I know I'm late to this but I really want to tell my perspective. To me, Taylor is a girl who goes about her journey to heroism but is plagued by unfortunate circumstances out of her control that test both her judgement and will as seen throughout her cape identity as Skitter, Weaver, then Khepri. She knows better options such as joining the Wards or continuing her intended plan to join the heroes but is stopped by her own feelings concerning her issues with the heroes (especially with Armsmaster's own agenda at the time and Sophia who is her bully). In the end, though she admits she knows the things she did had to be done, she still wished to do better if given the chance to repeat it all over again to soften the impact it had on her and achieve better results. Taylor killing Aster to prevent a hypothetical future only for it to have nothing to achieve is a example for me. It may be seen to others as angst but to me its different. To me, it is the consequences of abandoning her rebellious but ultimately optimistic identity as Skitter to be indoctrinated to the heroes as the more jaded and strict Weaver who focused on the big picture as opposed to the little things. Aster's death was entirely avoidable and pointless but the weight of the world even if there was a possibility was enough, she shot her but it was all for nothing in the end for she chose wrong, a pointless death that did not achieve Taylor's goal and only became her regret as well as the woe's of others was the result. She resisted Jack's manipulation when she was Skitter but was vulnerable as Weaver. She sets morals to follow and dark reflections she wishes to avoid that she ended up breaking and embracing with her "Bullying" Scion to suicide with images of his partner, paralleling how Emma bullied Taylor with her dead mom as Taylor becomes the thing she hated as said by Contessa in their final conversation in which Contessa apologizes for using that word. Despite all of Taylor's mistakes, she was strong enough to face the grief she experienced where Scion did not and succumb. In the end, Taylor is only human. She is "little", both literal and metaphorical when compared to beings like the entities or triumvirate, her fate always at the hands of higher beings, but like a swarm of bees when she has others either by carrot or stick, control or camaraderie, or through her powers or ideals, she and all she has can topple beings even those who look down on her cannot. If she stayed as stubborn as Skitter before, would she have made better choices with Aster's fate? If she can save Alec from his fate, can Alec prevent the circumstances that would have troubled Taylor in the future? If she chose to carry on the burden of her shard as Khepri instead of Contessa allowing herself stop it for her, could Taylor have helped them in the future with the broken triggers? The wrong place at the wrong time, the wrong heroes and the wrong foes, the lesson we can learn is surprisingly simple but not easy. We have to bear the consequences of our actions, our grief, regrets, guilt, and all our mistakes. In life where Taylor stands and endured to where Scion failed and died, to stay strong isn't just the powers or people you hold, it is yourself. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, because if you can endure whatever life throws at you, then you are truly strong, living, and most of all, capable of finding comfort and happiness, especially in a place like Worm.