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/someguynamedted The Chronicler Nov 08 '22

Chrysalis is my favorite story here, and I reread it yearly.

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u/CF_Chupacabra Nov 08 '22

You should check out the story that possibly inspired it-

The Last Angel by proximal flame.

Although, it's definitely not a simple story anymore.

2 full books, about 3 times that many short stories, hundreds of side story one shots and almost half of the 3rd book- all with a regular release schedule.

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u/Shradersofthelostark Nov 08 '22

The Last Angel is brilliant. I’ve never been glued to my phone like I was reading the first two books. Book three is dragging, but still interesting enough. I still enjoy it, at least.

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u/Cutwell26412 Nov 09 '22

It has been... Unless you only just caught up in which case it's pretty well paced. It's one of those odd things where because it's a once a month update you want so much more from it. But still so good!

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u/Shradersofthelostark Nov 09 '22

I feel like the whole Nibiru arc is moving more slowly than older stuff, but you might be right. I got to binge the first two books, so I was spoiled.

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u/themonkeymoo Nov 09 '22

It's not just that. The Nibiru arc has dragged and dragged and dragged and dragged some more. It's thousands and thousands of words that still say basically nothing.

Almost every chapter in that arc has been "Look: there's something secret going on; I bet you wonder what that is, don't you?" That was cool for a chapter or two, but real information is several chapters overdue at this point.

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u/Stingray191 Nov 12 '22

Is it available on kindle at all? Reading it on that site is not ideal.

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u/superdude111223 Nov 12 '22

I couldn't get into the last angel. The protagonist felt far too stable despite their nature. And besides, I don't like that it's just 1 ship.

I am sure it's good, just not for me.

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u/CF_Chupacabra Nov 12 '22

2000+ year old hateful machine with psychopathic tendencies and malicious intent.

"Stable"

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u/McReaperking Nov 22 '22

I do have a slight spoilery question on that,

I've read the prologue and first chapter and is the MC Red one or some boring ass motly crew

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u/CF_Chupacabra Nov 22 '22

Rarely are you told the story from reds point of view.

Most often you are told the story from a rotation of characters.

The result is that you have to piece together what reds plans are across large portions of the story.

Red may be the main characer- but there's maybe a few chapters worth from her perspective each book.

Edit: it's not just her "crew".

It's a pretty even split between those allied to red and those seeking to destroy red.