Chapter 36
Added 2025-12-27 20:28:43 +0000 UTCComments
I think you handled Taylor very well. Showing hints of the amount of damage she could have caused if she weren't genuinely trying to be a hero, as well as showing her anger and distrust. I love your story.
Mitzee
2026-01-09 09:02:38 +0000 UTC“That’s the best-case scenario,” the woman continued. “Your power complicates matters. While you don’t seem to be a Human Master, the Master classification itself could still color a jury’s perception, even without the judge trying to get political. With the Canary trial ongoing, it is, as Armiger put it, a bad time to be a Master in court.” I like how Piggot was like "man, that's a good line, I should use that." I bet she said it with Regent too lmao Move aside Tanya, Shirou is Piggot's favorite.
William Chu
2025-12-29 20:21:13 +0000 UTCI appreciate honesty. And... don't let it get to you. It's only fiction.
Greisvandir
2025-12-28 22:22:42 +0000 UTCHonestly I can see where the PRT is coming from here. It wrong yes but considering the situation in the Bay they really can't afford to lose Argent with the firepower she brings, and with how stable she is compared to a lot of others (shadow stalker prime ex.). The PRT needs this to go away but they are also recognizing that Taylor as she is currently can fall to either side of the fence, and would rather have her work with them than go to prison.
Matthew Smith
2025-12-28 21:35:17 +0000 UTCI'm gonna be honest, but I warn you, you might not like my honesty. This entire chapter made me feel gross. You avoided Taylor bashing. This is correct. But if I needed another reason to hate the PRT for being an incompetent, hypocritical, arrogant GANG (because, yes, they are a gang) of circle-jerkers, you just gave one. I know it had to happen, it's not mischaracterized. But this entire chapter made me feel filthy and depressed. So yeah... Merry Christmas...
I AM POTATO
2025-12-28 21:15:50 +0000 UTCShe dose have a good case, unfortunately she is still to low profile to catch the attention of the only lawyer who specializes in cases like hers.
Matthew Smith
2025-12-28 20:43:38 +0000 UTCI stg it's 16 pages of the same 4-5 points being repeated. It's worse than reddit
John Butler
2025-12-28 14:46:06 +0000 UTCBtw; Chapter 32: “You are under arre—!” “Wai—!” “Fuck—!” “Jes—” “Rhaargh—!” Chapter 36: After that there was a chorus of raw screaming—hers included—caused by the agony of a limb being burned through. Then a figure had appeared, wreathed in blinding glow of the same hue as the lasers. She hadn’t been able to make out details, but the connection had been obvious. Exhausted, terrified, and in unbearable pain, Taylor had made a snap decision to sic her bugs on the shooter. --- I don't think it makes sense only for Taylor to be in "unbearable pain" when others were able to coherently respond. Maybe adjust it to "her senses were overwhelmed by input from all the bugs" or something. Or don't :p. I did enjoy reading the 16 pages long dramatic responses to chapter 32 on SB, maybe we will get another 16 pages for 36.
Dmitry Gumin
2025-12-28 10:29:15 +0000 UTCEternal soldier is in reference to EMIYA not piggot.
Turbo Cheese
2025-12-28 06:54:16 +0000 UTCFùck Issei, he single-handedly lowers the quality of an otherwise good setting. Granted he has good qualities but the constant yelling about boobs is off putting. I agree with the sentiment though, a lot of fanfic turn characters into caricature of themselves, picking a single trait and going hard on it. Like Sakura not eating well do to a single comment about not eating in Naruto, or how Shirou in Fate only thinks of others. Worm suffers from this the most as a lot of fanfic are written by people who only read other Worm fanfic so it gets worst and worst over time. It’s all bashing or glazing Taylor. Taylor actually has a very good case for herself if she can afford a good layer, or one that wants a relatively easy win for publicity. And that’s before the Sophia situation comes into play. But you can’t expect a teen to know that. The fact they have not brought her dad into things, and kept her confined for days without the option to call is also something they would get in trouble for. it’s not clear cut case. But she has decent grounds to sue them. Piggot is playing things well for the PRT, even if they are underhanded.
Zerak
2025-12-28 04:12:38 +0000 UTCLol why would they be upset? Taylor picked a fight with Lung by herself, which could have led to dozens of lives lost, including her own. Pressuring her into the Wards is like the morally correct thing to do.
William Chu
2025-12-28 03:51:33 +0000 UTCIf this isn't a check off's gun about how Tanya finds out and tries to help legally or shirou being beyond feed up I will be upset.
Donovan Sweet
2025-12-28 03:41:54 +0000 UTCThis is by the book standard pressing into service by the PRT. I am sure they have legal allowances for those cases. Reasonably, for the person's own good. Yeah, considering this Pigot is more incompetent then the average, she used all the stick and zero carrot, the other side of said standard pressing. Thanks for the chapter and happy holidays. P.c anything self-insert related is typically very meh, imho of course.
Dmitry Gumin
2025-12-28 00:19:19 +0000 UTCWell, our author got to rant about what he doesn’t likes in fanfictions and crossovers, so I guess its only fair the rest of us get a turn? I absolutely hate it when the introduction of new characters has no effect whatsoever. I call this the ‘cardboard cutout’, because there’s no real protagonist there, just a cardboard cutout of a character standing by as things happen. They may throw a punch from time to time, but it doesn’t actually change anything at all, the plot develops EXACTLY as it did before. I remember this Fate x RWBY crossover where after something like 26 chapters I accused the author of doing exactly that, and then during the fall of beacon he had Shirou beat Mercury so Ruby can get to the Pyrrha x Penny fight. And it changed NOTHING. Pyrrha still tore Penny apart, Beacon still fell, and the author called me out specifically saying “see? see? Shirou beat Mercury! That doesn’t happen in the original work, so there!” To which I replied with “And it changed nothing, which is what I actually accuse ‘cardboard protagonists’ of. Sure, he beat Mercury, but what changed? Literally nothing. Furthermore, in every RWBY volume after the fall of beacon, Mercury does NOTHING ever again, so he may as well have just dropped into the griffin’s mouth with Torchwick, and it still wouldn’t change anything. Write a Shirou reacts to RWBY instead, it’ll be more honest.” Honestly, this early draft of Taylor into the wards feels so fresh and nice! We’re having actual consequences thanks to the existence of Shirou and Tanya in this story, and I’m all for it! I am pretty surprised the rest of the Protectorate heroes didn’t react worse to learning Piggot is hamstringing Tanya, though. She better not get hurt, because they’re all gonna remember Piggot kept her weak on purpose, specially Miss Militia and Assault. I do believe someone mentioned that it was weird that Miss Militia didn’t just shoot Piggot when she started low-key villain cackling about hamstringing Tanya in the earlier chapters. “Eternal Soldier” my ass, more like ‘bitter and vengeful woman on a power trip.” There’s a reason Cauldron put her in charge of BB, and it was because they knew she was the perfect woman for the job. They needed the PRT to fail there to see what would happen if a parahuman took control, and Piggot was the perfect woman for the job. Someone so bitter she gets in her own agents’ way out of sheer spite.
Christian E. Y.
2025-12-28 00:08:05 +0000 UTCMeh, it's capeshit, she didn't want to take off her mask and ask for her dad and she didn't ask for a lawyer either. You gotta ask to get a lawyer, luckily a lot of people just don't ask even when reminded lol. The PRT could've unmasked her and called her dad, but they probably wanted to give her some control rather than having her feel fully exposed. Parental permission is usually needed to join the Wards. They'll bring him in now that she's unmasked. This is just the first step. I imagine that Danny will be easy to convince, once he's told that Taylor tried fighting Lung on her own. Plus as far as everyone is concerned, Taylor almost got tons of people and herself killed by engaging Lung, so it's good that she's joining the Wards to get some oversight. And people like the Wards lol.
William Chu
2025-12-28 00:06:28 +0000 UTCCoil HAS to be laughing like a kookaburra right now. Pressuring an abuse victim-especially a minor-with lies and half truths into constant forced contact with their abuser and effectively enslaving them to protect a different officer is one of those scandals that gets documentaries made about it. Especially since interrogations are taped and this is a minor under 16 without guardian or lawyer present. Emily has worked VERY HARD to strap a bomb to her own chest.
Hangwind
2025-12-27 23:46:18 +0000 UTC
