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The wyvern would keep the Butchers in line, and Taylor would get to use their powers in a whole new range of Wyvern forms.Not Imaginary.
This last chapter shows that Tay shares the headspace with the complete Wyvern mind...
The wyvern would keep the Butchers in line, and Taylor would get to use their powers in a whole new range of Wyvern forms.Not Imaginary.
This last chapter shows that Tay shares the headspace with the complete Wyvern mind...
-odd phrasing, not the kind of thing comonly used.-
That just means you need bigger bullets, not that bullets don't work.
That just means you need bigger bullets, not that bullets don't work.
Didn't most of them have subdermal armor thanks to Bonesaw? Doesn't work against a Wyvern, obviously, but they all had power stronger than the average Parahuman.
1. It's a saying where I come from.
Until Taylor got involved. Then all bets were off.Doesn't matter. "bullet proof" isn't a real thing. And even if it was, we figured this trick out 600 years ago. A Mace.
Doesn't matter how big and hard your armor is, turns out blunt force trauma isn't something you can cheat.
Think of it this way, wearing a vest can protect you from a lucky shot, but if somebody empties the whole magazine into you, you're goin down.
Even if you're wearing a vest, broken ribs are common. Sure you don't have holes poked in vital organs which is good, but you can't magic away that much kinetic energy. You're alive, but getting shot still is capital B Bad. Taylor Varga even spells it out with their "Good Stuff" as armor material when the cops are testing it. Sure it ignores a 20mm AP cannon round..... but that's enough power to put the bulletproof plate through YOU anyway so you're still very dead.
So sure, Jack isn't gonna die from an infection from a panicked shot to the leg, but your average SWAT team is still gonna have good odds against most of The Nine, and fuck if they in town already you don't got much to lose.
As the Marines teach; Ammo is cheap, if its worth shooting, its worth shooting twice.
All subdermal armor is going to do is insure the corpse stays intact.
"Counsel, have you or your clients ever done any boxing?" The judge's voice was calm and measured.
The lawyer blinked, then looked at Mr. Barnes and Mr. Clements. Both of them shook their heads. "Uh, no, your honour."
"Well, I have." The judge squared his shoulders. "In my youth, I went into the ring a few times. I know the sound of someone taking a body blow. Continue playback."
Well, luckily, this isn't being written by Wildbow.Tinkertech bullshit 'armour means there's absolutely no effect on the meat under the armour', knowing Wildbows Excuses for the Nine.
If things continue as they have, the next scene will have Armsbastard appearing and attempting to arrest Wyvern for the murder of the Slaughterhouse Seven.Ok, I have to say it. I suspect there's going to be ALOT of Capes taking a good HARD look at Taylor and going, "Ok, I get the message. The correct response when dealing with Taylor will be to be very, VERY polite, and remember that she DON'T need ketchup to spice her meals up. You piss her off enough she decides it's dinnertime, good luck getting anyone to do more than hand you a Darwin's Award before leaving stage left at a very fast walk....
Ok, I have to say it. I suspect there's going to be ALOT of Capes taking a good HARD look at Taylor and going, "Ok, I get the message. The correct response when dealing with Taylor will be to be very, VERY polite, and remember that she DON'T need ketchup to spice her meals up. You piss her off enough she decides it's dinnertime, good luck getting anyone to do more than hand you a Darwin's Award before leaving stage left at a very fast walk....
1. It's a saying where I come from.
2. BB is a port city. Pretty sure nautical terms aren't uncommon there.
If things continue as they have, the next scene will have Armsbastard appearing and attempting to arrest Wyvern for the murder of the Slaughterhouse Seven.
Armsbastard: "Wards, now, or Birdcage! Soon you will call me MASTER!"
Photon Mom: "What the hell are you even doing here?"
Armsbastard: "I have a personal Dragontech teleporter tuned to Wyvern. So, as I was saying, you will join the Wards or aaaaaaaaaAAAAAARGGGHHHH!!"
Photon Mom: "Interesting. I didn't know people could scream that way while their faces were on fire."
You'll have to pardon me if you think I'm being excessively harsh, but anyone who thinks the most effective and efficient way to assess an unknown situation, with a potentially hostile Parahuman with unknown capabilities, said Parahuman standing over a downed Lung, is to act in an aggressive manner and ask, "are you going to fight me?" is exactly that stupid.Look, I know that we as a fandom have a generally poor view of Armsmaster's general intelligence, but come on, there's literally no evidence for him being this stupid.
You'll have to pardon me if you think I'm being excessively harsh, but anyone who thinks the most effective and efficient way to assess an unknown situation, with a potentially hostile Parahuman with unknown capabilities, said Parahuman standing over a downed Lung, is to act in an aggressive manner and ask, "are you going to fight me?" is exactly that stupid.
That same person then tried to 1v1 an ENDBRINGER. Namely, the fastest one there is. I'm astounded he only lost one limb.You'll have to pardon me if you think I'm being excessively harsh, but anyone who thinks the most effective and efficient way to assess an unknown situation, with a potentially hostile Parahuman with unknown capabilities, said Parahuman standing over a downed Lung, is to act in an aggressive manner and ask, "are you going to fight me?" is exactly that stupid.
You'll have to pardon me if you think I'm being excessively harsh, but anyone who thinks the most effective and efficient way to assess an unknown situation, with a potentially hostile Parahuman with unknown capabilities, said Parahuman standing over a downed Lung, is to act in an aggressive manner and ask, "are you going to fight me?" is exactly that stupid.
That same person then tried to 1v1 an ENDBRINGER. Namely, the fastest one there is. I'm astounded he only lost one limb.
He's already been spanked about this one.If things continue as they have, the next scene will have Armsbastard appearing and attempting to arrest Wyvern for the murder of the Slaughterhouse Seven.
Armsbastard: "Wards, now, or Birdcage! Soon you will call me MASTER!"
Photon Mom: "What the hell are you even doing here?"
Armsbastard: "I have a personal Dragontech teleporter tuned to Wyvern. So, as I was saying, you will join the Wards or aaaaaaaaaAAAAAARGGGHHHH!!"
Photon Mom: "Interesting. I didn't know people could scream that way while their faces were on fire."
At most, we would have a scene of him drinking morosely (Gatorade, for the electrolytes) and complaining how even the rookies are showing him up, and Assault patting him comfortingly on the shoulder.
aside from like Taylor Varga, Scaling Up, and others like them which just have them get removed by someone else
I like how the S9 get taken out in "Mutant Deviations." Jack, in particular, dies so very ignobly, killed by a normal, raving about the unfairness of it all and how he wished he'd never heard of Brockton Bay.It Gets Worse might have the greatest S9 downing, that's not also just quick.
There's a fine balance between the cannon boogeyman, and just treating them like chumps. These people are still very scary customers. They are dangerous certainly, but the ability to terrorize a city by reputation alone? One like Brockton Bay even? Brockton Bay is already so far gone even the cops admit the gangs run the place with impunity. The city has to have enough guns in it to make an arms dealer blush. Walking through Empire or ABB turf is tantamount to walking into a killbox.
I personally think the dude with nothing left except far too much explosives is one of the more realistic takedowns though. It highlights the fact that as much as parahumans are able to pull out a lot of offensive powers, most of them are still pretty squishy.
No, she would turn into a bickering Tiamat
Wasn't the normalI like how the S9 get taken out in "Mutant Deviations." Jack, in particular, dies so very ignobly, killed by a normal, raving about the unfairness of it all and how he wished he'd never heard of Brockton Bay.
Director Piggot to Tagg: "By all means Tagg do tell me, how do I make someone who can turn into a dragon, adapt to anything we throw at her, killed the Nine and "Glared" the Siberian to death, fall in line with the Goverment and become a part of the Protectorate?Hmmm. I suspect that the "mini trigger" thing messed with Jack's "cape intuition". Either by the information from Broadcast getting suddenly rendered obsolete, or by her power deciding to trigger with a "Lie to Broadcast" aspect.
EDIT: Also, once she Changes back to human long enough to fully mentally exit Wyvern-mode, she's probably going to freak out a bit over having eaten somebody.
Hope Through Overwhelming Firepower had a good fast S9 extermination. Bonesaw got her head smooshed, Crawler got disintegrated, and the rest got energy blasted. It was a bit of a mismatch by design; even the Siberian just got "popped" whenever she attacked.
"Did she just glare the Siberian to death?"
What does Rachel have to do with this?Bitch you couldnt deal with the Nine, you cant deal with the one that ate them.
Treating them like chumps can be fun too. I liked how they went down in "Hope through Overwhelming Firepower" by Border42. Taylor see's Bonesaw performing an atrocity and loses it, and her victims are the S9.It Gets Worse might have the greatest S9 downing, that's not also just quick.
There's a fine balance between the cannon boogeyman, and just treating them like chumps. These people are still very scary customers. They are dangerous certainly, but the ability to terrorize a city by reputation alone? One like Brockton Bay even? Brockton Bay is already so far gone even the cops admit the gangs run the place with impunity. The city has to have enough guns in it to make an arms dealer blush. Walking through Empire or ABB turf is tantamount to walking into a killbox.