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	The term melodrama is fairly broad and can encompass stories from many genres: romance, [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], detective thrillers, ~~westerns~~, soap operas, etc. It is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, lowering the significance of "unrealistic" dramas vs. "realistic" ones.		The term melodrama is fairly broad and can encompass stories from many genres: romance, [[science fiction]], [[fantasy]], detective thrillers, [[western]]s, soap operas, etc. It is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, lowering the significance of "unrealistic" dramas vs. "realistic" ones.

	Though the two styles are similar, melodramas are distinguished from [[angst]] writing in ''Daria'' fandom in that angst stories focus on intense suffering and are not guaranteed to have a happy ending.		Though the two styles are similar, melodramas are distinguished from [[angst]] writing in ''Daria'' fandom in that angst stories focus on intense suffering and are not guaranteed to have a happy ending.