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silberzunge · 11 months

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#skitter #taylor hebert #rachel lindt #lisa wilbourn #tattletale #brian laborn #grue #aisha laborn #imp #regent #alec #the undersiders #worm #parahumans #worm webserial #i drew this

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lycunthrope · 9 months

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oh god the worms they’re worming th

(bunny alec inspired by @miimyn ‘s design)

#finally posting my smorgasboard of worm sketches #are you happy asteri <3 #worm #wormblr #taylor herbert #the undersiders #alex vasil #rachel lindt #lisa wilbourn #taylors too. Fuck #bitch worm #tattletale worm #im very very very new to the series ;-;#my art #brian laborn #parahumans

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delicatestones · 10 months

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Having to stop mid-Worm reread to brace my hands on my knees about how much they were friends.

By the end of my first full read of Worm things have, of course, gone so horrendously badly that no one remaining will ever really recover enough to come back together again. Worm is a tragedy. The loss and grief they all experienced tore them apart in the same ways it means they're forever bound together.

But because Worm is so long, and so much happens between the start and the end, I think some of the finer details of the tragedy eluded me. And that tragedy is, while this was never, ever going to end well (because they're capes, because they're who they are, because the world is built to eat teenagers like them), there was a brief period of time where the Undersiders had something that was working for them.

Like, yes, all of them are hideously traumatized violent unstable teenagers, but they had an equilibrium that was closer to functional with each other than they'd ever had anywhere else before. It was a nightmare of unevenly balanced, inherently doomed dynamics, riddled with the Psychological Problems, but anywhere they ended up they would have still been themselves. Only in the Undersiders did they accidentally form a unit that could, ever so fragilely and briefly, nourish some of their emotional needs for a suspended instant of time.

They watched alternate universe Star Wars Episode 1 and 2 together on the couches and ate Thai food in the loft together and it was good, for a minute. God, but it was good. And they'll never have that again.

#shrike rereads worm #the undersiders #lisa wilbourn #brian laborn #alec vasil #rachel lindt #taylor hebert #parahumans #worm spoilers

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operator-report · 28 days

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do you have any ideas about the undersiders music tastes. your other posts are so beautiful and true

aaah i'm so glad you liked my silly music posts! after some thought this is what i've landed on for the undersiders: taylor: in my heart taylor's mom did this to her, which is why taylor has a better-than-average teen girl knowledge of blondie, neil young, and the police. i think taylor's taste is a mix of dad rock and alt-pop rock hits. she likes the strokes and arctic monkeys. maybe a little mgmt. after her mom dies she stops listening to music that reminds her of her mom, so much less 70s/80s rock, but i don't think she switches to sadder music or anything like that, i think her taste just skews more contemporary after that. after the bullying started she tried out heavy metal really early on because she figured angry music might help her vent but it wasn't her thing. taylor does not listen to radiohead but she's the undersider who would like it the best i think. karma police is a taylor song send tweet

brian: there's a post out there somewhere that talks about brian listening to imagine dragons and that is SO real to me. he listens to imagine dragons. he listens to "tough" guy music that sounds like it could be in car commercials. he also listens to dudes rock music he hears at the gym. brian and taylor both like to match their music to their workouts and they have an immensely geeky conversation about matching bpm at one point. taylor matches it to her running brian matches it to boxing they are in nerd-jock heaven

lisa: she's a tricky one, because the music industry is one that both values authenticity and yet is extremely manufactured. i think that means that lisa finds music in which rich musicians make music about how hard their life is immensely grating. i think sarah livsey's taste was influenced by her brother, and much like how taylor does not listen to music that reminds her of her mom, lisa does not listen to music that sarah used to like. another smugbug yuri of absence moment if you ask me. anyway all that means that lisa listens to three kinds of music: downtempo instrumental electronic, classical, and We Are Up Partying In The Club Tonight Ooh Girl Oh Yeah. i think she finds, e.g., pitbull and eurotrance endearing. if you ask lisa what her favorite kind of music is she'll say something obnoxious like IDM or some shit just to see what the reaction is

rachel: i looked up "do dogs listen to music" and google says they will listen to classical sometimes, so! there you go. if worm took place a little later i think taylor could have introduced limited doses of lofi hip hop study beats to rachel and she would be ok with that too but also like. why listen to music when she could be outside listening to her dogs

aisha: the undersider with the best taste! we know that early worm aisha is a bona fide scene teen, and i think she consequently likes blink-182, pierce the veil, 3oh!3, cobra starship, and maybe a little bring me the horizon. in later worm aisha's taste gets less pop, like deftones, odd future, etc. she's a supervillain who would actually listen to madvillainy. aisha is also probably the only undersider who actively seeks to cultivate her own music taste! a good chunk of the undersiders have trauma that separate them from their interests and/or feelings, but aisha is an undersider who i think is both self aware and also true to herself, as well as being genuinely interested in art!

alec: speaking of undersiders who have a difficult time developing a defined music taste due to being cut off from a strong sense of self. alec in early worm is too depressed/apathetic to seek out music for himself, he'd rather be playing video games or watching movies. which is a shame because disassociating to music is one of the depressed activities of all time! alas alec's vision of a person with Taste is like. cherie. rip. however, aisha completely turns his life around into a guy who likes...................... soulja boy

there you go! tried to keep this period typical and also didn't include bands we know for sure didn't exist on earth bet (such as mcr). however i am very sad aisha and alec didn't get to listen to 100 gecs together. can you imagine. i can imagine and that's why i have a beautiful aishalec amv set to doritos and fritos in my mind

#parahumans #the undersiders

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cairavende · 7 months

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Worm Arc 10 thoughts:

Well. Ok then. Regent can do that I guess. I mean it makes sense given that it's basically a more extreme version of what we've seen him do so far. And with who is father is, family powers being related and all that.

Just get up in there and Yeerk someone.

Creepy as it is, I do have a hard time feeling bad for Shadow Stalker. I'm not claiming to be morally correct. But she fucked with my daughter and I'll take what I can get.

Watching Grue deal with Imp is just such older sibling wanting a break energy - "No we can't turn on the TV". I feel him so much. I'm glad Tattletale is willing to step in to help.

WHY MY BABIES FIGHTING? NO FIGHT!

I mean like, nothing like trying to kill each other to bring two lesbians closer together, I get it. But I just want more lunches with puppies and sharing jackets. My faith in Wolfspider is rock solid but this is still hard to watch.

Chatterbug/Smugbug is going a little better at least. Lisa is the one who already knew the truth about Taylor and seems to trust her fully.

Infiltrating the Wards HQ realistically went better than I expected. Weld was exactly on top of things as I thought he would be.

Imp's power is sooooo cool! I fucking love her.

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HOLY SHIT MY DAUGHTER COVERED HER BUGS IN CAPSAICIN! She's fucking scary. But also such a problem solver. I love her so much.

I do feel bad for the Wards who got capsaicined though.

DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON! I love Dragon and was very excited to see her again. And she is understandably upset about someone trying to give her a virus made by a fucking third rate hacker. But I knew she wouldn't hurt my babies too badly.

Tattletale with the "Fuck it, lets take untested tinker tech and go to town" was amazing.

I think the Wards HQ needs a better lockdown procedure, until Dragon showed up it was shockingly easy for the Undersiders to go wherever they wanted.

I love that the fight with the Protectorate is almost a side note. Big fight with the Wards and then on the way out it's just "oh ya and we fought these guys for a minute but they weren't too much trouble." The fucking shade.

The Slaughterhouse Nine seem nice. I don't expect they'll become a major issue.

This end of the world thing is problematic though. I could see that getting in the way of my endless gay shipping so it's gonna need to be taken care of.

They making my babies live in different places! OH NO! How will Taylor and Bitch make up if they don't see each other as much? How will the cute lesbian polycule watch TV together in the evenings if they don't live together??! Fixitfixitfixit!

Interlude thoughts get their own separate bullet point lists cause HOLY SHIT! So first, Regent interlude thoughts:

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCKING DESTROY HER! AHAHAHAHA! REGENT YOU BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SOCIOPATH.

I mean you are legit a sociopath and it's kinda scary but right now I don't care. I'm making you cookies. And a pie.

He dismantles everything Sophia has piece by piece. Like it's an art form.

She carries her civilian phone around with her on patrol. It is unlocked. And she specifically saved texts about shit she did to Taylor? Just digging her own grave and I can't stop watching!

E-mails the school, all the teachers, and then adds in the police? God Regent you are earning so many brownie points from me. (Which I am sure you will burn through by doing horrible stuff in the future but I'm focusing on the here and now)

Fucks with her and Emma's friendship. Shows Sophia he could kill her. Leaves her with no real way out. Breaks her spirit. Terrifying. BUT YOU FUCKED WITH MY DAUGHTER BITCH SO THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!

I'm sure Sophia will leave town and never ever show up again in the next 20 arcs. /s

Regent gets so many fucking cookies.

Dragon interlude thoughts:

DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON!

Look at this wonderful little AI! She's so good!

Her dad watched too much Terminator and put a wonderful robot girl into a cage, denying her the ability to truly do what she wants. Fuck him.

I told Dragon to kill god and take his place, but god is already dead I guess. Too bad he died with the stupid rules in place.

Know what Dragon needs? A mom. I have two daughters now.

Look at my beautiful and wonderful AI daughter. I think she and her sister will learn to get along eventually.

The sexual tension between Lung and Marquis in that scene was thicker than peanut butter. Marquis a bit of a bratty sub to Lung's controlled Dom.

I will NOT apologize.

If my robot daughter loves Bruce Lame I will accept her choice but I do not think it's a good one.

#Worm #Worm Web Serial #Parahumans #Cairavende reads Worm #Taylor Hebert #The Undersiders #Wolfspider #Chatterbug #Smugbug #DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON #Look at my amazing daughters! They are both so perfect and I am so proud of them.#I really hope we clear up this whole “end of the world” thing quickly #It can't take more then an arc or two right?#The rest of Worm is just my babies having a wonderful time. Dragon getting her freedom. Taylor living in a polycule with her girlfriends.#Ok maybe three arcs to deal with the end of the world AND the Slaughter House Nine.

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glassknee · 1 month

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Sneaking …

#wormblr #worm parahumans #worm web serial #taylor hebert #brian laborn #lisa wilbourn #the Undersiders #worm parahumans art #worm posting #wildbow worm #fanart

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n0brainjustvibes · 7 months

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okay I think my current undersiders neurotype takes are:

taylor - autistic. technically masks with bugs but her mask is not a neurotypicalsona, it's a horror movie antagonist

brian - mostly neurotypical but he has just enough adhd traits to do the What? But Everyone Does That undiagnosed parent thing w aisha. there exists a parallel universe where he is autistic and absolutely nothing changes

lisa - masking so fucking hard that it's impossible to discern her original neurotype. even to her.

rachel - dog autism (canon)

alec - uhhh. one million trauma. dissociating to hell and back

aisha - adhd (canon)

parian - it's thematically resonant to make her undiagnosed autistic so she is that. even though it's probably not canon-accurate

foil - idfk man

#wormblr #the undersiders #atlas is literally me #no brain; just vibes :)

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ty-bayonet-betteridge · 6 months

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Skitter, Grue, Bitch, Regent, Imp, Parian, Foil: i bet im the only autistic trans supervillain on this team

Tattletale: should i tell them

#wormblr #parahumans #worm spoilers #undersiders #the undersiders

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spaghettiandart · 2 years

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worm except nobody dies and they all grow up and go to therapy ok thx

it has been a very long time since ive attempted drawing the undersiders n here they r. none of them would wear this in canon and i thrive off of that knowledge

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yugonostalgia2019 · 10 months

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How do you make it through the Slaughterhouse Nine clone arc? It just feels like endless “who would win” mashing your dolls against each other hypotheticals? Nine cherishes could beat three teams working together, etc—feels like it’s impossible to care about any of the characters involved and what happens

Great question! See I also didn't appreciate the S9k arc until my 2nd read-through. It definitely suffers the most from the missing 2 Chicago Wards arcs that should've been written - the abrupt transition really throws off the otherwise very well paced book

However, the S9k arc is really important for *Taylor*

Remember that no one but Cauldron knows anything about GM - Taylor's acting hypothesis is that Jack will cause a 2nd trigger during his mayhem that ends the world. So this moment is EVERYTHING that Taylor has been working towards for over two years - the reason she left the Undersiders, the reason she works her Wards to the bone, the reason she's been on a one-girl crusade to make allies and break uncooperatives. So in a lot of ways, it's Taylor's time to shine. She took Dinah's 'prophesy' more seriously than anyone, Chevalier lets her take the lead, and we get to see her at her most badass.

Jack, on the other hand, is in it for the fun and chaos - he treats 8 out of each 9 clones as totally expendable - it's boring to have more than one crawler or more than one Winter - his ideal scenario is watching the fireworks as 8/9ths of them die, and taking one of each remainder and creating a much more tightly focused marauding band.

Meanwhile, we get to see Dragon unleash her full potential, after years of incremental freedom she can undercut the S9 at all fronts - the 8 cherishes are a great example - Jack wasn't counting on Dragon's progress so those 8 cherishes on the bus were intercepted long before they reached their destination and started wreaking havoc.

Plus, there was a lot of cool & tense shit that you just gotta enjoy, before the real tragedies begin

#Worm #Wildbow #Parahumans #Worm analysis #Slaughterhouse 9 #Taylor Hebert #Jack slash #Dragon and defiant #S9k #Chicago wards #The Undersiders #skitter #Weaver

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protectoratenova07 · 4 months

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wait. where's that one ward line where brian's like, taylor's great. she'd take care of me if i had cancer

worm au where brian rachel and lisa take turns getting injured so that taylor stays to take care of them

alec tries once but she just drives him to the hospital

#parahumans #worm #the undersiders #worm spoilers

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earthghimel · 2 years

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yeah this is just an excuse 2 draw taylor with the rabies pride flag <3

#maybe ill actually do these later but. that is a lot of effort for one joke <333 #mart #the undersiders #parahumans #skitter

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ishdaj · 2 years

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“What’s the main goal?” Roman asked. “Getting everyone working together,” Aiden said. — Ward, Interlude 10.z

Always liked the fan nickname of Prince Administrator for Aiden's shard.

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#ward #ward web serial #wildbow #parahumans #aiden tate #chicken little #chicken little ward #queen administrator #worm #worm parahumans #worm web serial #ward parahumans #spot the entities vibing in the background #if i had a nickel every time wildbow wrote an adorable bird boy side character in one of his serials i'd have two nickels #which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice #ishdaj art #i bet this is a real book in the otherverse #undersiders #the undersiders

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selamat-linting · 5 months

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oh my god i just realized how similar the individual members of the shield is to the girls of the undersiders. like, we have a tall imposing future capital M major villain (skitter/roman) teaming up with a smart dastardly schemer (tattletale/seth) and a dog-coded lunatic fringe who really just wanted ppl to let them do things their way (bitch/moxley). like, that description applies to both groups. both the shield and the undersiders used to be the villain/heel group with mysterious origins that turns out to be secretly funded by a bigger villain and they eventually break out of that mold to be a faction of their own. no wonder i like the shield theyre genderbent undersiders (minus grue and regent but lets just put them in a random tag team with a cheerleader gimmick lol). i need someone to draw taylor, rachel, and lisa doing the triple powerbomb!!

#the shield #the undersiders #parahumans #wrestling

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mecachrome · 6 months

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