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The beat that always stuck with me in regards to Uber and Leet was when Taylor mentions that they beat up sex workers on livestream while LARPing Grand Theft Auto. Uber and Leet get a lot of mentions before they actually show up, and the drumbeat is that they're pathetic, they're fodder, "as incompetent as supervillains can be while staying out of jail." Leet is the butt of a rom-com gag where Brian gives Taylor pointers on how to choke a man out more effectively. But they made money by beating up sex workers on livestream. That's a non-negligible number of potentially ruined lives! That's not softball fun-and-games! It's like textbook misogynistic violence against the marginalized! It's awful!

The narrative doesn't really dwell on this, because it's told almost exclusively from the perspective of people who have the firepower necessary to get away with treating Uber and Leet like jokes. But I think that it's a useful reminder that if you aren't one of the initiated, so to speak, then an encounter with the C-list, D-list, Z-list supervillain can be life-altering if not life-ending. The dumbest listicle-fodder DC or Marvel villain you've ever heard of has probably ruined at least one person's life over their handful of appearances, if not more. And it's an early indictment of the broad concept of the unwritten rules as advanced by Lisa, where she calls out Uber and Leet as the textbook example of villains kept in circulation because they're "amusing but harmless." This is within parameters? This doesn't merit heroes and villains putting aside their differences to clean house of problematic elements? Of course it doesn't. Both examples that Lisa gives of that dynamic in 3.6 involve a cape transgressing against another cape.

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From day 1 Taylor was doing insane shit that horrified everyone around her and any reaction to it just had her saying "can you lock the fuck in". And she was right,

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Protectorate wrapped

You patrolled for 213.2 hours

You were in 14 cape vs cape fights

You arrested 1 people

You won 2.5 fights

You lost 328 fights

You killed 5 people

Your longest patrol shift was 35 hours

Your power classification went up by -2 ranks

You went to 0 Endbringer battles

You saved -3 people

Your greatest nemesis was The Man Dressed Up As A Fly And We're Not Quite Sure If He Actually Has Powers Or Not (Note: Make An Official Sounding Name For This Guy. Maybe Flyman Or Something Like That.)

You are in the top 93.56% of the Protectorate

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Some recent taylors

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Completely heterosexual interaction.

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1,680,000 words and Taylor never even considers dressing the bugs up in little outfits, let alone choreographing a song and dance number. Both of which well within her ability. That's what made her a villain protagonist.

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Imp trying to stab Jack Slash and he keeps dodging on instinct. No idea she's there, just decided to do some cardio today. Getting a really good feeling about picking up a steel chair and swinging it right in front of him. Can't for the life of him figure out why.

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Little smug of bug doodle I planned to post sooner but fully forgot about :)

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> the entity swims through the void, and it remembers

I don't think I ever actually uploaded this one. I consider it a half wip bc I have this idea I will add more onto it at some point

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Wildbow is so funny he's like "And here I will describe a character who is NOT Attractive. I don't want any of my readers to be attracted to him. Uhh he's got a hook nose and tan skin. He has long hair and dresses like a stage magician. He's constantly wisecracking. He's a smoker and is devoted to his shy monster GF above anything in the world and would kill or die for her"

like ok man

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hey its been almost an entire year since i made these but im finally remembering to post the undersider stickers designs! irl pictures are i belieeeeve before i fixed the color profile and dpi? and printed off of redbubble.

full resolution images are in this google drive folder (along with the keychain designs) for free so you can print your own! but if you like my work i always appreciate a ko-fi :]

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Average early cape career

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violence

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your front-page boy, well, he's finally here!

inspired by idkhow - SPKOTHDVL :] also loosely inspired by this piece by @artistatthedisco that made me really wanted to do big swirly interlocked lettering. the lettering didn't quite come out how i intended but ah well... practice will eventually pay off!

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Constantly obsessing over the PRT threat ratings is the wormfic version of people who are way too into astrology.

"That was really Scorpio of you." Wrong. It was solidly Master 3 behavior. Stop being such a Breaker and assuming the worst of people.

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Inktober day 11: run Worm will forever hold a place in my heart ❤