Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23.28.241.140-20160227025026/@comment-26636849-20160227160441

Villains have to succeed somewhere in order to establish themselves as someone the heroes need to stop. If Cinder and Co.'s plan had not gone through, then there would not be enough conflict to make the hero's journey interesting. A general rule about drama: things need to get worse before they can get better.