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** Simiarly, in canon, [[spoiler:Coil is killed by Taylor through a "simple" BoomHeadshot. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Lisa violently shoots Coil in the chest multiple times before finally head-shotting him.]]
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** Simiarly, in canon, [[spoiler:Coil is killed by Taylor through a "simple" BoomHeadshot. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Lisa violently shoots Coil in the chest multiple times before finally head-shotting him.]]executing him with a headshot.]]
** Another character who dies differently than they did in canon ''Worm'' is [[spoiler:Leviathan. In ''Worm'', Leviathan is killed by Scion during Gold Morning. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Leviathan is killed by virtually all of the capes of Brockton Bay working together with Apocrypha so she can ''obliterate'' the Endbringer with her Excalibur spell]].
** Another character who dies differently than they did in canon ''Worm'' is [[spoiler:Leviathan. In ''Worm'', Leviathan is killed by Scion during Gold Morning. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Leviathan is killed by virtually all of the capes of Brockton Bay working together with Apocrypha so she can ''obliterate'' the Endbringer with her Excalibur spell]].
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* AllThereInTheManual: The author has published a chapter detailing things like the heroes and Noble Phantasms Taylor can access, among other things.
* AmbiguousSituation: InUniverse, Taylor's uncertain on how much of the powers, etc, of her heroes remembered pasts come from their actual lives and how much from their myths.
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: Khepri is one of Taylor's heroes.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: InUniverse, Taylor's uncertain on how much of the powers, etc, of her heroes remembered pasts come from their actual lives and how much from their myths.
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: Khepri is one of Taylor's heroes.]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: The author has published a chapter chapters on Sufficient Velocity detailing things like the heroes and Noble Phantasms Taylor can access, among other things.
* AmbiguousSituation: InUniverse, Taylor's uncertain on how much of the powers, etc, of her heroes remembered pasts come from their actual lives and how much from theirmyths.
myths. It's also unknown how much of her abilities are a classic case of parahumans' abilities being weirdly esoteric and how much of it is her literally tapping into actual magic.
* AlternateSelf:[[spoiler: Khepri [[spoiler:Khepri is one of Taylor's heroes.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: InUniverse, Taylor's uncertain on how much of the powers, etc, of her heroes remembered pasts come from their actual lives and how much from their
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* CurbStompBattle: Apocrypha vs. [[spoiler: the surviving remnants of E88]] in Interlude 10.b. The only one ''not'' beaten effortlessly into the ground is [[spoiler: Krieg]], [[KnowWhenToFoldEm who shows enough smarts to surrender without a fight]].
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: One Amy Noelle clone, the Fingerpainter, who is the embodiment of Amy's self-doubt and loathing, asks Taylor to MercyKill her.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: One Amy Noelle clone, the Fingerpainter, who is the embodiment of Amy's self-doubt and loathing, asks Taylor to MercyKill her.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Apocrypha vs. [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the surviving remnants of E88]] Empire [=Eighty-Eight=]]] in Interlude 10.b. The only one ''not'' beaten effortlessly into the ground is [[spoiler: Krieg]], [[KnowWhenToFoldEm who shows enough smarts to surrender without a fight]].
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker managed to survive all of the events of ''Worm'' in canon, with her ultimate fate in ''Ward'' being intentionally left up in the air. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', she dies fairly early on in the story when she gets bisected by [[DemBones the Dragon's Teeth]] sentries Taylor put in front of her home to keep her and her father safe from hostile intruders]].
* DeathSeeker:[[spoiler: One [[spoiler:One of the Amy Noelle clone, clones created by Noelle/Echidna -- the Fingerpainter, who is the embodiment of Amy's self-doubt and loathing, loathing -- asks Taylor to MercyKill her.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Shadow Stalker managed to survive all of the events of ''Worm'' in canon, with her ultimate fate in ''Ward'' being intentionally left up in the air. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', she dies fairly early on in the story when she gets bisected by [[DemBones the Dragon's Teeth]] sentries Taylor put in front of her home to keep her and her father safe from hostile intruders]].
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation:
** [[spoiler:In canon ''Worm'', Max Anders/Kaiser is killed by Leviathan during his attack on Brockton Bay. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Kaiser is KilledOffscreen by one of Bakuda's bombs]].
** Simiarly, in canon, [[spoiler:Coil is killed by Taylor through a "simple" BoomHeadshot. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Lisa violently shoots Coil in the chest multiple times before finally head-shotting him.]]
** [[spoiler:In canon ''Worm'', Max Anders/Kaiser is killed by Leviathan during his attack on Brockton Bay. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Kaiser is KilledOffscreen by one of Bakuda's bombs]].
** Simiarly, in canon, [[spoiler:Coil is killed by Taylor through a "simple" BoomHeadshot. In ''An Essence of Silver and Steel'', Lisa violently shoots Coil in the chest multiple times before finally head-shotting him.]]
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* ForbiddenChekhovsGun: Subverted. The author was setting Gilgamesh up as this [[note]]Gilgamesh's ego is so powerful, Installing him would completely overwhelm Taylor[[/note]], but Taylor wound up using [[spoiler:Khepri]] instead to finish Scion off.
* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: Khepri terrifies Taylor so much that it takes the threat of Amy and Lisa being killed by Eidolon while still in Echidna to get her to use her.]]
* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: Khepri terrifies Taylor so much that it takes the threat of Amy and Lisa being killed by Eidolon while still in Echidna to get her to use her.]]
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* ForbiddenChekhovsGun: Subverted. The author was setting Gilgamesh up as this [[note]]Gilgamesh's ego is so powerful, Installing him would completely overwhelm Taylor[[/note]], but Taylor wound up instead using [[spoiler:Khepri]] instead to finish Scion off.
* FutureMeScaresMe:[[spoiler: Khepri [[spoiler:Khepri terrifies Taylor so much that it takes the threat of Amy and Lisa being killed by Eidolon while still in Echidna to get her to use her.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: After her interview, it's implied that Eidolon is jealous of Taylor.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After her interview, it's implied that Eidolon is jealous of Taylor.]]
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Rune apparently had one when she saw Taylor/Apocrypha use Excalibur against Leviathan. Unfortunately, she went entirely the wrong way and started going on a murder spree, and her Second Trigger couldn't have helped.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroBall[=/=]IdiotBall: Taylor after Arc 4.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroBall[=/=]IdiotBall: Taylor after Arc 4.]]
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Rune [[spoiler:Rune apparently had one when she saw Taylor/Apocrypha use Excalibur against Leviathan. Unfortunately, she went entirely the wrong way and started going on a murder spree, and her Second Trigger couldn't have helped.]]
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* ImmuneToBullets: Taylor makes Mystic Codes that provide this effect.
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* ImmuneToBullets: Taylor makes Mystic Codes in the forms of necklaces that provide this effect.effect on their wearers. There's one particular moment where [[spoiler:Lisa is ambushed by Coil's assassins, and after being knocked down by one of the snipers, Lisa picks up what looks like to her a flattened silver dollar... and then has an OhCrap reaction upon figuring out that she's holding a bullet flattened by impacting her Mystic Code]].
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* KarmicDeath: After Taylor talks back to her, Sophia heads to her house to cut her hair off in her sleep (at best). When she crosses the Bounded Field and realizes that Taylor is a parahuman, she plans to kill her and Danny, only to get bisected by one of the Dragon's Teeth Taylor had as the second defense stage.
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* KarmicDeath: After KarmicDeath:
** [[spoiler:After Taylor talks back to her, Sophia heads to her house to cut her hair off in her sleep (at best). When she crosses the Bounded Field and realizes that Taylor is a parahuman, she plans to kill her and Danny, only to get bisected by one of the Dragon's Teeth Taylor had as the second defense stage.]]
** [[spoiler:Lisa has often made mention of Coil metaphorically holding a gun to her head to keep her in line as basically his glorified slave. As soon as she gets the upper hand over him, Coil gets shot almost a dozen different times by Lisa]].
** [[spoiler:After Taylor talks back to her, Sophia heads to her house to cut her hair off in her sleep (at best). When she crosses the Bounded Field and realizes that Taylor is a parahuman, she plans to kill her and Danny, only to get bisected by one of the Dragon's Teeth Taylor had as the second defense stage.]]
** [[spoiler:Lisa has often made mention of Coil metaphorically holding a gun to her head to keep her in line as basically his glorified slave. As soon as she gets the upper hand over him, Coil gets shot almost a dozen different times by Lisa]].
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: Krieg]], after witnessing Apocrypha [[spoiler: wipe the floor with the rest of the E88 survivors, including among others, Cricket, Crusader, Stormtiger, and ''Hookwolf''.]] He even lampshades this as he surrenders.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: Krieg]], [[spoiler:Krieg]], after witnessing Apocrypha [[spoiler: wipe the floor with the rest of the E88 survivors, including among others, Cricket, Crusader, Stormtiger, and ''Hookwolf''.]] He even lampshades this as he surrenders.
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** [[spoiler: In a deliberate parallel to the end of canon, Contessa is two-shotted by Apocrypha in a bid to remove her powers, with her final fate being left unsaid.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The armbands report Lisa as dead during the Leviathan fight, but she is later revealed to be very much alive, [[AnArmAndALeg just seriously injured]].]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: The armbands report Lisa as dead during the Leviathan fight, but she is later revealed to be very much alive, [[AnArmAndALeg just seriously injured]].]]
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** [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In a deliberate parallel to the end of canon, Contessa is two-shotted by Apocrypha in a bid to remove her powers, with her final fate being left unsaid.]]
* NotQuiteDead:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The armbands report Lisa as dead during the Leviathan fight, but she is later revealed to be very much alive, [[AnArmAndALeg just seriously injured]].]]
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* ParanoiaFuel: InUniverse, Hassan of the Hundred Personas makes the PRT realize that Taylor can pull out heroes that have been forgotten over time that they would have no information on, since all they have on him is the name of his sect. Not to mention that they have no idea how far her time range is regarding usable heroes, in either direction.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Dennis makes a [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Death by Snu-Snu]] joke, Taylor has no idea what he is talking about.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Dennis makes a [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Death by Snu-Snu]] joke, Taylor has no idea what he is talking about.
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* ParanoiaFuel: [[invoked]] InUniverse, Hassan of the Hundred Personas makes the PRT realize that Taylor can pull out heroes that have been forgotten over time that they would have no information on, since all they have on him is the name of his sect. Not to mention that they have no idea how far her time range is regarding usable heroes, in either direction.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Dennis makes a[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} "[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Death by Snu-Snu]] Snu-Snu]]" joke, Taylor has no idea what he is talking about.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Dennis makes a
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** [[spoiler: Alexandria, sort of, during the final battle – Scion takes great, gaping scoops out of her body mass, before ultimately crushing her disembodied head between his hands to finally kill her.]]
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: The personalities of Taylor's Heroic Spirits can bleed over a bit, sometimes even when she's not actively tapping into them, like when Medea fed her some words to verbally slam Sophia and her cronies. This is part of why Hundred-Faced Hassan is Taylor's main Assassin when she needs stealth: she looked for the Assassin with the "weakest ego". In a flashback, when she first tried Installing Gilgamesh, his ego was so strong that she immediately aborted the attempt. [[spoiler: This is also part of why she was so afraid of Khepri: she was afraid that since the effect is stronger with heroes that she sympathized with/had a connection to, Khepri, being her AlternateSelf, would affect her even ''more'', to the point that she would essentially become her. She's not even sure how much of her friendship with Amy and Lisa is the result of Khepri's experience.]]
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: The personalities of Taylor's Heroic Spirits can bleed over a bit, sometimes even when she's not actively tapping into them, like when Medea fed her some words to verbally slam Sophia and her cronies. This is part of why Hundred-Faced Hassan is Taylor's main Assassin when she needs stealth: she looked for the Assassin with the "weakest ego". In a flashback, when she first tried Installing Gilgamesh, his ego was so strong that she immediately aborted the attempt. [[spoiler: This is also part of why she was so afraid terrified of Khepri: she was afraid that since the effect is stronger with heroes that she sympathized with/had a connection to, Khepri, being her AlternateSelf, would affect her even ''more'', to the point that she would essentially become ''become'' her. She's not even sure how much of her friendship with Amy and Lisa is the result of Khepri's experience.]]
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Also found on [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/an-essence-of-silver-and-steel-worm-fate-stay-night-alt-power.39043/ Sufficient Velocity]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30559687/ A4chive of Our Own.]] As of March 6, 2021, this story is a CompletedFic.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:After the scene in the middle of Riley's mind is finished, it is revealed that Taylor also managed to subdue Burnscar, and outright wiped out the rest of the Slaughterhouse 9.]]
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* ForbiddenChekhovsGun: Subverted. The author was setting Gilgamesh up as this [[note]]Gilgamesh's ego is so powerful, Installing him would completely overwhelm Taylor[[/note]], but Taylor wound up using [[spoiler:Khepri]] instead to finish Scion off.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Eidolon was saved from his canon fate, and managed to survive all the way to the end of the battle against Scion.
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* ShoutOut: One Mystic Code crafted by Taylor is a pair of glasses enchanted so people [[ClarkKenting don't make the connection between her and Apocrypha while she's wearing them]]. Their name? [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kent Glasses.}}
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* ShoutOut: One Mystic Code crafted by Taylor is a pair of glasses enchanted so people [[ClarkKenting don't make the connection between her and Apocrypha while she's wearing them]]. Their name? [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kent Glasses.}}]]
