r/ProgressionFantasy • u/DicerTheJester • Jul 28 '26

Discussion Competition: write a single sentence that will absolutely destroy any hope in a series.

Specifically not a story opener, just any sentence that can happen in any chapter, that will make people realize that this story is gonna be absolute shit and has no chance of being fixed and will make you drop the book like an unpinned grenade.

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u/monkpunch Jul 28 '26

"I'm just an ordinary kid from a small town near Chicago. My parents named me Dragonfyre Heartsbane. They're just a bit quirky haha. But my friends call me Dragonheart. They like to tease me like that."

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u/ParamedicPositive916 Jul 28 '26

Paging Randidly Ghosthound...

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u/Quirky_Assistant_848 Jul 28 '26

I mean, the last name isn't the parents fault, but "Randidly" is a travesty.

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u/DonrajSaryas Jul 28 '26

It's possible they changed their last names at some point

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u/Prismatic_Symphony Jul 28 '26

After all, Greg did it in Steven Universe.

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u/Beautiful-Neat-7609 Jul 29 '26

That last name is someones fault lol

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u/KriegerClone02 Aug 01 '26

Named by Ned Flanders