Tragedy
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| Related tropes/genres | Sadfic, Tearjerker |
| See also | Angst, Whump, Tissue Warning, Deathfic |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Tragedy is a genre of fiction based on suffering, and usually focuses on the terrible events that befall the main character of a story[1] Fanworks will sometimes use tragedy to explore characters and how they would change, or not, if effected by harrowing events. It could also be a way to take storylines in a direction that was not fully explored by canon, for example: the villains win, the apocalypse is not avoided, the protagonist loses their loved ones, or they themselves die.
The main difference between tragedy and other sad or angsty stories is that there is no possibility of a happy or hopeful ending.
Example Fanfiction
- Twist and Shout by gabriel & standbyme (SPN)
- Light a match, burn the world to ash by sarcastic_fina (Arrow)
- The Beginning of Goodbye (series) by ReminiscentLullaby (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Dear Natasha by javct (MCU)
Example Fanart
*LEONARDO* goodbye, my brothers... part of the series Goodbye, my brothers... by DeadPea (2013) (TMNT), Leonardo being the last surviving Ninja Turtle and grieving for his brothers
Captain America - Civil War by MaXKennedy (2015) (MCU), Bucky Barnes and Tony Stark holding a dying Steve Rogers
Superman, Wonder Woman by khalildan (2016) (DC Comics), an elderly Superman holding a dying Wonder Woman
