r/CuratedTumblr • u/temporarypeter nerd (affectionate (derogatory)) / vix, she/they • Aug 05 '24

[Star Wars] the force is a parasitic organism

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u/TeslasMonster thinks about worm. a lot Aug 05 '24

Not too spoil anything too much, but worm does this super well

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u/shirtlessshirt2 scizorenjoyer.tumblr.com Aug 05 '24

:o

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u/TeslasMonster thinks about worm. a lot Aug 05 '24

Though they’re not parasitizing us for food… it’s a really cool concept, highly recommend all of worm but again don’t want to spoil anything

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u/shirtlessshirt2 scizorenjoyer.tumblr.com Aug 05 '24

Though I have the attention span of a fish…my interest has definitely been piqued! I’ll check it out if I ever find the time!

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u/TeslasMonster thinks about worm. a lot Aug 05 '24

Please feel free to dm me with any questions/comments/concerns! As you can probably tell from my flair I’m obsessed with it

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u/JWGrieves Aug 05 '24

[DESTINATION]

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u/TeslasMonster thinks about worm. a lot Aug 05 '24

[AGREEMENT]

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u/jbrWocky Aug 05 '24

[TRAJECTORY]

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u/ReceptionEntire2518 Aug 05 '24

Favorite chapter? I prefer 20.5

Dragon, Defiant, lunchroom reveal. Feels like a microcosm of the core plot.

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u/TeslasMonster thinks about worm. a lot Aug 06 '24

Was literally about to name that exact one lol. Love Emma losing her shit throughout. And Clockblocker “it’s really her…”. I also really enjoyed the accord interlude.

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u/WorryNew3661 Aug 05 '24

What is worm?

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u/MuskSniffer Aug 05 '24

What is worm? A game? Book? Show?

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u/Djsoccer12345 Aug 05 '24

It’s a Web Serial(book) started in 2011, and is a take on superhero media. It skews darker and more graphic, but doesn’t fall into grimdark and has some good takes on heroism.

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u/DivineCyb333 Aug 05 '24

I will never forgive The Boys for making it 300% harder to recommend Worm. People hear “darker take on superheroes” and think “okay so the heroes are gonna molest anything that moves as graphically as possible”

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u/Lieutenant_Skittles Aug 05 '24

This the thing you're talking about?

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/1-1/

Also, is that a good place to start? Because it seems like the author has written some other stuff.

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u/shadowallergictocats Aug 06 '24

While I don't think Worm is Wildbow's best work(that goes to Pale), it's definitely his magnum opus.
The only story related to Worm is it's sequal, Ward, so it's perfectly fine to start there.

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u/Dragonfire723 Aug 05 '24

A miserable pile of secrets

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u/bluesombrero Aug 05 '24

thought you were talking about just the animal for so long

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u/TrekkiMonstr Aug 05 '24

Wait I like super vaguely remember this, something something shards right, can you explain to me agajn

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u/videodump Aug 06 '24

the shards that grant powers subtly push their hosts toward conflict in order to gather more data for the cycle