Jenny and Ted discuss Hive 5.4.

Episode Notes:

• Jenny’s worst chapter
• When school is everything
• Will any institution in Worm do better than Taylor’s high school?
• Perhaps worst of all, these failings are so grounded and real
• Does Alan achieve Emma-levels of bullying in this chapter, or merely Taylor-levels of planning and strategy?
• Does Madison achieve any levels of strength or relevance at all? No, of course not!
• Jenny hopes that Sophia will eventually somehow work with Taylor against the story’s true villain… Emma
• Taylor picked defensive righteousness over maximizing her odds of success (even though her maximum odds were probably quite low)
• The selfish reason why the principal won’t transfer Taylor
• Jenny requests some reassurance from Ted about what’s in store
• We still love Danny and think he’d be a great cape Dad (though it’s up to Taylor)
• Oh no, are we older than Danny?
• If Jenny can’t get a happy ending, she will accept Taylor (and Amy?!?) going on a rampage
• Capes are just people, but people can be villains
• We wind down by circling back to the school’s failure, and some particularly bad actors within the school
• Predictions on how Taylor can win the arc

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-5-hive/5-04/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow