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There were plenty of better powers in Worm. It only seems so good because she's the protagonist and Wildbow is a pretty creative writer. Imagine someone with half the writing skill trying to balance controlling bugs with any of the more broadly applicable superpowers like superspeed or invulnerability.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 09:42 |
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TOOT BOOT posted:There were plenty of better powers in Worm. It only seems so good because she's the protagonist and Wildbow is a pretty creative writer. Imagine someone with half the writing skill trying to balance controlling bugs with any of the more broadly applicable superpowers like superspeed or invulnerability. Depends on whether you count her ability to coordinate the people around her for them to realize more of their potential as part of her power. I think the thinker element is legitimate and even called out a bit in her goodbye before she turns herself in. I think if she had triggered with a different or shittier power but still had that thinker aspect she'd still have done pretty well. Though one wonders how a less effective channel for her to funnel her emotions (compartmentalization is one of her bigger character flaws) would have affected her story.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 10:49 |
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Milky Moor posted:Not that it really matters because for all of Taylor supposedly only being effective with prep time, she's remarkably good at improvising her way around all manner of problems anyway. yeah it's amazing what you can do when you have plot armour [still irritated about her beating dragon, that should not have happened].
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 12:49 |
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Neurosis posted:yeah it's amazing what you can do when you have plot armour [still irritated about her beating dragon, that should not have happened]. You have to remember Taylor had more then just bug control from her powers. Her clashes with Dragon worked in her favor sometimes because Dragon herself had hard limits Taylor kept exploiting (even unknowingly/subconsciously).
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 14:33 |
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Is there a latest-chapter link on the site? I’m so used to just being able to scroll down on most other sites.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 16:37 |
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berenzen posted:My guess? Vista. Young, at the end of the world, part of the wards, powerful powers. Name doesn't match but that was my first guess too
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 17:40 |
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blastron posted:Is there a latest-chapter link on the site? I’m so used to just being able to scroll down on most other sites. Not for the prologue stuff
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 17:41 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Name doesn't match but that was my first guess too Yeah sorry it isn't Vista. Pretty sure it's someone we dont know from the Baltimore Wards.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 18:23 |
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I have to think that the name initials are all false because Mangled Wings is talking more and more like Rachel. The username was probably given by Heart, whoever she is. These prologue chapters create like a dozen times as many questions as they do answers.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 20:29 |
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I'm willing to put money on Mangled Wings being a Damsel of Distress. Her arms and fingers were modified by bonesaw to be extra long, like a bat's wing with no skin. She consider's herself damaged, fallen from where she once was. She has a hard time with computers/technology, etc. Plus Damsels real name was Ashley I think and they refer to her as A.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 21:14 |
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Taylor didn't go into a fight with Lung unprepared and nearly kill him. Taylor prepared for at least a month or two before going out for the first time, ambushed Lung, and still she would have been killed if the Undersiders hadn't intervened. Anyway, I wouldn't contest that Taylor has a strong power. Batman also has a strong suite of powers: unlimited wealth, versatile super-technology, peak human or beyond peak human mental and physical abilities. By underpowered, I mean constantly paling in comparison to other character's powers and not prone to solving problems via brute force application. Superman bursts through a wall at superspeed and and downs the crooks. Batman sets an explosive trap and then lure the thugs to crooks to the place where the blown up wall will take them down. Either way, the wall is broken and the crooks beaten. Batman just has to take a more circuitous route, and that's fun when it's written well. Wildbow is good at writing that type of stuff well. I'm not trying to make you like Taylor. I understand why you don't. I don't think it's too tough to understand why some people do, though.
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# ? Nov 2, 2017 22:47 |
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Pussy Quipped posted:I'm willing to put money on Mangled Wings being a Damsel of Distress. Her arms and fingers were modified by bonesaw to be extra long, like a bat's wing with no skin. She consider's herself damaged, fallen from where she once was. She has a hard time with computers/technology, etc. Plus Damsels real name was Ashley I think and they refer to her as A. That actually makes a lot more sense.
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# ? Nov 3, 2017 02:16 |
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Mother of Learning updated a couple days ago. I'm curious where it's going. It's gotten more meandery than ever now that we know there is a clock.
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# ? Nov 3, 2017 02:36 |
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New one up and we have a confirmed old character showing up!! It’s Sveta/Garrote! I’m pretty happy about it because I always liked them!
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# ? Nov 4, 2017 10:36 |
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Good grief, I'd forgotten how much of a poo poo most of the Irregulars (ie: almost all but Weld and Garotte) were.
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# ? Nov 4, 2017 10:40 |
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I just realized that this time next week we'll be reading Worm 2 It's really happening guys
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# ? Nov 4, 2017 11:36 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:I just realized that this time next week we'll be reading Worm 2 I mean, if I don't gently caress up the server, yeah. Otherwise you'll be yelling at me.
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# ? Nov 4, 2017 12:01 |
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I'm wondering if Heart_Shaped_Pupil is one of Teachers pets... "Pupil" after all. Alternatively, the bat-poo poo-crazier theory I have comes from this... So far he's had bits about how people who share powers often either fall in love or else try to kill one-another, and people seem to be tracking Tattletale; then there's this: Note the bolded section. Worm FAQ posted:Q4: What’s the Missing Interlude? What happened? That seems like a lot of page space and thought devoted to something that's ultimately gone forever.
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# ? Nov 4, 2017 20:06 |
Reaching the end of Part 1, so, two chapters went up today (one was basically a bonus).
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# ? Nov 7, 2017 00:42 |
So that was an interesting conclusion to the Prelude to Worm 2. Wonder when the full story of Gold Morning will come out in Worm 2, because that'll be an interesting thing to see.
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# ? Nov 7, 2017 23:50 |
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So, is chapter 1 going up Tuesday? Or is he doing a Saturday/Monday surprise, do you think?
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# ? Nov 10, 2017 22:14 |
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11:58 tonight
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# ? Nov 10, 2017 22:15 |
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wildbow posted:Worm 2 chapter 1 goes live on Saturday. It’ll go up just as a post with a link to the new site (P.10) that I’ll later delete (and just have this ‘next chapter’ link go to the site in question), so anyone who’s notified when posts go live will know.
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 00:34 |
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I'm literally the one pushing the button. EDIT: Oops. 11:58 Eastern. Almost made y'all wait another three hours. Forty-five minutes out! Doctor w-rw-rw- fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Nov 11, 2017 |
# ? Nov 11, 2017 01:44 |
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Doctor w-rw-rw- posted:I'm literally the one pushing the button. Slap that button you son of a bitch
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 05:12 |
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1158 and thirty seconds im coming to saw your head off with a rusty knife I'd it's not up
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 05:12 |
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WE KNOW THE TITLE AND IT IS PERFECT
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 05:55 |
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Just wait til you read the chapter
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 05:58 |
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Published. https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 06:03 |
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...whaaaaat
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 06:16 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:WE KNOW THE TITLE AND IT IS PERFECT I assumed it would be Glow.
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 06:18 |
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:WE KNOW THE TITLE AND IT IS PERFECT ffffffffffffffff We need a whole bunch of emotes, also a new OP entry that I'll totally get around to writing eventually.
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 06:30 |
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Silver2195 posted:I assumed it would be Glow. Wb confirmed it wasn't that but it makes a lot of sense given who the new POV character is! gently caress! Holy poo poo! Also there's a paragraph slash sentence that kinda just ends mid sentence in there who do I tell to fix it if I'm not going on Reddit
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 06:47 |
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For those of you who haven't entirely caught up yet, 0.9 was loving wonderful. I wish I knew who Point_Me_@_The_Sky is, because that would probably make it so much better.
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 06:58 |
BENGHAZI 2 posted:Wb confirmed it wasn't that but it makes a lot of sense given who the new POV character is! gently caress! Holy poo poo! I'm pretty sure people just point that out in the comments of the part in question.
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 07:02 |
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The Shortest Path posted:For those of you who haven't entirely caught up yet, 0.9 was loving wonderful. You know if you read the new chapter of Ward! It's not stated outright but you can connect dots! I'm so excited Jesus Christ!
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 07:05 |
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Posting for posterity right before I jump into chapter 1 that I'm almost positive Point Me is Laserdream because I have no better guesses, so I'll get to see if I'm right or not. Edit: I'm so fuckin hype jesus christ Fajita Queen fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Nov 11, 2017 |
# ? Nov 11, 2017 07:15 |
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Not that I’m ready with it (finally got an editor, thank Christ) but what’s the S.O.P. on self promotion in this thread?
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# ? Nov 11, 2017 07:44 |
ConanThe3rd posted:Not that I’m ready with it (finally got an editor, thank Christ) but what’s the S.O.P. on self promotion in this thread? I've been doing it occasionally and no one's said to stop!
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Wasn't Glory Girl some sort of human blob shaped monstrosity?
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