One final thing - this whole story is about the end of the world brought about by the Beast of the Apocalypse. If literally nothing can harm them and they’re invincible, then why should I care about this climactic battle when said battle will be so one-sided? Oh, now I’m really on the edge of my seat. Using six shooters and magic animals, they decimate an entire army who’re shooting lasers, bullets, and all kinds of explosives at them and they’re barely scratched. Death and his two companions face an ENTIRE ARMY and take it out in a few pages without blinking. Well, when you have Death as the hero and his two ghost Indian shape-changing buddies, none of whom can be killed, and are ridiculously powerful that nothing can get in their way, then you’ve failed on both counts. The writer has to figure out how the hero or heroes will overcome obstacles in the story. See, stories are interesting when there are stakes and our heroes have vulnerabilities - the first gives us narrative tension, the second also does this but also adds the creative element to creative writing. And if you can take all of this nonsense seriously, then the finale will really lose you.
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