Lost/Dead Fics -- a Wish List

[batzulger]

That is the number one reason I have never written any Worm fics. It would mean I'd have to read Worm again to get a lot of the background material right, and that is NOT going to happen. Once was enough...actually, more than enough.

[Bob Schroeck]

Heh. That's almost the reason I won't do Worm fic other than the nanoSteps I've posted -- I would have to actually read Worm to do it by my own rules, and everything I've heard and read suggests I would absolutely loathe the experience. I guess it just means no one will ever see the scene I wrote where Panacea is utterly baffled by parts of Doug's biology. <grin>

[Matrix Dragon]

I've tried to read it several times. I've made it to Leviathan, never make it much further than that. Usually the bit with Taylor going back to the Undersiders is where my frustration with every single character reaches my limits.

It's fascinating. Great foundational setting for writing fanfics, but the source...

[batzulger]

Oh, I finished it. I was there from the very beginning when Wildbow started posting it, so I kind of felt compelled to. And Bob, you would absolutely hate it. It is so depressing that it makes you exhausted by the end.

[ECSNorway]

Judging from Worm and what little I've read of his other alleged stories, Wildbow begins with the assumption that WH40k os insufficiently grimderp.

[classicdrogn]

Well yes. In 40K the inevitable, multi-directional systemic collapse is immanent, not in progress.

[batzulger]

And 40k has a sense of humor about it. It's meant to be largely satirical.

[Bob Schroeck]

Getting back on topic -- here's a fic I just stumbled across, by the late Scrivener, which obviously he will never complete: Nothing Succeeds Like Success. Worm AU: Danny Hebert triggered only a couple days after Taylor triggered in the locker, with a power that lets him get other powers whenever he touches a parahuman -- and disable the originals if he so desires. For three months he manages to stay under the radar. Then ... well, the best way to put it in a non-spoilery way is, stuff happens, and won't stop happening. Fourteen chapters, sets a few great hooks to keep you reading, and then, of course, that's where it ends. But it's a hell of a ride getting there, with developments I (and judging by the comments, more than a few of the other readers) have never seen before in a Worm fic.

[Mamorien]

Then ... well, the best way to put it in a non-spoilery way is, stuff happens, and won't stop happening.

So, basically the same as canonical Worm with the addition of Danny's trump?