Why is it that every time someone announces they are creating a trilogy, the second installment is always referred to as the “Empires Strikes Back” of the series? Have we become so unimaginative that we’re going to stick with what works till our sun goes to heaven and plummets us into a cold hell?
Would it be such a terrible idea to play with the curve? Make the first the downer, the second a further downward spiral, and the third would conquer the uphill battle. Or we can take the mirror image and kill all the heroes. If we increase the number of works where the villains win, then in the future we are more likely to be at the edge of our seats when our hero hangs off the edge of a cliff.
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