While… a bit cliché, I don’t think you were trying to bust the genre open. Excellent starter story!

Now I have to follow it up. Poo.

Yeah. I did find it a bit cliché, but you know, sometimes cliché things bring the best out of us.

I prequelled. Feel free to sequel or prequel any story you like!

Just because something is cliché is not an indicator of its being awful.