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Lindon: This.. is a toaster

Pride:

Lindon: You have to know that won't work

Round 1 Poll S

So I'm not sure how many of my Cradle mutuals are actually Will Wight mutuals. If you have only read Cradle consider this your sign to check out some of the others. If you have, please feel free to share your thoughts.

Specifically lets talk about The Last Horizon, as it does things with tropes and archetypes that are just absolutely wonderful.

So, unlike Cradle, we don't start at the bottom. We don't get to see what the long trudge of the setting from weakling to powerhouse. We just fully start at powerhouse levels. Which isn't really something I've ever experienced before, the closet thing is jumping into a Justice League comic without ever reading the origins and solo arcs of each individual hero.

Varic is already a powerful Archmage at the start and then immediately gets a boost that arguably makes him the most powerful mage in the Universe. Now what? What can challenge the most powerful individual in the galaxy and his similarly powerful friends?

Literal universe ending threats. 6-7 of them to be specific. The scale of the story is just absolutely awesome in the original definition of the word.

And that's without talking about the tropes.

Varic is The Captain, He gets to be that Archetype. You read and see that he is an homage to Malcom Reynolds, to Kirk, to Shepard, to more I can't remember or haven't seen.

Horizon herself is a tribute to the ships and AI of your past, she is EDI, she is the Enterprise, she is Cortana, she is the Tardis.

Sola is Doomguy, she is Samus, she is Rita Vrataski, she is Ridley, she is the epitome of bad bitch with a big gun, and guy in power armor.

Raion is a power ranger and a part of voltron. He's a Saturday morning cartoon and a cheesy superhero.

We still have more crew members we haven't gotten to see in detail, and I'm so excited for them.

There have been some criticisms about the characters that I just don't see. The fact that they are reminiscent of so many other characters is the point. Its like watching Megamind and just understanding that Metroman is Superman. Its like fanfiction. You get to hop into the story and already care about the characters because you already know them on some level.

Every reader gets to have a slightly different experience, as each character reminds them fondly of stories, movies, video games, and comics they specifically have viewed before. Everyone has a different starting point, but there js enough simarity to recognize these characters for who they are.

My core remains tangled

A mess of madra, my core burns bright.

The future seems to be treacherous

It becomes more difficult for me to keep my soul alight.

I cycle and cycle and cycle, scraping my core for hope.

I find nothing, it seems I'm at the end of my rope.

Resorting to the Path of the White Fox, I conjure up dreams and visions to keep myself occupied.

Or rather distracted,

When the visions fade away as my madra runs dry,

The only thing visible in my mind's eye,

are fears and problems.

I sit there, breathing silent as I slowly drift away into the land of hopes and dreams