Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23.28.241.140-20160227025026/@comment-26636849-20160301173438

23.28.241.140 wrote: Gray Shadow wrote: 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. I know that but they could have them struggle a little rather  than effortlessly move from one phase to another. Why should they struggle? If they struggle too much then they aren't worth fearing as villains. Villains who never win are kind of boring anyway. Besides, don't you want the heroes to defeat them now that their plans have made things worse? It might be a problem if their plots were going off without a hitch closer to the end, but this is only volume three. There is plenty of time for the heroes to go and set things right again.