Revenge and repentance often fall into your stories. I grew up around a lot of Azorean people whose feelings run deep, and they run long. There was an incident in my family where a priest talked my aunt's land away from her when she was on her deathbed. Fifty years later, my godmother and I were traveling in the Azores, and she wanted to find him just so she could slap him. I don't think it's a healthy thing.
Writing is an act of courage.
Putting strength and beauty in the world is a fight for what is best in the world. Writing that is deeply depressing still addresses the mystery of who we are. I believe that all good writing forwards the world even though it may never see the light of day. Whatever comes of it, it is the rebellion of people trying to make sense of something that doesn't make a lot of sense, and that is an honorable effort always. Robertson Davies has a quote about what's wrong with most writing.