“Cupcakes is quite brutal even by Worm standards…” -Krixwell, 2 April 2018 Can you appreciate the cackling from Worm fans at this line (and your liveblog of Cupcakes in general), knowing this arc was coming up?
Pfft. Yeah, now that you mention it, the Undertravelers being in Bonesaw’s clutches was quite reminiscent of Cupcakes, even if it didn’t go anywhere near as far, and Brian’s… condition… was similar to something you might find in Cupcakes fanart or Fluttershy’s shed.
>I drew some bugs around my lower face and eyes as a makeshift mask. -> Remember that not long ago Taylor did not want put bugs on her skin. Now she does it casually.
Huh, yeah! I guess she’s grown used to it.
Armor Gadget should have a missing leg, maybe even proesthetics on his face and stuff. Depend on where on the “disgraced” path. Is it when he’s still under house arrest or after he escapes folling the Mannequin attack?
Yeah, that stuff just wasn’t an option in the pony creator I was using. I know there are newer versions of the creator that might have something like that, but I couldn’t get them to work.
I suppose my excuse is that it’s pre-Extermination, if Extermination even happened in the pony dimension. 😛
…wait, shit, I specified “disgraced former” leader. Hmm.
General fan speculation suggests that Hero is named after Hero of Alexandria, a prominent first-century scientist; this is in large part responsible for Hero/Alexandria being a popular Worm ship.
Huh. I suppose that makes sense given that he was a tinker.
“ it seems like there may have been a tendency for stronger capes early on.” It’s an interesting theory, but beware sampling bias. People probably remember the strongest capes longer. And weaker ones also die easier. I won’t say it’s impossible given Scion and Eidolon but it’s a risky guess.
Yeah, like I mentioned in the post, the statistics are iffy.
I think the main reason I still suggested it was that Eidolon is still one of the strongest capes, almost thirty years later.
Scion is a bit of a thing for himself, maybe. It’s unclear if he was ever human, and he’s way stronger than most.
Using a Bakuda bomb to open a portal into a parallel dimension (usually around Arc 4) is actually a trope I’ve seen in Worm crossover fanfiction. So you’re not the first here ;D
Hah, nice! 😀
Honestly, one of the main reasons I did it that way was so I could get on the Protectorate’s case about using them again, just for fun. 😛
Seriously, though, I can’t believe I wrote a story where unforeseen consequences happen because the Protectorate used Bakuda’s bombs while butting in on a fight between the Undertravelers and the Nine right before Piggot’s plan to do pretty much that exact thing was revealed.
29C? I hate you. It’s 43 where I am. :I My truck’s AC has basically given up.
Ouch. Rest in peace…
Also, you are 100% not the only one who pictures Miss Militia as a sexy badass.
*finger guns*
“Siberian is seriously not many steps below an Endbringer.” Glad to see you’re figured out how badly you were underestimating her at first. Also re Piggot outranking Legend, the whole point of the PRT/Protectorate is to put the capes under the control of the civilian government. So even though Legend is the head of the Protectorate any PRT director still outranks him.
Yeah, fair enough. It feels weird that the leader of the Protectorate as a whole is outranked by a local leader of the PRT, but it makes sense when given some thought.
It’s true that Earth Bet has a little less homophobia than our world (a lot thanks to Legend himself) but there are states where gay marriage was legal even in our world at the time the story is set. Remember that the US does a lot on the state level so looking at national level policies can be misleading.
WoG is that Legend being openly gay as a top hero helped a lot with these issues, which would probably include gay marriage being made legal sooner, though things still aren’t perfect and homophobia still exist.
Huh, that’s pretty neat!
And yeah, of course it’s not going to be perfect. This is still Worm, after all. 😛
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