User blog comment:Ncduru/Alvarez Empire Arc: Recap/@comment-1776824-20160229044607/@comment-1776824-20160229053022

The first and foremost rule of writing conflict is to actually make it appear ambiguous by giving the bad guys the advantage, and then repeatedly shifting the tides until a conclusion of some kind is reached, whether the bad guys win, or they lose. Hiro gives the bad guys an inch, and then has the good guys take a mile. He's too hung up on good endings that he's ignoring the steps to properly arrive at one.