History Memes / Worm

[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Slaughterhouse 9000 arc, Taylor shot a toddler kidnapped by the Nine to prevent it from being tortured by Grey Boy and potentially ending the world. She has been fladerized by the fandom into a serial baby killer[[/labelnote]]

* Which Taylor are we talking about?[[labelnote:Explanation]]On Tumblr, ''Worm'' posts talking about "Taylor" are frequently found by confused fans of Music/TaylorSwift. [[FanCommunityNickname Wormblr]] [[https://www.tumblr.com/skitterstan/709608486960545792/i-think-its-healthy-that-wormblr-constantly-gets has]] [[https://www.tumblr.com/bug4932/719516470494789632/the-tables-are-finally-turning-a-taylor-swift noticed]] [[this https://stainlesssteellocust.tumblr.com/722175185828102144/does-anyone-have-the-this-post-is-not-about]].[[/labelnote]]

Due to a rich and active fandom, {{Literature/Worm}} has a vast number of memes associated with it. Both as part of the story, and as part of the story discussion. Its memes subreddit [=/r/WormMemes=][[https://reddit.com/r/WormMemes/]] is crawling with original content.

** Glaistig Uaine's Pokemon collection.

** [[XanatosRoulette The Simurgh always wins.]]

* There are no telepaths in Worm.[[labelnote:explanation]] Since the Worm setting tries to operate on real-world physics plus interdimensional shenanigans, it goes out of its way to avoid treating Thought as an ontologically fundamental magical force. There is no Psychic Energy for powers to manipulate. However, there are in fact ''many'' characters who have powers that read from or write to the contents of someone or something's brain, hence the irony of stating there are no telepaths when half the main characters have telepathic abilities.[[/labelnote]]
** There are no healing powers in Worm. [[labelnote:explanation]]Similarly to the 'no psychic energy', there isn't any ' ''life'' ' energy either, though there are still a number of powers that provide healing. WordOfGod is that no power has healing as a primary purpose;it's a secondary benefit at best. This is because the powers are intended to foster conflict, so every power has combat applications as a primary function. It should be noted that when this concept does get mentioned in the story proper, [[spoiler:Dr. Mother is using it to mean that there is no Cauldron vial that would guarantee a healing power.]][[/labelnote]]
* Dadversary. [[labelnote:explanation]] What fanon claims the Endbringers call Eidolon - he created them (probably) and is their main adversary. Used in both serious and humorous contexts.[[/labelnote]]

* Armsmaster's Excuse Generator [[labelnote:explanation]]Got its first mention in [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/worm-altpower-taylor-heels-over-head.5178/ Heels Over Head]][[/labelnote]]
* [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14833156/ "I am a dragon. You are now Asian."]][[note]]From a short fanfic making fun of the idea of the ABB being an "Asian" gang, due to the sheer diversity of cultures in Asia (and the fact that many of them don't get along), depicting Lung as being completely unaware of this, ending with him declaring Taylor to be Asian, on the basis that she was being made a member of the ABB and you have to be Asian to be part of the ABB, [[InsaneTrollLogic therefore she is Asian]][[/note]]

* [[AC:"BUUUULLLLSHIIIIITTT"]] [[labelnote:explanation]]Clockblocker's usual reaction to alt-power!Wards!Taylor demonstrating her OP new power to the Wards in fanfiction. Largely considered a DiscreditedMeme nowadays: not only is fanfiction!Clockblocker's characterization a [[{{Flanderization}} gross exaggeration of his canon self]], but the sheer variety of powers in Worm means that Taylor's alt-power of the week is unlikely to be that "bullshit" in the first place.[[/labelnote]]
* Dragon is all the mods on [=ParaHumans=] Online.[[labelnote:explanation]]A comment from wildbow hinted that part of the reason the website reached the status it had was that Dragon had a 'personal interest' in it, and was actively moderating it.[[/labelnote]]

* THEORY ABOUT SLEEPER'S / PARIAN'S TRUE POWER [[labelnote:explanation]] Sleeper's nature as TheGhost has inspired a massive amount of WildMassGuessing as to the true nature of his power, to the point where speculation about him is a fandom cliche. Parian got into a similar situation after vague WordOfGod stated that her power had a specific use that would have been useful in the fight against Behemoth, and got blown way out of proportion by people that interpreted it as Parian having a "true" power that would have let her fight Behemoth to a standstill. [[/labelnote]]
** Sleeper is Stranger 12 [[labelnote:explanation]] By far the most common theory is that Sleeper's power simply makes everyone else perceive him as being more dangerous than he actually is. While this is a reasonably clever theory, the fact that it's still being relentlessly parroted despite being {{Jossed}} has made it the Worm equivalent of [[WebVideo/GameTheory Sans is Ness.]] [[/labelnote]]
** Worm 2 delay [[labelnote:explanation]] Wildbow once (jokingly) stated that he would delay Worm 2 a month every time a WMG related to Sleeper or Parian appeared. Every Sleeper/Parian WMG thread after that has inevitably had a "Worm 2 delayed again!" joke in the comments.[[/labelnote]]
* "Take that, you worm." [[labelnote:explanation]][[https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/7ps03s/hollywood_buys_the_rights_to_worm_and_starts/dsjmdws/ An editor suggested]] to Wildbow that the published version of Worm [[{{TitleDrop}} should open with Emma saying this to Taylor]], as well as have various characters refer to her as a worm in the first book. Needless to say, [[{{Narm}} fans have quickly ridiculed this idea]].[[/labelnote]]
* Taylor the baby destroyer/Asterposting [[labelnote:explanation]]While most of the fanbase agrees that [[WouldHurtAChild Taylor killing Aster]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext was justified at the time]], her apparent lack of reaction to doing it and the event never coming up again is definitely eyebrow raising. As a result, some people have jokingly characterized Taylor as a crazed lunatic whose greatest pleasure is murdering babies and toddlers in her free time. Some have also claimed that she would be a hard counter to Nursery, the character from the sequel whose power lets her create fetus-like monsters.[[/labelnote]]
* In the older "meme" sense, PHO interludes are ''very'' popular in Worm fanfics. So popular, in fact, versions of them show up in fanfics ''which aren't even based on Worm'', such as [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/exitium-eternal-mass-effect-doom-id-verse.675235/ Exitium Eternal]].
* Misspelling wildbow's name in various ways, such as "wifflebat", "wetbadger", "wonkbert", or "wildebeest". This apparently started because on the old IRC channel, whenever someone used his name it pinged him, which he found annoying because he was getting pinged near constantly. So he asked people to stop using his name in discussions about Worm, and the tradition stuck.

* [<STATEMENT>] [AGREEMENT] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A parody of the way the Entities were portrayed as communicating with each other, in single-word thoughts or concepts. The first word can be almost anything (fitting the topic at hand), but the second is almost always [AGREEMENT].[[/labelnote]]
* Scion is a himbo. [[labelnote:Explanation]]An observation about Scion’s public image prior to Gold Morning.[[/labelnote]]

* The Number Man does not wear pants. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/interlude-21-donation-bonus-1/ Interlude 21]], Kurt--otherwise known as The Number Man--was described as wearing "only a button-up shirt and thin-rimmed glasses." Eagle-eyed readers noted that pants were not listed in the description and that he was listed as wearing ONLY a shirt and glasses, leading many to joke that he was not wearing pants in that scene or ever.[[/labelnote]]

* Which Taylor are we talking about?[[labelnote:Explanation]]On Tumblr, Worm posts talking about "Taylor" are frequently found by confused fans of Music/TaylorSwift. [[FanCommunityNickname Wormblr]] [[https://www.tumblr.com/skitterstan/709608486960545792/i-think-its-healthy-that-wormblr-constantly-gets has]] [[https://www.tumblr.com/bug4932/719516470494789632/the-tables-are-finally-turning-a-taylor-swift noticed]] [[this https://stainlesssteellocust.tumblr.com/722175185828102144/does-anyone-have-the-this-post-is-not-about]].[[/labelnote]]

* Skitter scares the bejeezus out of people who can literally hold the power of the sun in their hands. (8.1)

* A God once tried to kill Skitter. I don't see any gods around here, do you? (Arc 27-30)

* When Skitter needed Brain Surgery the Surgeon needed a gun and two headshots. (30.7)

* Lunchbreaks are the times when the world stops what it’s doing to get as far away from Skitter as possible.

* When Skitter makes pretty costumes for her friends, her friends are afraid to NOT wear them.

* On Earth-Bet, Kick Ass is a documentary about Skitter. After winning Best Picture in the Please Don’t Hurt Us category, it is now used as a litmus test to gauge the mental fortitude of Special Forces applicants.

* [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14833156/ "I am a dragon. You are now Asian."]][[note]]From a short fanfic making fun of the idea of the ABB being an "Asian" gang, due to the sheer diversity of cultures in Asia (and the fact that many of them don't get along), depicting Lung as being completely unaware of this, ending with him declaring Taylor to be Asian, on the basis that she was being made a member of the ABB and [[InsaneTrollLogic you have to be Asian to be part of the ABB]][[/note]]

* [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/14833156/ "I am a dragon. You are now Asian."]]

Due to a rich and active fandom, {{Literature/Worm}} has a vast number of memes associated with it. Both as part of the story, and as part of the story discussion. Its memes subreddit /r/WormMemes[[https://reddit.com/r/WormMemes/]] is crawling with original content.

Due to a rich and active fandom, {{Literature/Worm}} has a vast number of memes associated with it. Both as part of the story, and as part of the story discussion. Its memes subreddit /r/WormMemes [[https://old.reddit.com/r/WormMemes/]] is crawling with original content.

Due to a rich and active fandom, {{Literature/Worm}} has a vast number of memes associated with it. Both as part of the story, and as part of the story discussion.

* Male members of the cast wearing leopord-print underwear. [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/colony-15-10/#comment-6230 Colony 15.10]]

* Even if you reduce the range of her power to sixteen feet, you can't hide from Skitter, not even if you travel to a different planet. She just alters the structure of spacetime so that ''everyone'' is within sixteen feet of her. (30.4)

* Even if you reduce the range of her power to sixteen feet, you can't hide from Skitter, not even if you travel to a different planet. She just alters the structure of spacetime so that ''everyone'' is within sixteen feet of her.

** There are no healing powers in Worm. [[labelnote:explanation]]Similarly to the 'no psychic energy', there isn't any ' ''life'' ' energy either, though there are still a number of powers that provide healing. WordOfGod is that no power has healing as a primary purpose;it's a secondary benefit at best. It should be noted that when this concept does get mentioned in the story proper, [[spoiler:Dr. Mother is using it to mean that there is no Cauldron vial that would guarantee a healing power.]][[/labelnote]]

** Imp is the anti-tact. [[labelnote:explanation]]Imp is... very crass.[[/labelnote]]

* THEORY ABOUT SLEEPER'S / PARIAN'S TRUE POWER [[labelnote:explanation]] Sleeper's nature as TheGhost has inspired a massive amount of WildMassGuessing as to the true nature of his power, to the point where speculation about him is a fandom cliche. Parian got into a similar situation after vague WordOfGod stated that her power had a specific use that would have been useful in the fight against Behemoth. [[/labelnote]]