User blog comment:Dragon-Fox 7/Character Sheet/@comment-5651818-20170713034325/@comment-4867780-20170713130020

From what I understand, power restriction, status quo and human-centrism are more safe zones than conscious choices on the writers part. They are core narrative staples who endlessly succeeded through the ages, and popularity is everything in a writer's life, it determines their living standards, social status and personal fulfillment.

So most prefer to stick to tried-and-true age-old recipes, rather than bet their everything on daring innovation, which is perfectly understandable. After all, quality and popularity are ultimately different things, and even a genuine outside-the-box masterpiece can turn out a crippling faillure if it doesn't meet the audience's expectations.