#plague 12.7

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Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.7. Episode Notes: * Taylor totally would've won that fight * In the world of Worm, all Alans are terr

Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.7.

Episode Notes:

Taylor totally would've won that fight

In the world of Worm, all Alans are terrible

Hurrah for the skitizens

The vindication of art supplies

Ah, the joys of being underestimated

Mannequin and emotional buttons, including his own

Taylor's delegation is only improving

Taylor's good at theater, actually

Spider silk is a metaphor. Surprise!

Hipster Guy is our hero

You know you're getting to a tinker when they start using someone else's stuff

Skitter is the person Taylor wanted to have show up for her a year and a half ago

Has Skitter finally started to win the devotion of her people?

The isolation of not having cellphones 

Taylor's costume is the real superpower

Perfectionism is tough on everybody

We just want her to find the other Undersiders and get a hug and also some backup

The Slaughterhouse Nine probably don't like this chapter as much as we do

Did Skitter beat Dinah's odds here?

The Skitizens are the strands of spider silk

Ironically, it's not that hard to get under Mannequin's skin

Taylor can live with an unsolved mystery

What's up with Mannequin's human manne-risms?

Mannequin's aesthetic is his weakness

[its-wormin-time]

skitter after the first Mannequin fight

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

One of the cool things about Worm is all the puzzle bosses, the way Taylor beats enemies with these unusual and creative ways.

On the other hand, that's also one of the most annoying, when you step back, because a lot of them feel like they tailor-made (hah!) to be beaten by Taylor.

And l kinda... I feel like that makes the world almost feel too small?

Like the Mannequin fight was really badass, but it almost feels like the specifics of the rather absurd way he built himself was built to be beaten, or at least blocked off so well, by Taylor's swarm gumming up his works so much the way she did with the silk?

It's a tough hair to split right, balancing 'MC is clever and solved a problem' vs 'enemy had to be made in such a way they were beatable by Mc', I guess. Sometimes Wildbow makes it land, and the Mannequin fight was an intense read, for all that Manny the Kinless didn't fucking talk and was boring in of himself, but I dunno. Didn't quite feel organic.

I guess what continues to get me is that Manny's body and the way be built himself remains so fucking baffling to me it's hard to imagine a reason why he actually made those specific choices that aren't just 'specifically crafting a boss fight for Taylor to beat in this way'.

YMMY

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Re: the comment from Jenny in 12.7 about how great this episode of the animated series would be, there's a phenomenal fan animation of a portion of it.

https://youtu.be/ytmXBHm1FeI?si=vI2vtzYBLJSO9a_X

Just remembered it while listening and wanted to share!

Yesssssssss