#worm liveblogging

[thegreatandpowerfulversy]

It's Worm liveblogging time! About time I finally got around to actually reading it and not just letting the wormposts flow over me and deposit information via osmosis.

I started this morning and have read through the end of Arc 2 so far, so this isn't quite liveblogging from the beginning, but I can summarize the thoughts I would have posted had I decided to do this earlier.

Taylor apparently already has her powers from the start? I honestly thought the story began before her trigger event. Seems like it's only a few months after though, she's new to it all. I guess we see the background in an interlude later.

Also, wow, I thought my experience of high school as a nerdy trans girl was bad, but goddamn. I'm a little surprised Taylor hasn't murdered any of her bullies yet. Maybe later.

Spiders on his dick! What a unique, one-time event that surely will never even remotely happen again.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to remember who Regent was. You guys don't talk about him much.

Is Armsmaster trans or something? Probably not according to Wildbow, but since when is he a reliable source anyway. Trans according to post osmosis is good enough.

Dad :(

Taylor really does have a lot more self-control in the beginning than I expected.

At least she has some basic opsec knowledge and goes to the public library to make contact. Not that it helps against a Thinker, but it's the right idea.

The Undersiders have a boss? Why do I get the feeling that the boss won't be lasting very long...

There is no way that Lisa doesn't know exactly why Taylor is here. I guess she's having fun playing with her? Or maybe she also sees the next layer too and knows Taylor is possible to turn to be a villain for real.

...You know, as someone who gets a majority of her worm knowledge from an avid Taylor/Rachel shipper, reading the actual start of Worm is bizarre. Rachel does not make a good first impression here. I understand the smugbugs much better at the moment.

Friends :)

I do not like Victoria Dallon. Sure, punch Nazis, but that's a bit beyond punching.

I really do not like Victoria Dallon. Not just police brutality, but also blatantly using cult manipulation tactics on her sister, and trying to amplify that with her aura? Come on, Amy, we've got to get you out of there.

That's it so far! I imagine the arcs get significantly longer as the story goes on; they'd kind of have to to reach the "6.5 times as long as my own longest fic" mark that I've heard about. As a writer, that's a phenomenon I know all too well.

Anyway, I'm having a good time so far, and I can't wait to keep reading! I've been warned of some spots later that I will have to skip over, but I can deal with a few dick-spiders for now.

#worm #wormblr #worm liveblogging

[wormjuiceblog]

oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK

TUBBO UR SO FUCKED OH SHIT HAHAHA

#??? #IM LITERALLY SCREAMING #THE WAY MY HEART SANK WHEN I GOT THIS NOTIFICATION AHAHAHH #TUBBO UR SO FUCKED LOLLLL #tubbo #frubbo #qsmp #quackity #fred tubbo #worm liveblogging #< i guess??

[lizardhawthorne]

Gestation 1.2

So, I have two main thoughts with this chapter 1. Goddamn, Taylor just seems to get screwed over by her peers 24/7, American school culture for the win /s 2. Oh my GOODNESS that is such a clever way to use her powers in order to make her suit, and it makes total sense for her skillset!

#worm web serial #worm liveblogging

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

ok Taylor there's about a billion other ways you could have disseminated that cure to her. you could have had a bug coat itself in your sweat and then fly into her mouth when she was talking or something and you wouldn't have had to risk getting close enough for her to seriously injure or murder you. you just wanted an excuse to kiss the hot feral doggirl you've been engaging in toxic yuri with for the last 20 chapters

#wolfspider #wormblr #parahumans #worm spoilers #worm liveblog

[bloodfreak-boyking]

okay but can we talk about a few things here. First of all, the way dean's looking at sam throughout all of these is fucking insane.

Second of all, SPECIFICALLY the way he's looking DIRECTLY AT HIS LIPS...WHEN THEY'RE BASICALLY PRESSED TOGETHER.

LIKE COME ON. ARE YOU GUYS SEEIN THIS SHIT?

Third, the way he looks so DISAPPOINTED in the last two.

Conclusion: Dean wanted his little brother to pull him in by his lapels and kiss him stupid and he's bummed the fuck out it didn't happen.

#okay now back to your regularly scheduled mind rotting liveblog posting #but fr WHY IS HE LOOKING AT HIM LIKE THAT!!!!!! #HE WANTS TO KISS HIS BROTHER SO FUCKING BAD #LIKE HOW CAN IT BE ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT #i'm losing it #the worms are winning the fight for my brain #emma rewatches spn #1x21 salvation #spn #wincest #samdean

[taylorhebertstherapist]

reading worm is an experience for many reasons but especially the way wildbow manages to write a story that depicts women with incredible nuance struggling to navigate a system that was designed to fail them from the start in variety of ways (taylor facing vicious harassment for failing to meet societal standards and being seen as weak + her internalized misogyny, amy's whole deal but especially the expectation on her that she will be the healer at her own expense, victoria "cop" dallon embracing expectations and becoming a weapon for the state, aisha fighting to be noticed as a human being and not a prop or an inconvenience, rachel rejecting it altogether) that critiques the social infrastructure enabling and encouraging their suffering and then he turns around implies or even outright says shit like "women are inherently more emotional, lesbianism that isn't predatory is pandering, and rachel is ugly and disgusting for being butch" like hello. how did you manage to write this book. who even are you

#wormblr #parahumans #once in a blue moon posting #taylor hebert #worm liveblog

[trash-but-trying]

Heh

#worm #wormblr #parahumans #worm liveblog #worm reread

[alisria]

local woman experiences her first bisexual threesome and has her entire world rocked

#worm #wormblr #taylor hebert #lisa wilbourn #my art #i think when taylor came back she should have got back with brian and also cozen i think polyamory fixes everything yippeeeeee #disclaimer: i havent read worm. just adam's liveblogs of it. you will understand #i read homestuck im not reading worm too

[babsaros]

oh my god worm is so fucking funny, just dropping that there is an alternate dimension that's just completely common knowledge nbd and the only thing the protagonist finds interesting about this is that she still doesn't like star wars that much, even after seeing two different versions. she's so funny

#i hope she kills people. #worm liveblog #worm web serial

[cocoon2010]

let me make my stance clear: I love Amy Dallon. I think she is an extremely sympathetic character. I hope that bad things continue to happen to her, as punishment for being a homosexual.

#.txt #worm liveblog

[thewertsearch]

@manorinthewoods asked: After reading a bit of Worm, I get your point about Armsmaster being on the Vriska spectrum. I've just got past Bakuda's first attack so I don't know too much about her, but she also seems Vriska-y, with the ego and the powers. (Is this too Homestuck of an ask?) ~LOSS (6/12/23)

Worm is an awfully Vriska-heavy story, now that I’m thinking about it. I could make a case for Lisa, Sophia or even Amy, and that's just off the top of my head.

#the true vriska of worm is the simurgh #asks #full liveblog #act 5.2

[thegreatandpowerfulversy]

They were standing with one leg higher than the other, to keep from sliding off the angled roof, and both were wearing identical costumes.  The costumes sported blue man-leotards with broad belts cinched around their waists, skintight white sleeve and leggings.  Their hoods were elastic, clinging to their heads so they left only a window for the face, and each sported a single white antenna.  Of all colors, their gloves, boots and the balls at the top of their antennae were bubblegum pink.  Their faces were obscured by oversize goggles with dark lenses.

TRANS FLAG COLORS SPOTTED

I don't know who they are and they don't seem friendly but they sure do look trans!

#worm liveblogging #worm liveblog #Shell 4.5

[wormjuiceblog]

RONNNNN ON BBHS STREAMM!!! 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING SKEPPY VIDEOS PFT LMFAOOO?? 😭😭

#qsmp #ron #qsmp ron #bbh #badboyhalo #q!bbh #federation workers #worm liveblogging #skeppy

[lizardhawthorne]

Gestation 1.1

So far a strong start, going in semi spoiled I expected to see something very different at the start, but I am looking forward nonetheless to see precisely how Taylor got her superpowers and what her plan to become a superhero actually collapses into

#worm web serial #worm liveblogging

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

the tinker/thinker divide is... if you put two tinkers in a room together theyll probably leave the room with a device that breaks three laws of physics and either solves world hunger or will kill two thousand people minimum. if you put two thinkers in a room together theyll argue for three hours straight and then probably one of them will shoot the other through the head

#wormblr #parahumans #worm spoilers #worm liveblog

[r0semultiverse]

Mr. 6 made you do a good show to be released?? 👀 um....

This is already giving serious eye vibes.

A whole show dedicated to public humiliation?

The Mr. Bonzo suit started moving??? 👀 Serious stranger vibes. 🤡

"It actually became a sort of ritual"

I've seen people being like "don't cross tag" but buddy... the writing cross tags itself here I mean c'mon! 😂 Something something ritual of the stranger- okay, I'll keep listening!

Hey, what's with the music?? Hey, who is Terrance Menki???👀

"The police said there were eleven bodies in total and his wardrobe was full of all sorts of homemade costumes." BRO IS ACTUALLY MAGNUSPOD WILLIAM AFTON-

"It certainly had a profound effect on the Mr. Bonzo brand." Oh I'm sure it did, holy fucking shit. 👀

Oh, me using this image is rather ironic now.

"In a lot of ways I’m more his prisoner now than I ever was on my show." WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 👀

"The witness statements from three murders over the last five years that claim a person in a Mr. Bonzo costume was at the scene? Do you think there could be a copycat?" Has the fear of clowns manifested as an actual clown-guything?

"Don’t contact us again." "Us?" "Why am I still trapped dealing with all this this- Why won’t he let me go?! Why-" So Mr. Bonzo is absolutely a clown cryptid of sorts with some sort of hold over Nigel.

Oh no, Gwen's about to fuck around & find out, isn't she? 👀

Hey, is Colin still himself & is he supposed to be back?

Hmm, okay, I guess that's him (hopefully).

"Maybe don’t tell them I’ve been on their terminals. They’ll only get the wrong idea." "If Lena asks, I wasn’t here." Seems like everyone's got their own little secret investigations going on, fun! This can only go well! 🙃

One of the episodes absolutely no one shows up to work except Lena is there & is like "where the fuck did everyone go?"

"Time to get some new hires again I guess."

Let's go!! Ruin exploration gang!!

"Like, it’s Saturday night and I’m choosing to hang out in a hole with you. A wet hole. And not the good kind either."

Alice with the absolute best quotes. lmao

That sounds like something with giant wings like a bat or some sort of cloth flapping in the wind. Let's hope it's the latter!

Oh a rusty old filing cabinet! Wait tetanus- 😭

"That carved floor in the big atrium – I don’t know what’s going on with that." Ah so we're just gonna breeze past that then. 😶

These are probably the remnants of old avatar creation test areas like mentioned in the Gerry & Gertrude episode. I'm just assuming here.

A key? Big find! Let's go!

AS I WAS SAYING-

Gwen, it was nice knowing you. 🫡

"Now get out of his house."

Archivist! 👁👄👁

"symbols of ancient otherworldly power"

Wait could this be a timeline where this universe's Jane Prentiss actually did manage to invade the building & succeed? I'm thinking out loud.

21:10 that sounds like critters, insects specifically 👀

"I have memories of weird stuff I saw here, but no context. I want to know what was happening, why they chose us… why they didn’t choose me. Maybe find the bit where everything started to go wrong." I am so captivated & intrigued please recount said memories to us- I mean Alice so we can learn more. Please. 👀

EXCUSE ME, WHO THE FUCK WAS THAT?!? WHO IS "[ERROR]?"

WHY DO THEY SOUND DISTORTED AS FUCK?? ARE THEY FROM THE PRIME TIMELINE OR IS THIS A NEW THING?

ARE WE GAZING OUR EYES UPON A WRETCHED THING FROM THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES?!

edit:

Is Lucia Wright an avatar of The Flesh now (in this universe or from the original timeline somehow)? Because it sure fucking sounds like it! 👀 Well, at least that key was put to good use! 😂

Also, supposedly Mr. Bonzo is a reference to Mr. Blobby.

Gwen, I'd be quaking in my boots too. That thing is terrifying!

Late observation but this universe & story seems to focus a lot on the cryptids & I like the direction it's going in! Loving this plot of cryptid hunters, childhood avatar experiments, a strange institute where our main character has past trauma, & just all of it is so good! 💜

Amazing episode, 10/10, I was at the edge of my seat the entire time! 💜 That Bonzo scene & the sound design were absolutely horrifying, thank you! The ending too! 🔥

#nigel dickerson if you need help from mr. bonzo or mr. six please blink twice omg #what if bonzo & six are actually the same creature or entity of sorts? #someone keep an eye on Colin; I'm worried about him #that carved floor in the big atrium is gonna come back into importance I just know it #so Lena uses mr. bonzo as a hitman crytpid of sorts... & now Gwen is exposed to the occult #this episode is a lot... holy crap #these episode do not miss; oh my gods; hit after hit; every time! #worm tracks made me think of jane prentiss; I just made the connection #did lucia wright become an avatar of the flesh & invade this world or is she a left over experiment of the magnus institute #I can only hope Gwen Bouchard will tell the others about wtf she saw (likely against Lena's wishes) #tmagp liveblog #mine #op #tmagp 10 #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #tma spoilers #tma #the magnus protocol #the magnus archives