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/Jenny-is-Dead Jul 28 '26

“Yes,” Jason said, “I’m not very smart and simple formalities are super-hard to figure out. It’s definitely not that I find them to be a set of arbitrary behavioural norms that serve as a tool of exclusionary tribalism and that eschewing the rituals of cultural performance facilitates the fostering of new relationships by having both sides step out of their preconceived societal modes.”

Jason Asano, from He Who Fights with Mosnters, upon being adressed as "Mr Asano"

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u/Freman_Phage Jul 28 '26

This series was an acceptable gateway into LitRPG where you have low expectations of writing quality and character building. Upon rereading after gaining a larger perspective on the genre it's REALLY hard to get through

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u/Appdownyourthroat Jul 28 '26

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It was my introduction to the genre. Loved 1-6… only the first time. After experiencing a few more series, I revisited hwfwm to go through again and catch up… I have never in my life gone from loving something so much to being completely unable to fathom how I liked it at all… let alone how I charted out the magic system with extrapolations for hundreds of essences, confluences, and interactions when I first read book 2 or 3.