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A romance story between a Villain-mentored girl and a compassionate Hero would certainly be that.
An Impractical Guide to Ascension (Worm / Practical Guide to Evil)
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With Dean thinking she is a light Master victim and the SS-timebomb that will explode at the Protectorat in the next week I think Dean will alert the PRT about a Master at Winslow and well the link between Taylor and Sophia (who of course is also a victim, Dean and the rest of the PRT couldn't have possibly make a mistake about her for the last several months */sarcasm*) is Emma ...
Fate is a Bitch but Taylor is not the only one who could be suffering it in the near futur.
Fate is a Bitch but Taylor is not the only one who could be suffering it in the near futur.
The string if events at the start of the chapter do point to narrative influences, but neither Dean's actions, nor authority actually helping Taylor really match.
Roma is rather displeased.
Roma is rather displeased.
You know that Dean is gonna talk to Shadow Stalker about this, probably while on patrol to fill the silence.
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You'd hope he wouldn't talk about stuff like this with SS, even mild stuff like "bullied girl getting into Arcadia", but now that you've said it I can't help imagine it happening and I hate it 🥲
It is confirmed in Ward. Victoria was pissed.
Even knowing how stuff with Roma could go wrong later, I think Dean made the right call here. With what he sees on her and knowing that the PRT aren't looking for Taylor so much as Roma hanging off of her, there isn't much reason to go for Taylor other than maybe to get a comment from her that they can't even trust to be unbiased.
I think he's showing some good personal ethics by not outing her right away, it'd be a different case if they actually had a crime linked to her. I wonder if they've kept quiet about it to prevent a panic or have let some statement out asking Taylor to clear the air?
I look forward to them having a lot of awkward interactions. I like that Taylor was half right about him staring at her. Like, him being momentarily interested and internally going "how did she know?" I can imagine her then rebuking herself when he denies it.
I almost ship it? At least then if she ends up being in some unwanted competition with Victoria it could be away from her cape persona. It seems like he has a chance at helping troubleshoot her temporary master effects too. I could imagine Roma pushing them together just to get Taylor some connections with money/power.
I think he's showing some good personal ethics by not outing her right away, it'd be a different case if they actually had a crime linked to her. I wonder if they've kept quiet about it to prevent a panic or have let some statement out asking Taylor to clear the air?
I look forward to them having a lot of awkward interactions. I like that Taylor was half right about him staring at her. Like, him being momentarily interested and internally going "how did she know?" I can imagine her then rebuking herself when he denies it.
I almost ship it? At least then if she ends up being in some unwanted competition with Victoria it could be away from her cape persona. It seems like he has a chance at helping troubleshoot her temporary master effects too. I could imagine Roma pushing them together just to get Taylor some connections with money/power.
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Is this indication that Taylor's powers have altered her appearance? We know from Brian's POV in canon that while she isn't ugly, Taylor is definitely not 'pretty and cute' either.
dragonx99
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I believe a lot of it is coming to presentation. Taylor in canon is constantly going for ugly and unflattering clothes that she doesn't mind being ruined and is in a place where she doesn't see much point in trying to take care of her appearance past the basic.
Taylor here has Roma more or less forcing her to take better care of her looks for this specific meeting if nothing else, and then helped her to carefully construct an outfit designed to make her look like a nice, respectable, and unjustly tormented young woman.
Pethrai Darkos
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Personal taste and clothes count for a lot here. Much easier to look pretty if you're in a flattering dress than when you're wearing a baggy hoodie.
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So im guessing that this aura is her Name power affecting affecting the story in the background...?
I Hope he doesn't get a Name, nothing against APGTE but whenever crossovers start going beyound just inserting power x in a different setting it most likely tends to end up pretty much overtaking the entire setting. Worm by itself doesn't need Names to be the chaotic hellhole that we see in APGTE and I wouldn't wish providence to anyone, specially not to Gallant that is already set to die and is known to misinterpret his power. He would end up being providenced to death pretty quickly specially seeing that he wouldn't get a mentor with Story knowledge.
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Eh... Roma is probably more concerned about the narrative here than little things like a bit of money or city-level connections. Taylor is Named, in the APGTE world (especially in Praes) it doesn't really matter how poor or ill-connected you were before you got a Name. You're going to be rich and well-connected very soon, unless you end up dead.
Narratively, it's risky, you've got plenty of both "Villainness redeemed by the Hero" or "Villainness redeemed by the Hero (and winds up dead)" stories to worry about. On the other hand though, it's not all one way narratively either, and Roma has shown a lot of willingness to take risks with the narrative and trust she'll be able to work with what happens, IMO.
I wonder if Taylor's first words with Vicky when she learns that Dean is dating her, are: "I think your boyfriend is trying to cheat on you."
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Pretty sure that Gallant hasn't raised any Death Flags yet. Are you referring to what happened in canon? If so, it's worth remembering that Wildbow rolled to see who died to the Jeansbringer, who might not even be the first one to show up in this story. Also, remember that the most likely person to die is Roma, because mentor.
These are both true but presentation can only go so far, and Roma previously said Taylor's self perception of herself as ugly could make her more physically attractive as a story element. We see Taylor demean her own appearance a bunch after aroma says this. So I think it's plausible. Ultimately though not super important probably in the grand scheme of the story.
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A story that goes "Shy bullied girl thinks she's ugly and then she gets persuaded into wearing new more confident clothes which she thinks she's not pretty enough for..." doesn't usually end "and she was actually kind of average" or "and she was right lol :/"
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I think you misunderstood what I was saying, or I did a poor job phrasing it. I much agree with what you are saying here. I was trying to reference this quote from earlier in the story.
but again as I said before it's not really super important I just thought it was an interesting connection between chapter V and the newest chapter.
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Don't really want Taylor's powers being shared or extending to other people. I suppose those within range of her story might get names in order to make sense within her power but still not sure how that would work well.
So this stuck out last chapter and it's front and center for this one too. I get that she has some learned helplessness and distrust, that makes sense. At the same time, I thought she had no illusions that Blackwell or the teachers ever really wanted to help her. Having that uselessness/maliciousness so thoroughly transfer over to all adults so early is kind of... much. She didn't try going to Danny about the bullying because she thought it would hurt him and he wouldn't be able to help, and she wasn't really wrong because he seems rather useless. If he didn't discover the free homeschooling options then he didn't even bother looking. But that's not the same intentional maliciousness she seems to be expecting here.
It's hard to expect help when all your experience indicates otherwise. People in general not being out to get you doesn't mean they will bother helping or so much as look twice on your problem.
Given how he was after her mother's death, I expect that her impression of him took a large knock. I seem to recall that she went to Alan to ask whether she could stay there until her dad was better because there wasn't food for her at home? (And if there wasn't food, I would expect cleaning of dishes and washing of clothes and a whole heap of other things to be ignored as well.)
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I was honestly a little confused by your post until I looked at the parts you quoted again:
Taylor isn't being sarcastic there—she isn't assuming malice, just helplessness. She would happily assume malice if it were just Winslow, but the sample size doesn't only include Winslow's staff.
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In AIGTA, Taylor extended the "can't sue her bullies" to "can't do anything about her situation" even though that wasn't the question posed to the lawyer. More on that in the coming chapter, because that can be seen as a mistake on Danny's end that Roma absolutely isn't going to pass up picking at.
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