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Eight Thousand Years after the Glassing of Earth, Terran Descent Humanity has largely become a post-scarcity society based on consent and enjoying life. With the discovery of another ancient race beyond the "Great Gulf", events and history collide to draw the Terran Confederacy into war against a hundred million year old empire that has always won and believes it always will. With allies and enemies of multiple species, the Orion Galactic Arm Spur will be wracked by warfare the likes of which have not been seen. Cracked, harried, wounded, and damaged, Terran Descent Humanity willfully throws itself against the universe itself.

"The universe hates you and will take away everything you love, laughing while it does so." - Terran belief.


Told largely from the viewpoint of other species, the story is currently ongoing. It involves graphic depictions of violence, war, adult language and situations, drug use, and other mature topics.

The story will be updated on weekdays, so keep an eye on this page for more chapters.

The story is 700+ chapters, and repeating characters do not start appearing until the Vuxten chapters. If you're in a hurry for repeating characters then this story will not be enjoyable to you. The interwoven plot is not based on a single person but the entire war, with its effects upon multiple people.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge for April 2022]

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October 11, 2024
Letta seguendo i link sul subreddit r/FYH - FirstContact/Behold! Humanity in inglese

Edit: volevo scrivere una recensione ma è difficile. Per quanto una storia letta su reddit e non editata, questa storia ha creato dipendenza (ed è 1000 capitoli!).
La storia è raccontata principalmente da POV alieni che vedono gli umani come strani/eccezionali (premessa del subreddit).
Il worldbuilding è pazzesco, gli incastri narrativi sono fuori di testa, la mescolanza di generi è incredibile (scifi-guerra-horror-commedia), le strizzatine d'occhio alla cultura pop sono innumerevoli: da LOTR agli anime - i commenti ai capitoli aiutano a scovare gli easter egg. Il tutto regge e regge bene, con i vari personaggi che hanno un arco narrativo interessante.

La cosa che trovo più bella di questa storia è come il tema (FYH) positivo c'è e si sente. Si può riassumere nella frase "do you need assistance?" che è ripetuta in tutta la storia e crea speranza. Anche nelle situazioni più buie e tragiche, c'è sempre questo sentimento di speranza e condivisione e voglia/sforzo di aiutare il prossimo.
Anche nei punti horror o particolarmente guerreschi e splatter, non c'è quell'aura tipica da edge lord sul fatto che il personaggio è cattivo o tragico o fa cose brutte.

Merita di essere letta su reddit per i commenti ai capitoli.
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September 20, 2024
This is going to be a long long ride. Reading on RoyalRoad and Reddit.

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December 1, 2023
A truly epic space saga which has all the elements of pop culture incorporated in very interesting and awesome ways. contains everything from 'Florida man' to 'Warhammer'. Although the story has a lot of gritty stuff where the protagonists survive by the skin of their teeth the tale doesn't become overbearing and remains relatable on some level. The variety on the protagonists is wide, you have a meek bunny girl turning into an urban horror legend to an army general fighting in his life and even in death. None are forgettable. I highly recommend this tale even if you don't like space operas or sci-fi.
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