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Hereafter [Worm x Fate/Grand Order]

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Raiseth said:
Man. The hug was viscerally uncomfortable to observe.

Let's hope Taylor manages… something. Anything. I'm not to picky, any progress with Jackie will be a miracle.

Also. I really hope they'll find some actual goddamn clothes for her.
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Taylor's that mix of paranoid control freak and "us vs them". Where it means "my friend's crimes and sins are fine and how dare you try to stop us despite them being completely unrepentant".

So frankly, I doubt she'll be a good influence. But it's not like Taylor's not more comfortable being friends with serial rapists (Regent) and drug dealers (Brian) and someone who enjoys causing mental breakdowns (Tattletale), and harassing civilians to comitting suicide (Imp) than straightforwardly noble people given she's always looking for an angle and hidden skeletons in their closet.

I suppose Jackie reminds her of Aisha and the orphans she took care of (while using Coil's stolen supplies from the government and heroes, and blaming the heroes and government for abandoning them and not doing better)
 
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KNM said:
Taylor's that mix of paranoid control freak and "us vs them". Where my friend's crimes and sins are fine and how dare you try to stop us".

So frankly, I doubt she'll be a good influence.
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I would agree for canon Taylor, but this one spent about two years on trying to be a more functional person.

I mean, look at her, she didn't even stab a child to death. Sounds like progress to me. :V
 
Raiseth said:
I would agree for canon Taylor, but this one spent about two years on trying to be a more functional person.

I mean, look at her, she didn't even stab a child to death. Sounds like progress to me. :V
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Nah, that's just a moment of weakness. I suppose Taylor is just naturally trusting of adolescent criminals and sinners XD.

Watch as she stays incredibly paranoid and distrusting of anyone that isn't somehow a Villain or Anti-Hero because "they're too good to be true". And feel vindicated by stuff like Camelot where stuff like chivalry and honor's just a mask.
 
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Yeah her brand of cynical sees Jeanne Alter and Jackie as the type of people she had great times around and flaws that had to be managed.

And it helps that they're probably easier to herd than Parahumans :p
Jackie asks if she should kill something, because her only toolkit is surgery, stealth and murder. Her wants are fully met by having a Mother, and as a super ghost she's never going to age out of it.

The only thing that needs fixing is her clothes.
 
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I'm really glad Taylor chose not to kill Jackie in the end. Giving someone like August Prince a needed spanking is different from taking advantage of someone like Jackie, who was clearly a pawn. There was never trust between Taylor and August Prince. But Jackie... Lowered her knife and offered trust. I'm really glad Taylor didn't spit on that.
 
Panzaro said:
Dark Type Specialist Taylor starts locking in.

In the future everybody will look at Arash and ask "what crimes against humanity have you committed?" and he'd just be confused.
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"ah, you see, I represent her self destructive tendencies, just look at my noble phantasm, the crime is against myself"
JadeDemilich said:
Taylor really has changed a lot since the Gold Morning. the Taylor of back then would have never even hesitated to make the choice in this scene...
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KNM said:
Personally I doubt Taylor would have hesitated.

Felt guilty and crappy afterwards? Sure. She's not that cold I guess.

But hesitated? Nah. Jackie isn't like the Undersiders where no matter their crimes and sins past and present that they don't regret or feel remorse for she'd excuse or rationalize.

This is an enemy. She takes down enemies with as much cold efficiency she can. So what if they're in the form of a kid? She was entirely willing to wrap a garotte in August Prince's neck and have Shuffle pull it.
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that's kinda the thing with taylor, by the end of gold morning she had fully committed to change herself, this is not something that James came up with, by her own words at the end of worm she made a decision to not be skitter and not be weaver, she'd be just taylor. and that absolutely involves changing out of that mindset she had during those periods, had this been taylor as skitter or weaver she'd have tried to off her or something, but this is taylor several years in the future who determined to change herself, to be better.

and besides, it's not like taylor would have hesitated to off jackie mid fight, but this was a deescalated situation, diplomacy had a chance to work, and taylor, despite the meme of always escalating, has always gone for diplomacy when that was an option.
 
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Hmmm.

You know what?

I'm going to make a shot in the dark about this Singularity in particular.

1) We have Caster and enemy Paracelsus.
2) We have Jackie and Demi-Servant Jack the Reaper.
3) We have Jekyll and a conspicuous absence of one Mr. Hyde.

This is already three times we have seen paired sets of characters. Two and a half, strictly speaking. But it's still telling.

I'm guessing that a lot of this Singularity will have to do with themes of duality, and/or dichotomy made manifest.

I can in fact throw in Fran (Victor vs Monster), point at Alice and Andersen (book vs writer), and even Mordred (Knight of the Round and also slayer of King Arthur in the same package), if you want to stretch it a bit more.
 
Huh... I honestly expected a subversion there at the end.
But no, she took a leap.
This is major progress for Taylor. For all that the director won't be a fan this instant.
I'm really looking forward how they're going to connect. Taylor always had a nurturing, maybe even maternal side to her, if buried deep.

Also poor Rika.
It's going to be night and day seeing the twins at the start of their journey versus the end.
Incidently, good showing against Berserker Jack, presumably. From what I've heard that one is seriously dangerous in a fight.
And a demi-servant? Or maybe a pseudo-Servant? Would be al kinds of Ironic if he'd be summoned posessing Jack Slash, their legends are really compatible, the one time Taylor wouldn't have any way of knowing. Or maybe possesing the living Jack the Ripper?
It might explain the murders stopping if history says he has to die this day later on.
 
crabbmanboi said:
Meaning Jack Slash is a possibility. God I hope that's the case.
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Personally I'm the opposite Jack Slash's tie to Jack the Ripper is pretty weak and the demi servant host bodies are those with fates tied to the grail wars which doesn't fit. The main reason tho is that Jack Slash did what he did to be remembered so it's far better to just let him be forgotten which isn't even that hard given all that happened with ward.
 
Stahor said:
"Masters really don't like Arash express."
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Watch Taylor be totally fine with it.

"We could clear these Singularitys so much faster when our travel time is measured in ballistic arcs!"

The only reason she wouldn't want to is so she could hold onto more bugs, otherwise it's just as uncomfortable as other kinds of faster travel for her- in fact, minimizing disorientation time is a plus in her book!

Edit: Forgot what I initially was going to post about:
I came up with a way Taylor might be able to get around Information Erasure- by putting the information in swarms of bugs forming letters, then after the fight was over, reading and writing down the information. It depends on how exactly the skill works, because it sounds kind of like it erases information immediately after the fight, but otherwise does nothing, but it could also be considered to be always on.
 
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GagarTheLizard28 said:
Incidently, good showing against Berserker Jack, presumably. From what I've heard that one is seriously dangerous in a fight.
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JAlter hilariously strong counter to Berserker Jack. Given that La Grondement Du Haine "kindles the flames and transforms the grudges from herself and the surroundings into magical energy, burning the opponents' injustice, corruption and self-righteousness up to the marrow of their bones to ashes." besides more obvious effects.
 
The problem with Jack Slash being the host is the fact he left a body behind. Which means the host was someone physically living in the area. He could be the Servant possessing the host, but he's unlikely to be the host.
 
this ending is definitely preferable because seeing Taylor interact with servants on a similar "is suffering" wavelength (or at least that clash in fun ways) is a major reason for reading this story.
seeing Taylor just stab jack that cold-bloodedly would also be an engaging read though (if lacking in long-term payoff, mostly just want to see people freak out). are you planning on releasing that alternate version as noncanonical bonus material?
 
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