Compare Cosy Mystery and Noir: Tone, World, Protagonist

Both are crime stories, yet they feel like opposite worlds, and you are not sure which one your story wants to be. This compares them across worldview and moral order, protagonist type and relationship to violence, and tone and community. You describe your premise, and the contrast makes the choice obvious.

I understand that cosy mystery and noir are both crime-adjacent genres but feel very different to read. I'm deciding which mode fits the story I want to tell about {STORY_PREMISE}.

Compare the two genres across these dimensions:
1. Worldview and moral order: how each genre treats justice and society
2. Protagonist archetype and their relationship to violence and vulnerability
3. Tone, humour, and the role of community versus isolation
4. Typical settings and how setting functions thematically
5. Reader contract: what each genre promises and must deliver

After the comparison, recommend which genre better suits my story premise and explain why, with one concrete suggestion for how to lean into that genre's strengths.