Ruin Explorer
Legend
Ouch that is kind of true, historically. There are exceptions. Marvel would be the primary one. Marvel comics peaked in what, the late '90s? The mid-'90s? Somewhere in there I think. And then over a decade later the movies arrive and totally revive and embiggen the brand.Movies always come at the end of a franchise’s popularity and are followed by a downswing. Just look at the GI Joe, Transformers and MLP movies.
I'm sad about what this means for Bob's Burgers but yeah, I think better to die whilst its still good that go into an eternal purgatory like The Simpsons.
I suspect 5.5E may actually see a contraction of D&D's popularity, not for any reasons actually related to 5.5E, but rather simple cultural ones and the passage of time. Of course people, including WotC, will blame 5.5E...