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| - The Big Bad is triumphant, the Eldritch Abomination has been released, and the world is in flames. There is no doubt about this. The Darkest Hour isn't upon us, no, it is far worse, we have entered The Dark Times. These stories about the Chosen One and the super-weapon might be true, but likely are not. Their truthfulness matters less than what it means that these stories exist at all: Hope lives on! One day, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not next week, maybe not in our lifetimes, but one day, As Long as There Is One Man, Justice Will Prevail. It is a Foregone Conclusion.
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| - The Big Bad is triumphant, the Eldritch Abomination has been released, and the world is in flames. There is no doubt about this. The Darkest Hour isn't upon us, no, it is far worse, we have entered The Dark Times. But the Ultimate Evil that the Big Bad has become does not and cannot realize one thing: though the heroes who tried to stop him have failed, and may well have died, Hope lives on, and with it, the Heroic Spirit survives. Even now, a rudimentary version of La RĂ©sistance is forming because word has spread that a Chosen One has appeared after being sent off like Moses in the Bulrushes. The now-dead heroes who opposed the Big Bad managed to send a weapon through time to the future that can defeat the Ultimate Evil. These stories about the Chosen One and the super-weapon might be true, but likely are not. Their truthfulness matters less than what it means that these stories exist at all: Hope lives on! One day, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not next week, maybe not in our lifetimes, but one day, As Long as There Is One Man, Justice Will Prevail. It is a Foregone Conclusion. A common message given by fiction and folklore. Only the most downer of Downer Endings exclude it, and even then there's usually some way around such a bleak finish, no matter how bad things are. Often combines with Rousing Speech, because often, The War Has Just Begun. Examples of Hope Springs Eternal include:
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