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--> '''Emma:''' ''Were'' we that bad? I mean, ''really?''\\
'''Madison:''' Yeah, really. We were talking about framing Taylor for crimes until she got sent to the Birdcage, remember?\\
'''Emma:''' Oh, right. Wow.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Winslow is a problem for Taylor, both because it's an awful place where she's constantly tormented, and because Principal Blackwell wants to blame her for being shut in her own locker. [[spoiler:So she uses her powers to ''rip the school off its foundations'', hoist it up in the air, then drop it again, shattering the whole place to rubble.]]
--> '''Danny:''' I can't say I totally agree with your methods, but you certainly solved the problem in front of you.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Sophia proposes blaming Taylor for [[spoiler:the destruction of Winslow]], but dismisses the idea that she might actually be responsible for it.

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* MadeOfDiamond: After getting her powers, Taylor is hit by Uber and Leet's car, fleeing the police at speeds that "went straight past 'unsafe' and got the attention of 'downright perilous'." The front of the car is totalled and the car rolls, leaving Taylor blinking and bemused but completely unhurt.


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* SuperToughness: After getting her powers, Taylor is hit by Uber and Leet's car, fleeing the police at speeds that "went straight past 'unsafe' and got the attention of 'downright perilous'." The front of the car is totalled and the car rolls, leaving Taylor blinking and bemused but completely unhurt.
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* MadeOfDiamond: After getting her powers, Taylor is hit by Uber and Leet's car, fleeing the police at speeds that "went straight past 'unsafe' and got the attention of 'downright perilous'." The front of the car is totalled and the car rolls, leaving Taylor blinking and bemused but completely unhurt.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The Real Thing were prepared for Taylor rampaging through the school in all manner of ways, but not [[spoiler:simply passing out on the floor in front of her locker]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Taylor enters Winslow bracing herself and internally reciting, "I am a fortress. I am impenetrable. Nothing they do can touch me." When she then gets powers, she has invulnerability similar to the canonical Siberian.
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* NighInvulnerability: Madison's Tinker power lets her build things that are designed not to be breakable by anything, including other parahuman powers. They're clunky and heavy as a result, but effective; Emma is able to bounce her throwing discs off steel and concrete without even scratching them.
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* FakeWeakness: Madison's PowerArmor has large tubes near the joints that seem like an obvious weak point that Sophia lampshades. They're actually decoys, and if someone actually tries to remove or damage them, they get a face full of live steam.

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* FakeWeakness: Madison's PowerArmor has large tubes near the joints that seem like an obvious weak point that Sophia lampshades. They're actually decoys, and if someone actually tries to remove or damage them, they get a face full of live steam.steam, without hurting the suit at all.
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter: When Emma is fighting against Skidmark (and using her superhuman balance to surf his fields without falling over), "the Merchant leader himself invited her to do something anatomically impossible (not to mention disgustingly perverted) while he dumped a bucket of gravel into the skid-field."
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* PoweredArmor: When Sophia insists that Madison doesn't have a way to fight, Madison steps inside a metal box, which unfolds and rearranges itself into an eight-foot suit with glowing red eyes.
--> '''Emma:''' Power armour. You made power armour.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: All of Madison's tinker work is big and ultra-heavy-duty, which is sometimes useful but other times gets in the way. When Emma asks about night vision goggles, Madison sketches a design for a helmet that would weigh twenty pounds and contain a microwave beam capable of frying bugs; Emma decides the weight would be too much.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: All of Madison's tinker work is big and ultra-heavy-duty, which is sometimes useful but other times gets in the way. When Emma asks about night vision goggles, Madison sketches a design for a helmet that would weigh twenty pounds and contain a microwave beam capable of frying bugs; Emma decides the weight would be too much. She doesn't even bother asking whether Madison could build her a bow.
--> A bow capable of taking out a Mack truck with one arrow; sure. One that could also collapse to hang off her hip? Not so much.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sophia tries teaching Emma to use a crossbow, but gives up in disgust after Emma gets six straight bullseyes, including one where she intentionally ricocheted the bolt off a wall into the target just to see if she could do it.
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* ThrowingYourGunAtTheEnemy: When Emma fends off an attack by a group of Merchants with guns, she doesn't actually want to kill them, but she's easily able to seize their guns and use them as projectiles.
--> The second knife guy (and fifth gang member) stood staring, right up until the pistol (Emma really liked its throwing balance) smacked him between the eyes and dropped him to the ground.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: All of Madison's tinker work is big and ultra-heavy-duty, which is sometimes useful but other times gets in the way. When Emma asks about night vision goggles, Madison sketches a design for a helmet that would weigh twenty pounds and contain a microwave beam capable of frying bugs; Emma decides the weight would be too much.
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* TheSleepless: Emma still sleeps, but she needs much less. She's able to pull an all-nighter, sleep two hours, then wake up fresh and ready to go.

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* TheSleepless: Emma still sleeps, but she needs much less. She's able to pull an all-nighter, all-nighter ''pushing cars around'', sleep two hours, then wake up fresh and ready to go.
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* TheSleepless: Emma still sleeps, but she needs much less. She's able to pull an all-nighter, sleep two hours, then wake up fresh and ready to go.
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Can also be found on Website/SpacebattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.815267 here]]), and Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.60317/ here]]).

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Can also be found on Website/SpacebattlesDotCom Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.815267 here]]), and Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.60317/ here]]), and Questionable Questing ([[https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.11145/ here]]).

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Emma and Madison not only become genuine heroes but they begin to realize their vendetta against Taylor is wrong. [[spoiler:When Sophia tries to murder Danny, Emma finally stands up Sophia, drives her away to save Danny, and confesses everything to the Heberts.]]

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Emma and Madison not only become genuine heroes but they begin to realize their vendetta against Taylor is wrong. [[spoiler:When Sophia tries to murder Danny, Emma finally stands up to Sophia, drives her away to save Danny, and confesses everything to the Heberts.]]



* TheAtoner: After they realize how horrible their actions actually were, Emma and Madison begin to make moves to both fix what they have done and earn themselves redemption.



* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:While Taylor is all for killing Sophia in order to put an end to the threat she represents to her and her father, Emma manages to convince her not to do it because (a) it would be exactly what Sophia wants her to do and (b) it'll be a lot more humiliating for Sophia if she's still alive, since she'll be left ''weak''.]]



* EngineeredHeroics: When debating what to do with their final Cauldron vial, the trio eventually decides on force-feeding it to Taylor as part of a plan to make her out to be a villain, not only boosting their reps as heroes but hopefully getting her arrested in the process. [[spoiler:When it fails due to Taylor accidentally knocking herself out with her own powers, they make it look like they were just passing through and rescued her instead]].

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* EngineeredHeroics: When debating what to do with their final Cauldron vial, the trio eventually decides on force-feeding it to Taylor as part of a plan to make her out to be a villain, not only boosting their reps as heroes but hopefully getting her arrested in the process. [[spoiler:When it fails due to Taylor accidentally knocking herself out with her own powers, they make it look like they were just passing through and rescued her instead]].instead.]]



* FatalFlaw: Sophia has wrath. She takes her hatred of Taylor to degrees that put off Emma and Madison, who are starting to realize how hurting Taylor is both strategically and morally wrong. [[spoiler:Sophia finally alienates her allies for good by trying to kill Danny.]]

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* FatalFlaw: Sophia has wrath. She takes her hatred of Taylor to degrees that put off Emma and Madison, who are starting to realize how hurting Taylor is both strategically and morally wrong. [[spoiler:Sophia finally alienates her allies for good by trying to kill Danny.Danny in an attempt to frame Taylor.]]


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* {{Irony}}: Taylor notes how ironic it is that [[spoiler:after getting Sophia (who has the most experience in fighting crime out of group and claimed to be The Real Thing's leader) arrested, Emma and Madison ask her (who has ''less'' experience in crime fighting than Emma and Madison) to become their actual leader]].

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Emma and Madison not only become genuine heroes but they begin to realize their vendetta against Taylor is wrong. [[spoiler: When Sophia tries to murder Danny, Emma finally stands up Sophia, drives her away to save Danny, and confesses everything to the Heberts]].

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Emma and Madison not only become genuine heroes but they begin to realize their vendetta against Taylor is wrong. [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When Sophia tries to murder Danny, Emma finally stands up Sophia, drives her away to save Danny, and confesses everything to the Heberts]]. Heberts.]]



* DramaticIrony:
** Taylor expects to be able to use The Real Thing's testimony against Emma, Madison, and Sophia.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint:
** Sophia angrily accuses Alan Barnes of not teaching Emma that one shouldn't betray friends - exactly the same thing she caused by essentially brainwashing Emma into betraying Taylor.

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DramaticIrony: Taylor expects to be able to use The Real Thing's testimony against Emma, Madison, and Sophia.
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DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Sophia angrily accuses Alan Barnes of not teaching Emma that one shouldn't betray friends - exactly the same thing she caused by essentially brainwashing Emma into betraying Taylor.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Despite trying to kill Danny, Sophia doesn't get why Emma and Madison turned on her.]]

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:Despite trying to kill Danny, Sophia doesn't get why Emma [[spoiler:Emma and Madison turned on her.]]her. Even though Sophia tried to ''kill'' Danny, all she can see is them backstabbing her]].



* HeelRealization: As time passes, Emma and Madison begin to realize that their actions against Taylor were incredibly messed up and irrational. [[spoiler:Their realization is completed when Sophia tries to kill Danny in a last-ditch attempt to turn Taylor into a villain. Emma not only intervenes and saves Danny but confesses everything to Taylor]].

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* HeelRealization: As time passes, Emma and Madison begin to realize that their actions against Taylor were incredibly messed up and irrational. [[spoiler:Their realization is completed when Sophia tries to kill Danny in a last-ditch attempt to turn Taylor into a villain. Emma not only intervenes and saves Danny but confesses everything to Taylor]]. Taylor.]]



* SuckySchool: Winslow; they have to put up a sign in the nurse's office to keep drug dealers from stealing their medication. [[spoiler:When Taylor obliterates the whole building, there are no shortage of suspects since pretty much everyone has a reason to hate it]].

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* SuckySchool: Winslow; they have to put up a sign in the nurse's office to keep drug dealers from stealing their medication. [[spoiler:When Taylor obliterates the whole building, there are no shortage of suspects since pretty much everyone has a reason to hate it]]. it.]]

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* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: To demonstrate that she's stronger than she looks, Taylor tests her power against Madison's "good steel". All previous testing has indicated that "good steel" is indestructible, and even Sophia's intangible state can't get through it. However, Taylor's power basically tells physics to go and sit in the corner. It's difficult for her to bend good steel, but she can do it, and it can't penetrate her force field.
--> '''Emma:''' I wouldn't have thought that was possible.\\
'''Madison:''' It ''shouldn't'' be. Nothing breaks good steel. ''Nothing.''\\
'''Taylor:''' If it's any consolation, I'm pretty sure my power just says, "''More force? Yes,''" when it's trying to do something like that.



** "Part Eighteeen: Communications": [[spoiler:Sophia kidnaps Emma's parents, planning to use them as hostages to force Emma to kill Danny and blackmailing her into turning on Taylor]].

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** "Part Eighteeen: Eighteen: Communications": [[spoiler:Sophia kidnaps Emma's parents, planning to use them as hostages to force Emma to kill Danny and blackmailing her into turning on Taylor]].

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* DramaticIrony: Taylor expects to be able to use The Real Thing's testimony against Emma, Madison, and Sophia.

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Taylor expects to be able to use The Real Thing's testimony against Emma, Madison, and Sophia.Sophia.
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** Sophia angrily accuses Alan Barnes of not teaching Emma that one shouldn't betray friends - exactly the same thing she caused by essentially brainwashing Emma into betraying Taylor.



* HeelRealization: As time passes, Emma and Madison begin to realize that their actions against Taylor were incredibly messed up and irrational. [[spoiler: Their realization is completed when Sophia tries to kill Danny in a last-ditch attempt to turn Taylor into a villain. Emma not only intervenes and saves Danny but confesses everything to Taylor]].

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* HeelRealization: As time passes, Emma and Madison begin to realize that their actions against Taylor were incredibly messed up and irrational. [[spoiler: Their [[spoiler:Their realization is completed when Sophia tries to kill Danny in a last-ditch attempt to turn Taylor into a villain. Emma not only intervenes and saves Danny but confesses everything to Taylor]].



* StupidEvil: Sophia is willing to endanger herself and her friends' reputations to get one more swipe at Taylor. Emma and Madison's development is realizing how recklessly insane Sophia is.

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* StupidEvil: Sophia is willing to endanger herself and her friends' reputations to get one more swipe at Taylor. Emma and Madison's development is realizing allows them to realize how recklessly insane Sophia is.

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* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Taylor vs Sophia. Nothing Sophia does affects Taylor, who manages to punch her in the hip (breaking it) even though she was in her shadow form, and then drags her back to the others.]]



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: Despite trying to kill Danny, Sophia doesn't get why Emma and Madison turned on her.]]

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: Despite [[spoiler:Despite trying to kill Danny, Sophia doesn't get why Emma and Madison turned on her.]]



* FatalFlaw: Sophia has wrath. She takes her hatred of Taylor to degrees that put off Emma and Madison, who are starting to realize how hurting Taylor is both strategically and morally wrong. [[spoiler: Sophia finally alienates her allies for good by trying to kill Danny]].

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* FatalFlaw: Sophia has wrath. She takes her hatred of Taylor to degrees that put off Emma and Madison, who are starting to realize how hurting Taylor is both strategically and morally wrong. [[spoiler: Sophia [[spoiler:Sophia finally alienates her allies for good by trying to kill Danny]]. Danny.]]



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Taylor used to fangirl over the idea of meeting Armsmaster. [[spoiler: But after becoming a Cape, her former bullies becoming Capes themselves, and her psychotic bully turning out to be a Cape, her meeting with Armsmaster becomes a boring affair.]]

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Taylor used to fangirl over the idea of meeting Armsmaster. [[spoiler: But [[spoiler:But after becoming a Cape, her former bullies becoming Capes themselves, and her psychotic bully turning out to be a Cape, her meeting with Armsmaster becomes a boring affair.]]

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of her canon PestController power, [[spoiler:here Taylor has SuperStrength and StoneWall powers]].

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Instead of her canon PestController power, [[spoiler:here Taylor has SuperStrength and StoneWall powers]] [[spoiler:which are later revealed to be pretty much The Siberian's powers]].



* HalfTruth: [[spoiler: When confronted by the police and the [=PRT=] over Sophia's heinous actions, the Heberts, Madison, and Emma talk about the events while leaving out the nitty-gritty details that could land all of them in legal hot water.]]

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* HalfTruth: [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When confronted by the police and the [=PRT=] over Sophia's heinous actions, the Heberts, Madison, and Emma talk about the events while leaving out the nitty-gritty details that could land all of them in legal hot water.]]



* RejectedApology: [[spoiler: While Taylor sees that Emma and Madison are sorry, she makes it clear she is far from forgiving them for their hideous treatment of her.]]

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* RejectedApology: [[spoiler: While [[spoiler:While Taylor sees that Emma and Madison are sorry, she makes it clear she is far from forgiving them for their hideous treatment of her.]]



* WhamEpisode: "Part Sixteen: All In": [[spoiler: Sophia tries to kill Danny. Emma finally turns on Sophia and begins to confess everything to Taylor and Danny]].

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"Part Sixteen: All In": [[spoiler: Sophia [[spoiler:Sophia tries to kill Danny. Emma finally turns on Sophia and begins to confess everything to Taylor and Danny]].Danny]].
** "Part Eighteeen: Communications": [[spoiler:Sophia kidnaps Emma's parents, planning to use them as hostages to force Emma to kill Danny and blackmailing her into turning on Taylor]].
** "Part Nineteen: Hostage Situation": [[spoiler:Taylor's powers are that of a canon character: '''The Siberian''']].
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* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler: While Taylor sees that Emma and Madison are sorry, she makes it clear she is far from forgiving them for their hideous treatment of her.]]

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* ReformedButRejected: RejectedApology: [[spoiler: While Taylor sees that Emma and Madison are sorry, she makes it clear she is far from forgiving them for their hideous treatment of her.]]
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Sophia attempts to murder Danny Hebert and frame Taylor for it.]]

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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Sophia attempts to murder Danny Hebert and frame Taylor for it.put Taylor's fingerprints on the knife.]]
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* BecomingTheMask: In an almost literal example, Emma and Madison begin to embody the virtues of their heroic persona and realize that bullying Taylor is stupid and pointless.

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* BecomingTheMask: In an almost literal example, Emma and Madison begin to embody the virtues of their heroic persona personas and realize that bullying Taylor is stupid and pointless.



* CreateYourOwnVillain: The Trio's plan consists of them literally turning Taylor into a supervillain so they can "defeat" her and get the credit for it.

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: The Trio's plan consists of them literally turning Taylor into a supervillain so they can "defeat" her and her, get the credit for it.it, and have her put away.
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In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13469741/1/Earning-Her-Stripes Earning Her Stripes]] by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, [[Literature/{{Worm}} Sophia Hess]] manages to get a trio of Cauldron vials during a cape fight, and gives two to Emma and Madison. When trying to figure out what to do with the third, they get an idea on how to take their bullying of Taylor to even greater heights...

Can also be found on spacebattles [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.815267 here]] and sufficient velocity [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.60317/ here]]

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In [[https://www.''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13469741/1/Earning-Her-Stripes Earning Her Stripes]] Stripes]]'' by Tropers/{{ack1308}}, [[Literature/{{Worm}} Sophia Hess]] manages to get a trio of Cauldron vials during a cape fight, and gives two to Emma and Madison. When trying to figure out what to do with the third, they get an idea on how to take their bullying of Taylor to even greater heights...

Can also be found on spacebattles [[https://forums.Website/SpacebattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.815267 here]] here]]), and sufficient velocity [[https://forums.Sandbox/SufficientVelocityDotCom ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/earning-her-stripes-worm-au-fanfic.60317/ here]]here]]).



* AdaptationalBadass: Emma and Madison get powers of their own thanks to Cauldron vials.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Emma and Madison get powers of their own thanks to Cauldron vials.vials, and quickly become respected heroes.
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--> [[spoiler:But now, it seemed, I was setting a much higher bar for anything to impress me. Madison, in her Blockade armour, could fly halfway across town in a single jump. Emma, my best-friend-turned-worst-enemy-turned-I-had-no-idea-what had powers of her own that made her into an action movie star. Even Sophia Hess, whom I had merely thought was an overly violent jock with a fixation on Emma, was actually Shadow Stalker, an edgelord villain with delusions of heroism. Oh, and I had powers too, courtesy of a Stupid Supervillain Plot™ hatched up by the three aforementioned.]]

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--> [[spoiler:But But now, it seemed, I was setting a much higher bar for anything to impress me. Madison, [[spoiler:Madison, in her Blockade armour, could fly halfway across town in a single jump. Emma, my best-friend-turned-worst-enemy-turned-I-had-no-idea-what had powers of her own that made her into an action movie star. Even Sophia Hess, whom I had merely thought was an overly violent jock with a fixation on Emma, was actually Shadow Stalker, an edgelord villain with delusions of heroism. Oh, and I had powers too, courtesy of a Stupid Supervillain Plot™ hatched up by the three aforementioned.]]
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--> [[spoiler:But now, it seemed, I was setting a much higher bar for anything to impress me. Madison, in her Blockade armour, could fly halfway across town in a single jump. Emma, my best-friend-turned-worst-enemy-turned-I-had-no-idea-what had powers of her own that made her into an action movie star. Even Sophia Hess, whom I had merely thought was an overly violent jock with a fixation on Emma, was actually Shadow Stalker, an edgelord villain with delusions of heroism. Oh, and I had powers too, courtesy of a Stupid Supervillain Plot™ hatched up by the three aforementioned.]]

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