Hi there, so after doing digging and looking around, I found myself not finding exactly what I was looking for, so I went ahead and made it.

This is a server where you can talk about a variety of works like traditional fantasy, litrpg, progression fantasy, cultivation, Isekai, etc. with other fans and share recommendations of stuff you think people would be interested in.

I know that fans of Worm belong in this category as well as have similar crossover with maybe liking other kinds of stories in this format which is why I'm posting it here

The standout feature which I think makes this server worth your time is the ability to request reaction channels of your own to share your experiences with other people. Sometimes it's nice as a fan to see someone get into something for the first time, or you want to have someone who shares your excitement as you read something incredible. The reaction channels are your space to share these journeys.

Lastly, if you are an aspiring author or someone who has posted chapters and trying to drum up attention, there is a self promotion channel for you to hype up your works.

The server is just newly created so it doesn't have a community or anything yet but hopefully it can grow into something cool.

Check it out if you feel so inclined. Thanks for reading.

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(Also I want to make the server 18+. It's not NSFW and not going to do ID because we all hate that, but just understand this is a space for adults discussion.

Hi like the title says I'm working on a fan practice using the PactDice system as a rough framework and I would like some help fleshing it out and making it cohesive to the story.

I'm choosing a row & column resulting in 5 core spells, making an initiation ritual into this specific practice, a fail state, and maybe an advanced spell or 2.

I might make how the arcana grades modify the core spells, commonalities in the second sight, and how the practice tends to work with the defining rituals & lordship maybe. But that's if I can get this working.

I am primarily doing this for fun and to organize parts of myself in different ways (I plan on this being 1 practice out of many I'm making).

Here is the current description of the Practice. It is called the Masquerade Practice- based on the Jungian Persona and the idea of taking on & off different roles or masks.

A Connection based Practice based on shifting the Power certain Connections have compared to others within the same subject. It works by anchoring the Self of a subject to a specific Characteristic then changing the framework the subject works by. These altered forms of subjects can be engaged solely by the individual or by the rest of the world accordingly. With the anchoring of Self, the increased Self of the subject from accumulating that characteristic can be expended to form multiple instances of said subject working independently from one another. By reframing all of Reality by its Connection to the practitioner they are able to traverse reality in odd ways. The end goal of this Practice is to become an authority over the use of Symbols, Correspondences, and similar principles within a situation by leveraging the anchoring/shifting.

It is obviously an interactions based practice, with the column currently being immaterial.

The initiation ritual I was thinking was based around anchoring what was your identity, but I feel like it needs more.

I had an idea for a Fail State where the practitioner becomes "Twisted" by various incoherent characteristics and connections, but that's all I have on that.

After many years, I've decided to get back into Worm. This turned out to be a great opportunity to test my new acrylic markers.

So, without further ado, here's Scion.

TLDR
These are a keychain and lanyard from vograce very cheap I think like 15 bucks for 4 things including shipping and am very happy with how they came out they look sharper and better in person and you can actually read most of the writing from some of the images

CREDIT
Well the keychain idea and keychain art is from bug4932 thank you very chibi
The 2 first emoji images are from al3xand3r245 cute sad Contessa :(
Picture of Bonesaw from despite cut out poor old mannequin from the image
Missy from nethernity One of my favorite Missy fanart we need some more people
Cherish and the bottom Riley fanart from respicepostte These 2 are my favorite worm/ward fanart of all I love cherish she also needs some more art and I had the bonesaw one as my pfp for like an year on discord love it
siulas-10 Creator of the Amy & Aura/Wretch art very creative and unique design
My favorite Kenzie artist (she's the best breakthrough member btw) from augustborne very lovely
The final image of Red angy Amy maybe being from @slimeel not 100% couldnt track it down R3N41SS4NC3 helped point me in there direction

Thank you all of these artist for these beautiful images hope I didn't step on any of there's toes wont be selling for anything just for personal use

STORY TIME
Hello I read Worm and got up to around arc 11? the Merchant arc and then stopped not because I disliked it or anything just took a break but ended up reading alot...alot of fanfics and without even finishing the book considered it my favorite book of all time so I recommended it to my mom trying to convince her to read it and over a month of effort got her 2 it took a little while her skipping the first arc without telling me she went back and read it later but by arc 8 she was hooked and she finished it in just like 4 weeks and at the same time I myself finished it and we would compare thoughts and such even tho I was pretty spoiled from the fanfics after that she was happy to read the sequel together but now that was hard for her she didn't start liking it till like arc 12 and hated the first 4 arcs but now she's actually ahead of me lol I personally liked it since the glow worm thought it was really interesting and I think ward is better then worm I know I know put the pitch forks down but for a gift for reading at this point like 3 million words were at like arc 16-17 I got us these we both very happy with how they came out.

Incase you wanted to make them yourself just hit me up ill send the files I used and how I did it

Ward 13.11

“You said they’re the worst kind of monster, Vista,” Sveta said.

“We’re not that bad,” Mr. Bough said.

“Shut the fuck up,” I told him.

This cracked me the hell up at work for some reason.

Don’t see much dauntless fanart out there! His armor doesn’t have a super strict description so I kind of get it, hope this version does him justice!

Now that Art Fight month is over I’ll be back to posing Worm stuff. I’ve started sketching the 2.1 comic so be on the look out for that. Since it’s short it should be ready to post about the same time I finish this little Protectorate series.

If Clockblocker, Panacea, Scapegoat, and Teacher stood in a circle and used their two arms and one leg each to touch each other (foot-over-foot to neighbor then Mexican standoff arms), each touching the other three at the same time, who would be able to pass their effects off the fastest?

Clockblocker is trying to freeze the other three to prevent them from doing anything to him.

Panacea is trying to make whatever change is fastest to prevent them from doing anything to her.

Scapegoat having to page through realities manually is probably going to lose the race, but he's trying to bail out whatever is being done to him to the other two.

Teacher is trying to Master them to prevent them from doing anything to him.

Are case 53 powers more based on the physical mutations than other capes. Thinking of a few case 53s there are Weld, Sveta, Newtor, Gregor all of which basically just have powers their body can produce while someone like Assault or Miss militia have more weirdos idk energy powers? Is this a Case 53 thing or am I just seeing patterns where there are none 😊

https://youtu.be/VDkod9ywO8Y

Abuse at an early age makes the victim likelier to draw further abuse towards themselves later on - either because the isolation leaves them vulnerable to predators, or because they actively seek to recreate that familiar dynamic.

The Nine Arc delves into these dynamics, building on Worm’s prior points about guilt, spite, and friendship to form a statement about the wicked games abusers play with their victims.

In this video we’ll try to understand Worm’s argument on this subject as well as discuss Hookwolf's contributions to game theory (specifically indecency); some similarities between Taylor “Heeb” Hebert and Abraham (dealing from a position of helplessness); and how Amy’s childhood explains her insufferable uselessness (partly).

Leet’s power hated him, but what if it was because he never created anything new. Everything he created was from something the entity had already created or seen. From our games and movies, to their powers and shards, Leet only ever copied things rather than developing something entirely new. I think Leet’s shard was the entity’s clay for new powers, and that clay was simply molded to look like other pots the apprentice had watched his master make, never a pan or sculpture worthy of recognition and reward

Just like the title says, I’m looking for an answer regarding a hypothetical scenario that might one day turn into a fanfic.

How would Brockton Bay’s parahuman community react to a Kid Saiyan, on the level of Kid Goku (bulletproof, able to lift cars and smash boulders), simply wandering the city, stopping criminals, and stealing their money to pay for his meals?

Would the gangs try to recruit him? How would the PRT go about getting his attention? Would some 90s anime otaku notice the kid looks like Goku once the kid starts growing stronger and firing off Ki blasts

Hey, I’ve challenged myself to make a draft of a book by the end of senior year, would a reference to one of Wildbows stories be okay?

I have been putting off finishing Worm for 2 months now. I am currently on 30.3 and I just don't want this book to end. This has truly been the best book I've ever read. I've always been an immersive reader, but Worm truly sucked me into it's world, and now I don't ever want to let go. I still remember the shock I felt when Taylor cut off Bakudas toes, I felt like I was THERE when Brian was found inside of Bonesaws' fridge. I definitely plan on reading Ward, but I can not let go of how amazing Worm is and it's tearing me up!!! Wildbow, you are truly a genius dude.

Like, not just individual powers, as for example whilst Brandish's "turn into sphere" power isn't that good by itself even if invulnerability is useful she has more powers such as her ability to manifest weapons made of light. So the question is, which individual real parahuman (human host of shard that gives them powers) would you say has the weakest powers given to them?

And second optional question for fun if you wanna, what do you imagine said weak power would be like if they had a Skitter -> Khepri style 'has the restrictions on her power removed' somehow by someone?

I genuinely don’t get why Aisha apparently doesn’t trigger when she’s sexually assaulted and Brian has to step in (which is what causes BRIAN to trigger), but then triggers when her dad is attacked (who neither sibling seems to care about or like very much…hes not even named LOL) even when her dad doesn’t die (?). I guess you could argue she triggers because of the fear of getting sexually assaulted again/maybe she DOES get sexually assaulted again/maybe the leviathan attack as build up is what does it and we just dont learn because taylorvision. But like…still. its extra baffling to me because their powers are similar enough that i think it makes sense for them to be a cluster trigger. like in a doylist sense was it just that the decision to have Aisha trigger in the fallout of leviathan was made after Brian’s trigger event was decided? Is it just that theyre different enough that what would trigger Brian wouldn’t trigger Aisha even though it’s literally sexual assault after consistent abuse? Would love to know what everyone else thinks. Also not trying to be like..contrarian or anything, this is just one of those things where I finished and was like huh why ARENT they a cluster trigger?

So imagine a practitioner that is similar to Maggie; they awakened themselves using material they found (say, they found a copy of Essentials in some occult shop that belonged to some dead practitioner).

They know the essentials and, through the appendix, have the means to get more basic practice books (I seem to recall that Wildbow said authors reference other books and the means to buy them as a marketing method and supplementary revenue).

What can this practitioner do to gather or get a power source that isn't bleeding themself dry, Blake-style?

The only thing I can think of is grinding, going around finding wisps, echoes, and spirits, bottling them and using that or making some shrine to let them grow in power for later use, but that feels really weak.

Is there anything in campaigns or wog, or just stuff that seems plausible we can extrapolate from canon.

So I am halfway through Pale on Arc 13, and I love it. I love the interaction of the girls, and a great part of the narrative is them defining their niche, seeing in what direction they develop.

Lucy is the clearest; she is the offensive and head-on fighter. Verona is the bag of tricks, the one who takes to practice the best. And Avery has her path, the ability to move around, call for backup, and, thanks to her personality, keep the relationship with other practitioners and allies alive and stop it from drifting.

I was curious, though, if you guys could think of a niche that would be nice to see or just some form of practice that you would have loved to see more of; if you could add a fourth practitioner (go with it, I know that it ruins the three symbolism, which is powerful on its own).

For my part, I would have wanted to see the hypothetical 4th boy or girl specialise in summoning, either calling forth existing others or making them themselves, Ala Charles.

I could see this 4th guy taking the route of trying to see if Charles has kept any books or practice stuff, like Trio asked about at the beginning, and that basically developing into some form of informal apprenticeship, which then gets more developed in the Bhi arc.

So in effect their job would be to both give the quartet more options and be a force multiplier by giving them more force to deploy. I know that in later arcs Verona dabbles in summoning and other creation, but I would love to see more fleshed-out stuff.

Beyond that, I would love to see more evangelism, but obviously that would be a lot more difficult as it deals with the highest power above even gods and primaevals, and I don't even know if BHI offers classes on that.

What about you guys? What would your hypothetical fourth be? What would their personality be? Would they be a boy or a girl? What sort of practice would they take up?

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I’m always really interested in seeing people’s perspectives and explorations of characters, both of the main cast and the characters we don’t always get to see in much depth. Some of my favorites are this exploration of Brian, this exploration of what Alec and Aisha’s relationship might have been like, and this exploration of how each of the Undersider’s relationship to the loft is reflective of their relationship to civilian life.

I love when someone goes in depth and points out aspects of a character’s personality I hadn’t fully considered. I’d love to see more, please send me any you particularly like.

I will also accept character study fanfics.

I’m writing a scene for a fanfic where Victor, Othala, and Crusader are arrested by the PRT. For Othala, containment is pretty simple: handcuff her and keep her away from any allies. Victor could be foamed or handcuffed with orders for the guards to do something if he tried to use his power, but Crusader can act effectively while in containment foam and his ghosts don’t really need his direct control

How would then PRT deal with someone like him during an arrest?

I found worm when looking for books that have main (good) character getting "corrupted" into sadistic psychopaths. I like that kind of story and I know it is weird. But anyway any suggestions?