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Almost Recommendable Worm Fanfiction

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by NoxedSalvation, Nov 12, 2013.

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  1. Mercenary

    Mercenary Snake Eater

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    Ack's fics?

    If so: Honestly after a while they just all blur together. But yes, he probably wrote one where Khepri did come back.
     
  2. Plotless

    Plotless High Inquisitor

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    Nah, it wasn't by Ack. I remember a fic where Khepri comes back.

    Found it: http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/human-resources-a-worm-fic.3179/

    Isn't great. Wouldn't recommend it that much, especially because the Author uses breaks in odd places and doesn't where he should have.
     
  3. CBH

    CBH Sixth Year

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    Not quite what you're looking for, but there is Materia-Blade's newest fic.

    Hypnos: Basic premise is that Eden is actually still alive and constantly turning back time whenever Scion destroys the world so that she can study shards better. Whenever Scion is killed, she takes the person who kills him and turns them into an Endbringer in punishment/boredom. So far, its all been about Hypnos (Taylor's Endbringer form) attacking Brockton Bay in place of Leviathan.

    Too new to really rate (4 chapters) but I think its an interesting idea and there's been some good worldbuilding considering its size.
     
  4. Bramastra

    Bramastra Groundskeeper

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    Read that recently, I really like it.

    ---------- Post automerged at 06:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:00 PM ----------

    this is like one of those bad super Harry fics except it isn't that bad
     
  5. Iztiak

    Iztiak Prisoner DLP Supporter

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    It is, though.
     
  6. Bramastra

    Bramastra Groundskeeper

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    It isn't THAT bad
     
  7. Puzzled

    Puzzled High Inquisitor

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    There was one where Khepri, not Taylor, came back physically which I quite liked even if it only lasted four chapters.
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10396844/1/Incarnation

    There was another where she got the memories and body state of herself from the future, one of which was Khepri, which was also very short but I can't remember the name at all.
     
  8. Biigoh

    Biigoh First Year

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    Goblin Queen updated with a surprisingly dark interlude~

    Memories.

    One word. Three syllables. The plural of memory.

    Thoughts and experiences chained together by the mind. The human mind does not normally provide perfect recollection in chronological order, rather, each memory was linked to another by emotional context and some sort of sensory reference.

    In the darkness, all he had were his memories.

    Each and every one of them priceless and without comparison. And yet time had cruelly eroded them, without mercy nor consideration.

    He remembered her laughter, that gentle quirk of her pink lips as she smiled at him. The softness of her hands against his body.

    But his mind refused to show him her face as she rebuked him beneath a blue sky.


    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/16866610/
    http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/posts/3057844/
    https://forum.questionablequesting.com/posts/255166/
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9683187/128/Goblin-Queen
     
  9. Aerylife

    Aerylife Not Equal

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    ....LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
     
  10. SmileOfTheKill

    SmileOfTheKill Magical Amber

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    Biigoh, have you decided that story is serious again?
     
  11. Newcomb

    Newcomb Minister of Magic

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    This was buried back on page 38, and I wanted to bring it up again in case someone missed it. Definitely seconding Nemrut here - this is really good. Short and to the point. I'm not sure what it is about Worm specifically, but I seem to be really picky about getting canon characters true to their canon tone, and this definitely does that in an interesting way. Easy 4/5, tentative 5/5.
     
  12. notes

    notes DA Member

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    Lavanya does good short work, and lots of it. Is presently looking at working long in Worm. Will be interesting to see the results.
     
  13. Jarik

    Jarik Chief Warlock

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    Yeah, despite being a one shot (or maybe because of it?) it's got to be my favourite relationship dynamic I've read in the worm fandom so far. As you said Newcomb, very true to canon tone.

    Can someone pretty please write a full length fic with that pairing?
     
  14. Biigoh

    Biigoh First Year

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    Fuhuhuhuhuhu

    The Bii is always serious, and Goblin Queen at its heart is a horror story. It just so happens to be shown from the PoV of one of the monsters in said horror story and thus isn't horrific most of the time unless someone looks at what's implied in the background. :3

    Agreed, Lavanya does amazing work.
     
  15. Mutton

    Mutton Order Member

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    Lavanya is one of the posters I occasionally e-stalk on SB to find good stuff to read
     
  16. Saot

    Saot Groundskeeper

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    I enjoyed reading Nyctophobia. Emma tries to kill herself following Taylor's outing at Arcadia, fails, triggers instead, and ends up moving to Detroit and fighting crime there. It's nothing exceptional, but merely not being an alt-power!Taylor story and being focused on low-level heroics while Other People are off saving the world in the background makes it stand out.
     
  17. Telrath

    Telrath Second Year

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    Seconded, really enjoying this so far. Like Saot said, though, it's nothing overly amazing but definitely a decent time waster.

    If anyone wants to know, Emma's Power:
    She's a sort of cross between Skitter and Shadow Stalker. She can create and control shadowy monsters within a certain distance.
    That's the gist of it anyway.
     
  18. Jarik

    Jarik Chief Warlock

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    Liked the concept of Nyctophobia and enjoyed the first 2 or so chapters (which are quite long). But as most Worm fics, found things were overdone so much.

    I like that in fights Emma finds herself trying to emulate Shadow Stalker and (what she thinks) Taylor would do. What I absolutely hate is that you can't go a few paragraphs beyond someone commenting on how she's Skitter 2.0, a cross of Skitter/Shadow Stalker, etc. I find that really annoying. Keep it all in Emma's head. She shouldn't even know how Taylor fights.

    I like the idea of the story focusing on more minor, street level fights while Other People save the world, but that's kind of reduced when she's stupidly powerful (what was it, Thinker 2, Master 6, Shaker 5 or something?) and her first major skirmishes are pretty big things.

    Preferred it when it was more focused on her own character development, interactions with her family, etc.

    Also, I actually find myself a lot more interested in Mausketeer/Kotsuage. =P
     
  19. Vesvius

    Vesvius High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

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    Just got through something that I haven't seen before over on SB.

    Troubles With Me

    Premise is that after a late night movie, Taylor stumbles across Aisha's trigger event and beats the hell out of some Nazi's with a bat. This leads to Taylor and Aisha being a vigilante pair, with Taylor having no powers. It's surprisingly well done.
     
  20. Rahkesh Asmodaeus

    Rahkesh Asmodaeus THUNDAH Bawd Admin DLP Supporter

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    What exactly is good about her having no powers?
     
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