Sorry if I'm like, reciting something I forgot I heard on We've Got Worm or read in a post or something, but one thing that makes the cafeteria scene in Worm so great and warms my heart like nothing else is what it really means when the other kids stand up to side with Taylor.
Because Taylor's defining trauma was being shoved in a rotten, disgusting locker and yelling and banging for help and, crucially, knowing that there were tons of people around, and none of them cared enough to try and help her. She got a Master power from being a social outcast.
But after her career as a villain, with every heroic act, she started setting an example. That's what changes things. She flips out on Charlotte- despite the poor girl only just having been saved from human trafficking- for being a bystander back at school and not trying to help. And she did it right after making the choice to save Charlotte rather than being a bystander herself. And after that, after risking her life fighting mannequin, Charlotte decides to take in the neighborhood kids orphaned by Leviathan and the Slaughterhouse Nine.
Who do you think taught her that? What changed from when Charlotte stood by and let some random classmate get bullied so bad she got sent to the hospital psyche ward? Who taught her to expect better from herself?
And Charlotte is the first to stand up when Taylor tells people to stand with her.
The biggest contrast between Taylor visiting Arcadia and back when she was in Winslow isn't that the Undersiders are in power and corrupt the system to their own ends, it's that, despite their evils, they fought their way through a harsh point in the city's history and helped others along the way.
So Taylor, after once calling out for help and being ignored by people who were indifferent or felt powerless, calls out for help again and the people around her risked their own safety for her because of the example she set.
Worm meme that’s just a picture of Citrine and the Number Man that’s captioned ‘me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic’
👆🏻This is Zed
Zed seems like he’d be part of the shadow wizard money gang and loves casting spells.
if you think about it. it's really funny in a fucked up tragic way that aisha told taylor brian went to go live in a cabin. like she really lost everything. she really lost everything and just hit the Fuck It point in life. like sure, i'll tell taylor that, fuck it. she really looked taylor straight in the eye and straightfacedly went "Yes. My brother, Brian, is still alive. He went to live on a nice farm upstate. He has lots of fresh grass to run around in. They feed him every day. He has all the punching bags he could ever punch for when he's feeling angsty and emotionally repressed. He gets to fill out taxes and apply for mortgages on a regular basis as enrichment. They let him listen to his Linkin Park CDs as loud as he wants. He even has his sad rebound girlfriend with him. He's free and happy on the farm upstate." it's like taylor's pet hamster got ran over by a car but nobody wanted to tell taylor because if she found out she would go stand in front of a moving car herself except instead of a hamster it's brian. and instead of a moving car it's jesus. and taylor BOUGHT it. she BOUGHT it. she really thought her hamster didn't get squished. she thinks her hamster is off playing board games in a fucking cabin. taylor really sees aisha going [clenches fist] i hope this fucking sucks for scion. because of when my bro... (stops bc she realizes taylor is right there and doesn't know jesus threw the sun at brian) and taylor's still like. Ah yes, when he got Bonesawed :) I'm sure you're not bringing him up in response to seeing jesus for any particular reason! He's happy and free upstate :). it's SO fucking...😭 taylor brian and aisha man. Man.
Victoria is compelling and relatable because she's very judgy about other people's appearances, while being introduced wearing a dysphoria hoodie and a 9/11 memorial skirt.
9/11 MEMORIAL SKIRT
Shallan once famously failed to convince the Stick to become fire. But how might other characters approach this stick-y problem?
Moash: There is nothing for you as a stick. Fade away. Become ash.
Hoid: Do you like stories, Stick? How about the one about Firestick, the Stick Who Became Fire…
Rlain: To understand fire, you must become fire. It’s about bridging minds.
Renarin: I see no future in which you become fire…But the future can be changed!
Steris: I have prepared 957 reasons why being fire would be advantageous for you. Reason 1, Part A…
Lopen: Women LOVE a stick who can become fire, gon!
Dalinar: You WILL become fire.
Dalinar: …Huh. That usually works.
Lift: You know what’s delicious? Toasted marshmallows!
Navani: (Gets out a big magnifying glass)
Jasnah: (Turns a rock into fire instead)
Jasnah: I like to challenge myself.
Mraize: You have to ask yourself, Little Stick: are you hunter, or are you the prey?
Kelsier: I like your style, Stick! You want to join my crew? Your job is being fire!
Odium: First, I must take away everyone this Stick loves!
Nale: I have convinced the ruler to draft a new law. You must become fire.
Sebarial: (Getting a massage) Eh. I hired someone else to do it.
Kaladin: No. This is…wrong.
Kaladin: This Stick wants to be a Stick. And I will protect it!
Kaladin: It will not cease to be a stick on my watch!
Stick: (immediately becomes fire)
Kaladin: NOOOOOOOOOO
lisa felt the need to request no tongue bc her shard told her exactly what taylor did to that poor girl
Dungeon Meshi...AH! Dungeon Meshi!