[Quiet Man Cometh]

Sirius dies?! *pout* Actually, I think I already heard that, or saw it in the movie. *Thinks.* Yup, movie. Still sucks. I like happy endings, or rather, satisfactory endings.

I find the writing will often determine whether or not I get emotionally affected by someting. I don't recall every getting in teary or very sad while reading Lord of the Rings, but, believe it or not, I've gotten teary over some fan fiction. Tolkein, in my opnion, writes like a univeristy professor, which would make sense since he was, but it also is not terribly conducive to emotional writing.

I think I got a bit teary when Prince Andrew died, but I can't remember. He was my favourite character in War and Peace and I was annoyed with myself when I read ahead too far in the chapter synopsis in the front of the book and learned that he died at some point. It wasn't built up to be cripplingly emotional though, and it wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. I prefer it when authors aren't trying to make their readers bleed in their seats.