Where in either chapter is there any indication that Cyttorak's empowerment fixed her vision?
My Life as a Teenage Juggernaut... (Worm AU x Marvel)
That was a GREAT story! I just rampaged through it in about 4 hours, it just carried me along. My congrats, and thanks for writing it!
Kryslin
[Has Delusions of Authorship]
- Location
- Mythic Iowa
Now to answer the raised question : Why Is Taylor still wearing her glasses?
Because at the moment, she still needs them to see. Canonically, a Worm trigger event does not regenerate your body, fixing any defects or injuries. This is one of the few times that I'll nod my hat at canon, because in this case, Wibbles makes sense. However...
The Juggernaut's classic powerset is that of a Brick: Super strong, super durable. There is also being the embodiment of Irresistable Force, Summoning the armor, and an insanely powerful healing / regenerative factor. Can't have a little thing like being reduced to charcoal slow down the Avatar of Cytorrak, after all.
At the moment, Taylor's body is adjusting to a new template. That healing factor is currently making the structural improvements needed for a proper Avatar of Cytorrak. Once the rebuild is done, a number of little things that might slow down his new Avatar will be taken care of. Like adjusting her vision so she no longer needs glasses. She might still wear fakers, though. Hey, it works for Superman, and it worked for Thor for a while.
Also, keep in mind that many identities are paper thin in Brockton Bay. It's one of the things about living in an open air insane asylum like Brockton Bay. The sane people know who the crazy people are. And because of the Cook Pot Conspiracy, Law Enforcement can't do much about the super powered villains...
Because at the moment, she still needs them to see. Canonically, a Worm trigger event does not regenerate your body, fixing any defects or injuries. This is one of the few times that I'll nod my hat at canon, because in this case, Wibbles makes sense. However...
The Juggernaut's classic powerset is that of a Brick: Super strong, super durable. There is also being the embodiment of Irresistable Force, Summoning the armor, and an insanely powerful healing / regenerative factor. Can't have a little thing like being reduced to charcoal slow down the Avatar of Cytorrak, after all.
At the moment, Taylor's body is adjusting to a new template. That healing factor is currently making the structural improvements needed for a proper Avatar of Cytorrak. Once the rebuild is done, a number of little things that might slow down his new Avatar will be taken care of. Like adjusting her vision so she no longer needs glasses. She might still wear fakers, though. Hey, it works for Superman, and it worked for Thor for a while.
Also, keep in mind that many identities are paper thin in Brockton Bay. It's one of the things about living in an open air insane asylum like Brockton Bay. The sane people know who the crazy people are. And because of the Cook Pot Conspiracy, Law Enforcement can't do much about the super powered villains...
yacov
Lurking and sometimes blurting
- Location
- Clogging a drain
To be fair, if you knew the identity of someone who could turn into a giant fire breathing dragon when enraged, would you snitch?
Then there is also old miss "that building full of people is now a parking lot" Purity. Would do anything that would in anyway be perceived as a threat to her children?
Czlyydwr Llrngwl
"Sell ya a door Learn gull," Czly/Celly for short
- Location
- Where the Beef is
- Pronouns
- Any
Canonically yes, within hours of her civvie ID being made public.
- Location
- Missouri
I vote for Invictus. Unconquerable isn't quite the same as unstoppable, but it's close enough.
I'm reminded of an old gag from Texts From Superheroes.
- Location
- Burlington, KY, USA
Yes, but that changed the situation drastically. Right now, they're playing a game of I know, you know, and I know you know I know. It's all very polite and kept behind closed doors.
When the local Bond villain wannabe decides to upset the apple cart and make those identities known to the general public, well, now the PRT can't keep playing footsies and has to be seen to be doing something. They are the Public Relations Team after all.
Crazael
Rehydrated Demon King
- Location
- Lost to the vagaries of time.
So a solid squared rod of iron with a wedge stuck onto one side?
- Location
- Deep in the Badlands of Equestria
Considering one potential use for Naruto's "sword" was splitting walls, that's pretty much on target.
LostArchivist
Sane, unfortunately.
- Location
- The State of Confusion
If most organizations don't have one of those, they should.
I actually knew that. Aside from the actual pressurized ones, which are mainly used for vertical, upside-down, or space applications, a lot of them have a significant fraction of a teaspoon of very thin and staining ink...
A cheap ballpoint can make a good mess, but get a gel pen or heaven forbid one of those fine-point descendants of the felt-tip? You're doomed.
I'm sure some people would rather she apply her Thinker rating somewhere else... such as pulverizing minions a bit less.
Considering that QA should have shared with him all the DATA and projections for Taylor he should be also rubbing his hands in anticipation for what happens next. QA was very thorough in choosing her host.
Czlyydwr Llrngwl
"Sell ya a door Learn gull," Czly/Celly for short
- Location
- Where the Beef is
- Pronouns
- Any
Arimai
Curmudgeon
Fixed that for you. The first is only effective until she contacts Cyttorak, masters magic or both. Then it'd be planar shattering conflict.
Being thrown into space only buys you time. Eventually you'd have a Juggernaut meteor homing straight towards you. Killing you and whatever state/province/geographical area you're in.
Not really. Dragon slayer is a two sided flat blade. A tetsubo is round or octagonal
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grommile
nasty-minded old cynic
- Location
- NERV-Mercia
- Pronouns
- Traditional/Animate
Good! Forgetting a nude would be rude.
GreydonCreed
Man of Culture
- Location
- United States
And that worked out so well for everyone. Aster was grabbed by BBPD/PRT, Purity started carpet-bombing/building busting Brockton Bay with possibly hundreds of casualties, and Purity got her kid back. And then the Slaughterhouse 9's Bonesaw got her hands on Aster, and it didn't end well.
Czlyydwr Llrngwl
"Sell ya a door Learn gull," Czly/Celly for short
- Location
- Where the Beef is
- Pronouns
- Any
Worm in one line
- Location
- Louisville KY
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Waitaminute... Did Riley actually do work on Aster? I don't remember that.
Edit: nope. Just read this part(26.6 if curious) and the threat of Bonesaw was leveraged against Taylor, in conjuction with having Greyboy doing some assistance to keep the fun-times going.
She shot Aster after stepping through the portal because she felt that was the best move she could make. Mind you, Grey Boy did threaten Kayden with having Bonesaw work on Aster but it never got to that point.
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Crazael
Rehydrated Demon King
- Location
- Lost to the vagaries of time.
I believe the idea is that she was going to, and thats why Taylor shot Aster.
Kryslin
[Has Delusions of Authorship]
- Location
- Mythic Iowa
Taylor looks at your average 9mm handgun. And then looks at her hands. And back to the handgun. There's a squeeze, and said handgun is now a ball bearing about two inches in diameter, smoking slightly from the heat of compression. "Don't like guns. Too noisy."
M. H. Fuzzball
Aperture Science-certified Horrible Person
- Location
- Sector 2814
I'm not sure water balloons are positively non-lethal for Taylor.
- Location
- Russia
Honestly, from everything I've seen, Taylor is going to spend so long trying to decide on a name that she gets stuck with "Brick Shithouse" or something else like that.