What do you think of the edgy Wildbow comics reboot from 2011?
Well, isn't that a hell of a question... and honestly after 15 years i have a lot of mixed feelings about it.
For those who don't know, the 'Parahumans' line was the 2011 reboot of Wildbow comics.
It was the result of the 2010/2011 event Valhalla, were Defiant trying to get Dragon back from the dead accidentaly breaks the timeline. Valhalla itself was pretty good, I really liked the dynamic between Collin and the alternate good Jack and i really like message about letting go...
What i didn't like was editorial using it as an excuse to reboot Wildbow comics because Daniel Chambers (From wich Glenn Chambers got his name, they were mocking him) didn't like the post Apollyon Wars status quo (which was 40 years ago btw).
And thats how we got the least fucking organized innitiative ever that was just so fucking edgy...
So, what did i like and what did i not?
Well, i will start with thr obvious, they had no fucking plan, they just went there and did shit and most titles got cancelled within a year.
It was just edge and nostalgia, Chris got regressed from Armsmaster 2 to kid win, they retconned out the third new wave sibling, they fucking killed mouse protector for being too corny etc (and dont let me get started with them using one fucking line of the original new wave #1 to justify Amy's crush).
They gutted the WB magic sphere by making it it's own separate universe under the Otherverse imprint.
They killed Hero because he had morr chemistry with legend than with Alexandria.
And everyone was just such an asshole.
But then you have the good things...
Firstly, you will say they are overdesigned but i really like the Worm looks of some of the characters.
I do apreciate the creative freedom given to the writers.
And i really apreciate that they got John McCree to write the Skitter series. And like, i really think he made it work, it was edgy but it had substance, and it really elevated her from one of the random wards with a redemption arc into a household name (She is in Protectorate nemesis and Wildbow vs Sega 5 for a reason).
So, even after most of the line was cancelled after the Deluge event, Skitter kind of continued, and they kind of gave the entire parahumans setting to John, while Chambers quietly brought the old continuity line with Wildbow Reborn.
You really can feel the shift of parahumans before and after John took over wich leads to the next point. I really like that he kept all the edgyness and assholes, and it's very funny because you can tell he does it on purpose and that he makes it part of the point.
The rebrandin from Skitter to Worm was very good in the long term, with the main flagship skitter book and the glimpses of the wider world.
I specially like that he got a bunch of randoms from the Tales of the Slaughterhouse anthology as the main antagonistic force and how he used the triumvirate's mischaracterization as the basis of the cauldron twist.
So my opinion is, the 2011 reboot got good under McCrae, but when it got good it got really good.
So, you should totally read Worm, it's sequel Ward. And John's indie works Twig and Seek.
Man, i really hope he comes back to WB...
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