gritty grimdark shows that are allergic to daylight, superhero vigilantes, antiheroes etc. i can see how someone might get tired of seeing shitty people all over the news, then turning on a tv show and seeing more of the same, except you're expected to sympathize and empathize with the people doing awful things because they're the protagonists.
ofc the solution is to watch something else, but sometimes it's not easy to find something one might find more palatable- see my point above about grimdark oversaturation.
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lots of people use fiction as a way to escape reality. they know it's fiction, but it's a way to forget about real life for a bit. i don't expect all of my fiction to be sunshine and rainbows. but when a lot of the choices on network tv for adults are RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES procedurals/dramas, gritty grimdark shows that are allergic to daylight, superhero vigilantes, antiheroes etc. i can see how someone might get tired of seeing shitty people all over the news, then turning on a tv show and seeing more of the same, except you're expected to sympathize and empathize with the people doing awful things because they're the protagonists.
ofc the solution is to watch something else, but sometimes it's not easy to find something one might find more palatable- see my point above about grimdark oversaturation.