I do think kids should have to be taught what gay is for the sole reason or preventing someone’s first exposure being Amy Dallon of Worm Parahumans. That was just twisted. My first time even hearing of the concept. Nothing can undo that. Anyone else experience this or was I the unlucky bastard

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wormgirl portraits in different styles

do you guys ever think abt what it means that Contessa shoots twice at the end of Worm.

do you guys ever think its because the first shot was fired without the use of her power.

Round 2; Group A: Amy Dallon (Worm) vs. Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

(amy art by @lizardinkart)

Thinking about the Chevalier interlude, specifically the inaugural team of Wards. Like in universe, they sell it to this first group of kids (and presumably the rest of the world) as a place for second chances, to find friends and mentors who understand what youre going through, where you can learn to use your powers safely while making good memories. The kids broadly seem to believe in these noble intentions of course, but what really gets me is that I've seen readers buy into it!

"Oh, it's such a tragedy that the Wards program became this awful thing that traumatizes kids even more, and expects them to die for the sake of civilians! It's fallen so short of what it was originally supposed to be!"

No it has not??? The fact that the triumvirate and Hero are saying it has this noble goal doesn't make it true. The Wards was pretty clearly always a way to increase the amount of bodies the prt could throw at threats, and we know this because it was started by the fucking Triumvirate as a part of the Protectorate! Alexandria literally came up with the idea of the Protectorate to legitimize the power of capes, and have a consistent source of heroes Cauldron could throw at problems. That is the whole reason for the PRT/Protectorate existing. So when we have this group of children brought in a subsidiary, there are 2 real options.

1). Cauldron and Alexandria decided they would be really niceys and created this program with no intentions other than helping these kids out.

Or 2). As things got worse, they realized the Protectorate didn't have enough manpower to do what they needed, and so they expanded it to include children (the demographic most prone to triggering). That way, they greatly increase the number of capes who they can send to fight and die as needed, and the ones who do survive their tenure in the Wards will be better trained when it comes time to join the actual Protectorate.

At the risk of sounding conceited, I think the second one is far more likely based on everything we know about Cauldron. Maybe it was originally a little nobler, and the goal was just to create more well trained heroes and cut back on young villains, but there's no way Alexandria, Doc Mom, and Contessa didn't factor in the ability to sacrifice the kid heroes if it improved their chances of success. That was absolutely a perk at minimum.

That's the real tragedy of the inaugural Wards. The kids were lured in with promises of safety, comraderie, and second chances like lambs to the slaughter. All the while, Alexandria and Cauldron knew that many (if not most) of these children would suffer abuse by the prt (like in the case of Reed), die, or face a fate worse than death like poor Mouse Protector. It's horrifying! The idea that they didn't know the danger these kids would be in is literally inconceivable. Especially when one of you is also the head of the prt! They knew, and they didn't care. It improved their chances at the end of the world, and so they did it no matter the cost.

Is wormblr growing or am I imagining things

Worm Prelims: Amy Dallon vs Victoria “Cop” Dallon

Currently losing my mind over this fully animated Worm video.

Look at it. LOOK AT IT.

The creator's Behance has screenshots of the last part and they are also great go look at them too.

i love u Tatiana Goncharova

Nervous

Bonus closeup bc I liked how the face came out

protagonists & co.

I'm much closer to Taylor's way of doing things than Rachel's. But there are situations when good old simple direct aggression works best. There was one case when a stranger came to our children’s camp, said that our parents had sent him (he lied) and stayed to live with us. I was 13 years old, and it was I who had to deal with this situation and kick him out. And yes, this was Rachel's method (for several reasons).

You have proven the possibility of colonizing the moon and nothing can ruin your evening.