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I think you might be confusing realism with pessimism or cynicism. Yes, people do generally act nicer than usual in fiction, but reality isn't all bad either. Some people actually do things for the benefit of others because they want to, some people do value true love and believe that sex should be meaningful - every cliche is shorthand for an aspect of human nature that is, to some degree, also true. This is a world worth living for. (By which I mean our world and the fictional world - for the latter influences the former, after all. And vice versa.)
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