It is definitely not a mainstream work but it has some popularity. and some other Marvel bits as well as the main MCU films. Flor is excellent. The worst people, combined with some of the best powers. Just as parahuman warlords, mob bosses, anti-heroes and petty thieves were all possible, so was this. 88 votes, 32 comments. Feats thread - Squealer. I quite enjoyed Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman as well but it is only one book long. 47 words per chapter. Worm never 'ruined' any kind of superhero media for me. Three months reading through this story, getting to know the characters, hearing 'Endbringer' used in the story and even some askreddit threads on reasons why living in the Worm universe might be less than ideal. In this crossover, Eden crashed in a mountain range outside Wakanda in the distant past; while her flesh retains its power-granting potency, her crash's mineral-bearing fallout rained down upon Wakanda itself as vibranium deposits. The main character gains abilities and meets a group of young people who have similar abilities, and they are a wanted rebel group that is already It also means you need to get around places quickly - all three had flight and super speed. She's certainly a good person, but I don't think she's had as much tribulation (at least, that was shown to us) as the other True Heroes. E. "If word were to get out about the clones, the ramifications would be too damaging. And, while that sort of thing appeals to some, it's definitely not a universal desire, which is problematic when you want a large audience, more-so if the From u/parahumanscientist 's post there are 1,672,617 words spread over 302 chapters, which on mean average is 5538. WoG and a bit of speculation: Goddess dates back to an earlier incarnation of Wildbow's superhero setting when he was thinking of writing a story on "Supreme Earth" which was ruled by a single Parahuman. And you can't really call a jump finished if it doesn't have at least 4 perks by origins or 4 perks by price (4x 100, 4x 200, 4x 400, 4x 600). Feel free to discuss the books, television series, comic books, RPG, and other works by Jim Butcher (such as Codex Alera and Cinder Spires, et al. BlueEagle127. 48 votes, 36 comments. I liked Worm overall more then Ward but I liked certain aspects of Ward more then Worm aspects. a. Ok, so with that out of the way, let's get on to the theory. But most importantly, you need some sort of generally amazing defense or at some point one the myriad of different powers in the world will get you. I don't think there are any other examples of shows/movies/etc with a lot of bugs outside the horror genre, butwell, no matter what you do, you'll turn off some people. - GenericCommentsBot's opinion on Sophia, so u/Dr_edd_itwhat is forced to make an original comment with insight. If reddit was a thing in Worm/Ward, I imagine that r/RaisedByNarcissists would have seen a lot of posts from Victoria over the years. Choosing EOM you start out being a average barely peak human in a world where 10, 000 capes with a need to seek out conflict and shards that bud creating even more capes are forming their own gangs and are trying to seize territory, in the Worm setting warlord capes have taken over whole cities and countries. For older/classic fanfic recommendations: Cenotaph is one of the first Worm fanfics. I just finished 6. 86 votes, 50 comments. She seems a little like Imp is at the beginning of the story-kind of irrational, needs a guiding hand-and Imp is just the kind of hand she could use best. Worm has a vast architecture, truly the best of the best when it comes to world building. His big weapon is a very versatile 'stilling' ability, which lets him cancel out wavelengths, which can be applied in a variety of ways, defensive or offensive - it lets him counteract, manipulate, and cancel virtually any parahuman or human generated effect. Wears a midnight blue and silver costume with a visor, carries a hi-tech halberd packed with weapons and features. There's no such thing as willpower in Worm; you can't resist Khepri's control with force of will. Sanderson came up with the plot before Worm got going but didn't get it published until Worm was wrapping up, so it seems to be coincidence. The Esoteric Knowledge? That has nothing to do with Worm, Worm is pure science. Basically indestructible, she's The Juggernaut if his power was more "realistic". Just cause our opinions differ doesn't make me a troll. The lesser heroes were gone, washed away or helping others to evacuate, the greater heroes a distance away. Feats thread - Whirlygig. General affiliations: The Merchants were a parahuman gang operating in Brockton Bay. . If this was your goal, I feel as though you might want a different title. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Gallant Cast page description: Member of the Boston Bay… However, I suspect that it's rare for a non-parahuman to get close enough to experience a direct attack by an Endbringer's power and survive. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Aster Cast page description: Aster: A baby, daughter of… Reminder: This is the last episode that will be pushed to the main Daly Planet Films feed. Feats thread - Skidmark. Practical Guide to Evil is not that clear-cut, in my opinion. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Butcher Cast page description: The latest in a line of… 28 votes, 10 comments. WORM SPOILERS on Goddess. A home for fans of Wildbow's web serials, Worm, Pact, Twig, and Ward. :P Case 53s are from cauldron vials and Eden shards that she didn't "balance" before she got in her accident (Zion peeks into the reality she was supposed to land on and sees her shards raining down in his interlude), so the reference points are out there, or the changes made to the parahuman is too "blunt" - rather than Sundancer getting immunity "Strongest" is a really difficult thing to quantify in the Worm universe, just due to the nature of how powers work and the fact that there is no Superman. It's well known enough to have a wikipedia page. L. 36K subscribers in the Parahumans community. I think there are more racists than entomophobes. There's also some people in Parahuman's comment section, Spacebattles, Sufficient Velocity, Tvtropes, and a few other places who might not use reddit. On points I disagree with: the read through criticizes Worm for not having a single coherent theme and for giving ambiguous answers on the themes it does touch on. There's some evidence for a level of Trump in Lung's power, increasing the scaling the more of a parahuman 'audience' he has. 759 votes, 76 comments. One of my real life friends read Worm before I met them. There's the gay guy that shoots rainbows, a lesbian with power over clothes, another lesbian that's really good at penetrating people, the psycho bisexual rapist, the intersex person that's a flamer 50 votes, 13 comments. The story follows a teenage girl named Taylor Hebert who discovers she has the ability to control insects. • 1 day ago. Personally I have no clue how you're going to go about editing worm, as even the poorer parts still have such an impact on the pacing and tone and characters. 50 votes, 15 comments. Finished long time ago, and the audiobook for Ward can be found on the same youtube channel Worm an unabridged production Currently on arc 27 and Worm full cast audiobook on arc 3 or 4 --- Reddit's Home for the Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher. ADMIN MOD Parahumans Power Let me start by saying Worm is the most invested I have been in a piece of media in a long time. Wildbow, is a Web Serial Novel centered around Taylor Hebert, a teenager with a superpower enabling her to control bugs. Ward: I found the cause and effect relationship between the cracks in reality and the Titans to be unclear. (like replacing a close friend). However, to be able to interact with the world to do things like walk around, she can choose to allow things to affect her to certain degrees, or extend her power to other things, because it'd be frustrating trying to carry stuff if it ripped or crumbled as you 52 votes, 47 comments. But the higher that ratio, the more chaotic it would be. In fact I'd say it'd be great if you could leave the unedited version up even after worm gets edited some day so fans can revisit the classic :D According to WoG: Scion equipped himself to be able to fight pretty much any threat. Worm: Needs a bit more breathing room as there's such an endless litany of terrible things happening to Taylor and to Brockton Bay. I disagree completely. Members Online • richardpickman1926. The first known parahuman. 38K subscribers in the Parahumans community. We're currently awaiting its addition to iTunes - it's taking a while for Apple to process - but it should be availa 709 votes, 77 comments. Page link, iTunes link, Stitcher link, RSS feed, YouTube, Libsyn. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Browbeat Cast page description: A cape with biokinesis… Worm also explains all the normally handwaved stuff in superhero stories like “Why do people with powers always go out to fight crime?”, “Why don’t the heroes kill the villains?”, “How do people get powers?”, etc. D. Decades shaking the idea that we’re killing machines. But the power did leave me with some questions. This week we tackle Arc 9: Sentinel. 1M person population of Namibia, there should be over 200 parahumans there. The unstoppable force. In addition to being found at Parahuman Audio, as linked above, the audiobook can be found most places where podcasts are available, in particular Spotify, Google, and Stitcher. ). Mentioned in the first Interlude. So, I'm getting into Worm and Community. But I do comment on many subs. I think the idea that they come from inside Breed himself is a fairly common perception. Worm is like Watchmen or the Incredibles, a good take on the superhero genre. Cast page description: A forty-five foot tall horned abomination:(with dynakinesis. Hello, I've been reading worm off and on and reading about both Worm and Ward as I don't have a lot of time to read the series… When the parahuman is killed, the stolen power rushes back to their victims full-throttle, as the siphoning connections are torn off and their shards regain their full puissance. Tag this Ward Spoilers, or at least Worm spoilers. Interlude 22: But he began to weaken. Doesn't fight battles himself and doesn't do dumb things like make so many people kill themselves that he makes enemies, but sits several steps removed from the action, without a public persona at all, focusing on making minions that will follow his commands. If ABB had internal fractures, the side with Lung and Oni Lee would just cow everybody else into submission. I still think GU is potentially the strongest Parahuman but the point of the post was to show that there are other parahumans namely Legend who have a chance of beating her. Working with the Heartbroken is wonderful-I hope we get more Heartbroken in Worm 2: Worm Another Day. When I read traditional fantasy like the First Law Trilogy, it infuriates me as a reader to see arbitrarily powerful magic abilities that can "remove all of the bones in an opponent's body," or "boil all of the water in an opponent's body" - actual examples from this series. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Alabaster Cast page description: Alabaster: A white… One my read through of worm one of the powers that stuck out to me as very creative was the butchers. In Worm both Valefore and Eligos are named after dukes of hell from the Ars Goetia. Of those, you have these five: Brandish: Mental trauma from childhood, an abusive parent, many unexplored problems Notes: First appearance: Extermination 8. "Worm" is a serialized web fiction written by Wildbow. I quite agree that they tend to feel artificial and gamey compared to Parahumans. 1 (Essentially his interlude) General affiliations: Starts as a member of the Boston wards, is transferred to become leader of the Brockton Bay wards following the Leviathan attack, and ends up leading the irregulars after the truth comes out about their origins. 420 votes, 18 comments. true. Imagine a different Valefor. I just think Mineta isn't a bad character, and a lot of people over react to him. For the longest time I thought he was a cauldron cape, since he has the money to hire Emma's dad as a divorce attorney and his power just seemed weird in a vial cape way (achieving Tinker effects through a Trump-Striker mechanism), but then I realized Clarent in the brief glimpse of the Entities ideal future we get in Contessa's interlude was supposed to be Dauntless. Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now Worm, Pact, Twig, and Ward. But even when Worm takes place, the ratio of parahuman to humans is relatively low. They had several parahuman members, including Skidmark, Squealer, Mush, Trainwreck, Scrub, and Whirlygig. Cody's power stores any object in his presence and then destroys it and recreates the stored copy. The Ars Goetia is a grimoire that's largely associated with Christian tradition, but whether or not it actually is depends on the actual Christians you talk to. It is the first novel in the Parahumans series. Worm: Really cunning use of an apparently weak power as a force multiplier. And considering that the bill passed in the 1990's, the time period where parahumans were relatively rare, it wouldn't be a huge deal to me since I wouldn't be a parahuman, nor would I personally know any parahumans. A rational cynical take on superheros with a very developed world. Which, since there about 1/10,000 people were parahumans when we I wonder if Vista should be classified as one of the Real heroes of Worm. 15 votes, 24 comments. The nature of this fight threatens to reveal just how much damage even the more mundane of us parahumans could do to the common people. Cast page description: Head of the Brockton Bay Protectorate branch, a tinker capable of combining, interweaving and condensing technology. The first eight arcs of the story follow Taylor as she tries to navigate the treacherous world of superheroics, dealing with both external threats and her own personal struggles. The way you address certain topics throughout the story has had a real, positive influence on how I engage with my own (minor) traumas, but more importantly you gave me a world to escape to at a time when all I could do was escape from things. It's a product of modern heroic fantasy, much in the same way as Worm is a product of superhero comics, so some details like author's American English with a few out-of place idioms or affectionate jibs at Ender's Game don't fit well, but it provides good justifications to classic fantasy tropes much like Wildbow has a thought-out There is nothing in Worm that suggests that Breed's power would spawn parasites that consume him. Yeah every Worm CYOA has ways to avoid getting instantly picked up by mind readers, intention sensors, and precogs. Feats thread - Mush. In-depth: The first parahuman to make his presence known, and one of the most powerful. I'm so going to get downvoted for this, but my favourite character in Worm is Sophia Hess :) But (lol) I really want to see more of them in Worm 2: The Wormening, along with Matryoshka. 200 votes, 119 comments. Wikia page Worm has a surprisingly large fanfiction community over at r/WormFanfic. Jan 26, 2013 ยท The story, titled Worm, takes the form of a web serial, posted in bite-sized reads in much the same way that authors such as Mark Twain would release their works one chapter at a time in the days before full-fledged novels. Her powers are pretty amazingly strong, especially at the end-she and Silk Road essentially start rearranging Earth Bet. Finally, there's one other insight we have into her: she collapses during Gold Morning because of the stress of being Mastered. And I think a large part of that is that they are two guys with powers that give them amazing potential, yet squandered that potential on being petty criminals. I really enjoy My Hero Academia, and on the fanfic reedit there, I heard a lot of praise from it. And Lung had nothing to fuel his power. The history of Earth Bet very closely resembles that of our own Earth, but things Worm Spoilers [All] One service that Cauldron supplied was the Nemesis program; vial capes with built in "instant loss" triggers. Migration Broadcasting presents an unofficial, fan-made full cast audiobook of Worm. I. If butcher dies due to a complete accident or kills themself what happens? Do they truly die or does it latch on to the nearest parahuman like if they're killed by an endbringer. A slight change with Taylor's first encounter with Armsmaster leads to a large change how Taylor's story goes. Worm takes place in an alternate universe known as "Earth Bet". Also I don't sub to every sub reddit I visit. The alternative would be losing jobs, or having family members lose jobs, becaus Worm is totally awesome about inclusiveness of other sexualities. Worm: Parahumans WIP. We’ve spent decades cultivating an illusion, that we’re heroes. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Fenja & Menja Cast page description: Fenja: Sister to… Reading the comments from Worm, is kind of annoying how everyone loves to kiss Taylor's ass! Eh? Well, you probably haven't come across my comments from back when I read Worm for the first time. 1, but I have a few questions/predicaments that are mosly my own fault. I imagine if the ratio were especially high, then you’re looking at potential armed forces involvement followed by a lot of laws ranging from strict or outright draconian. r/Parahumans. Viewed by many as the most powerful parahuman in the world, golden skinned, with long hair and a beard. 37 votes, 19 comments. Just one of many themes that Worm has, of course, and it isn't the central message being conveyed, but there's a lot of characters with either past or present experiences being hurt by someone more "powerful" than them, and it doesn't always lead to a cathartic resolution just in case OP is particularly bothered by that dynamic as a general Non-parahumans in the West end up taking a more aggressive stance against parahumans, as certain voices aren't silenced, and without the Protectorate as an example, things are just more anti-parahuman around the world as a whole. In-depth: Behemoth, originally called Hadhayosh, is a forty-five foot tall horned brute with incredible strength and durability, regeneration and dynakinesis; the ability to manipulate energy in all its forms. I chalk it Especially in Worm, where most parahumans are baseline human defense, but have some wild offensive abilities, the best can turn those offensive powers towards defense. I got super frustrated with Taylor as Skitter, so much so that I started rooting for the heroes to finally capture her. I think its worth it. Here's how I break down Lung's trigger. They are options you must have in this world because otherwise you are going to get ganked by Cauldron, the Endbringers, Scion, Tattletale, Coil, etc. Is Worm criticizing the hard men making hard decisions. The demon theme follows with the individual Fallen capes too. 241 votes, 36 comments. This has absolutely nothing to do with Worm or any canon knowledge of Entities. Please subscribe to the We've Got WORM feed for all your Worm story analysis needs. Extreme stress on his body caused by drug overdose leads to a Brute component. 85 votes, 37 comments. (Probably spoilers for Agents of S. WARD SPOILERS on Goddess. I'd support the bill because the news and TV would make it look like parahumans are taking our jerbs. A big part of that is that E88 has way more parahumans in it, which makes infighting more plausible. Worm reminds me in a lot of ways of the Wild Cards series by George RR Martin. except a lot of hard decisions are partially right so the answer is kind of unclear. Unlike, uh, Dragon Ball Z or something, the most powerful parahuman by any given metric probably loses in a straight fight to a variety of people way down the rankings. " As a humble lurker, who adores Worm and everything about the world you created, I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. . Even within the same branch - Seir and Valefor are both Mathers, but Seir is a violent, crude man and takes a violent, crude costume, whereas Valefor cares more about the religion, the style, and takes on a feminine costume to better reflect the Simurgh (and perhaps his own mother). Have you read his Reckoners series? It reads like a YA twist on Parahumans and has some startling similarities. New Wave has, at the time of Worm start, 8 members (unless I'm forgetting someone). 1 First notable appearance: Sentinel 9. I don't think there's been a single interaction with Brandish that hasn't ended with me thinking "what an asshole. And against Skitter's batman, a Joker works well. the Yangban isn't the whole of the parahuman forces of China: the Yangban is their ELITE. Besides its not like Mineta writes himself. Entomophobes won't like Worm: The Animated Series for the bugs, racists won't like it because of the major black character. If you would enjoy Harry Potter plus Narnia mashed up and made to make sense , try the Magicians series by Lev Grossman (Austin's brother). SPOILERS. is wrong in the parahumans verse. When people say "there are no psychics in Worm", they mean "the human mind is nothing more than a bag of meat that's ridiculously hard to read". Eh, I suppose that would depend on where Breed's bugs initially come from. Grabs a few capes and makes a travelling gang. These capes were brainwashed and set loose so that another vial Cape can beat them and build a quick reputation. At a 1-in-10,000 rate of capes to parahumans, and 2. Worm is ultimately a little too niche for the warframe subreddit. But don't do the same to pervy female characters. Worm has a few slow points, most of which i would actually put at the very beginning of the story (arc 5 and 7 are actually some of my least favorite arcs), but to answer your question yes the whole thing is good. H. Heroes are fewer and farther between than in conventional Worm - you've got an awful lot of shades of grey and For instance, it's not as long or quite as in depth as Worm, but The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer is a pretty good young adult story with something of a similar feel to at least the start of Worm. I think most parahumans would have trouble fighting what amounts to a very fast, heavily armed cyborg that's both very durable and equipped with energy shields among other advanced tech. Worm started in June 2011, updating twice a week, and finished in late November, 2013. A golden haired, golden skinned man. Well, figured that I might as well throw my hat into this setting one more time, so here's another Worm jump! Yes, another one for the community, but this time it isn't focused on a fanfic, so that's something at least. First of all I'm not a troll account. It's also worth looking at the charts in parahumanscientist's post though, as it shows a couple of good spreads over chapters & arcs. Its another case, another story, and that story has different aspects focused on. g Ward has better characters and more interesting worldbuilding imo, but Worm has better pacing and overall mysteries/intrigue/plot stuff So yeah I reccomend it There are 3 Worm audiobooks Worm audiobook (also on youtube). Victims with good relationships to their passengers may instinctively feel the parahuman when they're in Breaker state, and know that killing them will get them their Manpower's kind of interesting, actually. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Most parahumans in Worm are essentially glass cannons, or specialised in certain things. As we all know, Eden crashed into the Earth because of a mismanaged exchange of shards with a third-party entity, fan-named Apollyon/Abaddon. If China has other parahuman forces, then the Yangban could also serve as a stick: behave or you get to join the Yangban and get brainwashed (of course they wouldn't advertise it as such, but in between the propaganda capes would pick up this message). WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Othala Cast page description: Othala: A teenaged white supremacist supervillain… The WoG in 2016 suggests to me that the Fallen vary widely in terms of the costumes they adorn themselves with. WORM (& POTENTIAL WARD) SPOILERS BELOW Weekly Character Discussion: Oni Lee Cast page description: Oni Lee: Subordinate to… She is an immovable object. Time shenanigans in Worm seems to be entirely based on the powers being able to accurately predict the entire world, store massive amounts of data and create things based on that data. Taylor can sense threats within a 6 block radius, Jack has his 6th sense, the Triumverate can ignore most damage, Imp can avoid bad fights, etc. e. k. A few weeks ago, I started Worm after hearing a lot of praise from it. It's just, to get to that, you have to be dragged through an emotional gauntlet of broken glass. Worm by John McCrae, a. It totals roughly 1,680,000 words Uber and Leet are one of the most fascinating characters in Worm for me. zyixtofwxhvflchjauzx