Hey there, my homies. I'm so READY to start another....Interlude? Seriously? Another Interlude...so fast? Ok, you got me here, Wildbow, I wonder from which character this Interlude will be told. Last Interlude was about Legend, I won't be surprised if we're following Alexandria or Eidolon this time. See Cauldron through their eyes and get to know their reasons for being loyal to Doctor Mother. Do they honestly trust her, share similar mindset or they just want to see the true nature of her plans then they'll act when they'll decide that she's not the savior angel she wants people to believe she's? My money are on Alexandria Interlude.
So, while our Undersiders are plotting how to crush a very annoying snake's head in the fastest way possible, I'm going to read this Interlude and see how much I'll be surprised by Wildbow's deliciously twisted and talented mind
Interlude 15 (Donation Bonus)
Ok....ok....Actually this is NOT okay. This is...shit, two girls being kidnapped by an obviously deranged man and tortured. What if...what if one of these girls is Charlotte and this Interlude is told from her POV? Maybe I'm gonna find out how she was raped "shudders". This is not something I was eager to know but its interesting enough to see how this trauma from her past changed her as a person. The unfortunate girls are kept in the dark, in misery and disgusting smell and the psycho who kidnapped them have to carry a lantern with him, showing how DARK can be in that cell.
Not a pleasant way for me to start this Interlude.
Looks like one of the girls (Charlotte?) started to manifest the Stockholm Syndrome, by being nice to her kidnapper.
This is getting more sad with each paragraph. The scene quickly moved to another scene ('m not sure if is in the past, present, or in the same time with the kidnapped girls. I'm a bit confused right now
). A scene featuring Carol, Victoria and Amy's mother and....Alan? Wait a minute, Carol knew Alan? Alan, the Sphere, before he turned into my Nightmare? This is BETTER than expected. I wanted to read about the Good Hero Alan and I'm curious how Carol, a lawyer from Brockton Bay, got to know a world- famous Tinker like Alan? Well, Carol is famous too, being not a simple lawyer, but a hero.
But maybe this lady is not Carol I know but Alan's wife.
"facepalms herself"
I feel so stupid RIGHT NOW. I'm painful stupid. This is what happens when I don't read further because I'm too impatient to comment over some small scenes that distract my attention from the big scene. Carol is Carol Dallon and Alan is Alan Barnes, Emma's asshole of a father, not Alan "Sphere". This is why they know each other, they're bot liars....I mean lawyers.
Alright, the scene with Carol and Alan talking about the City of Damnation is happening right now, in the present. The scene with the two kidnapped girls was possible in the past. What if...what if one of the girls wasn't Charlotte, but a young Carol? What if that scene is from her past and she triggered and got her powers because she was kidnapped and abused? Alright, this make more sense, given the context. Guys, this is Carol Interlude, one of the least persons I was ever thinking that she'll get an Interlude. But its cool, very cool because Dallon family is one damn interesting, fascinating and tragic family.
Carol wrongly thinks that Undersiders got their hands on Victoria. I think that Amy ordered Victoria, using hypnosis, to bring her somewhere so she can help Victoria to heal, without them being bothered by someone else. Amy is trying to help your daughter, Carol, Amy is also your daughter, you raised her since she was a little girl. Stop saying about Victoria that she's your daughter while talking about Amy like she's a stranger. This bothers me. I know that Amy did some awful things lately but she never did anything out of pure malice or revenge because Victoria never shared her feelings.
As for you, Alan, you should be the last one talking about Dallon sisters and betrayal, when your own daughter betrayed Taylor who was like a sister to her. You never felt ashamed of what your bitch of a daughter did to someone who never deserved her shit.
Indeed Carol was the one kidnapped some time ago along with...her sister, Sarah. This is the first time when I learn Lady Photon's real name. Gosh, Dallon family is FUCKING CURSED. Well, Sarah is not a Dallon, of course, but she belongs to the same family. This family and Vasil family are the most fucked up families in this world. Dallon/whatever Sarah, her husband and their only surviving daughter' family name is now are fucked because of their merciless and unfair fate, but also because of the people around them and Vasil family is fucked because of its patriarch. Ok, let's see how Carol and Sarah survived to the monster who tried to execute them in cold blood. So, these men kidnapped girls, possible raped them then they killed them when they got tired of them?
I'm going to be so happy if Carol and Sarah triggered and killed all these animals. They deserved EVERYTHING these girls did to them.
I cried and laughed and was filled with immense joy and immense sadness while reading all of this. This Interlude, man, this fucking Interlude is making me FEEL so much for Carol and Sarah, to the point that I'm going to be ANGRY if something bad will happen to any of them in the future. They suffered so much, they're only 13 when they're kidnapped by those rapist animals, they're children....I was so filled with rage when the animals tried to kill them but so happy when they triggered and slaughtered them like fucking heartless pig they were. You did great, you did excellent, you have all my respect for killing them. If only all the victims can fight back like this...I'm sad and I feel the need to make a stupid joke: I think Carol would win the prize for the best Halloween costume. She can dress easily like a Jedi Knight and summon a fucking REAL LIGHTSABER. The best disguise indeed.
Also, I noticed that the Abstract Floating Space Creatures can lay eggs, like they're insects, birds or reptiles. So this is how they multiply. Through eggs. Great, now I can't get rid of the image of Scion (whom I suspect that he's an Endbringer or an Abstract Floating Space Creature with human body) laying eggs everytime after he save someone.
lol
Lady Photon settled a deal with Tattletale to let Undersiders alone and Tattletale told her where Amy and Victoria were. She knows because of her power, not because she took them, like Carol believed. Yes, Carol, YOUR DAUGHTERS. Both of them are your daughters, whatever you like or not. God, this Interlude is ONE HELL OF A RIDE. From start to probably finish. I should not judge Carol since I feel so pity for her and I admire her for choosing to become a heroine and not a sick twisted villain despite her childhood SERIOUS TRAUMA (but I'm still pissed because she blames Amy for everything). She, Lady Photon and Miss Militia are some good examples that is possible for someone to overcome their trauma and remain a good person. Brian is another example, at least as far as I know. He's still traumatized and he's a villain but compared with other villains around, he's a rather good guy.
Back in the past with...ONE OF MY FAVORITE VILLAINS, Marquis vs New Wave named back then The Brockton Bay Brigade. This is during the moment when they captured him, right? Marquis is old fashioned as fuck, and not only because of his splendid moral code implying not killing women and children but also because of the furniture in his house and his small activities: drinking wine while sitting on a leather armchair. This man should be british, his manners and his way of speaking seem impeccable. His name, Lavere (I suppose he's called like this since Amy was called Amelia Lavere) sounds more french than british, and his codename, Marquis, represents a nobleman from Germany, France or England, so maybe Marquis is a frenchman. Well, there are french people with good manners too, right?
Anyway, I like Marquis quite a lot, no matter his nationality.
Even in this fight, he AVOIDS hurting the heroines, he's hurting only the heroes, Manpower, Flashbang and... Lightstar (I don't know who Lightstar is but I'm sure he's from the same family as everyone else). Marquis can't even bring himself to hurt female heroes. I'm fangirling so much over him, you all have no idea how happy I'm that someone like Marquis exists in Worm-verse.
Well, but I still think that his respect for women is a bit exaggerated and total counterproductive because they finally managed to capture him and send him to Birdcage. His own moral code brought him his downfall. If he fought harder, without caring who he was hurting, he might have escaped. Good for heroines, bad for him.
He's protecting his little girl, Amelia.
He's afraid that if the fight will go too brutal, they might hurt her, whoever she's hiding. He can't hurt women, yes, but he also holds himself back a lot because he's thinking only at his little Amelia. He's very powerful and he can kill easily half of Brockton Bay Brigade, but he HOLDS back. I swear, my RESPECT for this man skyrocketed to the most distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
See, guys, this is the kind of villain that I respect. A villain capable of love, capable of honor, capable of mercy. Maybe I'm fascinated with Jack's twisted unpredictability of his mind but I will never respect him. Maybe I'm fascinated with Coil's strategic intelligence but I will never respect him. Maybe I'm fascinated with...I'm not fascinated with anything involving Heartbreaker (Heartbreaker is the villain that I despise the most in the entire story, even more than I despise Mannequin and this says a lot). But Marquis, he's a villain that I RESPECT. This is the difference between Marquis and other powerful villains.
This Interlude is pretty long, sorry, but I have to continue with the second part tomorrow. Sorry, guys. Sorry, myself, because its such a GOOD Interlude that make me feel so much about almost every single character involved here.
Good night and sleep well, my friends.
