#the last horizon

[lyssq]

Stupid Willverse text posts… part one?

[somerunner]

Alright, so for a brief rundown of some of what I *think* the themes of Cradle and The Last Horizon are:

Cradle -- with enough power, you can do almost anything, but not everything. Also, the society mirrors an exaggerated version of capitalism where economic and political power are interchangeable at the highest levels, that power is half-created by being a "big player" who has more leverage to create wealth, and half-taken from those below you; also also, it's a somewhat-meritocracy where talent is rewarded, but only if you're exceptionally lucky -- by running into resources yourself, or getting a sponsor who is willing to commit Big Nepotism. Finally, there will always be problems with big enough systems -- but you can still change them to be better -- and change can cost unimaginable resources and lives. There are more themes than this, but these are the ones I'd remark on.

The Last Horizon -- there are always fires to put out, and you can't go wrong trying to put them out. And people will always get in your way of putting out those fires because they personally benefit from them, and also because they value their autonomy or something.

The Last Horizon is much shorter than Cradle, on account of being ongoing and also just being a more streamlined story, and its setting being less possible to twist into a real-world allegory. But it is also true that I haven't examined either story deeply, and could stand to do some more in-depth analysis.

Anyway. Enjoy the crumbs, fellow Cradle and TLH mutuals.

[travalicious]

i love the last horizon series bc it's just like

[kingsonne-zedecks]

Let's Talk Last Horizon

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.

The characters of the Last Horizon are a love letter to decades of sci-fi/fantasy media. Yes they have names and motivations and traits specific to the Last Horizon, but overall? Overall they are a celebration of the genres, the tropes, and the archetypes that have brought generations of people joy.

[captainsvscaptains]

I may not need this, but just in case...

[callie-flower]

Holh on . Hodln the fuck on

Donot fucking touch me. This is all I wanted. What the fuck /pos

[atlasaurelius]

Okay so there's this one theory in Cradle that I have, that a lot of yall prob also have, and I RLLY need to know if its confirmed by Will Wight:

What if every book written by Will exists in the same Way? Like, we saw in Waybound that dif iterations have their own magic systems or even non magic systems, dif cultures, etc.

So Cradle is iteration 110, the Traveller's Gate universe is another iteration, Last Horizon universe is also another iteration, so is the Elder Empire, etc.

I NEED TO KNOW, IS THIS JUST A THEORY OR IS IT CANON???

[zonadelcaos]

Ilustración Oficial: Sonic Frontiers Final Horizon

Para la serie de ilustraciones conmemorativas de este mes 🎮

¡Presentamos esta ilustración de Sonic Frontiers, que celebra su primer aniversario desde su lanzamiento! 🎨

Un Super Sonic fortalecido en The Final Horizon 😎, superando dificultades junto con sus compañeros y enfrentando la batalla final con THE END 💥.

Super Sonic... ¡siempre se ve genial! 😍

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Recordad darle apoyo con vuestros likes y RTs a los tweets originales del @SonicOfficialJP

[echodoctor]

I like how Varic set out to save the galaxy from roughly four to seven separate problems and somehow managed to accidentally assemble the most powerful and least functional polycule in his entire universe.

Especially impressive since he not only isn't dating any of them, he technically got sent back to a point in his personal timeline before the only romantic relationship he had even happened. This man's relationship status is a negative integer.

The good news is that said galactic threats will probably keep him too busy to worry about his disaster of a personal life for the foreseeable future, and by the time he actually has a moment to think about it there's decent odds Raion will have already managed to cheerfully strong-arm everyone into talking about their emotions.

[amalgamasreal]

Will Wight is giving away all his books for free today only!

One of my favorite indie authors of the past decade is celebrating his 10th year as a working writer by giving away all of his published works in eBook form away for free today and today only (May 31st, 2023).

Quoting him here:

For today only, all my ebooks are free on Amazon!

Here's a tip: if you have the ebook, you get the audiobook for a much-reduced price, usually only like $2 or $3. Since the ebooks are free today, here's your chance to get the audiobook for almost-but-not-quite-free.

FAQ:  -- They ARE available in other regions, you just have to go to your regional Amazon site. -- All the ebooks are free except the collections, but that's still every individual novel I've written. -- Will, where have you been? Why have you forsaken us in our hour of need?

I'm sorry you had to fight all those hell-beasts on your own, but my sword was needed elsewhere. I will blog more fully tomorrow, on the ten-year anniversary of releasing my first book.

Still can't believe it's been ten years.

Enjoy the free books, and I'll talk to you again tomorrow!

-Will

If you don't know who Will is or what his books are about then I can say that he's the "we have Brandon Sanderson at home" of the writing world, and he'd probably laugh at that.

His primary series is called Cradle and is a progression fantasy smashed together with a Wuxia aesthetic set in a Cosmere like wider universe.

Also existing in this same universe, where each alternate is called an Iteration, are The Travelers Gate and The Elder Empire, both very good series in their own rights.

If you were to start anywhere I'd say start with Cradle and then work on from there.

He also just started a new series set in the same wider multiverse called The Last Horizon, which I strongly recommend as well. It is a departure from his previous three works in that it has sci-fi elements and can basically be summed up as "What would happen if Harry Dresden, the Doomguy (in female form), and a Red Power Ranger team up on the Andromeda Ascendant to take on the Zerg?" :

So yeah, they're all free, give him a chance and you might be surprised!

[emixa95]

Sonic Frontiers_ New Super form

If I can't play it then I will draw it

[lyssq]

Pssst... If you're a fan of Cradle or its adjacent Iterations, check out @willversegiftexchange

[somerunner]

Gotta say I love Varic Vallenar's tendency to correct misconceptions about magic, except it's unclear how his explanation is meaningfully different from whatever he's correcting.

Clueless character: "Oh so water manifestation magic turns Aetheric energy into water?"

Varic, internally: you...this is why no one my age is a competent Archmage

Varic: "Water manifestation magic calls upon the Aether to bring water into reality. The more energy you can wrangle, the more water you can create, but it's funneling, not becoming, the water that you summon. That distinction is subtle but important."

Me, reading: ok I think I got it for this hypothetical example but not the other ones in the actual text of TLH

[mochasucculent]

Another Owl House thang I started right after Clouds on the Horizon and then promptly never finished, this time bullying Hunter with that one SU line lol

[sofiavonlea]

Daisy's new house 🌼