History Awesome / Worm

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* 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.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/extermination-8-4/ 8.4]], Armsmaster's one-on-one fight against Leviathan, in which he uses his [[CombatClairvoyance fighting style HUD]] and his [[AbsurdCuttingPower nanotechnological cutting blade]] to deal more damage to Leviathan than any other hero had ever done. That he lost, not knowing what Tattletale did about Leviathan's anatomy, and that [[spoiler:he set up the duel by arranging for a host of local villains, including Skitter, to die]], doesn't change how badass what he accomplished truly was.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/interlude-14/ Interlude 14]], Skitter rescues Sierra and Charlotte from some traitorous minions and we finally see an outsider perspective on Taylor. She is described as a terrifying figure with a face covered in a shifting mass of bugs, who speaks in a voice of the legion, and casually describes how she can rot the flesh off of people. We know that [[spoiler:Taylor was bluffing]], but you realize just how scary she can be when she casually asks [[IronicEcho "Hand or knee?".]]

* "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 [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents disappointing parental figure]] has [[BrokenPedestal shattered that pedestal]]" suggestions in the therapy sessions. [[spoiler: It certainly grew rather smug about what Riley, Nidbolg, Amy and Valkyrie could do in the future when working together. ''Worm-shards don't usually manage to wrap what passes for their heads around even nominally non-violent and cooperative group activities.'' Yet, happy, purring Smugness has done just that to a remarkable extent. And, seems to have plans which may not be centred predominantly around fight-murder-death-kill.]] Awesome therapist is awesome.

* Armsmaster's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at Mannequin's NotSoDifferent implication when the latter tries to recruit him.

* 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 - oh, and having been blinded by an explosion she'd been caught in that very same day - 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!

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/insinuation-2-8/ 2.8]], Bitch had just ordered her dogs to hurt Taylor to scare her off from joining the Undersiders, but despite being bitten bad enough to need stitches, and despite knowing Bitch has the ability to turn her dogs into huge monsters, Taylor refuses to back down. Instead, she charges across the room, knocks Bitch over before she can give a command to her dogs, and kicks the crap out her. Something that actually earns Bitch's respect for the sheer guts it took to do that.

* In [[Snare 13.7 https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/snare-13-7/]], 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.

* In a display of [[NervesOfSteel resolve]] and [[MomentOfAwesome awesome]] from [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/colony-15-7/ 15.7]], Skitter is seen casually administrating her territory and conversing with Parian through a swarm clone (successfully persuading Parian to [[WeCanRuleTogether join]] the Undersiders)... All while she is receiving surgery [[MeatGrinderSurgery without the proper tools, operating room, or surgeon]], to remove a spike that Flechette had stuck through her arm and fused to the bone.

* Imp and the Heartbroken 'declawing' a sadistic tyrant. Also counts as CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, as she specifically did it in a way that would honour her friends' legacies.
** Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny, because it involves the teapot song.

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

In [[Snare 13.7 https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/snare-13-7/]], 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.

* In [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/hive-5-9/ 5.9]], Taylor has a rematch with Lung, a villain who becomes more powerful and harder to beat as he fights and has already taken down her allies. Lung is extremely pissed at her for terrible injuries in their first encounter. He begins to toy with her, not taking her or her power seriously. Taylor tells him not to underestimate her, and has a cockroach smashes a caterpillar covered in a very powerful hallucinogen in his eye, briefly incapacitating him. Before he can recover and attack, she slowly and methodically CUTS OUT HIS EYES WITH A KNIFE knowing that it will take weeks for him to regenerate them.