Eh? Reading comprehension for the win.

 

There's a difference in methodology, but the two are still precognition. If you have to make a distinction, I think of them as open precognition (start from point A and discover possible futures from there) and closed precognition (find possible futures leading up to point B). Dinah's regular power is open. Accord's and Contessa's are closed.

 

To me Accord looks like a Thinker and Contessa like a Precog. Accord has been shown to acquire deep levels of understanding of the problems he looks at, granted it could be incredibly detailed precognition, but that seems unlikely. He was able to compile a complete and apparently feasible solution to world hunger, for any normal person - or team of people - that is the work of years and years.

When it comes to Contessa, we've already seem a precog-level thinker at work when fighting, that'd be Number Man. They do look quite similar but I just don't get the feel that Contessa's a Thinker. Her being 'nervous' at he meeting with Alexandria/etc. could be explained by her not being able to use her power without some victory to seek, she wasn't yet in a fight and didn't know her chances vs. some incredibly powerful capes.

As for Dinah's power... can't she effectively find the situation that -maximises a probability- rather than just ask for a probability? That's pretty high level precognition, right there, even if it does ruin her power for a while.

 

Why do you all take Legend's personal view on Contessa's mannerisms/confidence at that meeting as 100% truth and fact? We know that entire meeting was orchestrated by Doctor Mother and Alexandria.

To be relying on it seems short-sighted.

 

Not sure how I feel about this episode of Worm. I mean, I get the setup but it's almost too cliched.

 

Eh? Cliched? Maybe in the simplest terms, "Person is offered a choice to attack, but that attack has dire potential consequences, even if the payoff is great." But the way it's framed is pretty different. He sees Skitter (or so he says) as someone like him. She's offered a rather compelling argument both ways. I'm not sure how this is going to turn out at all. It's a pretty dramatic development. Skitter can't be known as, "The girl who was responsible for New Delhi's obliteration." Right? That would kinda of axe her gig with the PRT...

 

There's some foreshadowing, but what's almost a sudden Bond Villain? Teleporting Manservant? It's somewhat of a genre shift. That said, of the last two times I was worried about a story segments (Skitter turning herself in and the Weaver change) one ended up being awesome and one has worked out fine so far, so I have faith. Only thing I really don't think has worked since Echidna was the Cody chapter which I feel was pretty garbage and should get the same treatment the Vista chapter got.

 

I do think the Cody chapter could use some... rewriting. In some capacity, I need to be better convinced some of those things actually happened (like Accord dying).

 

There was some foreshadowing, in the sense that 'thanda' villains liked to keep a very low profile. Not much, but something.

Also, note that Tattle said that the Enders were holding back. B's reticence is explained by him conversing himself to face the energy bomb; what about the others?

Weaver thinks too much during action scenes. For example, her mediation about recklessness is not needed here, and it detracts from the flow. Not the first time I've noticed this, but this particular instance was pretty egregious.

Considering the title arc, Crushed, the writing so far isn't carrying the theme across very well. (Of course, it could mean that Behemoth with get crushed, and not the capes, but somehow I doubt that.) Considering they have no command structure at all and a host of other disadvantages, the desperation that is undoubtedly being felt is not conveyed very well.

 

But, multitasking is her specialty. Her ability to not just think along multiple tracks, but concentrate on all the information gathered from innumerable perspectives is what has made her such a powerhouse. It seems likely that not all those threads of thought will pertain to the immediate situation.

 

Taylor might not be fully aware of how strange this is. It strikes me as something similar to the instinctive swarm terror thing we saw a couple chapters ago, where Taylor had no idea she was doing it until she saw it on video.

Also, was this the first we heard about Tattletale's quantum scar? Her speech difficulties stopped being mentioned soonish after Jack cut her, and I sort of assumed she might have gotten Scapegoat or someone to heal it, but I don't think it was ever explicitly stated.

Grue really got to shine in this battle as an important force, after he got sidelined for Echidna it was good to see him using his upgraded power to good effect in a big fight. I wonder if his Darkness can damp out the effects of the Simurgh's song a little? Does that have an actual audio component, or is it entirely mental? Due to the Darkness' strange properties it might even work if the Song isn't audio. The PRT should definitely be thinking of ways to safeguard his power better (mover taxi service maybe?) in future Behemoth battles, at least.

 

If Endbringers haven't been attacking with full strength, but won't allow themselves to be in danger of dying, then (presuming he does) when Scion attacks with the intent to kill, we should be able to finally see what both sides are capable of.

I anticipate New Dehli's destruction.

 

Just got caught up with this story, now I've got my sister reading it as well.
This is like crack.
5/5 for sure.

 

Update. An Undersider has finally bit the dust.

 

Was the chain connected to the metal hands in some way...? That part wasn't so clear to me.

A lot of things happened in this chapter. They gave it their last, best shot and it...didn't work. How devastating.

Edit: That makes sense. I completely forgot about the giant 'V' tower in the beginning of the fight. Though I was under the impression that these lightning rods had to be fairly large in order to be effective...

 

Hold your breath. There still could be clones.

 

The chain had Foil's power in them. The same way she uses them on arrow heads, instead on a whole chain. That's the only way they could have used it to cut up an Endbringers leg.

 

First the bomb would level New Delhi (which, btw, is not all of Delhi). Then it would level India. Then it had the potential to take out an entire continent.

Make up your mind, dude!

Still, a good chapter, if a bit rushed. Arc is finally living up to its title.

Edit: I've always found Clockblocker's power a bit weird, considering that the earth is moving, and so is the sun. Ergo, what is in stasis is actually moving rather fast, depending upon your reference frame.

Edit2: Messy transformers were hilarious. So very true.

 

Weaver's just exaggerating it so she can convey how important the plan is.