History Awesome / Worm

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/prey-14-1/ 14.1]], when Cherish starts revealing chunks of her past to screw with her, Tattletale responds by calmly reading her opponent for every single piece of information Cherish intended for use as leverage and smirks at how stupid she was.

* Skitter's management of her territory. BenevolentBoss is too tame a term to describe what she accomplishes -- within a couple months, it is by far the best place in town to stay.

* This comment by Anzer'ke, on what would happen if Skitter [[MundaneMadeAwesome checked for herself online]] to see what people were saying about her.[[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/monarch-16-2/#comment-6827]]

* That has the potential to be hilarious when she finally comes across a huge internet following. Maybe if she checks that website from the earlier chapters and finds a massive number of pages on her and the other undersiders.

Then she finds the fanfics.

And the ideas of what she looks like without the mask.

And the creepy messages to her.

And the people talking about how she’s an awful person and they wish she’d just die already, and make it so much easier on those poor people in the Bay.

And then she finds a post by someone, some random person, who was in Brockton Bay until things really went to hell (“I got out reasonably quickly, thank god.”). They acknowledge that Skitter is a controversal topic, then relate a little tale.

This person talks about how they were having a normal day when the sirens sounded. How they had barely been able to believe it, even when they were in the shelter, even when they could hear the rumbling of distant battles.

And then the shelter had begun to flood. Panic took over, and reversed direction when Leviathan came inside. About to die alone, far from everyone they loved and in pain and fear, this random internet poster saw a small figure bursting up behind the monster. Saw Skitter save every last one of them.

The battle ended, this person never found out how things ended, and it wasn’t until the news coverage that he/she even discovered the young villain lived through it. “But regardless of what she’s doing currently, Skitter was the one who saved my life. She didn’t have any reason to do it that I can think of, no-one even knew she was there until she attacked that thing, until she risked her life…I guess she’s probably still a villain but to me she’s everything a hero could ever be.

If Skitter ends up reading this somehow…

Thank you.”
[[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/monarch-16-2/#comment-6827]]

* Skitter's management of her territory. BenevolentBoss is too tame a term to describe what she accomplishes -- within a couple months, it is by far the best place in town to stay.

** the combined forces of the parahumans ''killing Scion.''

** In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/scourge-19-7/ Scourge 19.7]], we discover that [[spoiler:Tattletale had seen on the rooftop on Taylor's first night in costume that Taylor was near the brink of suicide, and intentionally set out to help Taylor become a badass on a team of TrueCompanions in order to save her life.]]

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/monarch-16-11/ 16.11]], when Skitter has just been betrayed by Coil, who teleported her into a building surrounded with a small army of heavily armed mercenaries, shot her, and set the building on fire. In agony, choking on smoke, and with the only escape covered by soldiers she forces herself to think calmly and plan out a attack. She uses cockroaches to eat the wires of their lights, has her bugs form into humanoid figures to act as decoys to draw their fire, uses bugs and spider silk to pull the pins of grenades of soldiers, and engages in psychological warfare by talking through her swarm to freak out/disorient the soldiers creating complete chaos. She then attacks a solider from behind (after [[SarcasticConfession having her bugs whisper "Behind you"]], [[CryingWolf just as they have been for the past several minutes]]), forcing bugs down his throat and nose while she beats the crap of him, steals his keys, and escapes in all of the chaos. Special mention goes to the fact that Coil has to specifically order and remind the soldiers not to use grenades, implying that in another reality she caught them with her bugs and threw them back. She probably already killed Coil in another reality and she doesn't even know it!

* [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/chrysalis-20-5/ 20.5]]. Taylor is cornered in front of a cafeteria full of high school students by Defiant, Dragon, and Clockblocker. Dragon has just outed her to everyone present (including Emma). Defiant is wrecking any bugs she tries to bring into the room. She doesn't have her costume, and against Defiant, having the costume probably wouldn't even help. Then she notices that they are being extremely cautious, to the point that Defiant doesn't let Clockblocker approach just in case she has something up her sleeve. Involuntarily, despite having no idea how she will escape, [[GrinOfAudacity she smiles]] (to [[GenreSavvy Clockblocker]]'s [[ThisIsGonnaSuck dismay]]). She then [[WhatTheHellHero lays out for everyone how morally debased the Protectorate's orders to the heroes are]] and asks those who side with her to stand. ''A third of the students in the room'' -- over a hundred people -- stand up. Finally, she escapes via ''peaceable protest:'' the students walk with her en masse out of the school, preventing the heroes from stopping her exit for fear of injuring them. With, according to Defiant, the odds having been ninety-six point eight percent ''against'' her escape.

'''Hoyden''': She beat [[GeniusBruiser Alexandria]]. [[GenreSavvy He's laughing]] because [[BullyingADragon you're putting down the girl who killed Alexandria.]]

--> “Maybe not for everyone,” Imp said. “It means different things for different people. A planet they lost, an ordeal they survived, I dunno. But it’s a reminder of Taylor to me, and it’s a reminder for you, too. Every time you see it, now, it’s going to make you think of her, remind you that she did something big.”

* Taylor's evolution throughout the story. She starts out a nervous, bullied, insecure girl who wants to be a hero and slowly turns into a smart, terrifying, BadAss villain with a code of honor and a fearsome reputation.

* "Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse," I said, sounding calm, probably inaudible in the midst of Tagg's screaming. "Inevitable. Wasn't that how she put it? I told them. Warned them." --[[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/cell-22-4/ Cell 22.4]], spoken while [[spoiler:Taylor Hebert takes down freakin' ''Alexandria',']]' in what is arguably the biggest CMOA in the entire series.

** Heck, there are a few hints that her ''passenger'' also paid attention to the "living on after your parental figure is gone" suggestions in the therapy sessions. [[spoiler: It certainly grew rather smug about what Riley, Nidbolg, Amy and Valkyrie could do when working together. ''Worm-shards don't usually manage to wrap what passes for their heads around non-violent, cooperative group activities.'' Yet, Smugness has done just that.]]

* "Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse," I said, sounding calm, probably inaudible in the midst of Tagg's screaming. "Inevitable. Wasn't that how she put it? I told them. Warned them." --[[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/cell-22-4/ Cell 22.4]], spoken while [[spoiler:Taylor Hebert takes down freakin' ''Alexandria'']].

** And (according to a official PRT document) what do they consider an appropriate response to anyone with a Master ranking of above 9? "Inter-city missiles and other large-scale munitions may be authorized, depending on the situation."

** But after Chevalier's final desperate attack is thwarted, Scion finally shows up, just in time to intercept Behemoth before he can vanish. The rest of the fight can be summarized in [[TwoWordsObviousTrope two words]]: [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore Endbringer. Down.]]

* Taylor's BatmanGambit to prove to the Undersiders she didn't betray them. When Brian asks her why, she tells him to use his powers on her. Brian does so, and in doing so learns that Coil was artificially replicating taylor's powers with technology.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/chrysalis-20-3/ 20.3]], Emma Barnes -- back in town, back at school, and with a brand-new GirlPosse at her back -- steps in Taylor's way and tries to re-establish their old relationship of bully and victim by [[BreakThemByTalking attacking all of Taylor's old vulnerabilities]], climaxing with a claim that her father blames her for causing her mother's death. In the face of which Taylor not merely keeps her cool, but needles Emma so badly that ''Emma'' is left resorting to what by Taylor's scale is a pathetically weak show of violence to try to regain the upper hand. Game. And. Match. When Emma tries to play the "my daddy's a lawyer" card, the principal just says "Than I guess we'll have a great many discussions in the future" before telling her to get the hell out of her office.

* A subtle one in the subsequent interlude: When the PRT are debriefing and watching the news report on what happened, the Director points out that Defiant and Dragon could have contained some of the damage if they'd cut off the press and deleted phone footage of the incident. Defiant, once a man so obsessed with image and glory and looking good that he broke the hero-villain truce to give him an edge against Leviathan, simply says "We won't ignore people's first amendment rights." A ''marvelously'' subtle burn for the PRT that also shows how far Defiant has come.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/cell-22-1/ Cell 22.1]], Director Tagg tries to threaten Dinah Alcott into cooperating. She responds by by stating, "The last thing I want is another arrogant dickface telling me what to do," and telling him his chances of dying painfully within the next 20 years -- about 22.813%. Which leads to...

* The Undersiders direct the Smiurgh to attack a settlement containing the Yangban. There is precisely one civilian fatality, because she was told not to kill anyone and decided to show the Undersiders she wasn't taking orders from them.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/chrysalis-20-3/ 20.3]], Emma Barnes -- back in town, back at school, and with a brand-new GirlPosse at her back -- steps in Taylor's way and tries to re-establish their old relationship of bully and victim by [[BreakThemByTalking attacking all of Taylor's old vulnerabilities]], climaxing with a claim that her father blames her for causing her mother's death. In the face of which Taylor not merely keeps her cool, but needles Emma so badly that ''Emma'' is left resorting to what by Taylor's scale is a pathetically weak show of violence to try to regain the upper hand. Game. And. Match.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/speck-30-6/ Speck 30.6]], the combined forces of the parahumans ''killing Scion.''

* Lets not forget about what Leviathan does. It feigns weakness while bringing water in through the storm drains. It came up with a new tactic to overcome it's movements being predicted.