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Originally Posted by Xander
This includes the likes of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, both of them mentioned under that trope, among other works with proven literary value which could potentially be listed for having happy endings that do not withstand a sufficiently cynical or skeptical review of the circumstances surrounding them and their external implications.
As long as we're referencing TV Tropes though, it must always be said that tropes are not inherently good or bad. It depends on how they're used, of course, but also on how the audience chooses to look at them. Which brings us back to the previous discussion earlier in this topic.
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While that is true, I believe you're misattributing that statement. Tropes like Esoteric Happy Ending are subjectives, and fall more under audience reactions.
Added to my earlier post in case Sol Falling comes back to reply.