History FanFic / Bird

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/603655 Bird]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] fanfic by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Racheakt/pseuds/Racheakt Racheakt]] originally drafted on the Spacebattles forums. The Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn story is the finished draft.

The story contrasts many of the themes in Worm- in place of physical and authoritative threats, there are a series of emotional and mental threats.

* StatuesqueStunner: Feral is much taller than most of the characters at Alchemilla, very brawny, and an accomplished hero in the Protectorate. To be clear, she's tall enough to pick up her adopted father, Doctor Selmy, and spin him around like he's a child.* [[SuddenlyShouting Suddenly SHOUTING]]: Mimi, when she starts mood swinging.

* AmazonianBeauty: Feral is noted to be extremely tall and decidedly on the brawny side.

* [[SuddenlyShouting Suddenly SHOUTING]]: Mimi, when she starts mood swinging.

* StatuesqueStunner: Feral is much taller than most of the characters at Alchemilla, very brawny, and an accomplished hero in the Protectorate. To be clear, she's tall enough to pick up her adopted father, Doctor Selmy, and spin him around like he's a child.

* StatuesqueStunner: Feral is noted to be extremely tall and a bit on the brawny side.

** Lizard Prince is an homage to Mcmurphy from OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest.
** The Endbringer that hits Boston is essentially the monster from Cloverfield.

The story contrasts many of the themes in Worm- in place of physical and authoritative threats, there are a series of emotional and mental threats in Bird.

The story contrasts many of the themes in Worm- where there are a series of physical and authoritative threats in Worm, there will be a series of emotional and mental threats in Bird.

Taylor Hebert has just completed her first three months in Alchemilla and is embarking on a trial period mingling with the patient population under the careful mentor-ship of Jessica Yamada. However, it soon becomes apparent that not all is as it seems. The Asylumn is eerie at night, and many of the dangers are not immediately obvious.

While there, she will unravel the mysteries of the patients and their pasts and the intrigues of the staff. There are suspicious characters, corrupt doctors, lonely souls, monsters and the lost.

If she is very lucky, she might escape with her life and sanity.

The story contrasts many of the themes in Worm- where there are a series of physical and authoritative threats in Worm, there will be a series of emotional and mental threats in Bird.

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* EmotionalPowers: Mimi is a stand-out example, but many parahumans in and outside the asylum have an element of this. ** Ingénue has a particularly strong element of this as well, in that she falls in love with anyone she uses her powers on.

* EmotionalPowers: Mimi is a stand-out example, but many parahumans in and outside the asylum have an element of this. Ingénue has a strong element of this as well, in that she falls in love with anyone she uses her powers on.

[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/posts/7654729/ SV Thread]]

** 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]]. [[{{SilentHill}} Hatchetface is Pyramid Head]].

->"Nobody likes it here. About one in every five doctors might be here to help the patients, the rest are here to study the patients.

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

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: most of arc two was rewritten from scratch when the author realuzed that severe structural errors had been made, resulting in a drastically different story to be told.

* [[SuddenlyShouting Suddenly SHOUTING]]: Mimi, when she starts mood swinging.

* KindheartedSimpleton: Cidersong. He's not dangerous, but he's strongly implied to be Autistic, and his residence in Alchemilla is mostly to protect him from people who would try to abuse him for his powers.