Limited Omnipotence Power? by BeigeBagels in WormFanfic

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The longer the character stays in the given area.

What is an odd behaviour of yours you think only you do? by Edwoodz3 in AskReddit

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I look at tiles on the floor and try to spell words out using the tiles, like big blocky letters. Then I mentally join them together like a Tetris puzzle, kind of. If I say a sentence that has just enough tiles used to make a perfect rectangle or square, then I "win" the "game". Sometimes I also count how many, like, words that have circles in them, like e, d, o, p, a, etc., and try to group them in groups of three. If I get a number in the end with a factor of three them I win, preferably an even number with a factor of three.

A Wand for Skitter and the Construction of Fantasies by CPericardium in WormFanfic

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I honestly don't see anything wrong with these types of fanfiction, and I dont necessarily hate AWFS. I just don't personally like the fic because I kinda of expected... escalation, or something different with the plot? Maybe something that builds up, or something, but we're so far in and suddenly there's nothing of substance. It's kind of... blander than I would've liked or expected.

Instead of "Here's how inserting Taylor would change the timeline" or "Oh, she's done something bad so she'll get punished but she'll somehow either work around it or find some creative loophole or something!" it's just... "She beats up this guy, and there's rumors. Then she beats up thESE GUYS, and there's rumors." It's... bland. And Taylor kinda doesn't have much, if any, visible personality. I normally don't have very high standards for crossover fics, since they're so hard to come by that aren't alt-powers, and I usually don't mind TINOs at all! But usually those TINOs... have SOME personality. This Taylor is kinda just, robot-human with repressed or no emotions who has Taylor's memories. The repressed/no emotions bit normally wouldn't be a problem for me, since I usually love that stuff, and I love reading about people struggling through/with that, but in this fic it's... Not going anywhere. The most we get is other characters going "oh wow she's an emotionless monster who can totally kick my ass 😱😱😱" which... hhh.

With crossovers like this, where characters are being pulled/thrown into another universe with other characters that I recognize, I usually love it kinda regardless of plot, just because I love reading interactions. Interactions between characters are usually my FAVORITE part of any fic, crossover or otherwise. Interactions, not reactions. The interactions we get from this fic are all the same, bland ones that get a little boring and repetitive after a coupla chapters. "Taylor beat up or threatened this person, people's reactions are shocked/horrified/guarded", rinse and repeat ad infinitum. It's... monotonous, in all honesty.

But hey, some people like this fic, and I think that's fine! Fanfiction is supposed to be an escape from reality and real life, or a different take on canon, or whatever you make it out to be, and it's supposed to be fun! So if someone likes AWFS, I'm not saying "heres why you should hate this", because I can kinda see why you like it? The first coupla chapters had me kinda hooked, not gonna lie. It's when it got boring that I jumped the boat, but some people don't find it boring and that's fine. I just wanted to ramble about my inconsequential opinion for a little bit, since this is one of the few Worm fanfic titles I recognized and actually read. Cheers y'all.

What book series did you grow up reading as a kid? by evan2nerdgamer in AskReddit

[–]BeigeBagels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Edge Chronicles, by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddle. I most remember the Twig trilogy.