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An Impractical Guide to Ascension (Worm / Practical Guide to Evil)
- Thread starter Alivaril
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Uhh... narrative continuity is already breaking down!!
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That was not accidental. Neither was, y'know, the part where step 1 of the original plan failed and therefore already seemingly contradicted what Roma believes.
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Uh, I think that is...
Drat. The Imps are rather concerning around here, aren't they? But yeah, that was absolutely asking for Fate to intervene and bring about someone on the Gods Above's side to contest Villain/Roma. Sure, it's not something Earth Bet naturally would have happen. But then, Roma's plugged into someone who's specifically the nucleus of Fate on this world right now... Well, not fate, only Fate.
Is this Rona charcter used in other stories? A remember a Familiar of Zero where a person very much like this one was summoned.
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She's original—there were a lot of Dread Emperors and Empresses, and plenty of room to squeeze in another one or two or twenty—and, as far as I'm aware, hasn't been used by anyone else. I think I might know the FoZ fic you're referring to, too, and that definitely wasn't Roma.
This does make me wonder if it's just Roma being wrong genre savvy or if she is misinterpreting completely how Taylor's power works.That was not accidental. Neither was, y'know, the part where step 1 of the original plan failed and therefore already seemingly contradicted what Roma believes.
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I think it is result of either fate being somewhat clean slate here, or stories on earth bet are different enough that named have different rules, like villians not being doomed for example because of nice fellows like Nilbog and Jack Slash.
Alternatively, it could also be interference from shards messing with fate faster than it can put things back on track.
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Truthfully Taylor did not stand a chance. Though this feels like it might foreshadow another named showing up.
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And yeah... Taylor? Lonely little girl who desperately needs a mother figure in her life?
She is putty in the hands of a former Dread Empress of Preas.
The only problem is that she is an Old School Villain rather then a New School like Cat or Amadeus.
Old School Villains have... issues.
New School ones are like Taylor when she was Skitter. And otherwise. But yeah, Roma is going to have the perfect true Heiress to mold into the next Dread Empress.
And god, when Taylor gets her Name upgrade...
...Roma DOES need to sit Taylor down and explain Name Theory to her. Very badly. Because there are major things she needs to understand now that she is Named and how it works and how her life is now going to go.
I mean, Taylor could have ran out there without a plan and won easily. She is a brute now. And if she gets some further toys from the power of her Name like the shadows Cat gets? She is could easily have destroyed Uber and Leet.
I approve of using Dragon Age by the way. Good shit.
She is putty in the hands of a former Dread Empress of Preas.
The only problem is that she is an Old School Villain rather then a New School like Cat or Amadeus.
Old School Villains have... issues.
New School ones are like Taylor when she was Skitter. And otherwise. But yeah, Roma is going to have the perfect true Heiress to mold into the next Dread Empress.
And god, when Taylor gets her Name upgrade...
...Roma DOES need to sit Taylor down and explain Name Theory to her. Very badly. Because there are major things she needs to understand now that she is Named and how it works and how her life is now going to go.
I mean, Taylor could have ran out there without a plan and won easily. She is a brute now. And if she gets some further toys from the power of her Name like the shadows Cat gets? She is could easily have destroyed Uber and Leet.
I approve of using Dragon Age by the way. Good shit.
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I hope this doesn't stay as the status quo, that there's an upheaval in Romas view of the world she is in, that they start to explore the mechanics now in play.This does make me wonder if it's just Roma being wrong genre savvy or if she is misinterpreting completely how Taylor's power works.That was not accidental. Neither was, y'know, the part where step 1 of the original plan failed and therefore already seemingly contradicted what Roma believes.
Bakkasama
There is always a greater fool
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It is not like Namelore is all that well known. Most heroes and villains learn as they do and while they might be aware of a couple of rules, the way they manipulate them is usually very crude. Not everyone can be Cat, after all, the ones who actually knew their shit about it were consistently the movers and shakers of the Named world. So Roma might be able to explain a bit, but she likely doesn't know more than she does.
Yeah she just providenced herself, now Taylor is probably going to have a hero friend or mentor show up and befriend her because Roma just went from first step of her villanous plan to my victory is assured, and we all know how villains end when they can't be defeated.
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I am fine with let's say Taylor being a out of context problem that possibly nobody quite knows how to deal with; evil emperor/empresses and what that entails aren't exactly something you'd run into on earth bet.
Even killing that sort tends to not stick at least the first time.
Even killing that sort tends to not stick at least the first time.
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I feel like villain-being-defeated-by-hero stories are sturdier than this. If Villain(Roma) is winning, then she's still reasonably likely to lose at the crucial moment of her plan, even if the process of losing requires creating a hero to lose to out of the only other person to share her sort of power(and thus potentially be able to be her sort of story-driven hero).
It's partly that.
But it's not at all clear whether the whole system is functioning off of the chunk that Villain brought with them, in which case its already been set up at the source and may continue to run on its own.
Or whether her Name is taking inspiration from local stories. In which case all bets are off.
It would be fun yeah.
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Bakkasama
There is always a greater fool
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Even without it being about her being a villain that is assured nobody can stop her, there is also the fact that she is risking a mentor role and the mentor tends to die in stories. So she might vanish when Taylor transitions.
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I don't think Earth Bet needs the Gods Above to put spike pits in Villain's path; the Endbringers already exist. At least as I understand it, their entire reason for being is to balkanise Earth and prevent (directly and indirectly) the rise of anything - dread empire or otherwise - that could be a threat to the Cycle, even if they no longer have Entity oversight and their modus operandi has been twisted through the lens of providing Eidolon's subconscious ego with worthy opponents. Whatever path Taylor takes, it's going to be an uphill battle.
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...Oh, right, I guess I haven't actually said this here: I've just started my finals week so there likely won't be further updates for anything until at least the weekend. But after that, I'm free from classes for the summer and will actually have the time to write stuff. I do have some obligations, but they're far lesser.
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"Do not ever speak of victory before the last foe is dead."
—Queen Elizabeth Alban of Callow
—Queen Elizabeth Alban of Callow
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School Administrator named Murphy: A mutant badger has rampaged through our records and destroyed any paperwork with the name Alivaril on it. Due to us living in the 1920's we never created any backups. For you to continue your degree you must redo every single credit. Also, due to the requirements of your scholarship grants you are not allowed to take proficiency exams and must do all of the lectures and homework again.
God danm it Taylor, stop believing the crazy ghost lady. She is wrong half the time and deliberately manipulating you the other half. Then again, I suppose that is entirely in character.