Dark Legend

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Or he (?) might ally himself with Lin just to make us shut up for good. 

They might try. But I ain't giving up without a fight - victory or death; there's nothing in-between for us. 

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This would be when I operate under real-world logic. And real-world mobs cannot look weak. Such a humiliation would trigger horrific retaliation.

I get it now. Just to make things look more realistic - if you want to rule, you have to look strong; if one random destroys entire battalion of gangsters/mafiosos, soldiers, policemen, private army or other... They might want a payback. 

The only case when they don't, is when by trying to extract vengeance, they might land in even deeper shit; the reasons are various - from being actually too weak to deal with it, to the one being hunted actually having strong alliance/backup. And one of that scenarios happens currently in real life, so~...

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That’s what I was trying to convey (although I’m not sure if I even made it clearer). 

I think I get it. 

It depends on scenarios, on expectations, on the rules of the universe, on basic logic... It all has to connect, it all has to make a clean line, "the rules of the world decide about the outcome".

In short... 

In... short....... 

See? That's what happens when you aren't an native English speaker - having troubles to pick the right words. And I don't trust internet translators. 

What I mean is that every story is lead by different rules and expectations of the people inside and outside that universe. In one case, being derpy, chill-out and high af dude will benefit you on the journey. In the other, the same character is the first one to be killed. 

In every case rules, climate and the enemies you will face, are different on every term, and so it can't . Unless you want to create a universe when character is Mary Sue-like, there will ALWAYS be some shortcomings; unexpected incidents and tragedies. 

Or... Am I overthinking? 

You're not overthinking, I think you understood pretty well what I was trying to say (although I was thinking of resolutions -- for instance the large-scale redemption of Team Meteor you were alluding to: it's not universally plausible, it depends on these "rules"). To be honest I'm not sure I could find the right words in my native language.

Just for the sake of completeness, when I was talking about retaliation, it wasn't fights: more ambushes, betrayals, maybe outright assassination -- which is why I mentioned paranoia and luck, not strength.