#flechette

[victoriadallonfan]

March Madness

For you @henghost

Commissions are Open!

[n0brainjustvibes]

Foil as the postapocalyptic gunslinger she deserved to be...

So I listened to Godhunter, heard the line "for who could be such a threat to me, the conqueror of time", thought Hey! Who do I know that could kill a god and has a nemesis associated with time? and uhhh. A sketch page followed.

File this with the "What if Ward was Parahumans Mad Max?" post genre.

[sassyasses]

the reason why sting could pierce any defence was because it was a "shark" shard, which means its extremely smooth and can slide past anything

[rebel-sqrrl]

I saw this scene and thought "hmm, this conundrum seems familiar..."

[thepariahcontinuum]

Okay random Wards thought that's been niggling me.

Everyone in the Cape community knows Skitter was the one to mind-control everyone to victory against Scion on Gold Morning. They also know that Skitter was an Undersider.

Everyone knows that Foil was the one to take the shot and actually land the killing blow on Scion. they also know that Foil is an Undersider.

Everyone knows Bitch was one of the first people to set up shop in Earth Gimel, having the run of the place unchallenged for two years prior to the end of the world. They also know that Bitch is an Undersider.

Everyone knows how big of a problem Tattletale is to deal with. They also know that Tattletale is the de facto leader of the Undersiders at this point.

Why are people still fucking with the Undersiders? I feel like there shouldn't be anybody left willing to risk it, on reputation alone they're some of the biggest names around.

[incorrect-wormquotes]

My name is Lily and I'm a former lesbian hero who quit the Wards after my partner got killed. That didn't come out right. I'm a former hero, but I'm still a lesbian. And then my partner walked out on me. My life partner, that is, not my Ward partner, who's still killed. I'm pretty hammered.

Flechette

[thetallowman]

I'm struggling a bit on how best to articulate this, but one thing I genuinely appreciate about Wildbow is just how willing he is to have love make people worse. Normally, someone being "in love" excuses a lot of their actions, or at least makes them sympathetic. But to Wildbow, love isn't special or inherently moral; it's just a thing that characters feel, for better or for worse. In most other stories, Trickster betraying the world would make him a romantic figure, steeped in tragedy - in Worm, he's an idiot who is explicitly brain-damaged.

It's not a consistent pattern or anything, but I enjoy it when it pops up.

[yugonostalgia2019]

“See,” I told her. “There’s one thing that’s really grating with you heroes. You keep saying sorry. Oh, you guys are sorry your top members were kidnapping people and turning them into freaks. You guys are sorry that some of your members bought their powers. You’re sorry that your bosses crossed a line, trying to drop bombs on our team members after we did the grunt work of facing the Slaughterhouse Nine. You’re sorry that you went to such extremes to rehabilitate your group’s sociopath that you let her get away scott-free with the abuse she was inflicting on a bystander. But you don’t change. You don’t do anything about it.”

Probably my favorite Taylor speech

[mercenaryg]

Out here feeling Swing As Fuck and ready to have a good time.

[victoriadallonfan]

AND SHE WHISPERED SWEET NOTHINGS AND THEN THEY KISSED

[n0brainjustvibes]

if I ever wanted to do a conventional ship fic with Lisa I'd make it an AU where she cluster triggers with Foil and March. bleedthrough makes Lisa lesbian and March aroace but March still wants to do all that stuff to Foil because she's just like that

[swervesbar]

[rebel-sqrrl]

I wonder if Lily "named herself Flechette and also Foil and also fights with a rapier and wants to dress like a musketeer" Worm ever got sad because she got to hang out with basically all of Heartbreaker's kids *except* the one who's as into French stuff as she is. R.I.P. Cherie, you would've gotten along with Lily so well in this one way and this one way only

[thepariahcontinuum]

One of the local PRT heroes totally managed to grab some legit Clutter merch and is very proud of it. Their team leader and director HATE them for it.

Just remembering that Legend and Chevalier ran the New York branch where Shakers and destructive power were paramount....Just imagining Flechette strolling into a Wards/PRT meeting wearing a Clutter T-shirt before leaving for Brockton Bay.

When Chevalier hears she defected the general response was just frantic gesturing at the t-shirt and comments about "This is where the problem started, Glenn Chambers was right! It's all about branding"

[cairavende]

Worm Arc 9 thoughts:

Not enough of my daughter. Where is my baby girl? Though I do enjoy getting different PoVs. It'll work for a little bit.

Weld is neat. Didn't feel great about him at first but he grew on me. His scene with Vista made me love him. He's a good kid. (He should probably have learned Aegis, Gallant, and Browbeat's names before talking to the team the first time though)

On the note of that scene - THEY HAD A THERAPIST THIS ENTIRE TIME? The Wards had a therapist available to them and no one was having them see said therapist after 3 of their teammates died? Piggot is so bad at this.

Me reading Flechette's chapter with the aim of making her gay as I have done with everyone else: "Oh wow this is a really easy one!"

I wanted to see more of Parian sooo badly after I first saw her and I'm so fucking glad this is how I see her! Flechette and Parian are wonderful and I hope they get gay married and retire together.

Me saying that probably highly increases the chance that one of them dies in the future.

I'm very glad Flechette gave up on Shadow Stalker. I like Flechette and she shouldn't have to deal with that asshole.

I feel so bad for Clockblocker. He's just a kid and his dad is dying and that sucks. I wanna bake him some cookies or something.

The professor of that class was so clearly identifiable as "one of those professors". All "up until now you haven't had to think, but in Parahumans 103 you'll need to think and I'm not gonna baby you yada yada". It's still just a 100 level course dude, geeze. Get off your high horse.

Clockblocker and Vista are siblings and I love their dynamic.

Despite me feeling for these kids some, the second the Travelers started clowning on them I was enjoying the shit out of myself.

Fucking Trickster is just so much damn fun. His powers are cool and he really lives up to his name. I love him.

Glory Girl getting rocketed off into the sky by Ballistic had me in tears from laughter.

Kid Win has ADHD. I was sure Kid Win had ADHD before I even started on the Kid Win chapter where he says he has ADHD. Someone get this kid some Adderall. And some therapy for all that self doubt and imposter syndrome.

Kid Win also didn't even hesitate to illegally spy on Chariots personal computer by hacking into the wi-fi, so that doesn't give me great confidence in the Wards following rules. Or any heroes. I'm sure that won't ever come up again though.

These Slaughter House Nine guys I'm sure won't be a big deal. They won't do horrible things to hundreds of people. Gonna be taken care of by heroes off screen during the next arc. No worries at all!

Vista joined the team when she was 10? The superhero team that has to deal with death on a semi-regular basis and terrifying violence all the time. That team. She joined it when she was TEN?! Shitty system you guys have here!

Saved the best for last - SHADOW STALKER GETTING FUCKING MEMED ON BY MY WONDERFUL DAUGHTER! (And my daughters friends)

God I wasn't sure about her chapter at first. She is so mean and I didn't necessarily want to spend a long time in her head watching her be mean. But then my daughter showed up in a swarm of bugs and fucked up a bunch of Nazis and I knew everything was going to be ok.

The instant Shadow Stalker started to follow Skitter I knew she was gonna get fucking wrecked. I don't know why I knew, maybe I just know my daughter well enough. But no matter the reason I was so happy to watch it happen. Wasn't worried for Skitter at any moment cause I knew she was gonna bitch slap this asshole.

Just. Damn I fucking LOVE watching my daughter just be a goddess of bugs and go to town.

I could keep going about Shadow Stalker getting absolutely destroyed for who knows how long, so I'll just have to stop myself.

And we see a new person with the Undersiders, did Aisha get her powers? I'm so happy for her! I can't wait to see what they are.

Imp is a great name and it's kinda fucking bonkers it wasn't taken by somebody else already.

Did I mention Shadow Stalker getting clowned?

Cause she did.

Just completely baited and then my wonderful baby girl even got to tase her. I'm so happy for her. Sometimes a little violence is the answer.

[flechettestorm]

Has Phaeton ever met the other two titans as well?

No, they haven't. There is a Titan hanger in Antlia-Four (where Phaeton works when they're not working in the TV main base), but as far as Phaeton knows, Titan Camera's never come by to use it (nor Titan Speaker, but it would be more likely to be visited by TCam because Antlia-Four is a primarily Cam base).

Maybe TCam's been there while Phaeton's been working at the TV base and they just missed each other, heh.