re: #185 Targetpractice

Personally think it’s telling that there’s actually a trope at TvTropes called “Torch The Franchise And Run” with examples of creators who, for one reason or another, lit their own creations aflame in the end just to make sure nobody could come behind them and try to revive the cash cow.

Not mentioned in that tvtropes entry, but the first one I thought of was Forever Knight — the terrible, horrible, no-good very bad ending didn’t just preclude sequels, it destroyed any possible enjoyment of reruns.