[DreadBringer]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Personally, I still encounter toxic negativity more often.

What does this have to do with toxic negativity? Why it being bad should take away from toxic positivity being bad too? Otherwise, not talking about which show like Riders, I'm addressing your statement of prefering people to laugh than cry. Maybe it's not noticed exactly because of the society shaming seemingly darker emotions like fear, anger, sadness, etc., thus those who shame them so that they'd display "happiness" on the surface, even though it'd be insensitive and inconsiderate, to their issues for invalidating their experience, isn't viewed as wrong, due to the view that those darker emotions are wrong, forcing people to suppress their true feelings to uphold that view, which is how toxic positivity can be swept under the rug. Forcing people to only display positive emotions and refusing to understand them is harmful and can lead to trauma, isolation, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Plus, my definition of happy nature is still a little different. There is nothing funny about Fourze, as retold. Zodiarts are no more ridiculous than other kaijins and are quite cruel and deadly. What makes this show fun is the main characters, their personalities, interactions and positivity. This means that any show can be light at least at some stage. It's just that some shows decide not to do that.

Sure, it's Fourze's appeal, and let it be, but shows aren't necessarily more depraved or tasteless, if they're also willing to not pull punches from highlighting the darker or "controversial" themes such as tragedies and horrors of something terrible (e.g. war, resulting PTSD). Teaching morals can also be done in showing something depressing, not just that it has to be only about highlighting positivity. Of course there are mistaken cases for approaches in both, like inserting gratitious dark scenes for unnecessary reason other than making it look more mature, or downplaying sensitive subject to keep the "light tone", but always mind about the context to insert each of both's traits, not that light or dark is bad.

Isn't it ridiculous in for example, a scenario where painter who is only allowed to paint in light colors. Not allowed to use black, brown, dark green, etc. in any of the paintings? Let shows do their own approach without abiding to appearences. For both part btw, to not force lighter shows to be more like darker shows because it's more "realistic" and "mature", or forcing darker shows to become more like lighter shows because it's more "hopeful" (for its messages) and less "edgy".