Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-24439896-20180819052517/@comment-4708882-20180819122256

Even taking taking each installment at this point as not sharing much besides the same basics it wouldn't count. Similar to Power Rangers (yes I am aware Kamen Rider came first and honestly it's a lot better) fans come in expecting darker elements to be possible and it's no longer "so dark it's unheard of". The Heinous Standard is never an issue as the continuity isn't shared but general expectations for what's going to happen due to all the dark villains at a fairly regular basis makes it borderline impossible to fit beyond simply a regular "dark" villain when it is meant for "unheard before they appeared" type of dark ones.