Thread by @StandardMuse

Love is Sweet and the Power of Good Stories🧵

(in other words, crying over how perfect this drama is)

#loveissweet

This drama simultaneously is so good that I don't want to shut up about it, but also so comforting and enjoyable that I found myself not wanting to talk about it.

More and more frequently (myself included) the discussion on bad endings vs happy endings has been in the mix - most of the time showing it's face after a story ends with a sad conclusion.

That being said, this drama is a prime example of the power of a good, happy ending.

This drama is low conflict, has an incredibly healthy main couple, doesn't take itself too seriously, and yet is wildly entertaining.

There's a common argument in the BE/HE debate that the BE is better because it sticks with you longer due to it's emotional weight. And while that argument does have truth to it, what it doesn't take it into account is rewatchability.

A story that is as welcoming, enjoyable, and comforting as something like Love is Sweet is a story people will return to time and time again. Therefore it's longevity and endurance shows itself in a different way than the long lasting emotional trauma of a BE.

Instead of the story acting like a scar that a person has to carry forever, the story acts like a familiar friend a person can talk to after a difficult day. Something that they know and trust and can rely on.

Just this evening my friend told me that after going through a difficult season of illness, she is rewatching a favorite show of hers for the fifth time.

This story has stuck with her just as long as any of these BE's have but for a very different reason.

Stories like the one my friend loves, or like Love is Sweet, aren't any less impactful, important, or valuable just because they don't put you through an emotional meat-grinder.

In fact, having them always in arms reach, ready to play when a person is at their most vulnerable, makes them far more valuable than something a person can only stomach to watch once and is furious about any time they think about it later.

Love is Sweet, without hesitation, will be a drama I will always have ready on hand. It's a story I would watch time and time again, and it's a story I would recommend to anybody who needs comfort from a story during a difficult time.

That in and of itself makes it powerful.