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So, I'm not the only one noticing that Skitter's actions didn't made any sense at all in this Chapter. Worse, she put her father in more danger than he was already by stirring up a hornets' nest. For a moment, I was afraid that people might not agree with me over Skitter but then I was like: ok, they might not agree with me, but I will still express my opinion about her because its my opinion and everyone is free to have their own opinions.
Btw, I wonder if Tagg have fans. He doesn't seem like a character attracting fans but, as I said before, opinions differ from a person to another
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You have no idea how much of agreement they are with you.So, I'm not the only one noticing that Skitter's actions didn't made any sense at all in this Chapter. Worse, she put her father in more danger than he was already by stirring up a hornets' nest. For a moment, I was afraid that people might not agree with me over Skitter but then I was like: ok, they might not agree with me, but I will still express my opinion about her because its my opinion and everyone is free to have their own opinions.
Btw, I wonder if Tagg have fans. He doesn't seem like a character attracting fans but, as I said before, opinions differ from a person to another
And Tagg?
Stupid, but not wrong, after all his personality is similar to that of skitter.
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It's not actually all that out of character for Taylor though. She's always gotten ruthless and reckless when she feels cornered or pressured. She's in a similar headspace now to when she was fighting the S9. She's up against a seemingly insurmountable opponent that she doesn't know how to fight or beat, and she will (from her perspective) certainly lose to them if she plays fair. Besides, why should she? They broke the rules first! The S9 doesn't play by the rules, so why should she when she's fighting them? Tagg doesn't play by the rules, so why should she when she's fighting him? (Again, this is Taylor's argument, not mine). So she escalates, finds a new angle of attack, and lashes out at the bullies abusing their power to hurt her or people like her. This isn't new - it's just the first time the "bullies" haven't been completely irredeemable from our outside perspective. And once Taylor uses her "bullies and victims" rationalization to hurt people who we feel don't deserve it, it suddenly seems a lot uglier.
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Yes, I noticed that Tagg and Skitter have similar personalities. They'll both go to great lengths to achieve what want, no matter the consequences. They don't know when to STOP as they'll sacrifice people who doesn't deserve to reach their purposes. Tagg knew that he'll put kids' lives in danger yet he continued with his operation to capture Taylor. Skitter knows that she'll put her father's life in danger, yet she continues to do what she feels that is necessary...for HER. While she loves and worries about her father, she still doesn't know how to stop and she proves how reckless and selfish she can be sometimes. I won't deny that I'm not like Skitter or Tagg when it comes to catching and punishing bad guys (lets image a virtual scenario where I'm a fighter against evil, ok?). I'm very pro-death penalty, pro-harsh punishments and I still thinks that heroes are going too soft with villains, especially really fucked up villains. But, unlike Skitter and Tagg (and this is the difference between me and them), I'll know when to stop (if there's the slightest risk that the lives of civilians or my family might be in danger), retreat and attack another time, when there will be an opportunity to catch/destroy the villains without any collateral damage. I know when to stop because, while I have the same objectives as Tagg and Skitter, the steps that I'd take to reach the objectives are very different. They don't care about collateral damages while collateral damages are exactly what will stop me from going too far.
Now I realized something: that I both love and hate Skitter. Its not like I like her less, its more like I love and hate her equally. I love her because she wants to do the right things (for her, for others), she helped/helps so many people and she's so damn merciless with "people" who doesn't deserve any mercy which is another plus, I hate her because she's so selfish sometimes, her methods are just plain wrong sometimes and she never seem to realize that she's getting deeper into the villainous life (and not the sympathetic kind of villainous life, but the ugly side of villainous life) and how wrong her choices can be/how much they can and will affect the lives of people she cares the most about (she doesn't want to listen to people like Brian and Lisa, who are trying their best to teach her what is good for her). I don't feel bad for her, because she's not a dumb teenager forced into this life by external factors, but I feel bad for the potential to be a better person that she's wasting without even realizing it
. But Tagg is still a stupid asshole and I can't feel anything for him except an intense dislike (on this moment, maybe later he'll become better).
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I very much agreed with her when she fought ABB, nazis, S9, Coil because all these villains hurt/killed innocent people and Skitter just wanted to stop them. There were desperate fights for personal survival and for protecting the city. I agree with her if she'll fight Teeth and Fallen too, BUT...there are some differences. They're not so well known like the other villain groups and she barely have any idea about their powers/methods yet she still want to fight against both groups at the same time, now everyone know her identity and her father is exposed to villains' revenge (she could have, at least, send Danny away from the city and country, I don't know, somewhere on a tropical island where nobody will be able to find him. Money aren't a problem for her). So, there might be complications, also she provoked someone like Tagg (she didn't even punished him for the stunt he pulled, she just "scared" him. But this bastard will get even more pissed and dangerous, believing that Skitter declared him war. He was a military man, after all, some military men smells war everywhere), making the whole situation even worse. If I were in her shoes, I'd have send my father somewhere safe, let Tagg alone (but taking care to advice him to not attack another area populated by civilians again, otherwise he'll personally suffer the consequences), find as many information as I can about Teeth and Fallen, attack each one at different intervals of time (maybe weeks, months; depends if they don't become a danger for city in the meantime), take them by surprise, avoid hurting Fallen non-violent members and focus to take down the most violent ones. Zero risks for collateral damages and I'll be able to sleep well at night. Will Skitter be able to sleep well if her father will be hurt because of her rash decisions
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Hmmm. I'll address this point by point.
How is she supposed to do this? Leaving aside the personal/social issues that make her not want to talk to father, how is she supposed to get him out of the city? The PRT knows who he is, so she can't just give him illegally acquired money without him getting arrested.
...what do you think Taylor was doing by visiting him in his office?
I'm going to refrain from commenting on Taylor's plans for the Teeth and the Fallen until we know what her plan is, but based on her track record so far (and Tattletale's existence), I'm pretty sure she's got this one. However, the fact that they turned down a deal with Skitter due to (among other things) her trying to implement a "no killing" rule indicates that they're probably a danger to the city.
Honest philosophical question here - what if, hypothetically, the damages done by the Teeth and the Fallen in the time it would take to set up a zero-collateral takedown are worse than the collateral damage from taking them out now? What would be, in your opinion, the "right" choice to make there?
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If you want to do something interesting, when you have the time and inclination, take some scenes like Skitter talking to Tagg, or even all the way back in the beginning when she is talking to Armsmaster, and just look at what Tagg/Armsy/other are saying and don't read Skitter's part. It's pretty interesting how it reads without her point of view.
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She should have done this before being exposed. She made a very big mistake keeping Danny in a city full with dangers and death at every step and not giving him any protection. I said before that she should have send her father away from Brockton Bay long time ago. This was one of the many mistakes she did. But its still not too late. She's smart, she have Tattletale by her side, she works with someone who can find solutions at every problem, Accord. She can find solutions to send her father away without PRT knowledge if she cares enough for him.
All she did was scare his wife (an innocent woman) and try to scare him. And hurt heroes without being necessary. She could have send him a message without having to hurt anyone. He'd have get the message. Probably. She acted violent and reckless and she only ended up making him more angry than compliant.
I'll wait until they'll start to become dangerous enough then I'll try to take them down. Until then, I'll supervise them constantly, watch their every moves with my "little spies", separate the dangerous Fallen elements from non-dangerous elements (every cult have innocent members who were either tricked or brainwashed to become part of the cult so they must have their own innocents too), try to isolate the non-dangerous elements so they won't be hurt during my operation then ACT, once everything will be done. If they become too dangerous in the meantime, I'll hurry up my attack. But only then. Any method were innocent people aren't hurt is the right method.
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Hello, my favorite readers of this inter-dimensional liveblog. Back on Earth Bet, with more juicy stories for you about the Misadventures of the Warlady Skitter in Brockton Bay, the City of all the Ends . Last time, Skitter did an incredible stupid non-sense and now she and her teammates will have a very enraged "vigilante" Tagg up their ass, now more than ready to throw them to Birdcage or use their heads as target practice. Good fucking job, Skitter . We also know now what Trump means. The only Classification that was still a mystery...for me, at least. Now I know every single Classification and I want to prove how well I understand them. Using my own limited words .
Tinker (Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Super-scientist)
Thinker (annoying- just sometimes- know-it-all)
Master (the puppeteer who manipulate someone's will)
Striker (the one who empower weapon with different abilities or use enhanced melee strikes)
Mover (Speedsters)
Snaker (basically Glory Girl or any other parahuman with aura/forcefield abilities)
Breaker (the one who turn into something completely alien from a human being. For example...A freaking weeping angel. Fuck you, Night and your creepy-ass power and equally creepy ass- civilian behavior)
Blaster (the one who BLAST the fuck out of their enemies)
Changer (shapeshifter but not as creepy as Night)
Stranger (BEST NINJAS IN THE GODDAMN WORLD)
Brute (meh, my least favorite Classification. Generic super-strength and durability)
Trump (we have a parahuman like this in our world. Currently you can find him at White House. Get new powers or nullify others' powers. NEAT. I want to see a Trump in action. Not the one from our world, cause I have seen him already, but one from Earth Bet)
I noticed something very interesting about Tinkers and I know that a lot of people noticed as well (or they already know) but I don't exactly care. I still want to say what I noticed about them. They can copy other parahumans's powers/technology. All of the Tinkers are able to do this, apparently. Bonesaw can copy Blasto's technology, giving her the capacity to clone S9. Dragon can copy different technologies, Bakuda copied Vista's power, even someone like Leet copied Kid Win's technology and Skitter's power. Wow, this is another thing that make Tinkers so damn awesome (except for Mannequin because he's the exception of everything. Fuck that guy). The possibilities are endless. Imagine the UNawesome Mannequin if he copied Skitter's power: endless swarms of bugs encased in hard shells. Awesome Dragon copying Bakuda: AI bombs. Awesome Defiant copying Bonesaw: an army of HUMAN WEAPONS. Awesome Bonesaw copying Nilbog's power....NO, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, BETTER NO. NOT THIS COMBINATION. SHOULD BE FORBIDDEN BY ALL THE WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN LAWS OF EARTH AND UNIVERSE .
Tinkers are so fucking amazing, man. You're just jealous on them because you don't have their awesomeness, Skitter Imago 21.2
Aww, I feel so bad for Atlas. Its like he's slowly dying (and Amelia isn't around anymore to help him getting better). Man, he's my favorite pet in this world and I don't wanna my favorite pet gone because Skitter was so neglectful towards him. Please, Skitter, feed him, find a compromise solution, don't let him die like this. This break my heart, I never imagined myself to tear up for a FUCKING GIANT BEETLE. But look, I'm staying here, watching Atlas helplessly and tearing up for him .
You're not only neglectful towards your winged companion, but towards your friends and teammates too, Skitter. You seem to be so cold and distant with Grue, because you don't want to appear "weak" by acting like a normal girl in love. Grue doesn't deserve your shitty attitude, he deserves a girl who know how to be close to him and support him with whatever he needs and not being afraid that people will find her weak if she gives him a hug from time to time. He's not the romantic type, I know, but he still needs someone warm enough to make him feel good, not the Ice Queen herself. You ignore Tattletale's good advises and her willingness to communicate with you, understand you and help you. You ignore even people from your territory (I don't remember the last time when you had a talk with them, when you got involved in their activities or you're genuinely interested by their fate). You isolate yourself from other people who can help you and all you care is to prove what a scary and invulnerable Warlady you're. A Warlady who doesn't need friends, doesn't need compassion or help. "shakes her head, sighing" Skitter changed so much from the girl who tried her best to become friends with Undersiders and was horrified that two of them were murderers into the girl who reject any emotional support and friendship and torture/kill people (more or less motivated) in cold blood . Good, Wildbow, I like how good you're with characterization and how much a lot of characters evolve during these life changing events. You're a Tinker 9 with the specialty of "building" excellent stories and making them so real .
Well, Skitter, people that you mentioned (except for Miss Militia, Dragon and Defiant) are big fucking idiots because of their hateful attitude towards various groups of people+ their attitude towards people who doesn't agree with their beliefs. Kaiser was a nazi, Purity is also a nazi, they're full of hate against anyone who isn't white or straight enough. They can't understand, nazis will never understand and will hardly cooperate with someone who doesn't share their viewpoints. Look at Hookwolf the Babies Killer, he considered the power over territories being above any cooperation to take down S9 (ironically, he became a slave killer for the same people that he wasn't very concerned to fight against). Piggot was also an angry anti-parahuman person who refused any collaboration or compromise with parahuman villains for two reasons: her personal anti-parahuman opinions and her unwillingness to cooperate with anyone she deemed to be a villain. Miss Militia, Defiant and Dragon only respect the rules that they didn't created, but they have to respect them, because heroes usually go after rules. Miss Militia was willing a couple of times to cooperate, so you're not right about her, Skitter.
Yes, I have to agree that Protectorate behave like an injured animal. I think I understand them. Not necessarily agree with them, but understand why they're doing this. They failed to stop some really dangerous and destructive villains like nazis and ABB, they lost so many members in such a sort time, mundane people started to lose their respect and trust in Protectorate so right now Protectorate is desperate to prove to the world (and themselves) that heroes are not dead yet, that they can still kick ass (at least one time on year :lol) and they're more than capable to catch a 16 years old villain and unmask her in front of the entire world, basically not giving a fuck about the rules that they're supposed to respect. Cause they're heroes. They believe that the world will start to trust and admire them again if they'll throw a kid in Birdcage or attack her in a school full with other kids. They're so fucking desperate.
Skitter is doing the second thing she knows the best- after kicking enemies' ass- runs away from problems and people willing to help her. She runs away from her dad, from her boyfriend, from the few real friends she have, from her people, she knows only to run and to isolate herself from everyone. She hates even the idea of looking weak even for a second, and she's under the illusion that if if she'll ever accept someone's help, she'll show weakness and this thought alone is KILLING her worse than any enemy could do. She's her own worst enemy. I wonder where the hell she's going now. God, I hope that she'll not go where I have a bad feeling that she'll go. Meaning Dinah's house. She's furious on Dinah's betrayal, she doesn't understand or doesn't WANT to understand the reason behind why Dinah did what she did, and she probably wants to have a discussion with her. I'll agree with just a "discussion" if this is the case, but Skitter is pretty pissed right now and she might do something to Dinah that will make me seriously HATE her. I don't even want to accept the idea that Skitter is thinking at hurting Dinah, getting some kind of revenge. Dinah is someone who was already hurt too much, she must be still under a lot of trauma and pain, she's a KID and nobody should be allowed to hurt her again . Never ever. Skitter, want to see me REALLY PISSED on you? Try to touch a single hair from Dinah's head, then 
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Rachel is becoming better and better, at the same time Skitter is becoming worse and worse. She's, surprising, a lot more social than she ever was during her tormented life. She's more friendly towards Skitter (as friendly as someone like Rachel can be), she trusts her with her most precious friends- dogs, she doesn't directly offer emotional support- like Tattletale is doing, but she shows a lot of support by quickly allowing Skitter to ride one of her dogs wherever Skitter wants to go. I didn't liked Rachel at all some time ago (I always understand her and why she behaves like this, but I still never liked her) but right now, I can say that she's dear to me, she's like a bad dog that I tried to keep away from me but after a while she won me over, showing the good side behind her "bad dog" facade . Too bad for you, Alec, you're now the only Undersider that I don't like at all. You're all alone. I wonder if there's a very small possibility for Alec to change for better. He's a sociopath raised in a dysfunctional family ruled by the biggest sociopath of a father ever, don't know if he CAN change anymore, even if he wants. While I understand him, I don't like him and...YES...you can understand someone's behavior and motivations and still not like them a bit .
She wanted to go after Dinah but she changed her mind at the last moment and went to...her mother's grave. Oh...oh...ok, this is very sad. I want to hug Skitter right now, I feel terrible bad for her- she's so angry, so desperate, so hurt, so pissed on the world she perceives as being unfair with her that she considers her dead mother the only person left that she can talk with and not being afraid to show weakness in front of her or to be betrayed by her. Her dead mother is the only person whom she trust and want to "see" right before starting an all out war with the other villains and Protectorate. Good you changed your mind about Dinah, Skitter, she's just a child who want the best for you- her savior- and probably other people . The whole image with Skitter scratching Radley while standing by her mother's grave is so beautiful, memorable, haunting, yet sad, and I don't have a single bad word to say about it. One of the most memorable scenes of this story, I'll never forget it .
I wonder how Taylor's mom would have reacted if she'd have lived enough to see that her kid was revealed to be a villain.
"after crying for a while over this extremely well-done emotional scene" Your mother was a wonderful human being- someone who didn't deserved such cruel fate, and now I'm convinced that she'd have accepted and loved Skitter just like she loved Taylor. Such a good woman and mother.
Yes, Skitter, you're right when you admitted to your mother's grave that you did some terrible thing. No, killing Coil wasn't a terrible thing, quite the opposite, but scaring innocents, attacking good heroes, sacrificing heroes, YES, these are terrible things that you should feel bad for. I'm glad you admitted and showed some regrets but I'm afraid that you'll continue doing the same horrible things- if not worse, then feel sorry again then repeat and so on. If you'll surrender to heroes and become a hero, maybe this ugly path you're walking on will change or stop before getting uglier. Or maybe you'll continue doing stuff like this under the cover of being a hero. Who knows...Only Dinah knows and she even apologized- my dear child- for putting Skitter in such a complicated and ugly situation . "Cut ties"- meaning that Skitter should cut ties with Undersiders, her father, her people and her past and embrace a whole different life, the life of a hero? "I'm sorry", she feels sorry for what she did but she had to do what she did, maybe only hero Skitter can save the world, not the villain Skitter. Dinah alone is doing a better job that Cauldron anyway. Dinah genuinely want to help without hurting innocents while Cauldron are assholes pretending to have morals while hurting innocents. Dinah is starting to become one of my favorite characters . In Skitter's place, I'd have listened her (but still find ways to keep contact with Undersiders/my people even as a hero. I'll never really abandon them. This is the only Dinah's current advice that I can never respect. Not because isn't correct, but because isn't right for me )
Thank you, kind groundskeeper, for being so nice and helpful towards Skitter. Twelve pages letter for her father? Did she confessed everything she did, including the horrible stuff? How Danny will react if he'll know the whole thing? Not very good, I suppose. He's already devastated, bet that this letter will hurt him more once he'll read it . I don't think that writing the letter was a good idea, but since I don't know what she wrote, except for the final words, I'm making only assumptions here without nothing certain.
She's going to stop Fallen and Teeth (hopefully) forever then surrender to Protectorate? From her words, this is exactly what she'll do, no doubt about. Destroy the last really evil villains still living in Brockton Bay then...let the heroes do whatever they wants with her? Alright, let's see what will happen further if this is Skitter's final decision.
This Chapter was a pain for me. But a sweet pain.
Good night and sleep well, my friends.
. Last time, Skitter did an incredible stupid non-sense and now she and her teammates will have a very enraged "vigilante" Tagg up their ass, now more than ready to throw them to Birdcage or use their heads as target practice. Good fucking job, Skitter . We also know now what Trump means. The only Classification that was still a mystery...for me, at least. Now I know every single Classification and I want to prove how well I understand them. Using my own limited words .Tinker (Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Super-scientist)
Thinker (annoying- just sometimes- know-it-all)
Master (the puppeteer who manipulate someone's will)
Striker (the one who empower weapon with different abilities or use enhanced melee strikes)
Mover (Speedsters)
Snaker (basically Glory Girl or any other parahuman with aura/forcefield abilities)
Breaker (the one who turn into something completely alien from a human being. For example...A freaking weeping angel. Fuck you, Night and your creepy-ass power and equally creepy ass- civilian behavior
)Blaster (the one who BLAST the fuck out of their enemies)
Changer (shapeshifter but not as creepy as Night)
Stranger (BEST NINJAS IN THE GODDAMN WORLD
)Brute (meh, my least favorite Classification. Generic super-strength and durability)
Trump (we have a parahuman like this in our world. Currently you can find him at White House. Get new powers or nullify others' powers. NEAT. I want to see a Trump in action. Not the one from our world, cause I have seen him already, but one from Earth Bet
)I noticed something very interesting about Tinkers and I know that a lot of people noticed as well (or they already know) but I don't exactly care. I still want to say what I noticed about them. They can copy other parahumans's powers/technology. All of the Tinkers are able to do this, apparently. Bonesaw can copy Blasto's technology, giving her the capacity to clone S9. Dragon can copy different technologies, Bakuda copied Vista's power, even someone like Leet copied Kid Win's technology and Skitter's power. Wow, this is another thing that make Tinkers so damn awesome (except for Mannequin because he's the exception of everything. Fuck that guy). The possibilities are endless. Imagine the UNawesome Mannequin if he copied Skitter's power: endless swarms of bugs encased in hard shells
. Awesome Dragon copying Bakuda: AI bombs. Awesome Defiant copying Bonesaw: an army of HUMAN WEAPONS. Awesome Bonesaw copying Nilbog's power....NO, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, BETTER NO. NOT THIS COMBINATION. SHOULD BE FORBIDDEN BY ALL THE WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN LAWS OF EARTH AND UNIVERSE . Tinkers are so fucking amazing, man. You're just jealous on them because you don't have their awesomeness, Skitter
Imago 21.2Aww, I feel so bad for Atlas
. Its like he's slowly dying (and Amelia isn't around anymore to help him getting better). Man, he's my favorite pet in this world and I don't wanna my favorite pet gone because Skitter was so neglectful towards him. Please, Skitter, feed him, find a compromise solution, don't let him die like this. This break my heart, I never imagined myself to tear up for a FUCKING GIANT BEETLE. But look, I'm staying here, watching Atlas helplessly and tearing up for him . You're not only neglectful towards your winged companion, but towards your friends and teammates too, Skitter. You seem to be so cold and distant with Grue, because you don't want to appear "weak" by acting like a normal girl in love. Grue doesn't deserve your shitty attitude, he deserves a girl who know how to be close to him and support him with whatever he needs and not being afraid that people will find her weak if she gives him a hug from time to time
. He's not the romantic type, I know, but he still needs someone warm enough to make him feel good, not the Ice Queen herself. You ignore Tattletale's good advises and her willingness to communicate with you, understand you and help you. You ignore even people from your territory (I don't remember the last time when you had a talk with them, when you got involved in their activities or you're genuinely interested by their fate). You isolate yourself from other people who can help you and all you care is to prove what a scary and invulnerable Warlady you're. A Warlady who doesn't need friends, doesn't need compassion or help. "shakes her head, sighing" Skitter changed so much from the girl who tried her best to become friends with Undersiders and was horrified that two of them were murderers into the girl who reject any emotional support and friendship and torture/kill people (more or less motivated) in cold blood . Good, Wildbow, I like how good you're with characterization and how much a lot of characters evolve during these life changing events. You're a Tinker 9 with the specialty of "building" excellent stories and making them so real .Well, Skitter, people that you mentioned (except for Miss Militia, Dragon and Defiant) are big fucking idiots because of their hateful attitude towards various groups of people+ their attitude towards people who doesn't agree with their beliefs. Kaiser was a nazi, Purity is also a nazi, they're full of hate against anyone who isn't white or straight enough. They can't understand, nazis will never understand and will hardly cooperate with someone who doesn't share their viewpoints. Look at Hookwolf the Babies Killer, he considered the power over territories being above any cooperation to take down S9 (ironically, he became a slave killer for the same people that he wasn't very concerned to fight against
). Piggot was also an angry anti-parahuman person who refused any collaboration or compromise with parahuman villains for two reasons: her personal anti-parahuman opinions and her unwillingness to cooperate with anyone she deemed to be a villain. Miss Militia, Defiant and Dragon only respect the rules that they didn't created, but they have to respect them, because heroes usually go after rules. Miss Militia was willing a couple of times to cooperate, so you're not right about her, Skitter. Yes, I have to agree that Protectorate behave like an injured animal. I think I understand them. Not necessarily agree with them, but understand why they're doing this. They failed to stop some really dangerous and destructive villains like nazis and ABB, they lost so many members in such a sort time, mundane people started to lose their respect and trust in Protectorate so right now Protectorate is desperate to prove to the world (and themselves) that heroes are not dead yet, that they can still kick ass (at least one time on year :lol) and they're more than capable to catch a 16 years old villain and unmask her in front of the entire world, basically not giving a fuck about the rules that they're supposed to respect. Cause they're heroes
. They believe that the world will start to trust and admire them again if they'll throw a kid in Birdcage or attack her in a school full with other kids. They're so fucking desperate. Skitter is doing the second thing she knows the best- after kicking enemies' ass- runs away from problems and people willing to help her. She runs away from her dad, from her boyfriend, from the few real friends she have, from her people, she knows only to run and to isolate herself from everyone
. She hates even the idea of looking weak even for a second, and she's under the illusion that if if she'll ever accept someone's help, she'll show weakness and this thought alone is KILLING her worse than any enemy could do. She's her own worst enemy. I wonder where the hell she's going now. God, I hope that she'll not go where I have a bad feeling that she'll go. Meaning Dinah's house. She's furious on Dinah's betrayal, she doesn't understand or doesn't WANT to understand the reason behind why Dinah did what she did, and she probably wants to have a discussion with her. I'll agree with just a "discussion" if this is the case, but Skitter is pretty pissed right now and she might do something to Dinah that will make me seriously HATE her. I don't even want to accept the idea that Skitter is thinking at hurting Dinah, getting some kind of revenge. Dinah is someone who was already hurt too much, she must be still under a lot of trauma and pain, she's a KID and nobody should be allowed to hurt her again . Never ever. Skitter, want to see me REALLY PISSED on you? Try to touch a single hair from Dinah's head, then . Rachel is becoming better and better, at the same time Skitter is becoming worse and worse. She's, surprising, a lot more social than she ever was during her tormented life. She's more friendly towards Skitter (as friendly as someone like Rachel can be), she trusts her with her most precious friends- dogs, she doesn't directly offer emotional support- like Tattletale is doing, but she shows a lot of support by quickly allowing Skitter to ride one of her dogs wherever Skitter wants to go
. I didn't liked Rachel at all some time ago (I always understand her and why she behaves like this, but I still never liked her) but right now, I can say that she's dear to me, she's like a bad dog that I tried to keep away from me but after a while she won me over, showing the good side behind her "bad dog" facade . Too bad for you, Alec, you're now the only Undersider that I don't like at all. You're all alone. I wonder if there's a very small possibility for Alec to change for better. He's a sociopath raised in a dysfunctional family ruled by the biggest sociopath of a father ever, don't know if he CAN change anymore, even if he wants. While I understand him, I don't like him and...YES...you can understand someone's behavior and motivations and still not like them a bit . She wanted to go after Dinah but she changed her mind at the last moment and went to...her mother's grave. Oh...oh...ok, this is very sad
. I want to hug Skitter right now, I feel terrible bad for her- she's so angry, so desperate, so hurt, so pissed on the world she perceives as being unfair with her that she considers her dead mother the only person left that she can talk with and not being afraid to show weakness in front of her or to be betrayed by her. Her dead mother is the only person whom she trust and want to "see" right before starting an all out war with the other villains and Protectorate. Good you changed your mind about Dinah, Skitter, she's just a child who want the best for you- her savior- and probably other people . The whole image with Skitter scratching Radley while standing by her mother's grave is so beautiful, memorable, haunting, yet sad, and I don't have a single bad word to say about it. One of the most memorable scenes of this story, I'll never forget it . I wonder how Taylor's mom would have reacted if she'd have lived enough to see that her kid was revealed to be a villain.
"after crying for a while over this extremely well-done emotional scene" Your mother was a wonderful human being- someone who didn't deserved such cruel fate, and now I'm convinced that she'd have accepted and loved Skitter just like she loved Taylor. Such a good woman and mother
. Yes, Skitter, you're right when you admitted to your mother's grave that you did some terrible thing. No, killing Coil wasn't a terrible thing, quite the opposite, but scaring innocents, attacking good heroes, sacrificing heroes, YES, these are terrible things that you should feel bad for
. I'm glad you admitted and showed some regrets but I'm afraid that you'll continue doing the same horrible things- if not worse, then feel sorry again then repeat and so on. If you'll surrender to heroes and become a hero, maybe this ugly path you're walking on will change or stop before getting uglier. Or maybe you'll continue doing stuff like this under the cover of being a hero. Who knows...Only Dinah knows and she even apologized- my dear child- for putting Skitter in such a complicated and ugly situation . "Cut ties"- meaning that Skitter should cut ties with Undersiders, her father, her people and her past and embrace a whole different life, the life of a hero? "I'm sorry", she feels sorry for what she did but she had to do what she did, maybe only hero Skitter can save the world, not the villain Skitter. Dinah alone is doing a better job that Cauldron anyway. Dinah genuinely want to help without hurting innocents while Cauldron are assholes pretending to have morals while hurting innocents. Dinah is starting to become one of my favorite characters . In Skitter's place, I'd have listened her (but still find ways to keep contact with Undersiders/my people even as a hero. I'll never really abandon them. This is the only Dinah's current advice that I can never respect. Not because isn't correct, but because isn't right for me ) Thank you, kind groundskeeper, for being so nice and helpful towards Skitter
. Twelve pages letter for her father? Did she confessed everything she did, including the horrible stuff? How Danny will react if he'll know the whole thing? Not very good, I suppose. He's already devastated, bet that this letter will hurt him more once he'll read it . I don't think that writing the letter was a good idea, but since I don't know what she wrote, except for the final words, I'm making only assumptions here without nothing certain. She's going to stop Fallen and Teeth (hopefully) forever then surrender to Protectorate? From her words, this is exactly what she'll do, no doubt about. Destroy the last really evil villains still living in Brockton Bay then...let the heroes do whatever they wants with her? Alright, let's see what will happen further if this is Skitter's final decision
. This Chapter was a pain for me. But a sweet pain.
Good night and sleep well, my friends.
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Ok, I've re-reread all the dialogues between Armsmaster/Skitter and Tagg/Skitter but I still don't understand what you're trying to tell me. You ask me to analyze how they personally see her actions (if I have to ignore her POV) or if there are similarities between how they see her actions? Because I can clearly see these similarities- both of them see her as an irresponsible thug, plus the old Armsmaster reminds me of Tagg, given his former personality and obsessions. I'd like to make this kind of analyze because analyzing characters/characters' interactions is more interesting than analyzing fights. For me, at least.
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Some of this. Also, without Taylor's commentary, some or even a lot of what they say makes sense. It was interesting to me at least.
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Ok, I'll try to make a short analyze between Armsmaster/Skitter dialogue before Bank Robbery and Tagg/Skitter dialogue, eliminating Skitter's words.
Armsmaster/Skitter dialogue before Bank Robbery (Only Armsmaster's words)
Tagg/Skitter dialogue (Only Tagg's words)
Now: -both of them called Skitter a thug (more or less) and threatened her to arrest her (Armsmaster), take her father for interrogation (Tagg) to make her surrender.
-both of them reminded her that she's nothing but a villain doing bad things with illusion of grandeur and she have no excuse for continuing to live like this/act like this.
-Armsmaster saw Skitter as a stupid little girl but Tagg sees her more as a thug than a little girl.
-Both of them tried to manipulate her and play with her, unsuccessfully.
-But Armsmaster tried to give her a chance, to betray the Undersiders and become the hero she always wanted to be. Unlike Armsmaster, Tagg doesn't give her any similar chance, all he can offer her is his promise to arrest her and send her straight to Birdcage (maybe because its too late for Skitter to receive a second chance OR Tagg doesn't believe in second chances).
-Both Armsmaster and Tagg were pretty selfish people (Tagg IS still a selfish person) who cared more about their personal success and name than anything else. They despise villains, yes, and they're right for wanting to stop bad guys, but they also were obsessed with their personal success more than with safety of civilians (Taggs is worse than Armsmaster was, because while Armsmaster sacrificed villains and regretted most of his actions afterwards , Tagg almost sacrificed KIDS' lives and he doesn't give a shit about how wrong and risky his decision was).
Conclusions: they're both similar in many ways: military type men, warriors at heart, obsessed with the idea of justice, vigilantism and personal success, manipulative but they're also pretty different in other ways: Armsmaster cared for other people besides himself too, even if not that much (note: I'm talking here about Armsmaster, not the actual Defiant, who's a much more better person than his former self), Tagg gives zero shit about anyone who isn't himself and his family. Armsmaster was smart and a good tactician, Tagg doesn't seem to have a lot of smartness. Armsmaster wanted to cooperate with Skitter, but she rejected his propositions, for Tagg there's a single policy: No negotiation with
Few paragraphs with Tagg and I dislike him more than I disliked Armsmaster. And I disliked Armsmaster a lot
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Hello, my friends. Last time...there was one of the best and most memorable scenes ever. Skitter "talking" with her deceased mother and writing letters for her dad. Saying goodbye to both of her parents, living and dead. Because she'll probably surrender to heroes (and to Tagg, unfortunately ) but not before she'll DESTROY Teeth and Fallen's teeth, asses, eyes and dicks, not necessary in this order . Lets see her taking down these disgusting and insufferable villains. Can't wait for the...BLOODBATH .
Speaking about Teeth....Imagine an attempt of collaboration between my dear sweet crazy man Accord and Merchants, if they'd have survived to S9. Imagine THIS. Merchants were exactly everything that Accord is against: miserable, messy, drugs, profanity, sex, disorder. I can see the things going like this between them:
Squealer: "breathes"- next second, she falls through Accord's floor into an almost endless pit located right in the center of Earth.
Mush: "exists"- next second, is decapitated by a bunch of pendulums falling from the ceiling.
Trainwreck: "stares in shock"- killed by one hundred venomous snakes all coming out from Accord's sleeves.
Skidmark: "blinks" You fucker....sliced in half by Accord's sword cane.
Yep, they wouldn't get along so well.
If Skitter & co will fight against Teeth and Fallen, there's a little chance to see Ambassadors in action and Accord ruling the battlefield behind the curtain? Because I already miss this crazy little guy, I'd read an entire Arc from his POV (this is how much I like him). But only one Arc because it will get tiresome to read too much about someone who can't stop imagining killing everywhere in the most creative but awful ways possible. Its ok for a while, but after a while...its getting disturbing and not ok anymore. Accord is a cool villain without trying too hard to be cool, but he's also unstable and untrusty as fuck. Funny how he's so unstable himself despite liking order more than anything .
Ok, back to my job...telling stories about parahumans and humans living on Earth Bet. Hope this time nobody will break my bones and stab me, especially if I'll be in the middle of some ruthless fights. Guys, I'm just a liveblogger, not a warrior, neither a parahuman. Let me tell my story. Hope they'll understand Imago 21.3
Exactly like his personality and power: Regent's base is a simple building on the outside, but becomes a freaking castle on the inside. Regent seems like a nice, almost innocent guy on the outside, but he's a sociopath without too many emotions on the inside. His official power seems a little lame (make people lose control over their movements for a short while). But his TRUE power, the one that he keeps a secret from his enemies, is a NIGHTMARE for anyone who doesn't want to receive a fate worse than death. With Regent, appearances are more deceptive than ever.
Well, why the hell all the biggest fuckers are shirtless in the story? Jack, Heartbreaker...looks like every single dangerous and fucked in his head beyond belief male in this story either doesn't have a shirt or doesn't know how to close his shirt's buttons. Well, Weld is shirtless and he's my pure-hearted boyfriend, but he have his reasons for not wearing a shirt. Ok, enough with evil shirtless men debate, I have to agree with Skitter that Regent might become a second Heartbreaker in the future. Or maybe not. He have some things in common with his "daddy dearest" but he's also different in his own way. He's not a better person, he's just...someone who doesn't really want to become his father and who struggles to be himself and not the person he hates the most, but he can't leave the past and cruel inheritage behind either. He's a rapist, he tortures and kills people. He didn't raped anyone while being an Undersiders, thankfully, and he didn't tortured a single innocent person from what I saw so far, but....He's still a rapist (I have a huge aversion towards rape because I've meet some rape victims and I consider this crime to be one of the worst crimes ever- a crime who can broke someone completely), he's still a criminal and..."sighs" Ok, maybe he'll not be like his father, maybe he deserves one single change to prove that I was wrong doubting and disliking him so much. Fine. Regent is the second fucker who deserve a second chance, after Bonesaw. I give Bonesaw 30% chance to prove herself (and only because she's a CHILD and my special affinity with children extend to evil children as well) and 50% chances for Regent to become a better man than his father. I don't give a second chance easily at all (almost never) but I'll make some exceptions with Bonesaw and Regent. Lets see how wrong I will be.
Now I want more than ever to read an entire Arc about Heartbreaker's Family. I want to see if all his children are as bad as Cherish or as emotionless as Regent. Maybe, there are still some good Vasil children/teenagers around, despite them growing up in such a horrible family. Maybe not all them are insane killers, rapists, psychos 9or if they're psychos, they're at least PLEASANT psychos, etc, etc. Maybe I'll like some Vasil kids if they're ok enough. Maybe...it's Maybelline (sorry, I couldn't help myself but it was so damn fitting). I demand an Arc with Vasil family and another one with Fallen. The most fucked up and interesting families in this setting (I see Fallen as a big, utterly fucked up, inbreed family)
The scariest members of Undersiders? Are you sure, Skitter "Using Fear Just Like Bakuda Did Almost Killing A Hero Shooting a Man In His Head Without Hesitation Keeping Protectorate Under Bugs' Terror Almost Every Single Day"? Are you really, REALLY sure they're the scariest members? Ok, well...I don't share your opinion because I'm not so sure they're scary enough in comparison with YOU.
Not even Imp, the probably future silent ninja killer or BETTER SAID, Worm version of Arya Stark (well, if Imp will become as GREAT as Arya Stark, then she's one of the most perfect characters God Wildbow put on Earth Bet. Because Arya Stark is one of the best characters in Game of Thrones- my opinion, don't start throwing rotten eggs at me, please). What if she'll become an assassin, Skitter? If she doesn't touch an innocent and focus only on other bad guys who deserve to have an poltergeist slashing their throats , then she'll be fine. More fine than you believe, Skitter. Better start worried about yourself and your own actions, my always stressed bug girl .
I'd have helped Haven to destroy Valefor if I were in our Undersiders' place. But the problem is that Haven wants to arrest this incestuous man-bitch and Skitter wants to give him a lesson that he'll never forget. Haven will try to stop Skitter from giving Valefor what he deserves, because they're heroic religious people who can't hurt not even their worst enemies+ they respect the rules. So, Skitter and the most "dangerous" Undersiders would mess with both groups if they want to make Valefor screams after his mommy Simurgh for the rest of his days. Make Haven to lost hard and take care of villains themselves. Sounds like a good plan.
I was right about Rosary and halo being Haven's members. But not about Rosary's power. She have a very pretty power. Apparently she can lift a car (probably any other non-living thing) in the air and dissolve it with petals then reforms parts of it with the same petals elsewhere, preferable above Eligos' head. NEAT. Apparently, she isn't so peaceful as I believed her- as a Haven member- to be. She didn't hesitate try to bury Eligos' under car tires. Talking about the old christians turning their other cheek when they're slapped. Well, Haven are not exactly the same christians. They're BADASS CHRISTIANS. I like these guys .
I feel sorry for Rosary being defeated so fast. She was pretty cool and I LOVE her power. Please, don't hurt her in any way, Undersiders. Eligos' power is similar with Stormtiger, the difference is that Stormtiger creates wind claws, not wind blades like this incestuous fucker. And....FUCK INDEED, Skitter. Imp is mentally controlled by Valefor (I was right about him being a Master and a Stranger), he took control over her and now he'll use her to try to kill Skitter and Regent. This asshole just turned Imp against her teammates . When I said that Masters are the biggest assholes, I wasn't wrong at all. Most of them- the ones who control humans- are the biggest assholes ever (sorry, Paige, you're a good girl but I don't like your power at all). They can turn family members against each other, teammates against each others, friends against each other. They can make a father assassinate his whole family then commit suicide, they can turn people into their puppets with a snap of their fingers and have fun with this 
. Now I understand why someone said (I don't remember who exactly, either Piggot or Doctor Mother) that Masters are the biggest villains. Even when they don't try to be, they're still assholes given their powers. No other power I hate more than mind/body control (except when it is used on Shadow Stalker, of course ). I'd rather prefer to be Bonesawed than turned against people I love.
Now what? They'll have to fight against someone who can attack them without them noticing her? They'll have to stop someone who can kill them before them realizing what or who killed them? They'll have to...HURT A TEAMMATE? To hurt someone like Imp who probably doesn't even know what she's doing or knows but she can't fight Valefor? Oh, God, I HATE Valefor as much as he hates fighting Endbringers. Fuck this shit of a man, just fuck him. Everything about him SCREAMS: FUCK HIM!
Officially, Valefor is the first crossdresser character in this story (Circus is not a crossdresser, from my POV, I think they're basically two people trapped in the same body by their own power for some reasons). But Valefor, he already crossdressed two times- his costume reminds people of Simurgh and now he's dressed as a teen girl, forcing a woman to pretend that she's his mother. Well, its good for this story to have a crossdresser too (I'm pro-diversity and I always welcome characters/people of different races, religion, nationality, sexuality), but Valefor is still a fucking monster who make people commit suicide and turn them against each other. Lets not forget that he's a murderous cult leader who also perform incest. He deserves to have bugs eating his eyes (I suppose he controls people with his eyes, like he is...hypnotizing them) and...there is just one last thing that Skitter should take away from him. Or make it root. I'll be fine with any of these solutions. Even Lung had to sit on toilet a certain time after Skitter did that THING to him. Imagine Valefor in the same situation as Lung, but without his regenerative power . I hate this cultist guy so much that I'll enjoy any kind of punishment Undersiders will have for him.
But how in the name of God Wildbow Imp managed to counter Valefor's Master power? Is she immune to Master's powers? I don't think so, she wasn't immune to Cherish's emotions detection. Or maybe she's immune to CERTAIN Master's powers and Valefor happens to have the exactly power that Imp is immune at. Or maybe....Regent managed to control her, breaking the control that Valefor had over her. But this doesn't make sense either. Regent should torture her for a while in order to get control and I seriously doubt Imp would have allowed him to even lift a finger at her without breaking it.
But the most important thing now, Valefor is pretty fucked. More than pretty fucked...he's Leviathan levels fucked.
I'm such a powers geek. I was so right about Regent taking control over Imp's body to counter-attack Valefor's hypnotic control, but right now I feel sick for being right. Imp ALLOWED Regent's control over her own body, its not like he forced her or anything similar with this FUCKED UP idea. Gosh, Imp, wtf, why ? I personally won't allow not even my best friend or my parents to exercise any mental, body control over me if they had this power. And they're the only people I trust on this world. But Imp is very ok with giving her own body to someone like Regent to do anything he wants with it. Well, he knows that she'll cut him in small pieces with a butter knife if he'll hurt her (lets not talk here about what Grue would do to him ) but still...this is a very crazy idea, knowing what Regent is capable to do. An monumentally crazy idea. An Universe size crazy idea. I don't know who's the most crazy between Imp and Regent. "sighs" But everything is well when it ends well. Now, because of this Multi-verse size crazy idea, R Imp defeated Valefor without having to hurt their teammates and he'll be fucked in no time .
This Chapter is clearly SHOCKING, one shock after another. Imp just walked in on her own brother having sex with Taylor. Maybe was accidentally, because Imp is not a pervert to spend her spare time watching her brother having sex, but still...Imp, I think you should stop hanging with Regent so much because, look, your mental state doesn't look too great to me. But I have to admit that they have a pretty good chemistry (I kind of ship them but I'm not sure how old Aisha is. Isn't she like 12-13 years old? A 12-13 years old girl with a 15-16 years old boy? I'm not sure if is right or wrong, their age is close but she's still a child while he's a teenager). And they're badass as hell. Yes, you're badass, Regent, but I still hate your power and you're downright creepy.
Skitter is going to do to Valefor what I wanted her to do: make bugs eat his eyes so he can't use his power again. Damn, gurl, you stole my idea. EXCELLENT. I'm so very ok with this.
Skitter, without looking at Regent and Imp: You two are the scariest Undersiders. Don't dare to argue with me, its the truth.
Skitter then proceed to put bugs inside Valefor's eyeballs. They literally eat his eyes.
Skitter to the other two Undersiders: Don't stare like this at me. You know how dangerous and scary you're.
Imp: Is she doing what I think she's doing? FUCK!
Regent: Yeah, fuck!
Me, relaxed, cheering and screaming: GO FOR HIS DICK TOO, OH, SKITTER, YOU DESTROYER OF EYES AND DICKS AND TOES.
Regent whispering: ...and Monster's anuses.
Me, holding up a placard: RUIN HIS DICK. MAKE CRITTERS TO CRAWL INSIDE HIS UR...
"gets her mouth filled with bugs"
Skitter: Shut up, stranger. I know what I'm doing.
After a certain time, (either villain or hero, doesn't really matters) Skitter addressing to her teammates (Undersiders or heroes, doesn't really matters): Now I'll not use fear anymore. I'll try a new game with you. If you don't listen to me, I'll punish you by denying you what you want. Its going to be painful. If you listen, I'll reward you by giving a little of what your heart desires. Its still going to be painful because I'll not give you everything you want, but less painful than the first option. Something like stick and carrot, if you get what I mean.
A random voice: She's pulling another Bakuda, right?
A second voice: Nope, worse. She progressed. She's pulling a Jack Slash now.
Everyone but Skitter: Welp, we're fucked!!!
"still choking on bugs, can't actually formulate an opinion about this Chapter but at least she can use body language to "say" something like:"
Good night and sleep well, my friends (I had too much fun with this Chapter, btw, more fun than is allowed)
) but not before she'll DESTROY Teeth and Fallen's teeth, asses, eyes and dicks, not necessary in this order . Lets see her taking down these disgusting and insufferable villains. Can't wait for the...BLOODBATH . Speaking about Teeth....Imagine an attempt of collaboration between my dear sweet crazy man Accord and Merchants, if they'd have survived to S9. Imagine THIS. Merchants were exactly everything that Accord is against: miserable, messy, drugs, profanity, sex, disorder. I can see the things going like this between them:
Squealer: "breathes"- next second, she falls through Accord's floor into an almost endless pit located right in the center of Earth.
Mush: "exists"- next second, is decapitated by a bunch of pendulums falling from the ceiling.
Trainwreck: "stares in shock"- killed by one hundred venomous snakes all coming out from Accord's sleeves.
Skidmark: "blinks" You fucker....sliced in half by Accord's sword cane.
Yep, they wouldn't get along so well
.If Skitter & co will fight against Teeth and Fallen, there's a little chance to see Ambassadors in action and Accord ruling the battlefield behind the curtain? Because I already miss this crazy little guy, I'd read an entire Arc from his POV (this is how much I like him
). But only one Arc because it will get tiresome to read too much about someone who can't stop imagining killing everywhere in the most creative but awful ways possible. Its ok for a while, but after a while...its getting disturbing and not ok anymore. Accord is a cool villain without trying too hard to be cool, but he's also unstable and untrusty as fuck. Funny how he's so unstable himself despite liking order more than anything . Ok, back to my job...telling stories about parahumans and humans living on Earth Bet. Hope this time nobody will break my bones and stab me, especially if I'll be in the middle of some ruthless fights. Guys, I'm just a liveblogger, not a warrior, neither a parahuman. Let me tell my story. Hope they'll understand
Imago 21.3Exactly like his personality and power: Regent's base is a simple building on the outside, but becomes a freaking castle on the inside. Regent seems like a nice, almost innocent guy on the outside, but he's a sociopath without too many emotions on the inside. His official power seems a little lame (make people lose control over their movements for a short while). But his TRUE power, the one that he keeps a secret from his enemies, is a NIGHTMARE for anyone who doesn't want to receive a fate worse than death. With Regent, appearances are more deceptive than ever
. Well, why the hell all the biggest fuckers are shirtless in the story? Jack, Heartbreaker...looks like every single dangerous and fucked in his head beyond belief male in this story either doesn't have a shirt or doesn't know how to close his shirt's buttons. Well, Weld is shirtless and he's my pure-hearted boyfriend, but he have his reasons for not wearing a shirt. Ok, enough with evil shirtless men debate, I have to agree with Skitter that Regent might become a second Heartbreaker in the future. Or maybe not. He have some things in common with his "daddy dearest" but he's also different in his own way. He's not a better person, he's just...someone who doesn't really want to become his father and who struggles to be himself and not the person he hates the most, but he can't leave the past and cruel inheritage behind either. He's a rapist, he tortures and kills people. He didn't raped anyone while being an Undersiders, thankfully, and he didn't tortured a single innocent person from what I saw so far, but....He's still a rapist (I have a huge aversion towards rape because I've meet some rape victims and I consider this crime to be one of the worst crimes ever- a crime who can broke someone completely
), he's still a criminal and..."sighs" Ok, maybe he'll not be like his father, maybe he deserves one single change to prove that I was wrong doubting and disliking him so much. Fine. Regent is the second fucker who deserve a second chance, after Bonesaw. I give Bonesaw 30% chance to prove herself (and only because she's a CHILD and my special affinity with children extend to evil children as well) and 50% chances for Regent to become a better man than his father. I don't give a second chance easily at all (almost never) but I'll make some exceptions with Bonesaw and Regent. Lets see how wrong I will be. Now I want more than ever to read an entire Arc about Heartbreaker's Family. I want to see if all his children are as bad as Cherish or as emotionless as Regent. Maybe, there are still some good Vasil children/teenagers around, despite them growing up in such a horrible family. Maybe not all them are insane killers, rapists, psychos 9or if they're psychos, they're at least PLEASANT psychos, etc, etc. Maybe I'll like some Vasil kids if they're ok enough. Maybe...it's Maybelline (sorry, I couldn't help myself but it was so damn fitting
). I demand an Arc with Vasil family and another one with Fallen. The most fucked up and interesting families in this setting (I see Fallen as a big, utterly fucked up, inbreed family)The scariest members of Undersiders? Are you sure, Skitter "Using Fear Just Like Bakuda Did Almost Killing A Hero Shooting a Man In His Head Without Hesitation Keeping Protectorate Under Bugs' Terror Almost Every Single Day"? Are you really, REALLY sure they're the scariest members? Ok, well...I don't share your opinion because I'm not so sure they're scary enough in comparison with YOU
. Not even Imp, the probably future silent ninja killer or BETTER SAID, Worm version of Arya Stark (well, if Imp will become as GREAT as Arya Stark, then she's one of the most perfect characters God Wildbow put on Earth Bet. Because Arya Stark is one of the best characters in Game of Thrones
- my opinion, don't start throwing rotten eggs at me, please). What if she'll become an assassin, Skitter? If she doesn't touch an innocent and focus only on other bad guys who deserve to have an poltergeist slashing their throats , then she'll be fine. More fine than you believe, Skitter. Better start worried about yourself and your own actions, my always stressed bug girl . I'd have helped Haven to destroy Valefor if I were in our Undersiders' place. But the problem is that Haven wants to arrest this incestuous man-bitch and Skitter wants to give him a lesson that he'll never forget. Haven will try to stop Skitter from giving Valefor what he deserves, because they're heroic religious people who can't hurt not even their worst enemies+ they respect the rules
. So, Skitter and the most "dangerous" Undersiders would mess with both groups if they want to make Valefor screams after his mommy Simurgh for the rest of his days. Make Haven to lost hard and take care of villains themselves. Sounds like a good plan. I was right about Rosary and halo being Haven's members. But not about Rosary's power. She have a very pretty power. Apparently she can lift a car (probably any other non-living thing) in the air and dissolve it with petals then reforms parts of it with the same petals elsewhere, preferable above Eligos' head. NEAT. Apparently, she isn't so peaceful as I believed her- as a Haven member- to be. She didn't hesitate try to bury Eligos' under car tires
. Talking about the old christians turning their other cheek when they're slapped. Well, Haven are not exactly the same christians. They're BADASS CHRISTIANS. I like these guys . I feel sorry for Rosary being defeated so fast
. She was pretty cool and I LOVE her power. Please, don't hurt her in any way, Undersiders. Eligos' power is similar with Stormtiger, the difference is that Stormtiger creates wind claws, not wind blades like this incestuous fucker. And....FUCK INDEED, Skitter. Imp is mentally controlled by Valefor (I was right about him being a Master and a Stranger), he took control over her and now he'll use her to try to kill Skitter and Regent. This asshole just turned Imp against her teammates . When I said that Masters are the biggest assholes, I wasn't wrong at all. Most of them- the ones who control humans- are the biggest assholes ever (sorry, Paige, you're a good girl but I don't like your power at all). They can turn family members against each other, teammates against each others, friends against each other. They can make a father assassinate his whole family then commit suicide, they can turn people into their puppets with a snap of their fingers and have fun with this . Now I understand why someone said (I don't remember who exactly, either Piggot or Doctor Mother) that Masters are the biggest villains. Even when they don't try to be, they're still assholes given their powers. No other power I hate more than mind/body control (except when it is used on Shadow Stalker, of course ). I'd rather prefer to be Bonesawed than turned against people I love.Now what? They'll have to fight against someone who can attack them without them noticing her? They'll have to stop someone who can kill them before them realizing what or who killed them? They'll have to...HURT A TEAMMATE? To hurt someone like Imp who probably doesn't even know what she's doing or knows but she can't fight Valefor? Oh, God, I HATE Valefor as much as he hates fighting Endbringers. Fuck this shit of a man, just fuck him. Everything about him SCREAMS: FUCK HIM!
Officially, Valefor is the first crossdresser character in this story
(Circus is not a crossdresser, from my POV, I think they're basically two people trapped in the same body by their own power for some reasons). But Valefor, he already crossdressed two times- his costume reminds people of Simurgh and now he's dressed as a teen girl, forcing a woman to pretend that she's his mother. Well, its good for this story to have a crossdresser too (I'm pro-diversity and I always welcome characters/people of different races, religion, nationality, sexuality), but Valefor is still a fucking monster who make people commit suicide and turn them against each other. Lets not forget that he's a murderous cult leader who also perform incest. He deserves to have bugs eating his eyes (I suppose he controls people with his eyes, like he is...hypnotizing them) and...there is just one last thing that Skitter should take away from him. Or make it root. I'll be fine with any of these solutions. Even Lung had to sit on toilet a certain time after Skitter did that THING to him. Imagine Valefor in the same situation as Lung, but without his regenerative power . I hate this cultist guy so much that I'll enjoy any kind of punishment Undersiders will have for him. But how in the name of God Wildbow Imp managed to counter Valefor's Master power? Is she immune to Master's powers? I don't think so, she wasn't immune to Cherish's emotions detection. Or maybe she's immune to CERTAIN Master's powers and Valefor happens to have the exactly power that Imp is immune at. Or maybe....Regent managed to control her, breaking the control that Valefor had over her. But this doesn't make sense either. Regent should torture her for a while in order to get control and I seriously doubt Imp would have allowed him to even lift a finger at her without breaking it
. But the most important thing now, Valefor is pretty fucked. More than pretty fucked...he's Leviathan levels fucked
. I'm such a powers geek
. I was so right about Regent taking control over Imp's body to counter-attack Valefor's hypnotic control, but right now I feel sick for being right. Imp ALLOWED Regent's control over her own body, its not like he forced her or anything similar with this FUCKED UP idea. Gosh, Imp, wtf, why ? I personally won't allow not even my best friend or my parents to exercise any mental, body control over me if they had this power. And they're the only people I trust on this world. But Imp is very ok with giving her own body to someone like Regent to do anything he wants with it. Well, he knows that she'll cut him in small pieces with a butter knife if he'll hurt her (lets not talk here about what Grue would do to him ) but still...this is a very crazy idea, knowing what Regent is capable to do. An monumentally crazy idea. An Universe size crazy idea. I don't know who's the most crazy between Imp and Regent. "sighs" But everything is well when it ends well. Now, because of this Multi-verse size crazy idea, R Imp defeated Valefor without having to hurt their teammates and he'll be fucked in no time . This Chapter is clearly SHOCKING, one shock after another. Imp just walked in on her own brother having sex with Taylor
. Maybe was accidentally, because Imp is not a pervert to spend her spare time watching her brother having sex, but still...Imp, I think you should stop hanging with Regent so much because, look, your mental state doesn't look too great to me. But I have to admit that they have a pretty good chemistry (I kind of ship them but I'm not sure how old Aisha is. Isn't she like 12-13 years old? A 12-13 years old girl with a 15-16 years old boy? I'm not sure if is right or wrong, their age is close but she's still a child while he's a teenager). And they're badass as hell. Yes, you're badass, Regent, but I still hate your power and you're downright creepy. Skitter is going to do to Valefor what I wanted her to do: make bugs eat his eyes so he can't use his power again. Damn, gurl, you stole my idea
. EXCELLENT. I'm so very ok with this. Skitter, without looking at Regent and Imp: You two are the scariest Undersiders. Don't dare to argue with me, its the truth.
Skitter then proceed to put bugs inside Valefor's eyeballs. They literally eat his eyes.
Skitter to the other two Undersiders: Don't stare like this at me. You know how dangerous and scary you're.
Imp: Is she doing what I think she's doing? FUCK!
Regent: Yeah, fuck!
Me, relaxed, cheering and screaming: GO FOR HIS DICK TOO, OH, SKITTER, YOU DESTROYER OF EYES AND DICKS AND TOES.
Regent whispering: ...and Monster's anuses.
Me, holding up a placard: RUIN HIS DICK. MAKE CRITTERS TO CRAWL INSIDE HIS UR...
"gets her mouth filled with bugs"
Skitter: Shut up, stranger. I know what I'm doing.
After a certain time, (either villain or hero, doesn't really matters) Skitter addressing to her teammates (Undersiders or heroes, doesn't really matters): Now I'll not use fear anymore. I'll try a new game with you. If you don't listen to me, I'll punish you by denying you what you want. Its going to be painful. If you listen, I'll reward you by giving a little of what your heart desires. Its still going to be painful because I'll not give you everything you want, but less painful than the first option. Something like stick and carrot, if you get what I mean.
A random voice: She's pulling another Bakuda, right?
A second voice: Nope, worse. She progressed. She's pulling a Jack Slash now.
Everyone but Skitter: Welp, we're fucked!!!
"still choking on bugs, can't actually formulate an opinion about this Chapter but at least she can use body language to "say" something like:"
Good night and sleep well, my friends (I had too much fun with this Chapter, btw, more fun than is allowed)
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Hey, don't kinkshame! If you can handle a Citrine turned on by Accord planning her elaborate death, a little consensual bodyjacking should be a breeze, right?I'm such a powers geek
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Hey, don't kinkshame! If you can handle a Citrine turned on by Accord planning her elaborate death, a little consensual bodyjacking should be a breeze, right?
There's still some differences. Citrine is not forced by Accord to be attracted by him -on the contrary, even he is surprised why Citrine have these thoughts about him (she can give up any time at her unusual passion). Regent uses his power to control Imp (even if is with her own accord is still wrong) and I'm usually very against any kind of mental/body control. Second, I'm indifferent to Citrine's fate (I don't know her enough to like her as a character) while I love Imp and I don't want anything bad to happen to her. Then, I like Accord more than Regent and Accord thinks at killing Citrine but she's still his favorite Ambassador and he doesn't really want to kill her (he also thinks at killing Tattletale, yet so far he didn't do anything to hurt her- one is to think and another one is to act) while Regent can actually hurt Imp because he's not the kind of guy who will hesitate to do something once he put his mind to it.
All in all, I'm kind of worried for Aisha. I'm usually worried for characters I like. I know she'll kill Alec if he'll hurt her but...until then...anyway, lets hope that Alec, despite being a Vasil, is not actually like his father. Btw, despite not liking it, his control over her was useful against Valefor, otherwise Imp would have tried to kill everyone and I don't see how Skitter could fight efficiently against an attacker that she can't even remember existing.
But this is my opinion, everyone is free to express their own opinions
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AmbarGriss
Totally not four rats in a trench coat
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Wait who's quoting who?
ImperatorV
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...I think he's referring to Blackarrow's story posts? I like the way it's worked in this thread so far though, the section-by-section reactions are neat.
Also, who would report Blackarrow?
Also, who would report Blackarrow?
Xexilf
Oblivion Sempiternum Daemonis
Ive never seen quotation rules applied to a lets read before, esspecially one whose text is freely available online. Maybe its new? This thread may not be the right place to discuss this though. Blackarrow may want to ask for clarification in staff communication.
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Maybe someone under Valefor's command (before Skitter blinded him). Valefor didn't liked my opinion about him and compelled someone to report me. This guru bastard/Simurgh's bride can't accept different opinions
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Should I ask for clarification in https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/link-forums/make-an-appeal.72/?
Xexilf
Oblivion Sempiternum Daemonis
Probably not there, thats for appealing punishments (i think). Most likely what you want is staff communication --> private question. I think, im not an expert on this either.
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Ok, I asked what I wanted to know. Thank you for your help. "sighs" I have to change this liveblog format if entire sections of texts are not allowed anymore.