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SandJosieph Bigonkers! is Magic from Grand Galloping Galaday Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
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#1: Jan 20th 2011 at 9:57:24 AM

There are some pretty heavy issues in one of my current stories such as Homeless Children, Trigger-Happy people suffering from insanity, Demonic Possession, Abandonment, Fear Of The Unknown, and other stuff of that nature. However, my story is a Dramedy with much more emphasis on the Comedy. The Drama side keeps the situation from going out of control. What tricks do you people have of looking at heavy issues without falling into True Art Is Angsty?

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cityofmist turning and turning from Meanwhile City Since: Dec, 2010
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#2: Jan 20th 2011 at 10:51:29 AM

A really snarky narrator, maybe?

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aishkiz Slayer of Threads from under the stairs Since: Nov, 2010
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#3: Jan 20th 2011 at 11:28:31 AM

Black humour's the classic one.

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Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#4: Jan 20th 2011 at 11:34:37 AM

I wouldn't exactly say that's much "softer"...

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#5: Jan 20th 2011 at 11:40:04 AM

Keep in mind that most people don't like being unhappy or scared or worried. This means that the more desperate or unpleasant the circumstances, the more desperately people will look for something funny, or happy, or at least mildly amusing. That's the reason Black humor and Gallows humor exist. But genuine, funny, humor can also be found, not in the circumstances themselves, but in something completely unrelated.

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