Remove ads

My Life as a Teenage Juggernaut... (Worm AU x Marvel)

Reader mode
It's a subtle, but important difference in shardspeak, I feel.
Between "I can't say (whatever because I don't want, or because I don't know)" and "I can't say, because Entity restricted that data"
 
Nimodes said:
It wouldn't happen to be Scale & Feather Meadery | Avondale Arizona | Tasting Room would it?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
No, but I'll have to see about ordering a few bottles when they resume shipping in the fall. My Go-to suppliers are Windchaser Meadery and Misty Mountains Meadworks, Inc. Misty Mountain has a better selection, but Windchaser has the advantage of being local for a quick stocking trip.

Edit: And so we don't dive completely off topic, do you think Taylor would appreciate one of the oldest alcoholic beverages, or would she stick to her canon teas? Granted, she won't actually be legal for fermented honey for a few more years, but would you want to tell her no?
 
Last edited:
Trufla said:
do you think Taylor would appreciate one of the oldest alcoholic beverages, or would she stick to her canon teas?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
The problem might be if it was 'sold' to her a a 'strength' thing - if so, she might have trouble resisting it. Even if she might prefer tea.

OTOH, wasn't it something like "Real Warriors drink prune juice"???

EDIT:

From the news, Swiss researchers are taking Cocao fruit, where normally just the seeds are used to make chocolate, and seeing if the juice, pulp and rind might be useful. Apparently the juice tastes a bit like pineapple, but maybe more interesting... Wouldn't you like Cocao Juice, for sale, rather than throwing the fruit away?

Taylor could have it as part of a Warrior Fruit Cocktail!
 
Last edited:
Trufla said:
Edit: And so we don't dive completely off topic, do you think Taylor would appreciate one of the oldest alcoholic beverages, or would she stick to her canon teas? Granted, she won't actually be legal for fermented honey for a few more years, but would you want to tell her no?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Taylor: *Sticking her head into the conversation through means she doesn't even want to recall* ...can I even get drunk? No, seriously: Can I even get drunk?
Emily: *audible behind Taylor's weird dimensional headbutt* We are not finding out, preferably ever.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yeah, Piggot would want to tell her no, age be damned. She has enough on her plate as it is!
 
BlazeStryker said:
Taylor: *Sticking her head into the conversation through means she doesn't even want to recall* ...can I even get drunk? No, seriously: Can I even get drunk?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Cain Marko has been known to visit bars after getting his powers, once getting in a fight against Colossus in one. (Wolverine and Cyclops was also there, but recognized Cain had been minding his own business and that Piotr had started the fight for no good reason, and stayed out of it.) As such, given a strong enough drink, at least briefly getting a buzz should be possible. (The same can be said about Wolverine, though he usually favors beer by the gallon...)
 
In fact, in that story, Cain had commented that he was just starting to get a buzz. It had taken a LOT of alcohol, and none of them ever realized that Piotr being an asshole had potentially saved Cain's life. (He was being approached by a centuries old energy vampire, who left when the fight was finally over.)
 
Kinsfire said:
In fact, in that story, Cain had commented that he was just starting to get a buzz. It had taken a LOT of alcohol, and none of them ever realized that Piotr being an asshole had potentially saved Cain's life. (He was being approached by a centuries old energy vampire, who left when the fight was finally over.)
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Saved someone's life? Can energy vampires explode like a tick that's drunk too much blood? Of course, all that stolen Juggernaut energy being splattered around by the explosion might have... interesting effects... Particularly if Piotr's little sister just came in to tell him he's wanted elsewhere...

BlazeStryker said:
Taylor: *Sticking her head into the conversation through means she doesn't even want to recall* ...can I even get drunk? No, seriously: Can I even get drunk?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Yes, you can.

But, it won't stop you. Because nothing does. So, you'll be drunk, in charge of a Juggernaut. And, someone who is not called 'Collateral Damage Barbie', will be utterly impressed, "Wow! I wouldn't have believe you could do that with a noodle!".

Then, sorry, will be the hangover. The world may really regret that...
 
Kinsfire said:
In fact, in that story, Cain had commented that he was just starting to get a buzz. It had taken a LOT of alcohol, and none of them ever realized that Piotr being an asshole had potentially saved Cain's life. (He was being approached by a centuries old energy vampire, who left when the fight was finally over.)
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Ace Dreamer said:
Saved someone's life? Can energy vampires explode like a tick that's drunk too much blood? Of course, all that stolen Juggernaut energy being splattered around by the explosion might have... interesting effects... Particularly if Piotr's little sister just came in to tell him he's wanted elsewhere...
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
That's Selene in the story mentioned above. I got to review that mess in more detail in the issue of X-Men Classic that reviewed the fiasco (so named as it pretty well demolished Harry's Hideaway. Had she gotten him, Selene would likely survive draining Cain... and genuinely be reverted to her teens instead of gaining renewed youth and energy to stave off her centuries of age. (She would also learn everything Cain knew as she relives the lives of her victims...) Then again, Cain would likely also survive and have to regrow from his own dust, leading to a very determined Juggernaut wanting to grind her to dust in turn.

Oh, for the hangover crowd? If Taylor (or Cain, or Logan for that matter!) had a hangover, it would be far, far briefer... and just as much more intense as the recovery is as sped up as all other healing.
 
"OK, on the subject of me drinking," an overly large teenage girl familiar to us states, "Nope. Like most teenagers, I was allowed to try some alcohol at home. I don't care for the taste one bit. Something about it just grates on my taste buds. And I've seen too many of my classmates do stupid shit and suffer the consequences after drinking more than a couple of cans of beer."

"Even if I liked the taste, or the feeling it gave me, I still wouldn't. The driver who hit my mother was so drunk that the police wondered how he was still alive. Memories of that scared Dad pretty much onto the wagon. The last time he had enough to make him unsteady was at Mom's wake. He limits himself to 1 or 2 beers, and is often a designated driver for DWA gatherings."

"I personally think most people are responsible enough to handle drinking in moderation. It's those who can't who cause all the problems."
 
BlazeStryker said:
Yeah, Piggot would want to tell her no, age be damned. She has enough on her plate as it is!
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Or list her as 'vacationing' and send her to a place near someone she wants to have a very bad day.


Question for Kryslin: how would Taylor's ability to latch onto a target interact with Mama Mather's power? Specifically, how would it be on MM's end? (I figure that Cyttorak won't allow her to affect Taylor at all, as that would stop her if she's latched onto MM.)
 
grommile said:
I mean, given his job, he's probably still a fairly awful person.

Just not moustache-twirlingly evil.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Terrible people can channel their terrible-ness towards some sort of social good, for sure. The fact that Calvert is working for Cauldron makes his status as a socially-necessary evil somewhat debatable, but given what he gets up to in canon, nearly anything would have to be better than that by default. If his worst impulses are channeled to pissing Emily off while getting things done... well, he's likely a net good for Bet, which says quite a bit about the state of the world.
 
PhoebusArtemis said:
Question for Kryslin: how would Taylor's ability to latch onto a target interact with Mama Mather's power? Specifically, how would it be on MM's end? (I figure that Cyttorak won't allow her to affect Taylor at all, as that would stop her if she's latched onto MM.)
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Seeing how Cain is vulnerable to psychic powers when not wearing his helmet and absolutely immune when he is, I expect the first time Taylor Armors Up any connection will be cut, Taylor will be pissed, and Mama Mathers would soon thereafter have Taylor's bootprint on her face...
 
PhoebusArtemis said:
Or list her as 'vacationing' and send her to a place near someone she wants to have a very bad day.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
[jk] Piggot: "Here's a plane ticket to St. Petersburg, an itinerary for a train tour of Russia, and an expense account for however much vodka as it takes to get you drunk. And since we're doing this scientifically, you'll be repeating the experiment in every city you visit. Have to find out if your tolerance is constant. Also need to get some data on if it changes when you're armored up. Or if you call your armor partway through drinking."
Assault: "Jesus, boss, what did the Russians do to piss you off? So that I can avoid it." [/jk]

(Edit: Punctuation.)
 
Last edited:
Piggot in Roanapur... The resulting rampage would have had Roberta raising an eyebrow, not that anyone would see while she had her glasses on.
 
Is this a fix-it? Doesn't read like a fix-it. So far it's more just Taylor trying to be reasonably normal for all that she is pretty literally near Unstoppable. Brute: Yes. Obvious AU is obvious too, and the not-Coil is a nice surprise.

Over all, I'm enjoying this for all that it feels like a standard OP-protag steamrolling. I await to see where it ends up to.

Now can someone tell me if it was ever answered that Juggernaut is as far as we'll go with the Marvel verse, or we doing something more?
 
synnero said:
Is this a fix-it? Doesn't read like a fix-it. So far it's more just Taylor trying to be reasonably normal for all that she is pretty literally near Unstoppable. Brute: Yes. Obvious AU is obvious too, and the not-Coil is a nice surprise.

Over all, I'm enjoying this for all that it feels like a standard OP-protag steamrolling. I await to see where it ends up to.

Now can someone tell me if it was ever answered that Juggernaut is as far as we'll go with the Marvel verse, or we doing something more?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Taylor has literally had a meeting with the being that grants the powers of the Juggernaut... because there was an argument between said being and Queen Administrator (the shard that had been monitoring Taylor) over the "uniform".

EDIT:
And as mentioned before, the invulnerability coming from a force field doesn't come up often in the comics, but it is canon according to Juggernaut's 2nd appearance.
 
Last edited:
Reader mode
You must login or register to reply here.
Remove ads
Back
Top