I wouldn't want to live on the coast anymore if there was a Sea Monster roaming the earth.

 

I recall it being canon although don't quote me because I can't remember where it was stated.

Edit; I can't read, I thought the above post was "Is this canon?"

 

On Alteran Alternatives: it was a fun read but it has its problems, not the least of which the fact that Asurans are even more technobabble bullshit than Worm Tinkertech, that ancients are complete dicks, and that the whole thing is a little bit infected with posthumanism wankery (this last bit may just be me remembering the comment thread, I haven't read that story in a while).

I'm still waiting for an "honest" Worm/SG1 cross where Taylor and/or some other assortment of Parahumans ends up at the SGC and just has fun adventures. I wouldn't mind reading a Buffy (might be a little stompy but whatever) or HP cross in that style either.

And on the HP cross, I think I said this somewhere before but I desperately want to read a crack!fic where Skitter ends up teaching DADA somehow.

 

Nah, Care of Magical Creatures. Give her a couple blast-ended skrewts, an acromantula or two, and I'd say she'd have a pretty effective swarm.

 

I'm sure Skitter and Hagrid would get along well.

 

I devoured the SpaceBattles fic archive, and here’s some decent ones:

Unintended Consequences: an OC celebrates his birthday in the Birdcage. Oneshot.

Finder: Taylor looks for someone important. Oneshot.

To Spite Her Face: Emma regrets. Oneshot.

The Last Argument of Capes: semi-AU. Danny’s a retired super villain. Oneshot?

Second Gen: Taylor is a second-generation cape who triggers with the power of hydrokinesis. Series, five chapters so far.

 

Someone mentioned this story a few pages back, but She Who Skitters in Shadows has started updating again after a couple months of silence. Two new chapters in the last week. It's one of the best Exalted crossovers IMO, written by the same author as "Second Gen", and also one of the longest Worm fics on SB.

 

Words cannot express how bad this story is. In fact, it's so bad that Wildbow payed homage to it when he mentioned an abandoned Subway in one of the Cockroach chapters.

Because having a Subway franchise on the Protectorate oil rig base (where the Wards do not ever go) is literally the dumbest thing anyone has written into Worm fanfiction.

 

I opened the page only to find a horizon of unformatted paragraphs.

Fuck no.

 

I was just glad it wasn't Fugly Bob's again.

It has some weird and questionable ideas (some of them because Exalted) as well as some fan-wanky moments (Tattletale the first time she meets Taylor, for instance), but I like it. The writing is solid, Taylor's power set is interesting and not too OP so far, and it's an interesting take on Regent, Bonesaw, and Armsmaster.

 

And Zombie only read it because I told him about how bad it was. And no, Wildbow has not read it.

 

same. It's definitely worth reading. The chapter was written in three days and the author seems enthusiastic which makes me quietly optimistic about future chapters.

 

The AU is interesting. I like the new characters. My main problem is that Taylor seems really OOC for a story taking place after the end of Worm. I have trouble believing she'd spend more than thirty seconds thinking about Emma and Sophia. Or that she'd tell the first Ward she meets all the strengths and weaknesses of her power.

 

I don't know how I feel about the OC. Like, he has a very sweet deal going on for him. Bunch of powers (strong ones at that), well off parents, very casual, charities, insists on paying rent, good relationship with parents, first contact with Skitter, her being open with him, respected by community... Okay, save for the Skitter part he is pretty much like triumph but the way it is explained its like the author is saying "take this character. Love him!" with a lot of explanation to make him look good.

Taylor also feels weird. Casual in how she tells Vigilant of his powers, it feels like she knew she was going to the past and had a plan already but she tells us that she didn't. I expected a little more reaction to the realization that there is no Scion and she wouldn't need to save the world. Or more wondering about those left behind.

I have to admit though that it is a good first attempt at writing in first person. A few things feel off but it should be solved if the author continues with it.

 

I'll give it a shot once they fix the formatting. Good god it hurts