Will You Be Alone? After The End? Don't You Know We're All Still Here?

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More than a century ago the world was devastated, but that doesn't matter. Nobody cares about the past, stories from that time are as wildly conflicting as they are ridiculous--when any stories exist at all. There are problems in the here and now that need to be dealt with, bringing the past into things isn't going to help anyone.The fact is that young people all over the world are developing mysterious powers, and the public reactions to these powers are far from positive. Fair enough, you might say. Who wants a young man around who can conjure heat from the palm of his hand? How deeply undesirable is a girl who can bend your emotions to her will? What use, I ask you, is a girl whose very essence crackles with lightning? No use at all, I'd say.As for this so-called Mr Fin and his grand ideals, well, all I can say is that his clothing is of better quality than his plans. Vague allusions to a 'sanctuary' and a 'mysterious and powerful statue' are all very well, but when it comes to solid results I fear you may find him somewhat lacking. Mark my words and mark them well, following one such ashimwill only lead to tears.All in all, I'd say there's not much you could reasonably expect from a world such as this. Conflict, perhaps. Hardship, certainly. Despair, heartache, loss......hope?No, don't be ridiculous. Where could one find hope, in this ruin of an existence?Honestly, I am asking.Where?Discord

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: BJKWhite

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Rating: 5.0/ 5.0
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hellicRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Ambitious is the best word to describe this story. It's set in a world where young people have started to develop superpowers and we follow the tales of quite a few of them. There are three main settings: Unity, a stratified city of haves and have-nots, Rosanth, characterized by scientific discovery, and finally Pyre, where puritan ideology dominates. Our vast cast of characters come from each of these places and the fic is structured like a series of short stories in which we are slowly introduced to about a dozen integral people.
I found the characters from the first few chapters and the opening "short story" the most interesting. A pair of sisters, Ashley and Maya, from the underclass of Unity struggle to survive after they run away from home. I just watched the incredible show Arcane on Netflix and there are a lot of parallels so perhaps that's why their story resonated the most with me.
Minor spoilers (for this, not Arcane) below:
All the characters are well-written and very distinct but there are quite a few so it could be a bit difficult to keep track of. The majority of them are gathered together by a Professor Xavier-like mentor yet we also glimpse into the other faction, which is more akin to Magneto's Brotherhood. So that's why I would describe this fic as pretty ambitious and similar to X-men.
Overall, the author is very talented and criminally underrated. BJKWhite's story concepts are great, writing style is captivating, the characters behave and talk like real people, and the grammar is always perfect. It's a shame these excellent fics are not more popular and I'm even more saddened by the seemingly long hiatus he's taken from all writing.