#interlude 11e

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

He formed a head and mouth.  His voice echoed from within his metal skull, “You describe me as a warrior, why would I join petty killers?”

A really good question.

Slaughterhouse 9 has no fucking vision. It's just... kill people. Sure, Jack Slash did that whole philosophizing about all the 'possibilities' he cancels out or whatever in 11b, but genuinely, I just...

Like, I get that I'm not a psychopathic serial killing freak show, but like, if I wanted to be evil and had the power to do the sorts of stuff some S9 members do... I'd like... use it to achieve something? Something evil, sure, or at least selfish but like... just running around in a trailer doing murderhobo shit just does not sound remotely appealing?

I don't -

Serial Killers, IMO, rarely make compelling villains. I do think it's interesting that Worm does what I believe is rare in superhero media, and has serial killers with superpowers (usually serial killers with un-human abilities is a Horror or Sci-fi thing rather than a Super-media thing) and it fits with the way Worm's universe works and all, but I read these interludes and I remember that like, the next three arcs are going to be consumed by these guys, at least, from what I gather, and I am just...

No?

I am not looking forward to this. Not because it'll be dark, but because I imagine it's going to be this weird mix of high octane action and profoundly boring enemies.

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

It's funny. E88 takes up a lot of real estate in a lot of fanfics, in terms of antagonists for Taylor and whoever her allies of the fic are (Wards, New Wave, Undersiders, whoever) but they really don't get to be front and center in much of Worm as antagonists. The closest we get is Arc 7, and even then, the story is less focused on our protagonists fighting them as running from them.

They keep getting worfed - Coil unmasks them all proving how smart he is. Leviathan kills Kaisar and Fenja and whoever else, being just such a big deal, and now Shatterbird nearly kills Cricket and goes to recruit Hooky the Hangnail Dog.

Hell, even Purity is just there, not treated seriously, there to be worfed by Jack Slash's 'brains' as he demonstrates how he's understood her power.

E88 and its successors really do just sort of exist to get whupped, and not even by the protagonists. Arguably, Lung has more narrative dignity.

And after all, they're Nazis, so... I can't really bring myself to mind. Nazis don't deserve narrative dignity.

[thegreatandpowerfulversy]

Shatterbird is the reason why wearing glasses is a bad idea! Ah well, at least she's targeting the fucking Chosen with it. Even if this means she's probably going to try and recruit one of them.