People may cheer the demise of evil villains in fiction, but the deaths we most remember are the meaningful and sad endings of the characters we loved, research suggests. In a new study, researchers found that when people were asked to recall the death of a fictional character, they were more likely to mention deaths perceived as ‘meaningful’ than those seen as ‘pleasurable.’ (1)

Meaningless death.

Meaningful death.

The greatest assumption of them all: Meaning itself.

Look at yourself in the mirror crying…

And the abyss will go away…

Stop crying…

And from your tears…

A new river will start flowing the next day…