Oh god, the Floofy War has begun! This is going to end with Lisa and Nia in a game of one-upmanship, while Taylor, Peter and Brian wondering how their life led to this.
Aisha, Alec and Victoria, will just be watching with popcorn at the ready.
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Aisha, Alec and Victoria, will just be watching with popcorn at the ready.
At least tattletale is self aware on that part.
Bullshit, she doesn't lie or she doesn't need to, in canon she done that shit a lot and I don't doubt she still does it occasionally in this fic. Heck this alone is a lie.
Liars lie about being liars. News at 11. Never trust someone who has to remind you that they are trustworthy.
I mean, yes, that seems to be the narrative point of this chapter. The characters are grappling with a moral choice, arguing the pros and cons, and then deciding as a group to act. It's a good chapter. It serves to highlight the inner dynamics of the main cast in ways that none of them are entirely right or entirely wrong. It sets up the next actions without glossing over their ramifications.
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It doesn't sound wrong to me.
Unless you can produce a reputable citation to contradict me "you're" and "you are" can be used interchangeably except for formality and that you can't use "you're" at the end of a sentence or phrase.
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I'm of the opinion that stories need more Tattletale punching. Not even excessive. Just a scene or two per story where she gets a slice of humble pie.
Even if she's right - especially if she's right. Not nearly enough stories go the route that at the end of the day Lisa a teenager that is playing with primed explosives.
tkioz
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Sometimes you need to pick your battles. Yes, Max is scum, but they are in no position to take him out cleanly while still maintaining their territory. So they take what he has while readying the blade to take off his feckless head when he stops being useful.
Depends on how you pronounce the "'re" in "You're" Some English accents do it really soft and it would sound fine. It comes acrross as "your". Others do it with a harder bounce on the "'re" and it would sound really off without the full "are". It comes across as "You'Re" and sounds really bad when followed by another short word like at. Depends what your inner voice sounds like.
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Isn't that like half the plot of Worm? Unstable teenagers with powers.
Where is Nia from?
Also how do they know he faked his death?
Also how do they know he faked his death?
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Damn it, Max...
...yeah, this has gotten rough.
Honestly, the biggest concern here is Max didn't get rid of the rest of his gang and people amongst them knew he was Kaiser. There are people who know. So by working with Max and keeping an eye on him, suddenly Heavy Gear is under threat from the outside by those who know and can use that against them.
The best possible idea, in this case, is for Max to die of seeming natural causes. Leaving everything to his son.
And... how nice you just got someone who can do just that.
Also, REALLY looking forward to Nia spending time with Panacea. Because holy fuck will that be hilarious as they both work as healers.
God, if anyone ever realizes they were both MADE by him, and they have such extensive powers... yeah. The fact that he can make powered warriors of that caliber will be something to consider.
As to Aisha, it definitely makes it all too painfully real how... ...young they are. Even our young hero. Who is still so fucked up just by having his powers and being transplanted into the young body.
Yeah, this was exceedingly well done a twist, Poliamida. Well fucking done indeed!
...yeah, this has gotten rough.
Honestly, the biggest concern here is Max didn't get rid of the rest of his gang and people amongst them knew he was Kaiser. There are people who know. So by working with Max and keeping an eye on him, suddenly Heavy Gear is under threat from the outside by those who know and can use that against them.
The best possible idea, in this case, is for Max to die of seeming natural causes. Leaving everything to his son.
And... how nice you just got someone who can do just that.
Also, REALLY looking forward to Nia spending time with Panacea. Because holy fuck will that be hilarious as they both work as healers.
God, if anyone ever realizes they were both MADE by him, and they have such extensive powers... yeah. The fact that he can make powered warriors of that caliber will be something to consider.
As to Aisha, it definitely makes it all too painfully real how... ...young they are. Even our young hero. Who is still so fucked up just by having his powers and being transplanted into the young body.
Yeah, this was exceedingly well done a twist, Poliamida. Well fucking done indeed!
Fluffy_serpent
a snake pretending to be human
good job but i'll ditch the story for a while (until i finish the arc of being kaiser's part time pet)
and IMHO, a really good story is a really good story when they write things they don't necessarily agree with but do their best to write it anyway.
Raiseth
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She lies?! A villainess most foul and wicked.
As much as I agree with you, I am kinda weirdly happy to see them making moral compromises like this. It gives the story a more authentic Worm vibe.
If they never made any "For the Greater Good" judgement calls and still somehow always come out on top, this would feel more like a Mary Sue Fix-it Fic.
There is nothing wrong with a Fix-It Fic, where the MCs are uncompromising on their Moral High Ground and OP enough to not be tempted.
But there are so many of those stories already, that they are super boring.
The MC is strong, but not THAT strong.
He can't take on the world, the Endbringers, Scion and still help the people around him by himself.
Afterall, this isn't DC. Where Good versus Evil almost always falls in Good's favor.
This is Worm, a world where Good rarely wins and when it does, it is a phyrric win.
If you gotta work with an ex-Nazi to protect the people you are protecting and afford the resources you need to save the world, then you gotta work with an ex-Nazi.
As I said, that feels more like Worm.
But I have point out something to everyone.
It is a minor nitpick, but it is accurate.
Kaiser isn't a Nazi.
Kaiser is a Neo-Nazi.
There is a difference.
People never seem to understand that distinction because the word Nazi.
Neo-Nazis should be reviled and disparaged, but they aren't Nazis.
Nazi's are Evil, Neo-Nazis are just stupid people.
Becoming a Neo-Nazi is pretty much like joining a cult.
Kaiser is just the cult leader.
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Also, there is the fact that Kaiser was never really a Neo-Nazi or a Nazi.
He is a megalomaniac with a Shard who used the Nazi ideology to control people. Because he is worse then a neo-nazi. He is a control freak and a nasty one at that. He never actually believed any of the bullshit he spouted to the idiotic masses he controlled and utilized.
Doesn't change his crimes. Just changes his label.
Yeah, this will be a clusterfuck as last time but yeah, really... ...there is no way different.
But yeah, there should be an elegant solution that will make Max Anders a very dead person and also obtain all of Medhall's resources and the like. Stealing the entire company out from under him, perhaps.
Time to get Theo to join up. Boy could use some friends.
He is a megalomaniac with a Shard who used the Nazi ideology to control people. Because he is worse then a neo-nazi. He is a control freak and a nasty one at that. He never actually believed any of the bullshit he spouted to the idiotic masses he controlled and utilized.
Doesn't change his crimes. Just changes his label.
Yeah, this will be a clusterfuck as last time but yeah, really... ...there is no way different.
But yeah, there should be an elegant solution that will make Max Anders a very dead person and also obtain all of Medhall's resources and the like. Stealing the entire company out from under him, perhaps.
Time to get Theo to join up. Boy could use some friends.
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Honestly I'm getting popcorn for when max rips his hair out trying to trap heavy gear in a contract. He doesn't know that his ID is compromised, so to him HG will be making bafflingly paranoid decisions that make no sense, inevitably mucking up his plans. I am eagerly waiting the tale of frustration that max will encounter whenever he tries to get them to do what he wants, because they will be subtly tripping him up from the inside and max will have no idea why.
Kaiser isn't some poor fool who was tricked into being Neo-Nazi. He is a racist, murderer, who ran a gang of Neo-Nazis. He knew what he was doing.
Disappointing. MC even highlights that what they do is the same shit that Cauldron does. And they still do it. No backbone and no morals. Wont surprise me if this team ends up as cannon fodder for Cauldron, gladly cooperating with them for "Greater Good". I hoped that he wont take the easy road and stick to punishing evil even if it is hard and leads to millions people dead. Kill Kaiser, out him, them do the same with Cauldron. Yes people will die, but the world or Worm is dying from horrible infection (Cauldron) so some has to clean the wound with holy fire and pray it works.
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Would be pretty damn effective, yeah. Though getting him to die by seeming natural causes and getting Theo set up to take over might be even more effective. Either way, Thinkers are going to be... ...annoying.
Might be hard to get the clone to act exactly like Max in order to make it work.
Because no one likes to work with Nazis. And he has been actively attacking Heavy Gear for a while.
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I didn't know it was possible to be so fucking pathetic, his spine is wet paper 1mm. thick, holy shit the amount of disgust this chapter made me feel is incredible, like, wow.
Not even with that Harry Potter fic with the candy that if you eat it turns you white i felt it this much.
If he was a rogue or a villain I wouldn't care, but he chose to be a hero. He has the power to make a difference and improve the city's situation by killing the gangs or at least putting the fear of god in them, but keeps pussyfooting around.