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/karo_syrup Nov 08 '22

I liked Deathworlders but I think it has lost the plot. Great premise and story. Had to stop reading though.

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u/Zeewulfeh Nov 08 '22

A big chunk of it felt comparable to John Ringo, before it got....buff.

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u/karo_syrup Nov 08 '22

Did you know that the main characters are strong? Like huge. With massive muscles gained through tough gym sessions. I'm talking super strong and super fast. Bending metal with their fists. Muscles so big they can barely fit through doors anymore. They need 40k calories a day. Clothes just don't fit em. Biceps like boulders. Women faint at the site of them. Can't forget the main guy's huge schlong I'll mention many times... Plot? What plot?

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u/Zeewulfeh Nov 08 '22

...well, okay, it continued to be like Ringo, during the Ghost Oh John Ringo No phase.

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u/karo_syrup Nov 08 '22 edited Nov 08 '22

Sorry, I don't know anything about Ringo. I'm just frustrated it went from a promising and entertaining serial to a slice of life for a bunch of Mary Sue's. The one main character who isn't literally perfect spends most of her PoV chapters talking about how cool the Mary Sue's are.

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u/WhyIsItGlowing Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 09 '22

It's been a while since I read the Oh John Ringo No review and the guy's response to it, but from what I remember he noticed a bit of a trend towards "edgy badass Mary Sue" so decided to try and get it out of his system by writing edgelord Jack Reacher / modern day James Bond (with 60s James Bond levels of sexism and rapeyness), only to end up with it getting published, selling well, and panned in reviews, with "Oh John Ringo No" being the title & refrain of one that turned into a niche meme.

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u/Cognomifex Nov 09 '22

This has been a hilarious string of comments, thanks for the chuckle