you know what I'm talking about, even if the wording is a bit awkward. the "below the iceberg" shit you have to be decently online to find without previous recommendation from a friend. looking to sinkhole a few months or so.

  • WhyEssEff [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    mine personally is worm aka parahumans, if you haven't heard of it, it's a 1.5 million word (with a 1.9m word sequel!) superpower scifi web serial fiction about anything and everything spiraling out of control because people make consequential decisions that seem to be good in the moment

    • seas_surround [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      read pale !! its wibblebobs latest work and I like it more than anything else he has written

    • dinklesplein [any, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      parahumans is like the only 'capeshit' (superhero stories) ive ever actually liked, seconding this one.

    • Owl [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      If you liked Worm, I also recommend Worth The Candle, a deconstruction of portal fantasy (isekai), D&D tropes, harem tropes, and like a billion other things. Creative and intense action scenes (that don't stick around long enough to drag), characters that feel like they have a lot going on in their heads, indulgently detailed worldbuilding. Seriously one of the best things I've ever read. Downsides: a billion content warnings (handled respectfully, but it's fucking awful), and kind of weak opening chapters.

    • FailureToLaunch [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      didn't expect to come onto chapo and see parahumans referenced, hell yeah.

      Honestly that whole series is the best hero/villain shit i've ever seen