Interesting. And very much working with my thought that joining the Wards is deliberately quite streamlined for the sake of getting as many in as possible. Especially in Brockton Bay. Though Piggot is most definitely going to be regretting having streamlined as much as she did...
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Honestly the whole 'Necropolis-Inferno fusion' thing in IV was weird and not particularly fun to play with. And the lore behind the V version of Inferno allows for an actual explanation for how Taylor got her power. And also there's not really anything special about Necropolis to make it worth doing, as it's pretty generic necromancy.
Taylor has smiths, artificers, and enchanters around, as would be needed to support a society outside of game mechanics. Everything and anything needed for the functioning of a society can be expected to be available.
She has to study and train, as this isn't a gamer-type fic.
Okay, good that she has to study, gamer type power ups are generally… not that fun to read unless the whole story deep dives into how the system interacts with reality tbh.
Yeah, there really aren't a lot of ways for him to not be a fuck up of a dad tbh. Especially cause I think he's kinda religious in this one? I think that was mentioned earlier. So demon queen of a hell is probably gonna get her booted out of her childhood home.
Taylor isn't concerned with getting kicked out, but about Danny collapsing like after her mother died.
Problem there is that Sheogh isn't an afterlife, or connected to one. While people can end up there after death, it's only if they made certain pacts or deals that result in things like becoming a succubus.
Right… probably not happening then
Think he had the big brain idea to lock her in her room till she talked, then was surprised that she ran away instead.
Danny suffers from untreated depression (and probably couldn't afford a good shrink even if he was able to admit to needing one) and Doylistly is a parent in a Teen Adventureish story, along with being a (limited/occasional) Authority Figure Written by Wildbow.
I think that's the funniest meeting of the two that I can recall offhand. Just dawning moment of "oh crap" straight into unconsciousness. Or perhaps fury. Stalker isn't known for good emotional discernment.
Ouch, wonder what his issue is. He sounds like Brandish in miniature. Then again, I imagine he spends a lot of time there.
Well. I'm hoping the next chapter is soon because that's not a good note to leave off on. Does she abruptly quit the team? Blow up the Rig? Complain to management? Inquiring minds need to know!
Really? How did they even end up together then? Of course Worm has larger plot holes, soooo...
I kinda figured Gallant was an ass specifically because he moves in the same circles.
That would make a lot of sense...
"New girl with scary armor, approved and supported by the Image guys? Okay, jealous. And she's totally going to be my new bes- wait, Hebert?!" *Sophia.exe has stopped working and needs to close*
Oh, nothing dramatic.Well. I'm hoping the next chapter is soon because that's not a good note to leave off on. Does she abruptly quit the team? Blow up the Rig? Complain to management? Inquiring minds need to know!
Yeah it's definitely something that's being at least partially addressed in the next chapter. Suffice it to say, there's multiple things going on here, and only some of it is going to come out in the near future.
If it isn't fanon, she was dating him before she got her powers, and probably before she knew him all that well (I've seen claims that she started dating him because he was a cape, but I'm not clear on how she would know that, if it's true); also, they do break up a lot. Maybe he has enough qualities that she likes for her to ignore the bad qualities until he does something that reminds her of them and they have another big fight.
There is an element of 'sure you are' going on in places Taylor can't see and people within the PRT bureaucracy thinking the whole thing is a mixture of power quirks and Taylor having issues while also really wanting to grab up the obviously powerful cape before she changes her mind and goes villain. So basically people are humoring her. Or think they are.
Oh trust me, this is simply the calm before the storm for the story. The tension with Gallant and Shadow Stalker are frankly the tip of, not an iceberg, but a massive shoal.
Fair enough. I assume some degree of it, but given there wasn't a single line of narration mentioning so much as a dubious look or awkward pause, I thought it bore mentioning.
Good to know, although I'd still like to point out that this bit here:
You should really add some buildup. Reading it felt disconnected and gave me the impression (even if I intellectually knew it wasn't intended like that) it was a deliberate act from Taylor instead of her having a genuine outburst. It's the lack of internal monologue showing how she feels about that combined with the fact there's an explicit pause and distraction before she says that, which gives the impression it's premeditated.
I went back and added a small segment between Dean's bit and the elevator interrupting.
Yea, that helps.