Title: The Broken Step in Front of the Hebert House Kills Scion Fandom: Worm / Parahumans Author: timtimestim Rating: Unrated, but I'd say T Genre: Humor/Crack Status: Complete Library Category: Other Fandoms / Humor Pairings: None Summary: The journey of a thousand saved Earths begins with a single step. Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-broken-step-in-front-of-the-hebert-house-kills-scion-a-worm-crack-fic.1188920/#post-105268523 The title doesn’t lie: this story is about...

Title: A Ruinous Gift Author: Noodlehammer Rating: M Genre: Crime DLP Category: Worm Pairing: Taylor/Amy, Taylor/Emma, Taylor/Taylor Status: Work in Progress (about 215,000 words) Summary: Taylor Hebert had a great destiny, upon which much rested. She was also a latent psyker, too weak to ever awaken her potential. In the most critical moment of her life, these two things, combined with a plea for help made with dying faith, drew unsavory attention. A gift was given, a gift that was also a...

Title: Here Comes The New Boss (Nothing Like The Old Boss) Author: HowlingGuardian Rating: M Genre: Action/Drama Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: N/A Summary: Taylor Hebert has some big, horrible boots to fill. But she's going to walk her own way. (Butcher Taylor AU) Link: Spacebattles I've been following this for a short while and so far it's been pretty enjoyable. The premise is that the Teeth make a play at returning to Brockton around the start of canon, only for Butcher to fall...

Title: Theogony Author: Darth Marrs Rating: T Genre: Fantasy & Adventure Status: In-Progress Library Category: Worm Pairings: None Summary: "I was born almost three thousand years ago in the city of Sparta, born of a mortal woman and Zeus the Aegis Holder, the King of Olympus. I am a god. Your mother was born over three thousand years ago to Njord of the Vanir, and Nerthus, the River Goddess of the Northlands, and she was a goddess. And you, Taylor, are a goddess also." Being a god carries a...

Title: Brockton's Celestial Forge Author: Lord Roustabout Rating: T Genre: Adventure Status: WIP Library Category: Other Fandoms [Worm] Pairings: Undecided Summary: The Celestial Forge is the greatest combination of crafting powers in Jumpchain, meaning it is the greatest combination of crafting abilities in all of fiction. In Brockton Bay a forgotten side character's trigger event ends with him linked to the Celestial Forge rather than his intended shard. His expanding collection of tinker...

Title: This Is Your Only Purpose Author: Ringed in Spears Rating: T Genre: Sci-Fi Status: Work in Progress (63k words thus far, with nearly daily updates of 1-2k) Summary: A girl wakes up amid the ruins of humanity, and needs to find her way through the landmines of the past. Guardians and Risen are not who they used to be. They are reborn in the Light. But consequences still linger. Link: SV The Worm fandom is a mess, and always seems like the horse that's been beaten twice past death -...

Title: Mixed Feelings Author: Kittius Rating: T Genre: Action/Drama Chapters: 77 Words: 712,290 Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Summary: Our main character, an OC suffering from long term (non-sexual) child abuse by her militant racist father, triggers. Her problems only gets worse. Link: SB, AO3 (in order to avoid spoilers, new readers should stick to AO3 until they caught up). Longer official Summary: Astrid Berklow has problems, not least of which are a demanding father, an asshole brother, and...

Title: Kill them all Author: ShayneT Genre: Action/Crossover Status: WIP Library Category: Other Fandoms - Worm Pairings: None Summary: Taylor Hebert has the powers of the Gamer...but the aftermath of a tragedy sends her on a path to revenge. Link: SpaceBattles Some spoilers ahead, but can't explain what's good about it without them. To be honest the beginning of this fic is rather weak in my opinion. It's only when Taylor gets powers to travel to different universes and it becomes a...

Title: Special Edition Author: WriterOfFortune Rating: [Censorship Hooo! Movie and Fanfic rating systems accepted.] Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: N/A Summary: N/A Link: Spacebattles "Taylor sees the future and shares it with the world through PHO, in the style of news reports. It's based on a movie from years ago, where someone got tomorrow's newspaper every day, and the whole premise is that Taylor sells her predictions to people and serves as a strictly neutral party akin to...

Title: Shamus Author: AWorldWithoutShrimp Rating: T Genre: Friendship, Action/Adventure Status: Complete (83k words) Pairings: None (Lisa/Taylor friendship) Summary: At the end of her rope, Taylor turns to the detective rogue Shamus, aka Lisa Wilbourn, for help, and finds both a job and a friend in the process. But will their partnership survive amidst the hazards of Brockton Bay? Links: [FFN] [AO3] From the author's note in Chapter 1, the key divergence is that Coil died to Nilbog so Lisa...

Title: A Wand for Skitter Author: ShayneT Rating: T (I would set a higher rating for brutality) Genre: Fantasy/Suspense Status: Complete Length: 359,078 Words Library Category: The Alternates Pairings: none Summary: Waking in the body of a murdered child, Taylor Hebert, once a super villain and later a super hero must discover who has been killing muggleborns while being forced to go to Hogwarts, among groups who are the most likely suspects. Link:...

I'm very late to the party, but I finally got into Worm. I've always been aware of its popularity, but the amount of fics it has is just amazing for a webnovel. What are its best fics by general opinion? Or the most popular since these often are mediocre guilty pleasures.

Title: Mauling Snarks Author: CmptrWz Rating: T (it's on SV) Genre: Action/Fluff Status: Complete Library Category: Other Fandoms - Worm Pairings: N/A (nothing explicit) Summary: A Worm AU where the Entities do things a little differently and Taylor's got an uncle that results in a different power set for her trigger event. Link: Sufficient Velocity Spoiler alert: sums up the plot [spoiler] The story is quite whimsical (early on in it's 1.5 million words), and progresses without too much...

Title: Inspired Voyage Author: SIDoragon Rating: M Genre: General Fics Status: WIP 120K Fandom: Star Trek Voyager / Crossovers Pairings: None so far Summary: N/A Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/inspired-voyage-st-voyager-si.791005/reader/ A lengthy Star Trek fic & one of the best i've found (not that there are many anyway). It revolves around Voyager gaining a Section 31 passenger (the OC) just before their trip the the Delta quadrant & applies a more realistic narrative than...

Title: The Birds That Don't Rise Author: @VereorNox aka Elpis Rating: T Genre: Drama/Action Status: Complete Fandom: Worm / HighschoolDxD / Book of Enoch Pairings: N/A Summary: N/A Link: Spacebattles So quite the bunch of fandoms paired together. I had no idea what the latter 2 were, but the story does a pretty good job at not leaving you lost. This reads to me like a more polished, less edgy version of Shezza's Denarian Series. The mythologies themselves are quite easy to grasp for your...

Title: Going Native Author: Dartz Fandom: Worm Genre: Action/Drama Length: 86k words Status: WiP/Possibly Abandoned Link: https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/worm-going-native.17415/ Summary: A twenty-something Irish engineer finds himself in a body of his teen Earth-Bet version with a knowledge of coming events and in a unique position to influence them but reluctant to change anything and risk a total annihilation of human race. Oh and he also got a pretty neat power after...

Thread Title: Classical Hero by strangebloke - T - Percy Jackson/Worm Title: Classical Hero Author: strangebloke Rating: T Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Crime-Fighting DLP Category: Dimension Hopping Pairings: None (that I can tell) Status: WIP Summary: The rage and loathing that Percy felt at the gods for kidnapping him again wasn't going to get in the way of him saving as many people as he could while he was here on this crappy world. At least, that was his plan. Link:...

Title: Collagen Author: T0PH4T Rating: T Genre: Adventure Status: Complete Fandom: Worm Pairings: Taylor/Amy, Taylor/OC Summary: The Shaper shard and Queen Administrator shard switch places. Things butterfly quickly. Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12883422/1/Collagen Widely regarded as one of the best Worm fanfics out there, I found strange that neither its title, nor its author's name seem to show up at DLP's search engine. Yet another (well done) alt-power wormfic, this time Taylor...

Title: Cage Author: Racheakt Rating: T Genre: Horror/Suspense Status: In-Progress Library Category: Pairings: Summary: Part 1 of the Bird Series. Taylor triggers and is sent to an insane asylum. "Nobody likes it here. About one in every five doctors might be here to help the patients, the rest are here to study the patients. But you know what? You need this, we all need this. We have to try. It’s not going to be easy, it's not going to be pleasant. It's not going to be fun, or about making...

Title: A Daring Synthesis Author: Ironypus Rating: T Genre: Action/General/Adventure Chapters: 40 Words: 79,554 Status: WIP Fandom: Worm/Gamer Summary: It's Greg Veder but he's a Gamer. Link: FFN, SB I honestly feel like I posted this before, but I couldn't find any trace of it, so I must have linked it in chat. Before you get all over yourself, and tell me that this is nothing but a shit story, lemme tell you something. You're half-way right. But seriously, this is the Greg the Gamer...

Title: Whirlpool Author: Rickion Invictus Rating: M Status: Complete Rating: T (i'm guessing, no official rating) Genre: AU Crossover Chapters: 7 Words: 31k Updated: 1/5/19 Published: 8/25/18 Status: Complete (sequel coming) Fandom: Worm / Naruto Pairings: None Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/whirlpool-worm-naruto.674303/ Summary: Naruto punches an Endbringer in the face. I searched and didn't see this fic anywhere here so decided to post it. I really enjoyed it. More than...

Title: Pick A Card Author: Glazt Rating: T Genre: General Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: Taylor/Arclance Summary: Pick a card, any card...and hope that the dastardly Discard has no designs on your valuables. Or the vault door protecting them. Summary improvised by TWT. Altpower Taylor, with the ability to seal objects into cards. She's a villain who went to the same school of capeing as Mouse Protector. Link: SB reader mode So this is probably one of the best fics currently...

Title: Trailblazer Author: 3ndless Rating: T Genre: General Status: WIP Fandom: Worm/Gundam fusion Pairings: None at this time. Summary: Trailblazer is a crossover featuring Tinker!Taylor with a specialization that allows her to replicate the technology of Mobile Suit Gundam. Link: SB 110k words so far There was no official summary. This one is part of the author's note at the beginning. It's an alt power Taylor and no Gundam knowledge is needed to follow the plot. Honestly, the author...

Title: Denial Author: Nara'la Rating: T Genre: humor/crack Status: WIP Length: 41k Summary:When a butterfly flaps its wings in China, it can cause a hurricane in Mexico. So, what happens if a Lung flaps its wings, trips and knocks itself out in Brockton Bay, right at the feet of an unpowered Taylor Hebert? Well, apparently, it leads to everyone across the US believing she’s a Parahuman, no matter how much she tries to convince them otherwise. An Alt-Power (if one can call no power...

Title: An Essence of Silver and Steel Author: James D. Fawkes Rating: M Genre: Fantasy/SUpernatural Status: WIP Length: 247,640 as of 28.07.2018 Summary:At the moment of transformation, when the connection was to be established and a young girl's life forever changed, the Red Shadow intervened, and the Administration shard became its tool on the path to human salvation. With the power of every hero ever immortalized in myth and legend, what can that girl do but be a hero herself? -A...

Title: Save The Bay: Fixing the City with Organized Crime Author: Stravickan Ovmahn Rating: T Genre: Action, Crime Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: No pairings. Summary: Taylor gets a Thinker/Striker power that lets her see, understand, and manipulate different kinds of structures she comes in contact with. This story won't be heavy on physical fights, instead based on Taylor fixing Brockton Bay in any way she can. Her trigger is very public, causing the PRT to know her identity from the...

Title: Lodestar Author: ShayneT Rating: T Genre: Action Status: In-Progress Library Category: Other Fandom Pairings: None Summary: Taylor Hebert is the grandchild of Magneto, a villain from another world. She has inherited his powers. Is the world prepared for a mistress of magnetism? Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12867805/1/Lodestar So, this is pretty decent. I usually don't rec something so soon, but its 25k words and I've enjoyed it. Its currently up to date with whats posted on SB....

This thread serves as a few purposes, and will be split up into three parts. First part is just going to be my observations on the Worm fandom from my point of view (and will mostly just be a rehash of stuff I’ve been saying for years now). Second part will be my thoughts on crossovers, and third part will be the meat of this conversation, pure Worm fics. Alright, first part. The Worm fandom feels like it’s in dire straights. I’ll be up front and say that I think it’s because there’s...

Title: Trump Card Author: Ack Rating: T Genre: Action/Adv Status: WiP Fandom: Worm Pairings: None that I have seen? Summary: Taylor gains powers in the locker; this much is familiar. But the power she gets, and what she does with it, begins to change things around considerably. Faced with the pressure of the power she has, and official apathy, she must make her own decisions, and take a different route to achieve her goals. Link Worm fic, its on SB, I think its on FFN, I didn't search...

Title: Seed Author: TheOtherAnt Rating: T Genre: Adventure/Crime Status: WIP Library Category: Other Fandom: Worm Pairings: None Summary: An alternate universe where the Endbringers attack in a few different places and order that leads to Taylor gaining Blasto's shard. Desperate to be a hero, Taylor does something clever but incredibly dangerous to give herself the power to save the city and chooses to become a Heroic Warlord to save the city from itself. Link: FFN I didn't see this posted...

Title: Double Cross Author: LacksCreativity Rating: T (No official rating provided, but Spacebattles-safe) Fandoms: Worm / The Dresden Files Genre: Action / Mystery Words: 55k Status: Work in Progress, chapters updating regularly Tuesday/Friday Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/double-cross-worm-dresden-files.551909/ This is a fic with a simple premise in many ways, but one with angles rarely explored these days in the Worm fandom and with very good execution. During the...

Title: All-Father Author: Rheager Rating: T (???) Fandoms: Worm/Marvel crossover Status: Work in Progress Summary: The evil that seeks to extinguish man's light will tremble when Taylor awakens to godhood. Mankind will believe in magic again and know that Asgard stands with thee. Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-father-worm-marvel-odin-taylor.535396/#post-36022786 As simple as it appears on the box, it's a Worm/Marvel crossover. Taylor has the Powers of Odin. What I like...

Title: A Bad Name Author: Potato Nose Rating: T (???) Fandoms: Worm / The Gamer Genre: Self Insert Status: Work in Progress Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-bad-name-worm-oc-the-gamer.500626/#post-32256937 Here's another worm fic I follow, yes, its a gamer fic, yes its a Worm fic. Its not quite as bad as you would think. Basic premise: SI with Gamer powers works for the Merchants, gets taken in and since he's pretty stupid just goes along with the flow. I honestly like the...

Title: Rink Maker Author: Lithos Maitreya Rating: T Fandoms: Worm / LotR crossover Genre: Fantasy / Spiritual Chapters: 36 Words: 92,624 Updated: August 19, 2017 Published: July 3, 2017 Status: Work in Progress Summary: Taylor Hebert had a bad day, and came out of it changed. Some parahumans can control bugs. Some can build advanced technology. Some can do unspeakable things to space and time. Taylor can make magic rings, wondrous metals, mysterious weapons, and may not be a parahuman (or,...

Title: The Othersiders Author: Words Words Words Rating: T Genre: Alt-Power Alt-Universe Status: Abandoned (130k words) Fandom: Worm Pairings: Lisa/Alec Rachel/Brian Lily/Sabah Summary: In a world where all the Undersiders’ powers are swapped, Lisa and her team are saved from Lung by a mysterious cape who seems to have all the answers. Link: SB This is a Lisa centric story, that follows a power swapped Undersider's. The powers are not just swapped, but instead shown how that...

Title: The Great Toad Sage of Brockton Bay Author: Green Eyed Typhoon Rating: T Genre: AU Crossover Chapters: 36 Words: 179,464 Updated: May 18, 2017 Published: January 4, 2016 Status: WIP Fandom: Worm / Naruto Pairings: None Summary: Taylor Hebert triggers with a very odd, if useful, set of powers. With the ability to summon the Toads of Mount Myoboku she enters the cape scene with both the aspirations to be a hero and the backing of a family. Based on the previous Toad summoners, she...

Title: Skitter Studies Author: The Laurent Rating: T. Probably. It's on SV, so it isn't rated. Genre: Action Status: WiP Fandom: Worm / Dresden Files Pairings: N/A Summary: None provided for Book One. Book Two in the spoiler: [spoiler] Link: SV A pretty massive crossover, Skitter Studies follows Taylor Hebert, Wizard-in-training, as she tries to solve the mystery behind the murder of an executive in a local business. Along the way, she'll discover all sorts of interesting things...

Title: I Just Love Killin' Author: BlueNine Rating: M Genre: AU Crossover Status: WIP Fandom: Worm / Rick and Morty Pairings: None Summary: Instead of a boring old Shard, Taylor receives the spirit of Krombopulous Michael, the friendly intergalactic assassin. Can an idealistic girl make a difference with the help of one cheerful hitman? Let me begin by saying that I haven't actually read Worm. I know some things about it and the general premise, but I haven't actually read it. I have...

Title: Divided Author: Para_Docks Rating: T but it's a Worm story so it's not exactly sunshine and rainbows Genre: AU Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: None Summary: An Alternate Earth in which parahumans are hunted down by the PRT ruthlessly and either subjugated or sent to 'The Birdcage'. Taylor Hebert alongside several other Parahumans are discovered by the PRT and are picked up by The Court, led by the strongest Parahumans they've grown up fearing. Link:...

Title: The Wolf Time Author: Anzer'ke Rating: T Status: Work In Progress Fandom: Worm Wordcount: 190k Link: Spacebattles So here is the thing. It is an Alt power AU. However, it escapes almost all of the usual pitfalls and does a lot of things different and a lot of things right. So, to start of, Taylor didn't trigger in the locker, if i understood things right. The story starts with Taylor bringing a knife to her school because at this point, after the locker, she's afraid for her life....

Title: Tabloid Author: babylonsheep Rating: T Genre: Comedy/Drama Status: Complete Fandom: Worm Summary: PRT photographer by day and cape paparazzi by night, Tabloid explores the effects of parahumans on society with the help of his quirky sense of humor. Each chapter contains original artwork. World-building, slice of life, comedy/drama. Link: Archive of Our Own I like how this story tries to expand upon Worm's worldbuilding, it's one of the few non-Taylor Worm fics that I've...

Title: Gadget Author: Rhydeble Rating: T Genre: Adventure/Humor Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: N/A Summary: What if a 19 year old Armsmaster has a small indiscretion What if, almost fifteen year later, he finds out that he has a teenage daughter? This is the story of Sely Wallis, a fourteen year old kleptomaniac tinker, and her adventures in the town of Westlake, Wyoming, eventually moving to the city of Brockton Bay. Starts a year before canon. Link: SB AO3 I've been...

Title: El-Ahrairah Author: Anderein Rating: M (not actually sure - SB doesn't have a rating system, and Worm as a setting is pretty grim. I don't remember anything particularly objectionable beyond some language so this could very well be a T). Genre: Drama Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: None (sort of Taylor/Dennis, but not really) Summary: No summary provided. If I had to give one, it would be: "Reasonable decision-making under uncertainty." Link: SB While this fic hits a...

Title: Centipede Author: Pangolin Rating: NC17 Genre: Crossover, Horror, Crime Status: In-Progress Fandom: Worm/Tokyo Ghoul Pairings: None Summary: Taylor is stronger, faster, and tougher, but she also hungers for human flesh - not a trait of heroes. Ragged, unwashed, and desperately alone, she is summoned to meet with Lung. Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/centipede-worm-tokyo-ghoul.431353/ Pangolin is no slouch as an author. I don't know where he came from (this is his only...

Title: Constellations. Author: UnwelcomeStorm. Rating: T. Genre: Alternate Universe. Status: In-Progress. Fandom: Worm/Okami. Pairings: None. Summary: When she was young, Taylor made a friend in a mysterious white dog; now, as her life spirals out of control, the dog guides Taylor along a different path. Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/constellations-worm-okami.414320/ The obvious comparison one could make about this fic is to Go Gently. They are both light-hearted...

Title: Cutting Ties. Author: Harbin. Rating: T. Genre: Alt!Power. Status: Complete. Fandom: Worm. Pairings: None. Summary: Jack Slash used his power to lead one of the most depraved gangs in America; Taylor just wants to make friends. Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/cutting-ties-worm-altpower-complete.420239/ This just finished so I thought it was time to make a thread. By the writer of Twinnings, this fic continues and fulfills the theme of Taylor growing as a...

Info here. Most well-known for his Worm/Iron Man crossover, Memories of Iron, becuzitswrong has passed away. Personally, I found his other Worm stories less trite and more interesting than his flagship. Beyond how awful death in general is, it's a huge shame that such a motivated and prolific writer has left us. We shall have to work faster.

Title: [Hunter] Author: [UnwelcomeStorm] Rating: [M] Genre: [Horror] Status: [Wip] Fandom: [Worm/Bloodborne] Pairings: [-] Summary: [Taylor triggers with the abilities of the Good Hunter. She visits the Hunter's Dream and Yharnam whenever she falls asleep, and as the events of Bloodborne play out, their effects bleed over into Brockton Bay.] Link: [https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hunter-worm-bloodborne.363802/#post-19662862] The first thing to know about this story is that it is...

Title: Carnage Author: TheManWithaPlan Rating: M Genre: Alternate Universe Status: WIP Fandom: Worm Pairings: None Summary: Schizo Taylor tries to stay one step ahead of herself Link: Spacebattles I looked through the Worm library and after reading a bit of The Butcher's Bill my first thought was 'Meh, I wish this were more like Carnage' Then I realized that Carnage hadn't been put up for review, for a long time I though this had been abandoned, but recently the author started...

Title: Reconciliation Author: LD 1449 Rating: T Genre: Canon Divergence Status: Complete Fandom: Worm Pairings: None Summary: This is a Worm AU as it says in the title, the premise of which is, what if a certain someone else had been present at Kyuushu when Leviathan attacked. Link: SpaceBattles [spoiler] Writing is pretty solid. The Leviathan fight is pretty cool. Parts of the fic can feel a little bit melodramatic, but I really enjoyed the ending, which wraps everything up...