#jack slash

[bitbd]

Not to mention that's not even a deep cut anyway. Like, "your mom's dead" that's not really far enough off the beaten track to really shake Taylor after she watched her city drown in agony. Even Emma knew to build more pressure before bringing that up. Plus, she played that card sparingly. Jack is less competent at verbal attacks than a teenager who the Entities denied a natural trigger.

Speaking of which, I love the anti-bullying theme throughout Worm. Not in the sense that Wildbow just says "bullying is wrong" but that "bullying is pathetic" and "bullies don't accomplish much in the grand scheme." It's funny to contrast pre-Leviathan Taylor bemoaning her flat chest, wide mouth, and bad skin with the... insignificance of Emma in Taylor's mind by the time the Cafeteria Reveal happens.

there's something about how lame jack is that he can't even read taylor right. Not only is this a supremely ineffective tack, he didn't even get her trigger event right. and her identity is public to boot.

[estavionpira]

Imp trying to stab Jack Slash and he keeps dodging on instinct. No idea she's there, just decided to do some cardio today. Getting a really good feeling about picking up a steel chair and swinging it right in front of him. Can't for the life of him figure out why.

[sillydog33]

14.8... when i catch you wildbow

[travelers-gaming]

ok new funniest earth aleph situation. niche video essayist Jacob Black finds out with horror about the fact that his alternate universe self is Jack Fucking Slash.

Imagine watching a 2 hour video where a man grapples with the fact that in a very slightly different universe he became The Fucking Joker.

[victoriadallonfan]

Hell, the idea for him to rule over the ashes of Bet as gods? Stolen right from King.

Jack is a phoney down to the core, but powers allow him a platform to enforce it

Jack Slash works as well as he does basically entirely on the basis of how visibly the author Does Not Like Him. There's a version of Jack Slash written by some other guy who actually unironically thinks his character archetype is hot shit, and that version sucks and the version of the story that he's in also probably sucks. This version also sucks but you can feel everyone else in the story rolling their eyes in unison at the fact that they've gotta put up with his bullshit, everyone going, "alright, can we please stop with the Dark Knight pastiche and go back to playing realpolitik with well-realized individuals who aren't homicidal cartoon characters that we're forced to take seriously purely by virtue of their inexplicable six-digit grimdark looneytunes bodycount"

[innominaterifter]

Ah, hello! Late at work? I'm looking at your family photos: they look great, so soulful!

[germesthegenie]

Jack was still grinning. “What would you do to people like me, then? Let’s say you got powers. Would you right wrongs, lecture schoolchildren on doing what’s right, and see bad guys like me carted off to the Birdcage?”

“People like you? I’d kill. Sir.”

Fun fact: Theo is crying in both of these scenes, it’s just covered by the mask.

I feel like Golem is one of the more underrated characters of Worm (at least if fanfics are anything to go by), probably because his part in it comes pretty late in the story. Kid with no powers managed to work up the courage to say he’d kill Jack to his face, and in doing so accidentally tied himself to Dinah’s end of the world prophecy. And through 2 years of hard work and grueling training, he got pretty close to being the hero he wanted and needed to be. He may have failed to defeat Jack on his own, but that was never in the cards from both an in universe and meta perspective. One of the few outright good guys in the series, coming pretty far from his upbringing.

[bodegadulac]

[cpericardium]

Kind of shady that Jack Slash hugged a 15 year old and pretended to be her boyfriend... he's a grown adult why isn't anyone talking about this

[jaydeewis]

I don't think that I'll ever finish reading Worm - Slaughterhouse arc d r a i n e d me emotionally ×_×

[bagelboihijinks]

Jack Slash: Hey gang! Let’s split up and search for new members!

Shatterbird: Like, zoinks, Jack! We’d better get going!

Nightmarish Horror Beast Bonesaw Made From 3 Apples And A Two By Four: I am the ultimate evil. Complete with hot and cold running water.

Mannequin: Oh my god. This is my life now. What wrathful god did I offend to deserve this. Every second I spend alive on this godforsaken planet is a second wasted in agony. Every time I think that my hatred cannot possibly surpass itself, that it cannot possibly grow to a new extreme, I am proven wrong. Burn. Burn, all of you.

Crawler: It’s Crawling time!

[riverkingmarley]

I didn’t want to highjack that other post but there was a post recently talking about how crawler would have gotten into more fights if he wasn’t in the S9 and I think that’s kind of emblematic as Jacks role as an abuser. He finds vulnerable people and offers them freedom to chase their true desires and escape the oppressive system they live under but he really traps them in a new even more abusive system with him at the top. He is the patriarch of his own little abusive household.

This is emphasized in story with The Siberian offering Rachel freedom from the lies and manipulation that come with society but is quickly revealed to be a man that likely murdered his daughter and puppets her visage around to hide from society and protect himself. A literal illusion. The Siberian isn’t free himself and just wants someone lower on the hierarchy to kick around.

It’s striking me now how similar Cherish and heartbreakers relationship is to Jack and King’s relationship. Jack is kind of just Cherish if she had a better power and the air of legitimacy that comes with being perceived as a patriarch. I wish we had gotten to see that AU where it was just Jack and Cherish left alive that I’ve heard about.

[crowhoonter]

rating Parahumans guys on how well I think they'd be as parents

Brian: I think Brian would believe he is a great father, but there is too much repressed emotions and depression in there to properly care for and raise a child. 3/10, Not particularly good.

Alec: Alec has lacked a real positive parental unit in his life, and while I don't think he would purposefully be shitty to a kid, I think he might fall back on what he knows from his own youth. Might be a fun older brother though. 3/10, needs to focus on himself first

Danny Hebert: Too sad about his wife dying to properly parent. no further notes. 2/10, Danny please get it together Taylor is relying on you

Armsmaster: Would rub off his worst personality traits onto a kid, resulting in them being the average r/malelivingspace user. Might also encourage child to grow poor facial hair. 1/10, I feel bad for whatever unfortunate soul is consigned to this fate.

Coil: Coil would be an absent father for 90% of your childhood, unless you were useful for his plans. In that case, he would feed you drugs or some other unethical thing and make you work for him (child labor (bad)). 2/10, conditions are poor but you might get to meet some of the other children he has, fixing the playdate situation.

Kaiser: See in story results. -5/10 Nazis don't make good parents.

Uber and Leet: They come as a package deal obviously, and they are actually pretty okay parents, they aren't great obviously but they aren't tremendous failures either. That is until you show up on one of their livestreams and then you are the laughingstock of the school. 4/10 Don't upload your kids online.

Scion: Too sad about his wife dying to properly parent. Also not emotionally available. 1/10, get it together man people are relying on you.

Mark Dallon: Not necessarily a bad parent, but he has a laundry list of problems that he needs to work through before he can begin to think to focus on his kids. 3/10, he's trying by god. He's not doing good but he's trying.

Number Man: He would probably respond to any question his kid asks with some weird philosophical math metaphor. Is a killer cook though. Also math classes would be a breeze. Unfortunately, most of his time is dedicated to cauldron. 5/10, grades will be great.

Accord: The worst type of helicopter parent. He would make itineraries to follow any time his kid went out and would require them home in pristine condition super early. Has a rigorous study schedule and puts a lot of pressure on you to succeed, and you know he wants whats best for you but like its stifling and you aren't really living for you but for him. Sure grades are good but you just can't do it anymore. 4/10, the depression and GPA are soaring.

Jack Slash: As seen in Worm, he is an absolutely killer parent. Has a fun family vibe? check. Engages with his children's interest and allows them to pursue it? check. Keeps his child intellectually and creatively stimulated? check. Takes his family all over the country to see new exciting places and people? check. Dude is simply top tier on the parenting skill. Sure the family dynamic is a bit unorthodox, but when the results look this good can you really argue? 10/10 Jack Slash has got it going on.

[estavionpira]

jack slash mocking skitter saying she's too bug for her britches. okay simulation over now we can stop pretending he's witty or silly enough to say that. jack slash mocking skitter saying bugs are gay

[lemurlord]

Outstanding, Mister Slash, truly outstanding. Cloning every member of the Slaughterhouse Nine, past and present, including myself. However, you've made a crucial mistake.

Nothing ever happens.

*timeloop noises*

[artbyblastweave]

The good news is that getting fitted as a groomsman has cemented for me that I'd be capable of a kickass Jack Slash Cosplay. The bad news is that in the current media climate everyone would most likely assume that I was Mihawk or some such shit. And if someone assumed I was Mihawk or some such shit, well, I would have to check the Worm Honor Code, to be sure, but If someone assumed I was Mihawk or some such shit I might be obligated to commit sepukku right then and there on the convention floor using the prop sword. Again, I would need to check the code