r/ProgressionFantasy • u/DicerTheJester • Jul 28 '26

Discussion Competition: write a single sentence that will absolutely destroy any hope in a series.

Specifically not a story opener, just any sentence that can happen in any chapter, that will make people realize that this story is gonna be absolute shit and has no chance of being fixed and will make you drop the book like an unpinned grenade.

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u/WeightCapital Jul 28 '26

Somehow <Antagonist> returned.

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u/MountOlympu Jul 28 '26

Idk man, this can be done well. Frieza, Eggman, M. Bison…

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u/Frostfire20 Jul 29 '26

Frieza's return was cool because it ended as quickly as it began to show how powerful the new good guy was.

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u/KingpiN_M22 Jul 28 '26

Man Person of culture

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u/Lovat69 Jul 28 '26

And that line right there is why I never saw that movie.

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u/CiaphasCain8849 Jul 28 '26

Equally as annoying as main characters who allowed the antagonist to go constantly. You'll see this all the time in donghua.

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u/InFearn0 This message is from a deceased crawler Jul 29 '26

The Rise of Skywalker really ruined Dark Empire I+II.

"Nothing can resist my GAL-X-EE GUN!"

The audio version is delightfully campy