Totally random thought that struck me as I was discussing Supernatural with my wife (as often happens, because it’s…
Totally random thought that struck me as I was discussing Supernatural with my wife (as often happens, because it’s a geeky thing I think she is actually more obsessed with than I am).
This is probably a terrible idea, but it struck me that you could almost have two Luck tracks–the character’s Luck track, and the Season Luck track.
Whenever someone pulls from the Season Luck track, something major for a recurring threat comes to pass. That may not be the only way the long term big bad advances their cause, but when Luck is used in this manner, they get a big win, full stop, no hunter intervention to stop their goals.
When the last Season Luck is triggered, the next mystery is all about the big bad essentially winning if the hunters don’t stop them, and everything is heavily stacked in the big bad’s favor.
As an example of how this might model the show, any time the seasons ends with one of those kind of “no win” situations, that’s an example of a season where the Season Luck track ran out before the big bad could be confronted about their long term plan.
As a comparison, this would be your Season Two or Season Four finales, with the heroes making things worse and getting one step closer to full on Apocalypse. Season Five and Seven might be examples where the end wasn’t triggered by Luck, so the Hunters have a little more time to end the threat on their own terms (even if they have to make some sacrifices).
Terrible idea? Need some work? Just wondering what others think.