Inchworm

Jenny and Ted discuss the Worm comics announcement.

Links

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2026/10/27/worm-is-getting-a-2027-comic-adaptation-with-idw-publishing/
• https://gizmodo.com/groundbreaking-web-serial-worm-is-becoming-a-comic-book-exclusive-2000830772

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.7.

Episode Notes:

• Such good procedural stuff in this one
• Bug perception: the secret to pain tolerance
• We want the parahuman medical procedural
• More bug innovations
• The limits of multitasking
• More Skitter philosophy wheeee
• Parian's maturity might be lending some much-needed perspective here
• A questionable hatred
• Does crime pay, Skitter?
• We've found the violence inherent in the system
• If Taylor's gonna be a benevolent dictator, she should be a better one
• Protectorate pipe dreams
• Taylor's still creating rationalizations for why she should get to live the life she wants
• Cape paternalism
• Should the leader also be the army?
• Taylor is a scary person inside a non-scary person inside of a scary person
• This whole novel could just be a Freaks and Geeks remake
• The danger of becoming one of the kids
• It's tough to be a benevolent dictator
• Bryce is not one of his generation's more promising minds
• Really sucks to be a person without powers in a world of capes
• At least Taylor's sense of superiority is based on something??
• Great power, great responsibility...

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/colony-15-7/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.6.

Episode Notes:

• They’re being unfair to Taylor!!!!
• Taylor was Taylor’s own worst enemy in this conversation
• Would it have been better if Sophia had come up?
• Flechette hearing about what Armsmaster did: huge, if true
• Why can’t Taylor have ALL the allies?
• What do y’all think of Jenny’s new ship?
• Who’s afraid of Lisa Wilbourn?
• Parian stands on her morals (dramatically!!!)
• (How old is Taylor now?)
• How To Make Friends And Influence People (By Spending Two Hundred Thousand Dollars)
• Can Taylor deal a better hand to Sabah than the one she was dealt herself?
• Taylor and Lily both want hero to mean something
• The fantasy of evidence that can change minds
• Was Lily upset by Taylor’s accusation or Sabah’s shout?
• Lily’s gonna find that armband
• Defining the relationship
• The minions won’t steal
• This offer is way more Skitter than Undersiders
• Taylor doesn’t know Victoria’s fate
• The Fanary Arc
• Odds and ends and predictions

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/colony-15-6/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.5.

Episode Notes:

• A very upsetting cliffhanger
• What's a little attempted seduction to the dark side between capes?
• We do see Flechette's point (get it?)
• Just a little cape chauvinism at play
• Ballistic's murderous intentions
• A real down chapter for our girl
• What's Taylor even offering Parian, here?
• It's tough being a hero in villain's clothing
• People Taylor loves!!
• Some very low persuasion rolls on Taylor's part
• Taylor wants to be feared and trusted at the same time
• We're disappointed in Ballistic
• It's a low point when you're coming off worse than Regent
• It's tough to be a gun
• Loyalty, or conflict avoidance?
• Wither our Traveler friendships??
• Mysteries and crises...
• Taylor quotes of all time
• Taylor is actually good at being unpredictable
• Murder timing
• Chekhov's many guns
• Lisa wants to be the power behind the throne
• Get some better advice, Lisa
• Second trigger event speculation
• Victor is a bad guy to have around, actually
• Be more like Taylor, everyone

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/colony-15-5/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.4.

Episode Notes:

• Bad news in Skitter vs. Coil is good news for the narrative
• In which Brian channels Jenny
• Taylor can’t shake the desire for her excellence to win out
• Who’s the rat?
• Why has Lisa been pumping the brakes? Is any of this even authentic?
• Did Coil send Imp on this mission and then she used her power to get out of it?
• Why kill Taylor today? This week? And what does Coil expect will happen next?
• Come on, Lisa, tell us the Travelers’ secrets already!!
• Do the Travelers have any better options than their current situation?
• Can everyone with chain of custody of Victoria’s body successfully pass the blame to Amy?
• We yell at Dragon and Colin for their ongoing absence
• Cape chauvinism and what the unpowered have to offer
• Whether or not it’s a good idea to keep kissing Brian, we want Taylor to be happy
• Smelly Brian
• Taylor is Allie Brosh’s helper dog
• Taylor respects Aisha
• Skitizen Parian
• One thing we can thank Jack Slash for
• What’s the Oliver twist?
• State of the Coilition
• Look, taking compliments is really hard
• Predictions

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/colony-15-4/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.y.

Episode Notes:

• The demise of Jenny's secretly evil theory
• Hugs are more comforting than superpowers
• Brian's power knew he needed to start getting support from other people
• Maybe he should try getting some from Aisha
• Taylor's a good person to show your worst self to
• Alas for older sibling fixed mindsets
• Power synergies
• We've probably got some PTSD here, folks
• The common ground of hypervigilance 
• Let's talk about the kiss!
• Somebug reaches new heights of canon
• But maybe it's still a little bit complicated
• The limitations of being the protector
• The evolution of the little sister slot
• Who's Brian gonna be if he doesn't have to protect Aisha?
• Second trigger event revelations
• Scion stops wars, it turns out!
• Spoilers for Watchmen
• Powers as something to be contained
• We missed a Skitterland barbecue!
• A belated happy working song
• Grue wasn't enough
• Notes for the inevitable Worm animated series
• The eventual internalization of Taylor's confidence
• Sometimes you need a little sensory deprivation to open up to someone
• Just some good old bug philosophy
• Supervillainy is just another day in the office
• Relatable mental states

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/interlude-15-bonus-2/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.3.

Episode Notes:

• As far as we can tell, Imp’s power can’t affect readers the same way it affects Taylor
• Sorry, Taylor, it’s favor time
• Lisa is reasonable but not fully believable
• She can fake a grin but not a frown
• Lisa had Taylor’s number though: she just wanted to be included in the atrocity
• Honestly maybe “defeat and kidnap Victor” was plan B to “Chosen ceasefire and Coil recruits Victor” until 15.2 made clear to Lisa that it wouldn’t go over well with Aisha and Taylor
• Lisa is a horrifying and villainous opponent
• A mortifying ordeal of being known for an eye
• What happens when somebody calls Taylor’s bluff?
• A brief remembrance of the Victoria-that-was
• Well, doesn’t Regent have to use his power, Taylor?
• Do we trust the Regent Taylor sees? Even after his interlude?
• Moral accommodations for Regent and “conscience accommodations” for Taylor
• This is a classic Animorphs argument
• Lisa is the best at debate and Regent is the worst
• The Undersiders’ rep is definitely going to be a narrative problem
• Victor couldn’t have acquired empathy and compassion with his power by now?
• Victor sucks, but also Othala sucks
• Who would even be making up rumors that Taylor is Jewish anyway????
• Ted concedes
• Lisa’s Potemkin justifications
• The humor in this arc is great
• It’s fun to see someone mostly unaffected by Lisa’s bullshit… and for Lisa to win anyway
• Small observations and predictions

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/colony-15-3/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.2.

Episode Notes:

• Who's chosen and who's pure, here?
• Trio trauma
• The fault in our Undersiders
• A slightly less easy case for body control
• A questionable hierarchy of acceptable targets
• Help us with our portmanteaus, listeners
• The harem continues, perhaps
• Regent and Imp have some real personalities to contend with
• An impreg by any other name...
• A potential Brian-Genesis collab
• Parametaphysical speculation
• Imp is borrowing bits of lots of people's roles right now
• Raggedy Aisha
• Undersiders > Othersiders
• Are the Chosen really more dangerous than Coil right now?
• Also they may not have been defeated yet
• A multidimensional Night
• Playacting at civics
• We're squeamish like Taylor
• Do we root for Shatterbird?
• Jenny doesn't know about the Grink
• The Undersiders have a lot of leaders
• The perils of a time crunch
• Taylor has some real manager energy
• Taylor the secret tinker
• Some Taylor quirks

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/colony-15-2/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.x (bonus).

Episode Notes:

• Jenny’s feeling frustrated
• Let’s all get mad about… Sarah!
• Did Carol ever want to be a mom?
• Amy raped Victoria
• The vagueness and strangeness somewhat eclipses the awfulness and horror
• Don’t believe Amy’s lies
• A mistake so big there have to be consequences
• The lack of cover-up is striking
• Amy wanted love but built a sex doll
• At some point, Amy chose this
• The way this is written makes it hard to talk about the rape
• Ted finally starts yelling about Carol
• Carol abandons Victoria without a second glance
• “We need to get Grue in here to make sure she can still have hamburgers”
• Carol was the original black and white thinker
• Marquis’ aura
• Carol’s final question
• Ok we don’t talk about this in the episode but Carol was so internally petty to Sarah in their brief conversation and it’s been what, a month since her son and husband died? How bad is this relationship?
• Carol looks at Marquis with mastermind-tinted glasses
• What made Carol connect with Amy and spare her?
• Does Carol have a thing for a bad boy with a code or is it something less psychosexual?
• The need for rules
• Not All Depressed Dads
• This trigger vision reflected the granted powers
• This isn’t what the lecture meant by a group trigger event, right?
• They got what they needed
• Carol keeps her feelings locked up to avoid feeling weak again
• Alan’s not a cape and may not be particularly attached to the city
• A lot will happen in two weeks
• Will Brockton Bay actually be condemned?
• What’s Lisa really getting out of this truce?
• Worm: The Taylor and Amy Musical closes after zero performances
• Was it easier for Amy to get caught than try to get away with it?
• Is there anything noble about her decision to go to the Birdcage? 
• Really good small writing details
• It’s easier and more interesting to talk about questions that don’t have obvious answers
• If they’re not willing to kill you, volunteering to get locked up removes everyone’s leverage
• We don’t even know if Victoria can speak or eat
• Carol gives up easily
• Contrasting Marquis and Amy’s powers
• Was Marquis a better parent than Carol?
• Carol’s guilt

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/interlude-15-bonus/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.1.

Episode Notes:

• The gang's back together!
• But what about the Unravelers?
• The problem of Shatterbird and the complication of Alec
• Optimism might be inaccurate, but pessimism sucks
• Alec is an oddly good friend
• The Undersiders have been remade in Taylor's image
• Actually, Taylor should be even more optimistic than she is
• A second trigger event for Aisha?
• The communication difficulty with Bitch goes both ways
• We're glad Taylor is taking her role in Bitch's life seriously
• Coil: torturing Bitch deliberately or accidentally?
• We examine the bitchlings
• Maybe we should start a Worm-adjacent bookclub
• Taylor's management skills
• Rachel's got the bark here, Taylor's got the bite
• Why all this focus on the Bitch minions?
• Some people just like dogs, Barker
• Echoes of agreement

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/colony-15-1/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow