On screens (e.g., computer, TV, etc.) Fics where Tinker!Taylor builds and fights with interstellar warships (and possibly ends up pioneering a space industry)? Another concern is that the language might be repetitive, but theres only so many ways I can say I entered/exited ghost world/form/state or I can/cant see where someone is/isnt observing before I start having to re-use words haha. No reason to ruin this meeting any further. As it was, Weld was walking in blind. Taylor can see through her own eyes when in the ghost world. It was no wonder the East North East Protectorate had been infiltrated so easily. The words came out strained. This is an informational threadmark discussing the overall premise of the fic, especially Taylors power. Chapter 2 Mind, I was already posting when I saw yours. She pulled back as if she had been slapped and for a moment her face twisted, her lips pulling back in a snarl. I want things like Alma Wade!Taylor or Grudge or The Ring!Taylor or Dominion!Taylor. Chapter 3 Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Very interesting fic so far. Taylor's going to love that power soon enough. Not primarily. The door to Brockton Bay. It would have been so much easier to do that. If he stood in it long enough, he might even feel warm. The Protectorate already knew that the Taylors had a sort of network hivemind, but this went far deeper than that. It was huge, heavy and plastic, but it came complete with a headrest and armrests and that was more than Weld ever got. Contessa says she does not know, and decides to fully confess all her. Taylor says that if she pushes herself very hard, she can actually blow out bulbs, but that is the strongest feat she has accomplished. Nearly. Taylor gets manipulated by Mrs. Abbotson, an old friend of Annette's, in the wake of her first Path- that to getting cookies. "Some files had to be omitted." I'm having trouble figuring out how this would mesh with the overall threat of Worm, so maybe this will be a short story in the universe? ", Piggot closed her eyes and she relaxed all at once, practically sagging in the seat as she sighed. When she re-enters the normal world, anything smeared will be pushed along the direction of the smear. Never seen stranger things but this is pretty horrifying. Taylor helps make cookies, but her power makes her make them. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/PathToMunchies. The way the lines of sight were described was really good, I could constantly vision what was happening with them, so massive props for that. Thoughts on solutions? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Go Gently by Shana the Short (23 chapters, 74k words, last updated: 21st Apr, 2015) Reign by TP Knight (1 chapter, 2.1k words, one-shot) After everything else had gone so well, he had ruined it at the end. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I slowly slooooowly turned around, cowl obscuring my head and robe obscuring my shuffling feet as I appeared to rotate in place to face the heroines direction. As I hit refresh I get a second chapter. Taylor gave a hard look to Weld, "A real one, make no mistake, but one meant as a warning. I. Weld asked, "Forget all the innocent people of Brockton Bay? 6.2 Crescendo Got real estate, I'm buying it all up in outerspace. "As far as first impressions go, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence." I was just surprised. "An older model, communicator only?" "Yeah." The old man notes that this is the first time anyone offered him the use of their umbrella, or kindness on such a level as her. Going to sleep now. Using this ability rapidly tires her. Based it around the idea that observing a thing changes the thing. LF Any fics where taylor is blind either due to trigger or power related or just naturally. You must log in or register to reply here. Day of the Tentacle, where she's a multiple amputee and tinkers up brain-controlled prosthetics. Oh Good Hunter looks like it might be headed that way. She had the look of a woman who had gone too long without sleep and had aged years in weeks. But before she can make enough to be a serious hero, she'll need some starting capital, and that's much easier to do as a villain TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The construction workers. Nobody remembers them better than me. He hasn't even died. However, due to being somewhat high on painkillers when she figures it out, she believes she has a strange limit all plans she makes must in some way involve food. Day of the Tentacle, where she's a multiple amputee and tinkers up brain-controlled prosthetics. This is an alt-power Taylor in the Worm* verse with butterflies in play before the canon locker scene. The Protectorate hadn't mentioned that in the file. Sure enough the Taylors at the assembly line worked like clockwork. It's true that Danny Hebert can't sit here and admire this sunset with us." When Taylors incorporeal form passes through time-locked objects, they appear to smear, like someone smudged a painting. Twenty feet away lay an anthill. This seems like it's going to be a real good story. Taylor's mouth stretched into a thin, wide line. Taylor is incorporeal and unable to directly affect the world in her Breaker form. "I told you this this secret of mine because I want you to understand. She can float at a maximum speed of about 25 miles per hour; as Taylor noted, a decent frame of reference would be Olympic-sprinting fast, but slower than most flying capes. They are not affected in any way other than being pushed; the smear effect is likely just Taylors subjective experience of her power, or at most an effect confined to her Breaker-state world. "There are entrepreneurs out there who understand the practicality of a workforce that can perfectly coordinate.". Revenant. From the start he had been a mask Taylor could put on that would let her confront the world. Yea, those are great horror, here's the first of the three snippets. I only had another week left before I was supposed to go back to school. JavaScript is disabled. Anyways, thinking on how a society of totally like-minded individuals would work was pretty fun, though I didn't go into as much detail about it as I could have. The original story had a similar meeting, but with Contessa and Taylor's positions exchanged. Tried searching for it and got nothing. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/CameraShy. Taylors primary, strongest power is a Breaker state that she can only enter when not observed. In the Worm epilogue, a cape tells a joke with the punchline "six different flavors of sausage." . 3. My story Chimera has Taylor with Grand Admiral Thrawn's memories which makes her a thinker. Things are changed beforehand and echoed through the dotted lines of the stations, but not tied to them. Confirmed, power that seems tailored to disrupting cameras so that she can use her main power actually needed. Since I was blind in my normal form and paper money all felt the same whether they were Washingtons or Benjamins, I had counted the money by going back and forth between my ghost world while hiding it. There it was. Advancing Technology has Taylor with what seems to be the power of advanced learning, and may be more than that. Mulberry, Fl. Queen of Owls on QQ. Taylor is a dragon wyvern. "We're on schedule to get the city back in working order in a matter of weeks. Now she must learn to be independent, both as a blind person in her civilian life and as an 'independent hero' in her cape life. in exiled the prosthetic was built by leet. If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again. The sun reflected off his chrome skin with a bright sheen. Really enjoyed this. Can also be found on Sufficient Velocity here. Nonetheless I'm the one who Protectorate chose as their representative.". "I haven't, I swear. Privacy Policy. Splinters - Taylor has a Thinker power that lets her create more copies of her own mind. "My apologies, Taylor. Alt-power Taylor in the Worm verse with butterflies in play before the canon locker scene. and crudest form of cataract surgery. "Is that fact relevant to a tour of your city?" I can't think of any story where it's just 'Taylor in a wheelchair, living normally'. Info@splgroup.co.in Info@splgroup.co.in "All of them." Taylor would prefer to work alongside the Protectorate, not against them.". Flames, where she uses illusionist powers to get around missing an eye. It's a bit complicated to explain but it's pretty good Thinker fic imo. Thanks to Contessa's jailbroken Path to Victory, Legend gets to her before she breaks down and recruits her into the Protectorate, After Contessa returns from successfully removing her power's restrictions on what it could plan around by getting it to bud off another parahuman, Eidolon realises that it means that there's a second person with access to the Path to Victory and they may need to silence her if necessary. She can float and pass through objects. Specifically one where she is the barber. While in her Breaker state, time is stopped for everything but herself. Taylor hesitantly asks. I don't know where to begin. Definitely a strong mover power, but a thinker primary. Things are changed beforehand and echoed through the dotted lines of the stations, but not tied to them. Weld reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. I guess I'm still trying to wrap my head around it at all. She leaned forward, her hand to her chest again, "But he's here. left kudos on this work! Taylor said. So: Overhaul, where she was in the car wreck alongside Annette and the PRT are dragging their heels about letting her come up with her own solution for the crippling results. He was a way for Taylor to escape, to be someone else for a little while, a person that had none of her problems or issues. "Sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. ", "I have to make it worth it, Weld." A pair hefted a bundle of steel pipes in silent unison and maneuvered past their fellows without even a word of warning. So Taylor with AOE music powers that include rapid full regeneration type healing. We have a number of canon characters who are disabled, and I wish we could see that reflected more in fics. But I have to agree that is was great. Can I get a link? He said, "Then I guess we're done here. ", "And so we forget about everything else?" So far, Taylor's augments seem to work best if she's been applying her percussive skills beforehand, they need to test the limits of that. "This and no weapons to speak of." Besides himself, of course, but that was better left unsaid. https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/taylor-and-the-unseelie-court-worm-au.498094/, https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/unreality-worm.625972/. Taylor sees through the eyes of anyone that has any part of her in their field of vision. "Right." Truthfully, I want them afraid of me. A much better version in my opinion, this one actually has things happening in it! Taylor said as a pair of her doppelgangers stepped up onto the veranda wearing overalls and suspenders. Camera Shy, where she's blind, with a power that lets her see through others' eyes when she's in their view. So were we.". When Taylor phases through objects, they appear to "smear" along the direction of her movement as if someone had smudged a painting. "I'm not what most people expect." First let me say that I really like this. He stopped at his seat and with only the briefest moment of hesitation, held out his hand. Taylor gets manipulated by Mrs. Abbotson, an old friend of Annette's, in the wake of her first Path- that to getting cookies. That's amazing! "We all do our part, Weld. Her attempt to use her power to get in shape backfires slightly, as it puppets her body. Instead of controlling bugs, she's a Tinker who can make tiny drones. Abstract representations of Taylor (for example, a dot on a movement radar) don't activate her Thinker power, and neither do simulations of her (for example, if Coil is looking at her in universe A, universe B Taylor is not considered observed). Skein is unfortunately dead, but I'd consider what's there probably the best use of a Thinker power I can think of in fanfic. Still blind in one eye, though, fwiw. Taylor informed him. "This and no weapons to speak of." There are also Acid where she loses her face, her sight and a leg (or "What happens when BeaconHill's usually one-shot gorefest ideas become serialized") and Exiled where she loses an arm but gets a prosthetic built for her by Commander Shepard (because it's that kind of fic). I dont want things like Taylor Varga or Monster or powers where she appears terrifying to others but is in reality harmless like Camera Shy. Dressed in slacks and a business shirt and jacket, coupled with the way she sat, she looked like she was sitting at a job interview. Mutually assured destruction and all that. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Bakuda told us no, but in less polite terms. This is interesting to keep watch though my paranoia and cynicism tells me that the doctor doe s tell the prt about taylor for her own good and the doctor patient confidentiality is just to keep Taylor from panicking and doing something stupid till the prt can form a strategy. Eventually, it's revealed that her nickname is "Tessa," which is short for. Taylor put a hand to her chest. liberties . Cannot overstate how good Hunter is. Intercession, after Golden Morning, Contessa takes Taylor another world and hands her a baby Harry Potter to raise. Thanks so much for the Skein recommendation. When all the gangs are invited to Somer's Rock to discuss the ongoing gang war, "For the record, we did invite the ABB. The four year old glanced up, a bright smile on her face as she ran back to where her parents lay . You were not who I was expecting." Methuselah (original vampire alt!power) has some hints of it but might not quite fit. 741 guests Due to Contessa essentially using Taylor's Trigger as a way to jailbreak her own Shard, the two start getting overlap and minor nudges from each other.