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I suppose things can always improve, but I don't necessarily know what that improvement might be until I see it. The more ideas are presented, the greater the opportunity that something that something good will be created. New can be good, but sometimes you find the way to the future by looking to the past. A old, discarded idea can seem new and fresh after a time. Take dragons, for example. They used to be the most badass monsters out there. Then it seemed that every dragon was a kind, wise figure who only wanted to help humans. Going back to the old-fashioned dragon would be a breath of fresh air. Or vampires: it would be so refreshing for vampires not to be angst-ridden victims who were really good at heart, and go back to being monsters.
I would like to see an alternative to dystopia. Bleak, bleak and more bleak gets tiresome. I get tired of protagonists who are more flawed than people normally are. While no one is perfect, there exist people who are basically decent. But when you say this people tend to respond "You want everything to be puppies and rainbows!" No, I just think things could be a little more balanced. I'm not saying there should be no dystopia (I do read some of it) or that characters should be Dudley DoRight. It just seems that bleak can be overdone.
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