Fixture in Fate

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Description

Heroes aren’t to be trusted. They aren’t to be revered, or to be praised. They are to be feared, no matter the good they do, or the justice they seem to embody. Because it’s all a lie, a fabrication to make you believe that Heroes exist.

Heroes don’t exist, only humans. And there is no scarier monster than a human with a ‘link’.

Yet, what happens when someone tries to be a hero? A real, true hero—fighting to protect the world from those of their own who wantonly dominate and rule? Can a world, betrayed so thoroughly, ever truly want to be saved?

This is a Superhero Fantasy story, set in a world that fears those called Linked. This story is also reminiscent of others in the genre like Worm by Wildblow.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: Sarius

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 290
Views: 99,420

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Community Reviews(10)

patoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Basically, some big shot suddenly pays for the creation of a super-powered team consisting of two socially awkward young adults from very different socioeconomic backgrounds and two other not-socially-awkward young adults that are difficult to pin down when it comes to exactly how much money they had before this whole training arc. A few of them don't get along too well with each other or the people around them for various reasons that usually make sense.
Turns out their trainer is basically Arnold Schwarzenegger except he's a reticent fellow the size of a garden gnome, their tutor is a sexy Indian office lady who can see the geometric shape of how stupid you are, and the chef at their building is an androgynous pretty boy who could be a kpop artist but for the fact that he's mute. He's also a natural empath who somehow knows the recipe to your mom's chicken tikka masala, even though you're pretty sure they've never met because otherwise he'd be your biological father.
In this setting the powers are referred to as "Links" and those who possess them are called "Linked." The government discriminates against people with Links who don't use the HTTPS protocol because they aren't secure enough, meaning that companies other than the one that operates this world's equivalent of Bing might be able to collect those people's data and sell it to an armchair hypercog who bought 20 jars of gamer girl bathwater last month for research purposes. It's not a great system because it prevents a number of individuals who could actually help with humanity's self-inflicted pseudo-apocalypse from acquiring legitimacy in the world of capes, but the Australian government is the Australian government, after all. They could've easily done worse.
Great swathes of the civilized world have reportedly either turned into shitholes or inhospitable wastelands at the hands of irresponsible folks who'd wrongly assumed every superpower was a buy-one-get-one-free deal that came with a lifetime supply of
HantarosRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It's basically Worm but in Australia and I say that in the best possible sense, a messed up society of superpowers with underdog protagonists who have interesting powersets(/spoiler/ a gentle giant who can spiritually align with his axe, basically the avatar, She-Hulk with a different color/power for every emotion and a Divination Wizard
IcelosRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It take a bit to get going and sometimes the sudden shift in between characters perspectives gets a little jarring, but once you get use to the shifts it adds to the story. My only hangup is the slow burn. The squad takes forever to make any real progress with their powers, but it worth it in the end. Sadly I'm all caught up, so wait between chapters is agonizing.
So you get a 5 stars rating from me bub.
LocalforeignerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Fixture in Fate is a slow-burn story with a deep world setting and detailed characters. Supers exist, but their impact on the normal world has been anything but four color. Much has been implied about the depredations of 'powered' individuals, and very little of it is nice or heroic.
But we have the government attempting to organize super teams, ostensibly to help with this. Though most of our main characters are unfamiliar with their powers, some exhibit truely potent abilities. It will be interesting seeing how they develop and grow these abilities.
Style-Style is good. We have multiple POVs and the author juggles them quite well.
Grammar-Few wobbles here and there, but nothing that really threw me out of the story.
Story-My only real complaint is that no one mentions the elephant in the room. From context, we know that suprs can be bad news, but no one comes out and says why. I am sure this is building for a big reveal, but I tend to hate when the audience is denied things the POV characters clearly know. Otherwise though, I like the set up and where the story is going.
Character-The characters are diverse and distinct. They all have distinct voices and I really like that.
Publius Decius MusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The author is an honest wordsmith, who knows their trade well. Frankly, I am amazed by the effort and thought that went into creating this story. I haven't read the author's other pieces, but if those are anything like this one, I can only shudder to imagine how many ideas and claviatures did the author burn through till this point.
Style score:
As I said, honest worksmith. The author really took the "show, don't tell" maxim to heart, and they are building up the world very gracefully. We always see the world through the point of view characters and every time we receive a piece of information, usually one of the characters has lacked that particular piece of knowledge. So we are always given in-universe reason for info-dropping.
Story score:
Superheroes in a post-apocaliptic environment. Really, it sounds tropey, but actually I prefer the word streamlined. Yes the author does use panels that can be found in other works of the genre, but they are built into the plot seamlessly, there is no unsightliness here. The pacing is good, it takes time to gather steam, but I think that's mostly because the story will be of truly epic proportions. At least that's what I suspect given that the author gives thirty :O advanced chapters on Patreon. I'd say this story can stretch to 2-300 chapters without an issue. It still won't feel a soap opera, because there is clearly enough meat for that on the story's well-crafted bones.
Grammar score:
No problems I have noticed, maybe an occasional typo here and there.
Character score:
Probably the best part of the book. Clearly a lot of thought went into the cast of the main characters and their group dynamic and their interactions with side characters. The budding friendship between Chef and Mira is especially heartwarming.
All the characters are their own person, with their own set of belief, worldview, past and presumably future arc that they will have to complete. I think the characters are even more interesting than the world or the p
Suspened FractalsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story has an intriguing premise that doesn't feel tired or overused despite it's general popularity in this genre. It combines informed and intelligent interpersonal and introspective writing, with realistic characters that feel truly human. It has some of the best compelling story telling without the need to jam every other line with action (though the action is just frequent enough and we'll thought out). It brings up questions of morality and the nature of good and evil, in a way more approachable and inviting than wordy and philosophical text. It explores concepts that engage, many layered social interactions with far reaching effects that some stories overlook, and delivers lots of pertinent information in manageable manners. Overall this story has a great setting, better characters, and a defined and thought provoking style that will have you coming back for more. There is little critique I feel qualifed to give outside of urging you to continue with your in depth look at the relationships and spider webbing connections they weave throughout this world, as well as pursuing the concepts already established about human nature and how power can (and in some cases often) lead to the breakdown of ingrained human moral codes and beliefs.
ThaldorRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Fixture in Fate is a gritty take on the world of powers and their effects on a modern society.
The characters and setting are the real draw here, and the interactions between characters feel human and genuine. Which is crazy, I dont undersand how Sarius does it.
I'm finally diving back in to the story and even catching up on previously read chapters has been a joy.
I can't over state how good this story has been so far, though I would caution people to mind the tags, this IS a gritty world and that does come to light on occasion.
See you in the comments <3
VMJaskierniaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This story feels like a little bit of everything to me. In a good way. A little scifi, a little urban fantasy, a little superhero, some more dystpian/cyberpunk overtones tossed in. And it all works well together.
The style is very to the point. Things are happening and people being introduced, all the while a world is being set up. We don't have a lot of backstory or info-dumping, but you are shown things as the story progresses. It's refreshing and fast-paced.
Grammar - one or two small issues that I caught, but nothing major, and certainly not anything that will pull you out of the story.
Story - it seems like we're just starting at the beginning of something huge. Like the beginning of the Avenger's Initiative, or in urban fantasy when the one race of fantasy creatures realizes there are more than just them. I can't wait to see what the big main movement turns out to be. It's a different darker take on superheros that I haven't seen before and feels really grounded and important.
Characters- we have a lot of main characters that we're following around. They're all fleshed out, work well by themselves and while playing off of each other. I really like Aaliyah.
NIDHOGGRRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Amazing, wonderful, fantastic.
This story got me good, like a fish drawn to bait. Hook, line, and sinker. The emotions it portrays, and the world it builds. All I can say is that despite the confusing formatting of words, and the occasional spelling mistake, missing letter or grammatical error, I love it.
ilvaltarRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Well it looked interesting but sadly it's just not my thing.
I don't have much to say about the grammar not the style, they're both really good and pleasant.
Not I have more a problem with the characters and the story.
From the begining we're introduced to 5 main characters extremely quickly, we got a bit of information on each of them (how they act, power, etc..) but not much. I always have the impression of watching stranger, we're not interested in them because we simply lack enough information to feel like they are real characters. It's even harder because we're told some information which sometimes feel forced.
Aaliyah is supposed to be very smart, but we never really get this impression in 20 chapters. We just see everyone telling they can see she is smart.
At the end I had more the impression to read a lambda story of heroes from a third person.
The second thing I'm not very fond of the plot, to put it simply in 20 chapters there is almost none. We just get 20 chapters mainly made of training. There is also almost no world-building, for a world of superheroes, it's a shame that we know basically nothing of the situation outside.
But no, instead they just train and do small-talks. I got bored after 20 chapters and just decided to stop.
The only plot we get is some mention of a sponsor. In 20 chapters it's not nearly enough (at least for me).