u/wuto

Hi everyone @ r/litrpg! Tis I, Wuto, using my monthly to show off the newest art (cover) of Volume 16. The RR chappies just hit a big milestone, and new art arrived!

The series, of course, is Metaworld Chronicles.

Bao cooked so hard with the last art batch I just... had to share it. (The scenes are all reader-voted)

/Dogeza

For this repost, first, allow me to apologise to the reader who was deeply offended by Bao's art, as voted for by my readers. I have told my 11k followers that they are a bunch of degenerates! I have personally texted Bao and told him that our contract is henceforth annulled and that he can abandon his art and use ChatGPT to feed his family.

/Dogeza

If you are one of the 8k viewers who laid eyes on this travesty. Allow me to self-censor and present only art suitable for innocent eyes.

/Dogeza

I immediately attempted to examine said reader's history to see what kinks I had horribly offended and whether it was at all possible to donate to the man's chosen charity, only to find that he had hidden all his posts! His comments?! Truly, our ardent moral crusader cannot be judged! For he (or she) is the one who judges!

Your humble author has only posts and comments on LitRPG/progressionfantasy, a Reddit front-page cat-hat image, and a Flickr front-page photography win from 2016.

For readers who are in the mood for PURE HOPE, off-meta LitRPG about Theatre, Tragedy (by Shakespeare that is), and accidental education, come read my new book! We have sing-alongs!

I am serious, its about theatre...It's 1000 pages long already!

COVER ARTIST: Bao
AI USAGE: Nope! Nada!

Hi everyone @ r/ProgressionFantasy ! Tis I, Wuto, using my monthly to show off the newest art (cover) of Volume 16. The RR chappies just hit a big milestone, and new art arrived!

The series, of course, is Metaworld Chronicles.

Bao cooked so hard with the last art batch I just... had to share it. (The scenes are all reader-voted)

/Dogeza

For this repost, first, allow me to apologise to the reader who was deeply offended by Bao's art, as voted for by my readers. I have told my 11k followers that they are a bunch of degenerates! I have personally texted Bao and told him that our contract is henceforth annulled and that he can abandon his art and use ChatGPT to feed his family.

If you are one of the 10k viewers who laid eyes on this travesty. Allow me to self-censor and present only art suitable for your teenager readers.

/Dogeza

I immediately attempted to examine said reader's history to see what kinks I had horribly offended, and whether it was at all possible to donate to the man's chosen charity, only to find that the man had hidden all his posts! His comments?! Truly, our ardent moral crusader cannot be judged! For he (or she) is the one who judges!

Your humble author has only posts and comments on Litrpg / progressionfantasy, a reddit front page cat-hat image, and a flickr front page photography win from 2016.

For readers who are in the mood for PURE HOPE, off-meta LitRPG about Theatre, Tragedy (by Shakespeare that is), and accidental education, come read my new book! We have sing-alongs!

I am serious, its about theatre...It's 1000 pages long already!

COVER ARTIST: Bao
AI USAGE: Nope! Nada!

Hi everyone @ r/ProgressionFantasy ! Tis I, Wuto, using my monthly to show off the newest art (cover) of Volume 16. The RR chappies just hit a big milestone, and new art arrived!
The series, of course, is Metaworld Chronicles.
There's no Patreon, so all updates are still free on RR (about 20k words a month)

Bao cooked so hard with the last art batch I just... had to share it. (The scenes are all reader voted)

Here's Gwen's Progression from 1 - V9! Art for 10 is commissioned, including u/Ravendagger coming in to make the voters pick Yuri scene. I guess that's progression!?

1 - V 16 Gwen, the "Prophet of Profits", CEO and REGENT of Shalkar's World Tree the Fifth Vel, Deepholme, and
2 - Gwen at her cramped Forrestville home, Chapter 1 Volume 1
3 - Gwen visits Blackheath wearing the wrong fashion (This was actually the OG test image. Bao redrew it for me as a favour in the new style)
4 - Gwen meets Almudj, the Rainbow Snake
5 - Gwen robs some young masters for money
6 - Gwen and her cousin in their new cosy home in Shanghai
7 - Gwen shows off Caliban's new Death Gila Monster form
8 - Gwen studies with Petra in the Library. I got Bao to draw pants.
9 - Gwen sells a business plan that nets her 1% of a port's total income
10 - Gwen and her team of very hungry caterpillars
11 -Gwen gets slapped by a Dragon Chaebol
12 - Look, I can explain. I told Bao that "the tentacle touched her feet and she freaked out", and Bao just got really excited, and then it came around, and I got Bao to draw the skirt over Gwen's ass. (I got him to redraw the worms too, because they looked like...) Bro spent days on this. I can't get him to redo it. Nope.
13 - Gwen slaps a Korean Chaebol
14 - Burmese Chaebols are REALLY ANGRY NOW, RUN GWEN RUN
15 - Gwen gets rescued by a CEO Dragon Chaebol
16 - Gwen realises the real friends are the Truma you made along the way
17- Gwen on a national magazine!
18 - Gwen summons a friend-shaped Shoggoth! Feat Lei-bup (RIP)
19 - Gwen gets aura mogged by NK Lich General
20 - Come and read my new book (Read chapter 0 first) about... Theatre! It's 1000 pages long already!

______________________________

COVER ARTIST: Bao
AI USAGE: Nope! Nada!

Hi everyone @ r/litrpg ! Tis I, Wuto, using my monthly to show off the newest art (cover) of Volume 16. The RR chappies just hit a big milestone, then new art arrived!

The series, of course, is Metaworld Chronicles.
There's no Patreon, so all updates are still free on RR (about 20k words a month)

Bao cooked so hard with the last art batch I just... had to share it. (The scenes are all reader voted)

Here's Gwen's Progression from 1 - V9! Art for 10 is commissioned, including u/Ravendagger coming in to make the voters pick Yuri scene. I guess that's progression!?

1 - V 16 Gwen, the "Prophet of Profits", CEO and REGENT of Shalkar's World Tree the Fifth Vel, Deepholme, and
2 - Gwen at her cramped Forrestville home, Chapter 1 Volume 1
3 - Gwen visits Blackheath wearing the wrong fashion (This was actually the OG test image. Bao redrew it for me as a favour in the new style)
4 - Gwen meets Almudj, the Rainbow Snake
5 - Gwen robs some young masters for money
6 - Gwen and her cousin in their new cosy home in Shanghai
7 - Gwen shows off Caliban's new Death Gila Monster form
8 - Gwen studies with Petra in the Library. I got Bao to draw pants.
9 - Gwen sells a business plan that nets her 1% of a port's total income
10 - Gwen and her team of very hungry caterpillars
11 -Gwen gets slapped by a Dragon Chaebol
12 - Look, I can explain. I told Bao that "the tentacle touched her feet and she freaked out", and Bao just got really excited, and then it came around, and I got Bao to draw the skirt over Gwen's ass. (I got him to redraw the worms too, because they looked like...) Bro spent days on this. I can't get him to redo it. Nope.
13 - Gwen slaps a Korean Chaebol
14 - Burmese Chaebols are REALLY ANGRY NOW, RUN GWEN RUN
15 - Gwen gets rescued by a CEO Dragon Chaebol
16 - Gwen realises the real friends are the Truma you made along the way
17- Gwen on a national magazine!
18 - Gwen summons a friend-shaped Shoggoth! Feat Lei-bup (RIP)
19 - Gwen gets aura mogged by NK Lich General
20 - Come and read my new book (Read chapter 0 first) about... Theatre! It's 1000 pages long already!

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COVER ARTIST: Bao
AI USAGE: Nope! Nada!

Hi Kana! Hi Wing! Hi Moderator Dave (I love you!)
I am your local lover of leggy Mages, Wuto!

I am proud to report that Metaworld Chronicles is now on V15... that's 15 Volume stubbed from RR. Oh my Stats...

In Volume 15, we've moved into the next phase. The HUNT for Elizabeth Sobel and the expansion of Gwenism across Metaworld. Join Gwen as she builds her Shining City on the Hill. Tames a Leviathan, and adventures into the Fifth Vel in the Elemental Plane of Water to liberate the Mermen!

As always, Vol 16+ for RR stuff remains free on RR; no Patreon for new chapters, et al. New Chapter releasing tomorrow. Some big plots are happening!

I am happy to announce that 8 Volumes are fully completed after 6 months, and more are on the way. You can find them here: Vol 1 - Vol 2 - Vol 3 - Vol 4 - Vol 5 - Vol 6 + 7, 8 and Vol 9. Now done (scroll right). As always, many Easter Eggs! Here's Bao's profile. (Did he update it... I rarely check...)

New Story Update: Metaworld Hopecore is now 1000 Pages long! I've survived Rising Stars to arrive at a 4.8 overall rating (300+ ratings and 60+ reviews), and a Royal Road front page on Ongoing (Original)! If you haven't given Eppie a go, come and read about classic music, Shakespeare, Antigone, rock history, technical theatre, and a hopeful USA, all taught using the old magic of LitRPG numbers go BURRRRRRR. After the despairing chronicles of the Prophet of Profit, come and read about the Hierophant of Hope!

As always, RR is my home, so everything new is always free for RR readers!

Yours sincerely,
Wuto

Hi everyone at r/litrpg ! I am your local lover of leggy Mages, Wuto!

I am proud to report that Metaworld Chronicles 15 is out (in 10 hours)!

As is tradition, a bit of a shout-out to SelkieMyth of Mango Media  Volume 15 is out and about!

Some of you are probably already familiar with the artworks going into the volumes.

I am happy to announce that 8 Volumes are fully completed after 6 months, and more are on the way. You can find them here: Vol 1 - Vol 2 - Vol 3 - Vol 4 - Vol 5 - Vol 6 + 7, 8 and Vol 9. Now done (scroll right). As always, many Easter Eggs! Here's Bao's profile. (Did he update it... I rarely check...)

A big dankies to my readers, fellow authors, and the mods over here at r/litrpg .

In Volume 15, we've moved into the next phase. The HUNT for Elizabeth Sobel and the expansion of Gwenism across Metaworld. Join Gwen as she builds her Shining City on the Hill. Tames a Leviathan, and adventures into the Fifth Vel in the Elemental Plane of Water to liberate the Mermen!

As always, Vol 16+ for RR stuff remains free on RR; no Patreon for new chapters, et al. New Chapter releasing tomorrow. Some big plots are happening!

New Story Update: Metaworld Hopecore is now 1000 Pages long! I've survived Rising Stars to reach a 4.8 overall rating (300+ ratings and 60+ reviews) and a Royal Road front page on Ongoing (Original)! If you haven't given Eppie a go, come and read about classic music, Shakespeare, Antigone, rock history, technical theatre, and a hopeful USA, all taught using the old magic of LitRPG numbers go BURRRRRRR. After the despairing chronicles of the Prophet of Profit, come and read about the Hierophant of Hope!

Yours sincerely,
Wuto

u/rinoz guest stars on yet more art!

COVER ARTIST: Bao's profile
AI USAGE: No AI!

Hi everyone at r/ProgressionFantasy! I am your local lover of leggy Mages, Wuto!

I am proud to report that Metaworld Chronicles 15 is out (in 10 hours)!

As is tradition, thanks to SelkieMyth of Mango Media and the heat-death of my 20+ year 3rd Ed x Pathfinder D20 Modern Group, Volume 15 is (soon!).

Some of you are probably already familiar with the artworks going into the volumes.

I am happy to announce that 8 Volumes are fully completed after 6 months, and more are on the way. You can find them here: Vol 1 - Vol 2 - Vol 3 - Vol 4 - Vol 5 - Vol 6 + 7, 8 and Vol 9. Now done (scroll right). As always, many Easter Eggs! Here's Bao's profile. (Did he update it... I rarely check...)

A big dankies to my readers, fellow authors, and the mods over here at r/ProgressionFantasy.

In Volume 15, we've moved into the next phase. The HUNT for Elizabeth Sobel and the expansion of Gwenism across Metaworld. Join Gwen as she builds her Shining City on the Hill. Tames a Leviathan, and adventures into the Fifth Vel in the Elemental Plane of Water to liberate the Mermen!

As always, Vol 16+ for RR stuff remains free on RR; no Patreon for new chapters, et al. New Chapter releasing tomorrow. Some big plots are happening!

New Story Update: Metaworld Hopecore is now 1000 Pages long! I've survived Rising Stars to arrive at a 4.8 overall rating (300+ ratings and 60+ reviews), and a Royal Road front page on Ongoing (Original)! If you haven't given Eppie a go, come and read about classic music, Shakespeare, Antigone, rock history, technical theatre, and a hopeful USA, all taught using the old magic of LitRPG numbers go BURRRRRRR. After the despairing chronicles of the Prophet of Profit, come and read about the Hierophant of Hope!

Yours sincerely,
Wuto

u/rinoz guest stars on yet more art!

Hello, LITRPG! 
You're reading a promotion for the new book! Metaworld Hopecore.

>The Year is 2032, and AI slop has won. Far from creating utopia, the world has become more divided by bots and culture wars, creating a world of disunity. 

>Enter Lana Zacanissian, Corpo superstar, the prophet of profits. She who created the largest IP aggregate marketplace in the world, vertically integrating every creative’s worst nightmare to empower an inflated IPO. In the style of SpaceX infamy, she fleeces billions of people of their life savings, catapulting herself onto the cover of every industry magazine. 

>Then, like Icarus skirting the sun—

>She is judged by her coworkers and victims, tossed into Santa Monica Bay from her yacht. 
Their final words: 

>“Do you believe in Karma?!” 

>When Lana opens her eyes again, she is in the body of a girl-child she does not recognise. Now, she must atone to live.

The author (That's me) has decided to write a completely off-Meta LitRPG!
(Cover is by my usual artist, Bao)

Look around you. If someone is looking at you weirdly, shout at them. Shout “I AM ABOUT TO READ METAWORLD HOPECORE!” Or you can just ignore them, because what do they know? 

Are you comfortable? Did you know that long-form LitRPG contributes to bad spine posture? Don’t fall for this common mistake. Read with your phone at a comfortable distance, or read it as a book (in the future), or read it through your Smart Glasses, if you’re reading this in 2032. Find a couch, a chair, a sofa, a bed, a daybed, a divan, lie flat, lie down, lie sideways, lie next to a partner, while spooning. So long as you’re comfortable. 

Okay. I go read now.

You’re about to read a very strange form of LitRPG. 

You’re about to read a book with no murder hobos, no mobs, no gronks, no gooning, no harem, nothing you are used to in any LitRPG you have ever read. It’s a gamified world, but this isn’t about power fantasy, even if it is immensely satisfying. Wait! Don’t close the tab! I should inform you that, yes, there are cat girls (not the Stray Cat Strut ones), and cats (so many cats), and cat shelters, and cat cafes. 

Yes, the number goes burrrrrr. Stat blocks galore. 

No, there isn’t an Excel spreadsheet tracking every change. 

Yes, it's HopeCore. 
People are inherently good; the world veers toward the fair; the good are rewarded; the bad are punished, one way or another. It’s a hyperreality sitcom. American in a better timeline. Characters aura farm… for the betterment of others.

Yes, this segment is channelling Calvino. 
No, the story is written in normal prose. 

You’re going to read a book that the author has always wanted to write. There’s no Patreon, no tiers, no strings attached. 

You’re reading about art.

You’re reading about art making.
The making of music, theatre, and movies that bring joy to viewers and readers like yourselves, and make the world a little better, a little more bearable. 

You’re reading a story adjacent to all the wonderful stories this community has shared since its inception, when we were all reading Machine Translated LMS by Mister Heesung NAM on Kana and Wing's forums. You’re reading a book that exists thank to folk like u/Selkiemyth of Mango Media. 

Okay. Enough Waffling. You sold me.

Read enough of this book, and you may find yourself capable of teaching a common course of AP English or making sense of theatre recitals and short films. You’ll discover classical songs, books, plays, and more, which may distract you from your saved LitRPG titles. (Sorry) You’re reading a book about what goes into the sausage. 

You’re also reading a book that serves as a repudiation of the rise of AI, which is ironic because the author works full-time, falls asleep during editing, and needs Claude to check tenses now and then. 

If you enjoyed this weird-ass LitRPG, leave a raving review. 
If you’re weirded out by the lack of the usual ingredients, there are absolutely better books out there. Have you read Metaworld Chronicles? 

The author thinks it's the Ben Affleck of Webnovels.

How many cats for you to go away so I can read?

Wow, you’re still here? 
That’s incredible. 

So you’re ready to jack in.
You’re forewarned that this book is different from the author’s other works. Ergh! But then you read on, and on, and you realise, hey… you’ve acquired a certain taste. 

When you run out of chapters, maybe you’ll write one like this, too. 

Something the author can’t cover with his limited knowledge. Maybe the rise of hip-hop. Maybe classical music. Maybe the Golden Age of Hollywood! Maybe, the battle of the Modernist composers! How about KPop in Imperial Rome? Grab a pen! Buy a typewriter! 

You sit down… you’re comfortable, and then you start to write.
Let's start a new meta, the Meta of Hopecore.