[Blarg]

Why worry about your attraction to such characters? Most pop culture is a never ending sequence of blandness, and generally relentlessly upbeat.

The drumbeat of it be stifling, and the insistence of a lot of people on being exposed to nothing else can amplify the feeling of a society closed to any but a single emotion or attitude.

A mature person doesn't need coddling and has a broader interest in the world than simply masking whatever doesn't feel happy and upbeat. He'd like to deepen himself and his understanding, not bury and deny his fears. Your being attracted to all of life is a sign of life itself, and an acceptance of life, not a denial, nor anything morbid. You'd just like to think about, and feel, the whole of life, at least a little.

The ancients didn't construct tragedies to make us feel bad, but to make us feel the whole of the world and our place in it.

Go ahead and watch tragedies, and enjoy being fully human, without apology. Life and the human spirit and potential are a lot more full when you open up instead of filter out anything too intense or objectionable. And being open to thinking about more things and being afraid of fewer feelings makes for a much more interesting person, with a much greater capacity for accepting and understanding others.