#Arc 16

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

Arc 16, Reflections

Arc 16 was definitely a faster read once we got past the Dragon Suits.

My own unwillingness to just knuckle down and read it because Taylor was annoying me with her 'playing along with Coil' shit because Wildbow was keeping too much close to the chest about Tattletale's schemes.

Also, the Dragon Suit shit annoys me because like... Dragon is a big deal. Her suits are supposed to be good against S9, right (Though, clearly not since they... well, fail, entirely, for two years.) and the Undersiders, who are clever, yes, but not actually that well-powered, are able to beat them?

Traveler help, too, granted, but still. Honestly makes Dragon seem a mite lame. Just a mite.

The arc picked up afterwards, but... I mean, the fanfic is just so much more enjoyable to read.

It's not that the fanfic is 'better'. Fanfic can't be 'better' than the original because it's contingent on the original. But it can be better technically written. It can more to someone's taste. It can be more enjoyable. it can be more fun.

I wouldn't say that 'the fanfic is better'. But the fanfic is less depressing, And I know it will tend to stay less depressing, on average, as long as I avoid the fics where the authors want to wallow in the swamps.

Worm is depressing and frustrating right now, and more importantly, it's just gonna get more depressing.

And I know for a fact that the Noelle/Echidna shit is going to drive me batty. It's gonna feel like more gratuitous disasters to throw at the characters, at Brockton Bay, at the setting. Sure, it's outing Cauldron and builds on the story and yada yada yada, but it involves yet another 'unkillable' cape and she makes EVIL COPIES and I am... just not looking forward to reading it.

Or the travelers isekai arc, because I don't care about them. Maybe I will.

There are advantages to not coming in blind. And honestly if I didn't know how it was going to go in the broad strokes, I'm not sure I would have kept reading at some of the points where I got most exhausted or annoyed.

But... if I'd come in blind, and made it this far, I may have chugged through Arc 16 faster, since I wouldn't have known Echidna was coming.

I do find it funny that Tattletale used Noelle's constant waking up rages to fuck with Coil, because I'd be willing to be Noelle not getting enough sleep is one of the things that made her even more inclined to go nuts at the end.

I complain a lot in this liveblog. Complaining is sorta a thing for me. If I have no complaints... I don't usually have as much to say. When I like a thing, unless I'm consciously reccing it or forcing myself to praise it, I tend to don't talk as much about it.

When I have complaints, I talk about them.

I do like Worm. This isn't a hate read. And my desire to finish Worm to write fanfic can only fuel so much.

Taylor is much more compelling than I expected, getting into it. I like this, I do.

But, there is a lot about Worm that annoys me. Specifically and generally. Conceptually and plotwise.

But it is good. It is compelling. Sometimes it's compelling the way a trainwreck is. Sometimes it's compelling the way a puzzle you just want to solve and move on is compelling.

But a lot of is compelling because I genuinely want to see where this story is going, pick up the little details I didn't know about. Get into the character heads, and so forth.

But also... yeah.

Man is it fucking despair inducing. And I know I ain't seen nothing yet.

And the worst part is, It wouldn't have been hard to tell this same story with less depression, Wildbow. This isn't necessary. You just like suffering.

[cobaltbeam]

need a hand bro?

[foreverforty2]

giving up on you

[arcade-gann0n]

why haven't i seen anyone talking about that part in episode 224 where sanji offers his hand to help zoro out of the river and says "you're gonna catch a cold"

[miyakuli]

I'M SCREAMING GUYS

[bleue-flora]

Wait... Dream was born on August 12, 1999 and Dream was arrested in the Disc Finale on January 20, 2021 soo... wait, wait, wait, that means he was only 21 when he was imprisoned for life in a small lava covered box!... Did I do that math right? 21?! Man was barely able to drink legally in the United States and they gave him a life sentence in a boiling cell with nothing but lava, raw potatoes, a clock, and some books?!... oh my god...

[transingthoseformers]

VINSIGSRBNCDGHN

CONSIDER

Merformers soundrod with a background plot of megop

[angelrinisadork]

“My day is ruined and I’m about to make it everyone’s problem.”

[meimi-haneoka]

Here's the cover for the final volume of Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card, volume 16!

It will go on sale on April 1st, 2024!

224 pages, price 605 yen.

The special edition will come with a set of 54 playing cards and a leather case to store them!

The price is 4,290 yen. This will also go on sale on April 1st.

[w33zerbluealbum]

II16 SPOILERS!!!!!!

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"I miss you so far, and the collision of your kiss that made it so hard.."

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

*Ages of this post based on information from Jason and Tim's original runs in the 80s, as im still in the process of reading the comics and I respect original runs more anyway

Jason was 12 (pre-crisis, not contradicted) when Bruce adopted him at some point after Dick left, and Dick had left Wayne Manor for about 2 years by the time Jason died (Batman #436) making Jason 14 at death, to turn 15 that year if his birthday is August 16th

Tim is 13 when he introduces himself after Jason's death (Batman #441)

They have like, a 1-2 year age difference

Jason returns to life 6 months after his death, spends 1 year in the hospital, then 1 year on the streets before someone recognizes him as Robin, then 1 year with the league of assassin's before being thrown into the pit (Batman Annual #25)

A total of 3 years with Jason running on just instinct and muscle memory before being healed by the pit

Therefore, Jason, while physically older, is largely missing 3 years of his life

Jason is younger than Tim

Thank you coming to my ted talk

(Dont take this seriously please bcksbdjsnks)

[lostinthesasuke]

I think sasuke knew how joan of arc felt

[hoglinz]

redraw of that one panel from 398 <- has nothing else to post

[magnificent-winged-beast]

[k2-truther]

Cursed by being a Fabian fan, having to think about Hallariel Seacaster. Queen of being out of focus. Truly just a ghost of a character. I need a supecut of the scenes with her just to study her under a microscope. As far as I recall we do not get a single second of interiority from her.

And of course this bare sketch of a character happens to be surrounded by some of the most screen stealing, scenery munching characters in the entire show. Gilear! Bill! Fabian himself! Like when Bill fucks up as a parent you also have many scenes of him being a deeply facinating and fun character. When Hallariel fucks up you have...???? Well you for sure have the mistakes she's made and the damage she's done.

Neglect is a marked absence though, I suppose. The hole where somebody should be. An absent mother being absent from the text. It works, but still. Who the hell is Hallariel Seacaster?

[kosssich]

ah, arabasta arc, my favorite arc for sure

the whole arc is so tense, so emotional, plus vivi is such an amazing character i adore her SO much