"The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending: or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous 'turn'... this joy, which is one of the things which fairy-stories can produce supremely well, is not essentially 'escapist,' nor 'fugitive.' In its fairy-tale—or otherworld—setting, it is a sudden and miraculous grace.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
The “turn”
Happy Ending
eucatastrophe to describe a sudden, joyous turn of events that brings about a positive resolution to the story, often in the face of overwhelming despair. This concept has parallels to the Greek notion of catharsis