/lit/ - Literature

>>20483898
but i'm telling you i want that. because look at the alternatives:
>the story ends and it's all over and done, waiting to be forgotten.
>the author FORCES a new story with new stakes and enemies
so what if instead, you just tie up loose ends, show the consequences of the heroes actions and the future they built, using a story with only a quarter of the stakes and dramatics of the main story?

you could call it a "victory lap". there's not enough of those imo.