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[victoriadallonfan]

Which WB characters would fall for a crypto-scam?

[pedropascsl]

Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls. But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls, until...

Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

[estavionpira]

Wildbow serial settings

Worm:

Pact:

Twig:

Ward:

Pale:

Claw:

Seek:

[lucybaird]

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) dir. gary trousdale + kirk wise

[cpericardium]

Compilation of Megafire's Wildbow Essays (Imported)

I haven't read all of them myself, but the few I did were always worthwhile and interesting, so I thought I'd index them here for anyone who hasn't heard of them or checked them out. As I recall, these were written by Megafire as the chapters were coming out.

CHARACTERIZATION OF CAROL IN WARD

REDDIT INDEX

Chapter 3.6 

The Warden's HQ, or, Playing With Time

Chapter 4.6 

Natalie, or, Working Through Proxies

Chapter 5.9 

Power Dynamics, or, Why Carol Love(s/d) Mark

Chapter 6.3 

Trust, Safety and Control, or, General Opinion

Chapter 7.4 

A Glimmer of Hope, or, Victoria and Carol have an Actual Conversation!?

Chapter 8.2 

Meeting the Parents, or, Never mind, Carol is Back to Being Carol

Chapter 8.9 

Baby Steps, or, Carol Manages to Respect Boundaries for Once

Chapter 9.12-9.13 

Bonus Damsel Interlude, or, This Will Pay Off Later, I Promise

Chapter 10.1 

The Diner, or, I Yell a Lot

Chapter 10.y 

Bonus Chris Interlude, or, This Has Nothing to Do With Carol, I Just Really Like This One

Chapter 12.1 

Ruminating on New Wave, or, Why Mark Loves Carol

Chapter 12.2 

Carol vs Damsel, or, I Told You It'd Pay Off

Chapter 12.f 

Ryan and Cradle, or, What It Means to be Good, and, Competing Access Needs, or, Why the Dream Room is the Worst

Chapter 12.9 

The Bubble, or, Making You Feel Even Worse About Carol Getting Hurt

Chapter 14.5 

The Greenhouse, or, Carol Brought Low

Chapter 14.6 (Sort of) 

Drawing Similarities, or, What's Left for Carol

Chapter 14.7 

Chris' Crossroads, or, Screw It, I Guess I'm Talking About Chris Too Now

Chapters 14.9 + 14.10 

Her Mother's Daughter, or, What Amy Learned From Carol

Chapter 14.12 

Piecing Together Chris, or, What Do Monsters Mean?

Chapter 15.7 

Slaves to Fate, or, Predictions and Responsibility

Also Chapter 15.7 

Ultimate Agency, or, Who Is Contessa?

Chapter 16.4 

Mockeries and Funhouse Mirrors, or, Paths Not Taken

Chapter 16.y 

Attempted Therapy, or, Amy Is Not Doing Well

Chapter 17.1 

Family Issues, or, Confrontations Vis-a-Vis Parentage

Chapter 19.1 

The Curious Case of Sarah Pelham, or, A Basic Overview of the Shit That Happened to Sarah

Chapter 19.9-19.10 

The Talk, or, How To Screw Up Your Kids In One Easy Conversation

Chapter 20.e6 

Carol: Final, or, What Has Carol Learned? (Hint: Not Much)

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PALE ANALYSIS

REDDIT INDEX

Verona and her Dad, a Transactional analysis

Why Verona's Dad is a Literal Manchild - mostly about Out on a Limb 3.1, but with references to 3.4

Adults, Parents and Children

Lucy is Verona's Only Good Parental Figure (and That's Kind Of Sad) - Leaving a Mark 4.2

Pale: Justice

The Cast Of Law And Order: Kennet - Cutting Class 6.z

Practitioner Supremacy

Boy There Are Some Real World Parallels Here - Gone Ahead 7.1

Practitioner Parenting

Regular Old Bad Parenting - Vanishing Points 8.4

Abuse

Brett is an Absolute Bastard - Shaking Hands 9.9

Avery's Games and Gimmicks

Breaking Patterns Is Hard - Dash to Pieces 11.10

Transgressive Acts

Why the Mussers are like the Spartans - Break 5

Practitioners and Others, a Binary

The Binary is a Lie! - Gone and Done It 17.x

Judging the Judiciary

What About the Judges? - Crossed With Silver 19.z

Hostile Environment

Power Plays for the Future - In Absentia 21.12

[eddathegreat]

Really a lot to love about Pale, but going to highlight some stuff for Pride:

One of the three protagonists is lesbian, and another is aromantic heterosexual, and a good chunk of the story is about those two coming to terms with their identity and making a life for themself.

There's a supporting cast that contains many queer characters who are all fascinating and endearing.

There's generally a lot of queerplatonic relationships and it's incredibly sweet.

Exploration and expression of the Self are actually pretty important ideas in the magic system and the story.

Rebelling against corrupt systems, creating safe spaces, educating people, and advocating for and protecting the marginalized are central to the story.

There is an evil patriarchy that is chock full of homoeroticism and I know the Tumblr-folk will like that.

[ariapmdeol]

kennet trio tests... ill figure out how i want them to look eventually,, these probably will change a lot

[ganurath]

...Are there any Wildbow serials where "yeet the baby" isn't applicable wisdom?

[notalittleatall]

When i read pact by far my favourite parts were blacks lambs blood and that one chapter from the implementum textbook. This means when i finally read pale i was fucking ecstatic. I don’t even know if pale is good i just know that i was 100% the target audience for it. Likewise i don’t think pact is bad necessarily but i am absolutely mentally incapable of getting any enjoyment out of reading it because of the way it’s written. A tragedy but at least i get to read pale

[joanna-lannister]

Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness.

[victoriadallonfan]

Quick! Management needs some dialogue for the official Wildbow Character action figures!

You each get one line of dialogue from the books, pick one now!!!!

[pedropascsl]

THE OBSESSED ARTIST

“The trope of the obsessed artist refers to a character that strives to perfect their chosen craft and better themselves at it by any means necessary, which can lead to their own self-destruction in their pursuit of perfection”

[estavionpira]

Oh you like WORM huh? Maybe stop trying to WORM your way into my DMs!

You like PACT? Has it left an imPACT on your social life? Get outta here!

You like TWIG? Have you TWIGged onto the fact that she's not into ya, pal?

You like WARD? Only thing that's doing is WARDing off human companionship!

You like PALE? Your dating market PALEs in comparison to... everyone else's!

You like CLAW? Stop trying to CLAW your way into her heart buddy, it's not gonna happen!

You like SEEK? SEEK bitches!

[tomatosauce5]

Just conducted an internal investigation and as it turns out my favorite genre of media is "young witches learning about magic". Something about young girls drawing runes, flying brooms and casting spells just makes writers, artists and animators go all out every single time.

[cpericardium]

I'm not gonna lie the Blue Heron Institute just doesn't seem like an accredited institution. the graphic design of their info packet screams diploma mill

[autistictaylorhebert]

ward is bad in ways that make sense and can be fixed with straightforward and logical changes or additions, but pale is bad in infinitely more complex and labyrinthine ways that will have you muttering insane things like "lucy should have been the author of the drakeland books" and "zed should have been the final antagonist"