chaos and sequels
Aug. 5th, 2016 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycatelliA Dark Lord or other such Evil Force is a nice unifying thing for a story, and still more a series. However many minions he has, however many ramifications the plot has, the tale has a nice unity.
Other tales resort to a random collection of issues. I keenly recall the story where Conan and the Love Interest of the Week faced: a man-ape bent on abducting the love interest, a cursed building where malicious statues woudl come to life by moonlight, and pirates. No connection at all. . . .
It does leave the ending more open. Especially since the individual perils tend to be less than Dark Lord. A lot easier to have another such peril emerge.
Other tales resort to a random collection of issues. I keenly recall the story where Conan and the Love Interest of the Week faced: a man-ape bent on abducting the love interest, a cursed building where malicious statues woudl come to life by moonlight, and pirates. No connection at all. . . .
It does leave the ending more open. Especially since the individual perils tend to be less than Dark Lord. A lot easier to have another such peril emerge.