: Re: Why does the villain always win right before the hero defeats him? One common setup for a story goes like this: We have the heroes on one side We have the villains on the other side The

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It's in order to raise the stakes of the situation. When the heroes reach a situation where they fight or they fall, it's makes you much more invested than if the heroes have to fight or meh, someone else might come along and beat the bad guys. There were probably plenty of people that could have defeated The Destroyer in Thor, but they weren't available at the time. This meant that Thor had to step up and be heroic in order to win.

A lot of the time the heroes fight at the last minute because it is the last minute. They go into the fight unprepared and outmatched, which is what makes them heroic. They fight despite the odds being stacked against them. Usually if they had more time, most heroes could prepare much better, but then it would just be a story of two people fighting. The rebels in Star Wars could have called for some reinforcements and fought the Death Star with many more fighters, but because they were in a race with time it meant they had to go then and there.

It's also much easier to root for the underdog fighting against terrible situations, as opposed to supporting the person with all of the power. Which is why in stories like Harry Potter, the Villain has to regain all of his power before the epic battle takes place. If the good guys had attempted to end the fight at the end of book 4, it would have been much easier and much less satisfying for the reader.

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