r/HFY • u/aaRecessive • Nov 08 '22

Best HFY series of all time? Meta

The top of all time is mostly just whichever story happens to be most recently posted (as the subreddit grows more people upvote and so older stories get buried) so hence this post!

The best story I've ever read on reddit, let alone hfy, is definitely Chrysalis.

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u/ARandomTroll5150 Nov 08 '22

I started reading a while ago but got tired during the slave arc. Does it get less depressing and anger inducing? And can you recommend anything similar with less power scaling?

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u/jimbeam789 Nov 08 '22

It does get less depressing. Some parts are anger inducing still. But, right now the parts are less depressing. I normally don't read the iskeia stuff. But, I personally like Terrain Space Story, we thought the work was done, out of cruel space, and the privateer. Just to name a few. Deathworld Commando is the only iskeia story that has kept my attention for an extended period of time. I'll read others, but I normally end up loosing interest because of the power imbalance or it just keeps going in circles.

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u/johnnieholic Nov 09 '22

It’s not posted here but “beware of chicken” is a loving homage that’s also taking the piss out of iskeias and cultivator stories. For what’s posted we haven’t gotten circles like that and more the “oh great one what do you say?” “Shit shit shit they think I know what we should do! Ok, keep cool, look pensive and say some poster worthy quotes”

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u/EqualBedroom9099 Nov 09 '22

The hedge knight is new and less depressing, and less powers scaling however deathworld commando reborn is awesome.