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withak posted:How did he get it to combine everything? I can only get Readability and Instapaper to grab one chapter at a time. Though with the prev/next links working fine and the app keeping track of my progress, this is pretty much good enough for me. According to my friend, "the version I loaded in Chrome seems to be the whole thing. I clicked 'read now' on the first page (Gestation 1.1), and that was it." Though he did note that, "I tried sending it to my kindle and it only sent some of the subchapters." Good luck!
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Now that I look, Instapaper is doing it right sometimes. When I hit the next chapter link sometimes I get individual entries and sometimes it loads several in a row. Probably something to do with the way it detects a "next page" link. Either way, it keeps track of progress and paginates so it is good enough for me.
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qntm posted:Wait, where's this from? Comments on the parahumans site.
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I love how, even with everything bleak, the story still retains some humor and charm. Spoiler : Cockroaches 28 -1 I like that they're managing to regroup, even if they can't do much- the parallel earths thing is a good excuse to take Scion out of the story for a little bit, and honestly, I'm really curious what's going to happen when you have Endbringers that are showing up on a world without anything left to really destroy. This reads like a pretty good story reset in some ways, and it'll be nice to take the action down a level for a few chapters and get some new/cool development.
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Aug 31, 2013 05:36
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28.1: Man, that poo poo is bleak. I'll give Wildbow credit, I have no idea how anything goes from here. Normally in stories like this the main character gets some ludicrous power up or a dues ex appears at the critical moment, but stuff is already so wrecked that even if they somehow "win" everything is still pretty much hosed. Love that bit about the Simurgh showing up and having nothing to do. Edit: Also unreasonably pleased that Parian and Foil are hanging in there. They're like the one good thing that's happened in the entire story that hasn't ended in horrible tragedy (yet). Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Aug 31, 2013 |
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Aug 31, 2013 06:02
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Skippy McPants posted:Love that bit about the Simurgh showing up and having nothing to do. "Cower brief mortals!....I guess you're all pretty cowered huh, I'll just hang around to watch then."
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Skippy McPants posted:28.1: Heh, seriously, that might've been my favorite part.
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veekie posted:"Cower brief mortals!....I guess you're all pretty cowered huh, I'll just hang around to watch then." "All is going exactly according to my DIABOLICAL plan. I mean it! If there was anyone here to hear it, by gosh you'd be awed and driven mad by the merest whisper of the grand blasphemies I intend to inflict upon you! Sigh...Anybody got a smoke?"
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stolen from the comments: The Simurgh descends from the sky. She marches up to a human baby. It is one of the last human babies on Bet. It is archetypal; in that moment, it is Everybaby, a shining slightly smelly exemplar of humanity as a whole. She takes its candy. The baby bursts into helpless, defeated tears as the Simurgh, victorious, flies away.
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I like the idea that the Simurgh only needs to appear to lend despair and destruction. That it's enough for her to arrive and act like everything's so hosed she doesn't need to do anything, and THAT is enough to accomplish her goals. Masterfully bleak. I also still wonder whether Eidolon was actually KILLED. Tattletale? says they 'lost' him, but I know authors like Wildbow; that'll actually mean he turned his coat and joined Scion or something... I guess we'll find out when we get some input on what happened in GU's video feed - Rachel mentions that she made it back with the vid intact.
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I was also surprised to see Grue get put out to pasture. It makes some sense considering what he's been through, but it isn't too often you see major characters get taken down by PTSD.
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Skippy McPants posted:I was also surprised to see Grue get put out to pasture. It makes some sense considering what he's been through, but it isn't too often you see major characters get taken down by PTSD. It's something of a special situation. He's been heading down this road ever since Bonesaw turned him into a one-man meat locker.
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Random stupid ideas that pop into my head: Has Parian ever said "Curses, Foil'd again?" And if so, how hard did she get slapped?
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K Prime posted:Random stupid ideas that pop into my head: I'm going to be disappointed if this isn't brought up, like how they eventually explained the origin of the unfortunate Assault & Battery name pairing  With other odd thoughts, am I the only one who's just a little bit happy that Canary got let out of the Birdcage? Of course, I just caught up, so it's fresh, but I was thinking, while they were letting folks out "I hope they're going to let out that poor girl who got indefinite detention in Hell because her powers went cuckoo."
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Mr. Fowl posted:I'm going to be disappointed if this isn't brought up, like how they eventually explained the origin of the unfortunate Assault & Battery name pairing Oh, god, I remember laughing like an idiot when I hit Battery's reaction to that whole situation. "Wait! No! You can't do that!"
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I don't really care too much for her, to be honest. Like, it's great for her that she got let out and all but I don't really find her to be all that interesting. fakedit: Assault and Battery were fun, why couldn't you leave them alone Wildbow!? sirtommygunn fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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OmniBeer posted:Oh, god, I remember laughing like an idiot when I hit Battery's reaction to that whole situation. I was pretty (slaughterhouse 9 arc?)devastated when Battery died. Assault and Battery were minor side characters but they really felt like they had their own full stories that we were just teased with in her interlude.
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hollylolly posted:I was pretty (slaughterhouse 9 arc?)devastated when Battery died. Assault and Battery were minor side characters but they really felt like they had their own full stories that we were just teased with in her interlude. I think Wildbow actually does have full stories with most of the cast written, but they are never to be released.
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sirtommygunn posted:I think Wildbow actually does have full stories with most of the cast written, but they are never to be released. I don't know about full stories, but the setting and characters are all based off years of accumulated short stories. Enough that we'll proably never see all the various potential arcs that could have or might have happened. Example; I remember Wildbow mentioning in the comments that at one point The Travelers were in contention with Taylor for who was going to be the main focus of the serial. I'm glad Taylor won out. The Travelers had some good dramatic hooks, but I really didn't care much for any of the actual characters. They're serviceable enough as tragic amtagonists, but I don't think I'd enjoy them as the centeral characters. Their origin arc is maybe my least favorite thing in the archive.
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I honestly really liked worm but ever since the whole [late spoilers] CLONING SLAUGHTER HOUSE 9, ~9 SIBERIANS~ and now they are all like mind controlled slaves of jack. It just seems like a plot arc that was done way better with Enchidna/Noelle. I just cant seem to get back into it since that happened.
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What is the Scar in Brockton Bay? I seem to have glazed over whatever event(s) caused it, and it gets a lot of references after the fact.
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Grundulum posted:What is the Scar in Brockton Bay? I seem to have glazed over whatever event(s) caused it, and it gets a lot of references after the fact.
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Zasze posted:I honestly really liked worm but ever since the whole [late spoilers] CLONING SLAUGHTER HOUSE 9, ~9 SIBERIANS~ and now they are all like mind controlled slaves of jack. It just seems like a plot arc that was done way better with Enchidna/Noelle. I just cant seem to get back into it since that happened. If you're still not done, just keep reading through it. It doesn't go on all that long really.
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So, this looks interesting, but gently caress reading it all on the website. The FAQ makes mention of unofficial ebook collections of the chapters, would anyone know where I could find one? If I could just get most of the way caught up on my Kindle, I wouldn't mind reading the rest as it came out on the site.
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Can you get a browser window on your kindle or phone? You could just read it that way. It's how I read a good portion of it.
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Fellwenner posted:Can you get a browser window on your kindle or phone? You could just read it that way. It's how I read a good portion of it. This. The mobile version of the site is significantly more readable.
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Indeed - it's black-on-white, for one thing, rather than white-on-black which is hideous to read for long periods.
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All-purpose thread I will save you from turning into the Worm thread. So what other good web serials are out there anyway? I've tried to navigate a few of them and they seem to follow the general internet 90-10 ratio of poo poo to gold. I checked through the Web Fiction Guide but some of the recommendations thrown out by it are...questionable (i.e. either terrible porn or other superhero stories or terrible superhero porn). Seriously I'm never gonna get back those 30mins I spent trying to read Tales of MU. Someone recommended Ra earlier and I'm starting on that. Any others you guys have uncovered?
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I just finished worm. Is there somewhere with a list of all the clever things I missed?
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builds character posted:I just finished worm. Is there somewhere with a list of all the clever things I missed? It has a TV Tropes pages, if you can deal with reading TV Tropes.
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Pierson posted:All-purpose thread I will save you from turning into the Worm thread. I've poked around a fair bit and Worm is honestly the only one I've found. Some are okay, but my reading list is too long already, I don't want to waste time reading poo poo that's merely okay. It really isn't much of a shock. The web fiction community is pretty tiny and probably contains very few true aspiring authors. I'd say the bigger surprise is that it's managed to produce even one piece decent quality work.
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Well that was a chapter. The Endbringers are freaking the gently caress out it looks like. The question is whether the theories on Eidolon creating them are right and no one control's them now, or if it's a signal from the group that controls them. I think the latter, and I think they're going to be used against Scion. Also, 5 Endbringers and 5 groups mentioned by Dinah?
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Pierson posted:All-purpose thread I will save you from turning into the Worm thread. The only other one I've read was Interviewing Leather and it wasn't too bad.
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SerSpook posted:Well that was a chapter. The Endbringers are freaking the gently caress out it looks like. The question is whether the theories on Eidolon creating them are right and no one control's them now, or if it's a signal from the group that controls them. I think the latter, and I think they're going to be used against Scion. Also, 5 Endbringers and 5 groups mentioned by Dinah? I'm still curious on the Endbringers. The sheer volume of capes that have been lost to them seems like it wasn't worth it if they've been held as an anti-Scion force from the start. I really disliked Armsmaster as a person, but I really like Defiant. On the other hand, before we were actually introduced directly to him when he shut down Dragon, I thought I was going to like Saint but I ended up not.
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Faldoncow posted:I'm still curious on the Endbringers. The sheer volume of capes that have been lost to them seems like it wasn't worth it if they've been held as an anti-Scion force from the start. I don't know, Saint seems like a guy trying to do what's right and making some bad calls. Somewhat of a foil to Taylor in that way.
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Dietrich posted:I don't know, Saint seems like a guy trying to do what's right and making some bad calls. Somewhat of a foil to Taylor in that way. The difference is just that while they're both in over their heads, Saint never admits it, even to himself. Just another hard man making hard choices that actually didn't need to be made and just make things worse.
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veekie posted:The difference is just that while they're both in over their heads, Saint never admits it, even to himself. Which is what makes him useful as a foil.
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Every time someone makes Hard Choices it ultimately ends badly though. Idealistic choices don't seem to leave regrets and consequences are transient. Hard practical choices kick everyone in the nuts down the road.
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SerSpook posted:Well that was a chapter. The Endbringers are freaking the gently caress out it looks like. The question is whether the theories on Eidolon creating them are right and no one control's them now, or if it's a signal from the group that controls them. I think the latter, and I think they're going to be used against Scion. Also, 5 Endbringers and 5 groups mentioned by Dinah? 5 endbringers is obvious. 5 groups, I don't think we actually know yet, but... Undersiders, PRT/Protectorate/Wards, Cauldron, Thanda, Yangban? There are a lot of groups...
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thespaceinvader posted:5 endbringers is obvious. 5 groups, I don't think we actually know yet, but... Undersiders, PRT/Protectorate/Wards, Cauldron, Thanda, Yangban? I was thinking more each group using an Endbringer as the gathering point/core.
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