History FanFic / Bird

As of 2019 it was officially folded in with another project and renamed ''[[Literature/ThePrecipice The Precipice]]'', and is no longer updating.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Feral's attempts to use her regeneration for the benefit of medical science backfires horribly when her transplanted organs metastasize within the test-case patients and slowly transform them into incomplete duplicates of herself as her biology overrides their own. Even for those who survived the process, they are transferred into a hidden ward within Alchemilla.]]

** Inkling is... well, an [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Inkling]].

* AlternateUniverseFic: As mentioned in the summary, based around a general theme of emotional and mental threats, but with a secondary theme of reversal, where many canon roles and characters are inverted in some way. Danny is [[spoiler: dead]], Emma and Taylor are still friends, [[spoiler: Eden survived, not Scion]]. The Triumvirate are powerswaps of other canon characters taken UpToEleven, and the Slaughterhouse Nine are [[spoiler: lead by an adult Bonesaw, with Jack taking her role from canon.]]

->Being here is about one thing, and it’s the most important thing of all:'' ‘’getting better’’ ''."

In addition, the author has posted notes addressing some plot points and world-building that are not directly engaged in-story. [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/9097906/chapters/20682838 Here]]

It can be found at:

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/603655 AO3]]

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/30533494/ SB Thread]]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12337359/1/Cage Fanfiction.net]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Mimi and Elle were my friends, and saving friends was what heroes did. I wasn't going to let my friends die. I'd look after them.''Picture done by [[https://jiinsy.wixsite.com/gallery JiinseyDesigns]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Mimi and Elle were my friends, and saving friends was what heroes did. I wasn't going to let my friends die. I'd look after them.''[[note]]Picture done by JiinseyDesigns, formerly of Website/DeviantArt[[/note]] ]]

* AdorableAbomination: Bizarrely, Sveta can come across as this.

* AxCrazy

* BlessedWithSuck: Most of the patients at Alchemilla in one form or another.

** ''"Mimi and Elle were my friends, and saving friends was what heroes did. I wasn't going to let my friends die. I'd look after them."''

* BlessedWithSuck

* CursedWithAwesome
* DeathByAdaptation: Legend in canon lives all the way to the sequel, here he dies years before the start of the story.

** In Interlude - Lafayette we find out that Professor Haywire is still alive.

** The world of ruins and cliffs [[TheOphelia Labyrinth]] manifests bears a suspicious resemblance to ''[[Videogame/DarkSouls Firelink Shrine and the Undead Burg]]''.

* EmptyShell: Charnel is largely viewed this way by Alchemilla's inhabitants. [[spoiler: It's revealed that her passivity and physical augmentations were the result of Professor Haywire experimenting on her.]]

** The high security: special containment wing plays this more straight, home to a roster of incredibly dangerous, mentally unstable parahumans. How dangerous? The first one we see is [[spoiler: ''Hatchet Face]] and worse yet it's implied he isn't the worst of them.

* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: Feral's attempts to use her regeneration for the benefit of medical science backfires horribly when her transplanted organs metastasize within the test-case patients and slowly transform them into incomplete duplicates of herself as her biology overrides their own. Even for those who survived the process, they are transferred into a hidden ward within Alchemilla.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: Averted. Legend in canon lives all the way to the sequel, here he dies years before the start of the story.

* DeathByAdaptation: Legend in canon lives all the way to the sequel, here he dies years before the start of the story.

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Played with. While many patients are dangerous, the danger has no direct correlation to insanity and not all the patients are actually ''insane''. Many simply possess powers with negative repercussions, or powers that are extreamly dangerous. Sveta is a choice example, as she is very violent, but perfectly sane, as it is entirely her power's doing. Burnscar is somewhat less violent, but also has mental and emotional problems to match.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: One of the centeral themes of Bird is that people are more than their flaws. Taylor's perspective always hints at more under the surface, beyond any violent outbursts, or inability to talk. Her willingness to look past sometimes glaring difficulties and cultivate the good she sees is what gathers her the TrueCompanions her friends all become.

** Professor Haywire might also count, as he voluntarily took up residence in High Security and provides the facility with tinkertech in exchange for protection.

* TheAlcatraz: Of a sort. Alchemilla originally filled a role similar to the Birdcage. It still has some of the trappings (and specialized equipment).

Where many ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfictions are about [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome spectacle]] and others are about [[RevengeFic some kind of proxy revenge]], ''Bird'' takes a more nuanced perspective. The story contrasts many of the themes in ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. In place of physical and authoritative threats, there are a series of emotional and mental threats. Where ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' was about ever-increasing spectacle, ''Bird'' is about subtlety.

** Inkling is... well, an [[VideoGame/Splatoon Inkling]].

** Several asylum residents are Expies. [[{{Undertale}} Cidersong and Maser are expies of Papyrus and Sans]]. [[{{Bloodborne}} Charnel is the Plain Doll]]. [[{{GunnerkriggCourt}} Marionette is Hetty]]. [[Franchise/SilentHill Hatchetface is Pyramid Head]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''Mimi and Elle were my friends, and saving friends was what heroes did. I wasn't going to let my friends die. I'd look after them.''[[note]]Picture done by JiinseyDesigns, formerly of DeviantArt[[/note]] ]]

* NamedByTheAdaptation: In this story Labyrinth and Burnscar’s full names are Elle Brown and Mimi Harris respectively.

* SparedByAdaptation: [[GadgeteerGenius Hero]] is still alive, while in canon he was murdered years before the start of canon.

* DeathByAdaptation: Legend in canon lives all the way to the sequel, here he dies years before the start of story.

* SparedByAdaptation: In canon [[Literature/{{Ward}} Peat and Fen]] were murdered by The Fallen, here they were saved by Haven.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/603655 Bird]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] fanfic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Racheakt/pseuds/Racheakt Racheakt]]. Original drafts began on the Spacebattles forums in 2015, with the story proper following suit in 2017.

Where many [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]]fanfictions are about [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome spectacle]] and others are about [[RevengeFic some kind of proxy revenge]], Bird takes a more nuanced perspective. The story contrasts many of the themes in [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]]. In place of physical and authoritative threats, there are a series of emotional and mental threats. Where [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] was about ever-increasing spectacle, Bird is about subtlety.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/603655 AO3]]

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/30533494/ SB Thread]]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12337359/1/Cage Fanfiction.net]]

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'''Warning:''' Full story provides spoilers for ''{{Literature/Worm}}.''
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[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/bird-worm-au.481480/#post-30286444 SB Thread]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Mimi and Elle were my friends, and saving friends was what heroes did. I wasn't going to let my friends die. I'd look after them.'']]

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/603655 Bird]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] fanfic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Racheakt/pseuds/Racheakt Racheakt]] original drafts begun on the Spacebattles forums in 2015, with the story proper following suit in 2017.