Quote Originally Posted by Kranel_San View Post
The way they're currently handled, despair and sadness have already overstayed their welcome. It succeded once in ShB because it had a great storywriting and a wonderful build-up, but that doesn't mean it will succeed every time it's brought up.

If we take a look at the past, Gaius, Lahabrea, Thordan, and even Zenos were already good villains because they had different motives and were not simply sad boys and girls consumed by despair.

Honestly, I expected DT will be a step in the right direction, and while Part 1 had its dull moments, I enjoyed it much more than I did in Part 2, which is a shame because I looked up to Part 2 as the very cool part.
Unfortunately, I think you are right. There are a lot of problems with DT's story, but to go any other way other than a kind of joyful adventure would be to give up on the "new adventure arc" before it even began.