mantisandthemoondragon:

The Shape of Water having “too happy an ending” is ridiculous. 

You don’t care about my opinion, and I get that. But wanting some sort of logical, down-to-earth ending in this fairytale is so… mind-boggling. Why can’t it be happy? Why can’t the heroes prevail? Why can’t unconditional love actually power characters through to a better life? 

For God’s sake, this was a violent and dark fantasy film – a lot of terrible shit happens in this movie sans a less sweet ending. 

I’m just – this is the same problem I have with people that believe Pan’s Labyrinth had an ending that was absolutely sad and bleak, because Ofelia getting what she wanted at last was too far-fetched and just not as realistic – that it somehow forwent the potential that this already dark film apparently had to, what? Be even more depressing? 

Why can’t we just accept something is happy because it’s happy? So what if others mock you for it or you feel vulnerable and like you could be blindsided for believing in something wonderful and fulfilling. 

I can’t believe it, but get over the fact that these works of fiction aren’t bittersweet or heartbreaking the whole way through. Happy endings can be happy.