#khepri

[cpericardium]

[joysuscreation]

She’s gonna be a superhero

[junebugtwin]

perhaps 03 of khepri?

even a worm will turn

[trans-queen-administrator]

I'm 93% sure I made a post about this before, but Taylor using other people's powers better than they do is such a fun part of her character, especially since she seems to constantly be thinking "damn if only I got that actually useful power." Like, Lisa thinks Taylor would do better than her with her insight power, Taylor coordinates Cuff and Theo to make a lightning rod during Behemoth fight when neither of them had thought of that, Clockblocker with the string, ordering around like 10 people including fucking Eidolon to hold Behemoth still for Phir Se, she's always scheming and using people as chess pieces in such a way that they're not even mad because it's a learning experience. I think a large part of it is a want to be anyone but herself, which leads to her looking at other powers and considering their uses more than most people do because she just finds every reason to be jealous and justify her passive belief that she's inferior and weak. Also she's just so used to high stress fucked up situations that she performs well under pressure. She kinda acknowledges that in the chapter where she's like "what the hell why is Amy so stupid she should be using microbes to form defenses" because she realizes Amy has no experience in fighting, so she's never had a need to think about this. But Taylor is always fighting, even when she's finally safe she doesn't let herself relax, so she's used to this.

And as for wanting to escape her body and be someone else who's cooler and has a better power and isn't lame and worthless, if I recall correctly she comments more than once on how powerful Genesis is and how she would love her power, which honestly fits so well. She wants to have other people's powers because she doesn't like herself, and Genesis's power lets her create and customize new bodies that aren't her and can do whatever she wants. It's the perfect way for her escape being herself.

And then Khepri is thematically significant as always. She finally can use other people's powers, and damn she's good with them! She magnifies Sundancer's sun with Vista, she combines Ballistic and Foil, she uses every combination and interaction possible for an advantage. She can use other people's powers like she always wanted, and she stops being herself, just like she always wanted.

[lizardinkart]

Had another sprint on animatic work tonight (procreate dreams just came out so I’m buzzing over that). Taylor w/o her glasses is Weird to draw lol

[bones-napss]

in honor of my having finished worm, here's that one scene in speck that gut-punched me (jk that was every scene in speck)

[irradiate-space]

The above is the Tumblr-sized preview.

Click below for the full animated version, with technique notes:

This Skitter is based on @innominaterifter's fucking amazing Skitter cosplay. Other credits are at the link.

[fobosfear]

It's funny that I did my first fanart for Worm only few years after reading it. Being awake at 3 am makes me do things.

[incorrect-worm-posts]

khepri

[ghastaboo]

taylor hebert doodles (ft khepri)

[hatchstrange]

[Projet Cartouches "Egyptian Gods"] Petit projet terminé (à moins que j'ai d'autres idées pour d'autres dieux et déesses ~) avec six cartouches qui donneront des visuels pour des stickers avant d'être simplifié pour de possibles pin's.

[cpericardium]

and she didn't even have to lose an arm

[teaandspite]

Since I needed to log back into my very dusty dA account to opt out of the AI dataset training, I found some very old (2013-2014) Worm fanart that never got crossposted to tumblr.

[joysuscreation]

Finally…everyone was working together.

[trans-queen-administrator]

Ok I realized there were some flaws with the last alignment chart, so I decided to fix that by making an objectively correct 100% accurate chart that we can all agree on!

Art credits under the cut

Long one with lots of bugs (top right): n0brainjustvibes

Uncharacteristically MILF-like Khepri (top left): mikezedart

Black and yellow crouch (middle right): tactilescream

Khepri w/ blue shine (top left quadrant): lizardinkart

On one knee touching ground (above 'justified'): earthghimel

Pencil drawing unmasked (bottom left quadrant): lizardinkart

Fucked up bloody Taylor (bottom right): junebugtwin

Khepri holding notes (bottom left): tactilescream

Chibi skitter (lower middle): tipsytuntun

Short hair bloody black and white (middle lower right): joysuscreation

Crying with stars in her eyes (bottom middle): ghastaboo

Skitter in front of a gray cityscape looking menacing (top middle left): cannot find source, villainswiki gave me the image and they don't list it. If you know, please tell me!

Khepri with a hexagon around her head and a very haunted look(bottom left): tactilescream

Skitter with mandibles (above 'justified'): lizardinkart

Yellow lights around head (right of 'pathetic'): chroma-imp

Skitter looking straight forward (next to 'cool'): neoworm

[n0brainjustvibes]

The tragedy of loving Taylor Hebert.