[ SECRET POST #6177 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6177 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Yeah echoing people above to say that I disagree with the general position of this secret. When people say something "doesn't need a sequel" in my experience, it's because the original work told a very tight, self-contained story with a satisfying ending. By writing a sequel, often this means inserting drama that didn't exist in the original story (or reopening it in a contrived way) or significantly changing characters' established characterization to be able to tell a new story with them, which risks changing people's feelings about the original work and what they view its legacy as.

Sometimes it is the case that a very tight story COULD afford a sequel AND the sequel that gets made is well-received by fans of the original, but it can be incredibly risky for certain kinds of stories, and I think that's what people are trying to point out when they say a work doesn't need a sequel -- they're pointing out (mostly) objective aspects of the original story that leave little room for a satisfying sequel that doesn't damage the original.

It's all writing decisions, but some writing decisions are riskier or more foolish than others. And there are a lot of external pressures that push writers to turn satisfying standalone plots into disappointing sequels, and those pressures often come from monetary considerations rather than what makes for good/satisfying art.

[(Anonymous)]

This, basically. Sometimes a story is just done and doesn't need anything more because the ending ties everything up nicely with a bow.

For example, one of my canons ends with the power that caused the central conflict of the main story ceasing to exist. Any sequel that was made would either have to asspull a way to bring the power back into existence (which would make no sense and would defeat the purpose of the ending of the series and everything that the characters had worked for) or would have to have a plot about a completely different topic, at which point it would only really be a sequel in name since the original story focused so heavily on that power. Neither of these are good options and would sort of ruin the original.