Worm

Outsider
Sufficient Velocity- finished at 01
fic has been dead since last year

a lot like 'A Survivor Is Born'
Taylor went on the Endurance with Roth and survived Yamtai by becoming very dangerous
a good number of things are different, though I do believe that this one does a better job of displaying the mental toll on Taylor's mind, while ASIB is a preferable one of Taylor's general life after the event
some good stuff, some bad. Can't exactly put my finger on the problem, but it is there

The Wolf Time
Space Battles- caught up at Pup 4
still on-going

Taylor gets a power that lets her turn herself and anyone she touches into dogs
she also gets scared that the Trio and Co. are actually going to kill her, so she brings a knife to school to defend herself. this leads to her having a public cape battle with Shadow Stalker and being declared a villain for defending herself. is taken in by Rachel of the Undersiders when she is on the run

EDIT: Holy shit, that's not the end of it- she can change anyone she touches, and turns the Undersiders into a pack of fucking werewolves.
oh, and the Empire and Gesellshaft (however it's spelled) decide that she belongs to them now, so that's a thing

and once again, i really, really, really hate Glory Girl, even more because this version of her is totally in-line with canon, and it sucks, when applied to this setting

EDIT: i take it back; i hate the heroes in general in this setting. seriously, the author did a fantastic job of ensuring i was shaking with anger when reading any intersection or conflict with the heroes

A Dragon in Winter
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/wormverse-ideas-recs-and-fic-discussion-thread-35.305746/page-57#post-14816664

a one-shot where Uncle Iroh from Avatar: the Last Airbender replaces Lung and takes Bakuda (and a bunch of other parahumans, apparently) under his wing. Charming.

Old Dragon, Young Bug
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/wormverse-ideas-recs-and-fic-discussion-thread-9.274105/page-31#post-12291283

another one-shot, featuring Lung some 60 years after the events of the Golden Morning. Lung has retreated from the world to live out his days in peace on a mountainside. As he is chopping wood one day, he is approached by a young girl who bears the power of someone who once fought against him and won. rather interesting reaction, and does a good job of fleshing out and humanizing the character

Perpetuance
SpaceBattles- caught up at 1.4
fic has not updated since 2015

short one, but Danny dies around Christmas, before the locker incident, and Taylor triggers early. She is stupid powerful, but can't die. Tattletale latches onto her hard because of how close to home Taylor's suicide attempt is

Wail of the Banshee
Sufficient Velocity- caught up at 11.7

Taylor gains the ability to morph herself into a Banshee-class Warframe
an...interesting premise, to say the least

EDIT: actually really liking this one so far. it's a 'Taylor joins the Wards' fic, but it does a fantastic job of showing the Wards, Protectorate, and PRT as actually competent and really knowing the score, especially Piggot

really hoping it keeps this up

EDIT: caught up now. don't know if it's still going or not, but that took an...interesting turn

adding new ones to look into


Death's Head- sufficient velocity
Effigy- spacebattles
the last daughter- taylor is the last daughter of krypton
legion- archive of our own- taylor stayed in the locker much longer than canon, with side effects
the monsters in her mind- taylor and yog-sothoth
shade of eternity- spacebattles- taylor becomes a demon
the slippery slope- spacebattles- taylor makes a friend...who happens to be in the Empire
umbram mortis- space battles- taylor died in the locker. emma triggered and joined the protectorate. many years later, she is noticing some familiar crimes
worthy opponents- fanfiction.net- the endbringers actually are parahumans with enormous powers
Fodder- tyalor can end it all?

Si Vis Pacem
Archive of Our Own- caught up at Chapter 133

Taylor triggers in the locker with powerful self-biokinesis, and spends three months vastly improving both her body and her mind. excited to see where it goes

EDIT: Ohhhh, shit that was a ride, and i'm really hoping that the author is just on hiatus rather than just having dropped it.
this is a fucking fanTastic take on self-biokinesis, with modifications, but Taylor has enough challenges that she actually has to use that modified brain to get through them. Also, she goes from bullied nobody to repairing a damaged relationship and running the second-wealthiest gangs in Brockton Bay within a month of her debut

also on kinda-good relations with the Protectorate/PRT, the ABB is straight-up gone (Lung to the Birdcage, Lee dead via Viktor, and Bakuda convinced to join the Guild), the Empire is hurting (Hookwolf: shot, Stormtiger: broken sternum(?), Cricket: broken ribs, Night: dead, Viktor: dead, Othala: dead), Coil is gone and the Undersiders own his operations, the Travelers have been recruited, Faultline is on retainer, Dinah is home safe and sound, and Taylor is running PR for the Undersiders

sorry for rambling, but i think this one just took one of my top slots. kinda sorry I put it off for so long

Medic
Fanfiction.net- finished at chapter 17

another Bonesaw!Taylor fic, only this one is a bit more interesting. Taylor survives a car wreck with both her parents, but doesn't join the Protectorate immediately. instead, she meets Sophia shortly after summer camp (again) but this time tells Sophia to fuck off while she ends up getting some answers out of Emma. Taylor and Sophia end up becoming friends and working together

EDIT: finished up with this one and I have to say that it kind of went downhill a little for me. not in any noticeable way, really, but it took a big enough step from medical that I really don't like it

oh well, finished now

Death's Head
Space Battles- first blood 2

Taylor triggers as a powerful and imaginative Tinker, but has the drawback of having to put Nazi imagery on everything she builds or risk having them malfunction in debilitating and dangerous ways.

She hates it.

She also lives in a city with a gang that has one of the deepest benches of capes on the east coast.
that happens to be made up of Neo-Nazis.
do the math

Me, Myself, and Eye
spacebattles- chapter 2

crossover of Black Rock Shooter. interesting and totally believable premise, but it is presented in a Quest-style story, which i'm not sure i'm sold on yet. at lest Taylor is working with BRS and not Chariot (though Strength would have been cool too, or Dead Master)

E.L.F. Extraterrestrial Lifeform
SpaceBattles- Apprentice 5

Taylor doesn't actually trigger, but instead but instead literally transforms into a member of the Eldar race from Warhammer 40k, a farseer specifically. it is amusing

The funny thing is that, in the course of trying to work out the differences between Archangel!Taylor and Kraken!Taylor, I realized that with their similar but distinctly different powersets and their complementary outlooks on life, I really want them to be best friends and travel between dimensions using tinkertech portal devices to see what life in other Taylors' lives is like. Just, super-snarky, back and forth ribbing and betting, but ultimately they get along because they are living proof of each other's viewpoint

going to get to these, but really don't have the time right now:

Seed- space battles- threadmark 1.5

A lord in the bay- sufficient velocity- 1.4

Pariah- spacebattles- 1.2

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10797826/1/Worm-40k-Idea-Repository

Pariah- spacesbattles- different one

The Last Daughter
Space Battles- 8.4

where taylor is not human, not parahuman, but is the last daughter of krypton, sent to earth to prevent the Destroyers (the kryptonian name for the Entities) from claiming any more planets (read: saving earth)

absolutely amazing, and totally believable

and not sure what is my favorite part so far:
taylor completely demolishing the Slaughterhouse Nine while mixing parts of three epic and well-known superman speeches (A world ofcardboard, superman vs the elite, and 'I can see your soul')
or
Armsmaster leaving the Protectorate to work with Taylor, and properly becoming Batman (because he more or less was the Batman expy, built for Worm- solid opinions on justice, no life outside of work, was the epitome of a Tinker in that he was a completely normal- if well-trained human- whose main superpower was his technology)

The Brockton Crusade
Space Battles- caught up at chapter 42

Hope through Overwhelming Firepower
Spacebattles- complete at END 2

put simply, taylor does trigger, but the shard she was supposed to get is destroyed via accident involving Buster Machine No. 7 from Diebuster, who in an attempt to save her stuffs the machines schematics where the shard would have gone
aaand yeah. the problems of the original series get solved in the space of...about 4 months, probably less. all good fun.

actually really liked this series, especially the scenes with Coil realizing how badly he is fucked and noping right out of the situation, and Bakuda having Taylor just stand there while she ineffectually throws all kinds of bombs at her, until she throws a singularity at taylor, who proceeds to grab the black hole and use it as a power source to nuke Bakuda's shard

and that's just the beginning. in-character for both series, considering crossover implications. definitely one of the better i've read

Nightingale
SpaceBattles- caught up at 5.1

sweet dreams
space battles- bubbles 2

More Than Meets The Eye
FFN- 1.3
SpaceBattles- caught up at 11.9

Cryptekial
SpaceBattles- caught up at Unrest

probably the best Necron!Taylor fic i've read, and one of the better Tinker!taylor stories

also finding it really amusing because the PRT in general is flipping the fuck out over her fabrication equipment, namely because it breaks one of their laws of Tinkertech. This thing can take any matter put into it and receive anything out of it, whether that be raw materials like steel or plutonioum or completed goods like medicine or guns

why this is funny is that this equipment isn't even what she wants to build- everyone else is flipping out over it, but to her it's just the equipment meant to build the things she actually has designs for

It gets worse
Fanfiction.net- completed at part 9

truly EPIC crackfic- taylor triggers as normal, but picks up probability manipulation, namely in the form of laser-guided karma. things just...fall together in efforts to dissuade literally anyone who decides to harm her, directly or indirectly.

probably my favorite was how her power completely dissected Coil, the infamous schemer of the story, and laid every last one of his plans to waste, although seeing the PRT actually be completely rational about seeing Taylor's powers work was rather refreshing

With Friends Like These
Sufficient Velocity- caught up at 2.2

connecting with one of my prior entries '...Who Needs Enemies?', this is mostly a crackfic about Taylor triggering in the locker and gaining power in the form of friendship...with the Endbringers. except in this version she can control their sizes, and they have their own personalities that can mostly be described as 'adorable'

also, omake: this one is actually the forth in a series called Fourth (located on the first page of the thread) but this part was not listed, so here it is:

"Would you believe I'm not supposed to be in today?"

Scientists, Strategists, Thinkers, and Generals the world over listened very carefully. The fact that the "secure" recordings were being streamed to various Rogues, Villains, and other sorts meant that the world was listening, though with up to a fifteen minute delay. All thoughts were the same.

What did it mean?

"What do you mean?" Piggot asked for the world.

"I was not to be Fourth. I was to be Seventh..."

That set the world buzzing. Seven Endbringers?

"Of Twenty."

The world shat its collective pants.

-=-=-=-​

The world paused to listen to a dragging sound.

"Y-your stool M-mister B-behemoth." Squeaked the waitress, pushing the stool closer with a broomhandle..

*Rawr*

"He says thank you."

The background held quiet crunches. Rappers were stealing samples.

"He does so love refined metals." Said the Fourth, echoes each sounding fondly in a distinct manner. "I think it's the crystalline structures."

The tea and coffee came on a shaky tray. When both drinks lifted themselves off the tray silently, the waitress started making quiet animal sounds and backed into a corner. From Piggot's "glasses" camera, the world watched as sugar floated in perfect allotments into her coffee. It stirred itself without a spoon. It descended to land in front of her.

Piggot took a sip. A loud one. People winced into their headphones.

"Not bad."

"It was open."The tea cup levitated into Fourth's palm. It tilted the cup carefully into the faceplate. It made no sound.

-=-=-=-​

There was, for the assorted human beings, an awkward silence. None of the Endbringers seemed to mind, even the human seeming Fourth. Behemoth was working on the cushion after the legs were gone. Bits of fluff burned up before it landed on the table.

But what to say? What small talk could you have with an Endbringer? With any of them?

Unbeknownst to the world, the Fourth was alternating between carefully sipping her tea and watching a timer tick down.
WAIT
9 seconds.
8 seconds.
7seconds.
6 seconds...


Fourth finished drinking and placed the cup down just as Piggot could stand no more quiet.

"Why are you doing this?"

"This?" It sounded vaguely amused.

"Why are you here, in my city, threatening everyone's lives?"

The answer radiated amusement, bemusement, and a hint of cemusement.

"That has been unchanged since First rose out of the earth in Iran. To save the world."

-=-=-=-​

Fourth allowed a moment for everyone both present and remote to digest the answer. Piggot's eyes flickered wildly back and forth as she fought the urge to scream, to shout, to roar "Bullshit!" to the Fourth Endbringer.

Then the brownies came.

The waitress was ready this time and barely flinched as they and the carrot cake's plates left the tray and floated towards Behemoth and the Simurgh. They nodded at her but did not start eating just yet.

"What do you mean 'Save the world?'"

Piggot's head snapped to look at the waitress. The world stared at her through the tiny embedded camera lens. As the Fourth turned to look at her she shrugged and clutched her round tray to her chest.

"I'm here, I'm not dead, and I wanna know." Her MySpace profile was ten seconds away from exploding.

Fourth nodded. "And you shall. After you bring me my cheesecake of course."

The world waited as it was fetched. The waitress even got close enough to deliver it personally. She wasn't shaking any more.

Fourth looked down upon it. "It is very small. Smaller than the picture advertises." The camera caught from the corner of Piggot's eye her apron shifting slightly.

Thinkers determined it was a shrug, apologetic and somewhat sheepish.

"Sorry, it comes pre-sliced."

"Very well."

And then the Endbringers ate.

The Simurgh looked at her spoon for a moment before it shifted and rippled slightly. Piggot's earpiece picked up the sound of metal shrieking quietly. Satisfied, she took her modified spoon and scooped up a brownie. The micro-lattice was like shark skin in that is held going in one direction but dislodged without mess or loss. No brownie would be lost.

Behemoth's hand absolutely engulfed the tiny desert fork, but, with precision never before seen barring the consumption of a car not an hour ago, he separated almost daintily pieces and placed it into his maw. The fork would be eaten last, along with the plate.

The Fourth picked up the fork next to the plate and carefully brought it down. Cheesecake separated, then the fork hit the plate and did not stop. The porcelain shattered with a crack and a shard shot towards Piggot's face like a bullet.

It stopped a millimeter from the camera lens. She, and thousands of others lurched back in shock. The piece floated and spun slowly in mid air.

"Sorry." said the Fourth. "I am still new to being this."

The plate reassembled. Cheesecake was speared and brought towards the mask, only to vanish. The fork emerged empty.

"To be a tad more specific, Madge." The waitress glanced down but saw no nameplate on her outfit. "To save the world from you all."

-=-=-=-​

"Nearby where I landed was a school. In it a teacher named Gladly. He offered not a week ago an essay question to his students. 'Imagine a world without Endbringers.' All is well yes?"

"Well yeah?" The waitress known as Madge replied nonplussed. "You have Japan, Newfoundland, Hawaii, Switzerland. All those people aren't dead. Isn't that good?"

"Emily understands." Fourth pointed with a fork. "She has seen what immense power can do in the hands of a fool."

Those who knew her whispered "Ellisberg". Those who didn't were hitting the search engines.

"As of today's date, assuming that we were not here doing what we do, the world's population would be under eighty-five thousand by now. The roaming tribes and gangs of America would be battling to the death over arable land and potable drinking water. Asia would be populated only by those in the more mountainous regions as the rest would be semi-sentient lava. Japan would be dotted by a series of time dilations and the tectonic activity would fracture it into pieces. Africa would literally devour itself. Europe would be nothing more than dust and sand. The Sleeper's grip would extend to cover the entire USSR and be it's sole inhabitant. Nothing in South America would ever be allowed to die. Australia would be human free after a rogue bio-Tinker decided to produce an airborne retro-virus that mutated local wildlife into crudely triggering with powers. The colonies on the Moon and Mars would realize eventually that their vaunted Tinker bio-domes would not be repairable as none of their children would ever trigger and their powers would fade proportionally to their distance from Earth. Those on the moon will watch all human life on the Earth die within thirty years."

The only sound was the clatter of a tray falling from numb fingers.

"Gladly is a fool." That would sell like crazy on T-shirts for years to come.

Fourth looked directly into Piggot's camera. "You are all welcome."

And returned to the cheesecake. It did not take long to finish.

-=-=-=-​

”Long did we ponder, on how best to appear to this world.” The Fourth stared into the empty tea cup, seemingly lost in thought, before turning to Madge. "More hot water please."

As the tea-bag steeped once more the Fourth continued. "Being an earthquake or a storm, or a bout of seemingly divine inspiration is much simpler but also much less impactful as a civilization evolves. The wrath of the Gods typically deteriorates when a species harnesses the atom."

Carefully catching the string of the tea-bag, Fourth gently bobbed it up and down in the cup. "Assuming direct control and trodding upon the world has consequences far beyond our actions. Delicacy is required, as is a proper theme."

The bag was removed and gently left on the side of the plate. A cupped hand underneath caught the errant drops.

"Contemplate the one you call Behemoth for a moment." As Emily did she found Behemoth starting on the coffee machine with gusto.

“Behemoth came first and thus is designated 'First' by us. He was sculpted on Man's first fears. Earth and Fire. He is the rumbling volcano and the barren plane. He is what you find when you dig too deep. The radiation and it's connections to nuclear power adds a nice postmodern touch of WWII."

"His name was Balendin and he was born in Iran.”

At Piggot's startled look the Fourth's head cocked slightly. "Why are you surprised Emily? We do not spring into existence on a whim. We are appended onto people just like any other power."

-=-=-=-​

As the Fourth drank tea the world exploded in a frenzy of debate and conversation. No one but the Endbringers heard her heart hammering in her chest.

Effigy
Space Battles- 1.8

I might pick this one up later, but i'm having a much harder time getting into it than i thought i would

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12254491/2/Price-of-Blood
Price of Blood- the 'duct tape taylor to a pole' prank goes worse than in canon

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12250097/1/Hunter-of-Light
Hunter of Light-

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12108764/1/Wolf
Wolf- taylor is like lung, but with a different motif

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12109942/1/Carbon-Copy
Carbon Copy- taylor dies in the car wreck instead; Annette triggers

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/vim-vigor-worm-bioshock.389885/
Vim and Vigor- bioshock crossover