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* DeadFic: Was last updated November 3 2016.


* CounterpartComparison: InUniverse Taylor mentally does this when Dalet people remind her of people from Bet, such as Clinic and Bonesaw.
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** Hero's also working on one. [[spoiler:In the meantime, Skitter is this for prisoner who are being controlled by her.]]

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-->''College.''
-->''Fuck me.''

->[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm.283578/ ~Opening lines]]




->[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10063793/1/Copacetic Fanfiction.net link]]



[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm.283578// Copacetic]] is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' ContinuationFic by Materia-Blade, focusing on Taylor Hebert's life following the climactic conclusion of Golden Morning and a lengthy recovery period. Taylor has her feet under her now, and grimly prepares to face a world she had thought beyond her: that of a normal young woman.

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[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm.283578// Copacetic]] ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10063793/1/Copacetic FanFiction.net link]]) is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' ContinuationFic by Materia-Blade, focusing on Taylor Hebert's life following the climactic conclusion of Golden Morning and a lengthy recovery period. Taylor has her feet under her now, and grimly prepares to face a world she had thought beyond her: that of a normal young woman.
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* BodySurf: Mr. Comeford can possess anyone who he touches for five minutes or more, which allows him to escape the death of his original body.


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* PhraseCatcher: A couple times Taylor starts using Earth Bet cape terminology (including the word "cape" itself), causing others to do so after her.

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[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm.283578// Copacetic]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] ContinuationFic by Materia-Blade focusing on Taylor Hebert's life following the climactic conclusion of Golden Morning and a lengthy recovery period. Taylor has her feet under her now, and grimly prepares to face a world she had thought beyond her, that of a normal young woman.

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[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm.283578// Copacetic]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' ContinuationFic by Materia-Blade Materia-Blade, focusing on Taylor Hebert's life following the climactic conclusion of Golden Morning and a lengthy recovery period. Taylor has her feet under her now, and grimly prepares to face a world she had thought beyond her, her: that of a normal young woman.



Notable for its subtle, emotionally immersive narrative, Copacetic explores both Taylor's new world, the people in it, her feelings regarding the mundane difficulties of having one arm, and her thoughts on life after [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]].

"Maybe I can learn to be okay..."

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Notable for its subtle, emotionally immersive narrative, Copacetic explores both Taylor's new world, the people in it, her feelings regarding the mundane difficulties of having one arm, and her thoughts on life after [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]].

"Maybe I can learn to be okay..."
the Golden Morning.



* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler:Some organization is trying to get Reid to pass them info on Taylor by using his family as leverage.]]

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[[spoiler:Some organization is trying to get Reid to pass them info on Taylor by using his family as leverage.]]



* TheDreaded: Taylor gains a reputation after [[spoiler: killing Blight]].

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Taylor gains a reputation after [[spoiler: killing Blight]].



* ExtranormalPrison: In a way, Dalet is this for Skitter.

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In a way, Dalet is this for Skitter.



* PowersViaPossession: Mr.Comeford can possess other parahumans and gain their powers.

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* PowersViaPossession: Mr. Comeford can possess other parahumans and gain their powers.



* WhamEpisode: Chapter 20: [[spoiler: Danny and Taylor actually talk to each other. Taylor finds out she is, in fact, causing triggers. Queen Admin actually holds a short conversation with her. Taylor hacks a shard to save a newly triggered cape with an out of control shard. Oh, and Queen Admin has thousands of shards waiting - Taylor is becoming an Entity.]]

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Chapter 20: [[spoiler: Danny and Taylor actually talk to each other. Taylor finds out she is, in fact, causing triggers. Queen Admin actually holds a short conversation with her. Taylor hacks a shard to save a newly triggered cape with an out of control shard. Oh, and Queen Admin has thousands of shards waiting - Taylor is becoming an Entity.]]

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* CrazyPrepared: The Guards protecting Hero's workshop had invisible turrets, flame-throwers disguised as guns, and were fully aware she was there despite her best effort to remain stealthy. [[spoiler:In the end, they held her back when she tried limiting herself to her own Bug Control power, but they couldn't stop her once she gave up and used an invincbility shard.]]

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* CrazyPrepared: The Guards protecting Hero's workshop had invisible turrets, flame-throwers disguised as guns, and were fully aware she was there despite her best effort to remain stealthy. [[spoiler:In the end, they held her back when she tried limiting herself to her own Bug Control power, but they couldn't stop her once she gave up and used an invincbility invincibility shard.]]


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** Chapter 35: [[spoiler:Lisa has found Taylor using the Simurgh, however it causes Tales to pull away from Taylor's connection, revealing that she has possibly become the new Entity all along.]]
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* {{Badass}}: Skitter, as usual.
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* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:It's hinted that this may be happening to Leanna.]]
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* HealingFactor: Massacre can heal his body by moving earth around.


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* HumanWeapon: [[spoiler:How Leanna intends to use Massacre.]]
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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Taylor defeats Blight and saves most of the civilians. Unfortunately, she had no mask and as such her powers and identity is revealed to the world, and many people think she is a murderer.]]

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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Taylor defeats Blight and saves most of the civilians. Unfortunately, she had no mask and as such her powers and identity is revealed to the world, and many some people think are disturbed by the callousness with which she is a murderer.killed him.]]

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Taylor to... well, everyone, but both Hero and Rhapsody feel this way especially since they gave up or lost everything they'd done before to embrace their current roles and she's basically usurped them. To make things worse, she never wanted to in the first place but ended up in the spotlight saving them or doing what they were supposed to more efficiently.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Taylor to... well, everyone, but both Hero and Rhapsody feel this way especially since they gave up or lost everything they'd done before to embrace their current roles and she's basically usurped them. To make things worse, she never wanted to in the first place but ended up in the spotlight saving them or doing what they were supposed to more efficiently.



* BreatherEpisode: Many of them.

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* BreatherEpisode: Many of them. Unfortunately, some of them also end up abruptly interrupted by things going to hell in some form or another.



* GoMadFromTheIsolation: As his death approaches, [[spoiler:Blight]] starts to panic and claim that he turned to villainy because his PowerIncontinence made it impossible for him to feel anything anymore.

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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: As his death approaches, [[spoiler:Blight]] starts to panic and claim that he turned to villainy because his PowerIncontinence made it impossible for him to feel anything anymore. Taylor calls him out on his bullshit and says that it's no excuse to be a monster.



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Taylor, again. Thankfully, this one sticks, and she finds a number of good friends at college.



* MundaneUtility: One college student tells a reporter that one of the nice things about having Taylor around is that you never have to worry about ants. Indeed, people within her range asking her to get rid of a bug infestation in their room or workspace is a frequent occurrence, but she's all to happy to oblige.
** [[spoiler:Danny's]] power allows him to generate forcefields with surprising dexterity wherever he's looking with his clairvoyance. This means he can protect someone from harm, yes, but it also means he can choke someone to death...or give someone a hug from across the planet.



* NamesToRunAwayFrom: 'Blight', 'Massacre'

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* NamesToRunAwayFrom: 'Blight', 'Massacre''Massacre'.


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** She also gives one to [[spoiler:Blight]], telling him that he's the worst villain she's ever seen, and that people like him were always going to get taken down hard sooner or later.
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* PortalDoor: Taylor starts using these in Chapter 33. One person mentions its something straight out of Franchise/KingdomHearts.
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** The end of Chapter 23: [[spoiler: another Entity is coming and Taylor and Tails have to fight all over again.]]

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** The end of Chapter 23: [[spoiler: another Entity is coming and Taylor and Tails Tales have to fight all over again.]]
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Illusion Walk in Chapter 32 was this for Taylor's first class. Those who impressed her got to keep their powers. [[spoiler:With one of them getting Grue's darkness.]]
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** Chapter 31: [[spoiler:Several of her students now have powers that she handed out without checking, leading to Taylor finding out that she had Grue's shard all along, meaning he had been dead since the point where Scion killed him on the Oil Rig. It takes all her composure not to break down.]]

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** Chapter 31: 32: [[spoiler:Several of her students now have powers that she handed out without checking, leading to Taylor finding out that she had Grue's shard all along, meaning he had been dead since the point where Scion killed him on the Oil Rig. It takes all her composure not to break down.]]

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** Tales considers Contessa this.



* HistoryRepeats: When Taylor learns that [[spoiler:she was the intended target of a kidnapping by Dalet China]], she realises that she is seeing the formation of Dalet's equivalent of [[spoiler:the Yangban]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Taylor, for certain parts, just wanted to be normal rather than a parahuman.

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* HistoryRepeats: When Taylor learns that [[spoiler:she was the intended target of a kidnapping by Dalet China]], she realises realizes that she is seeing the formation of Dalet's equivalent of [[spoiler:the Yangban]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Taylor, for certain parts, just wanted to be normal rather than a parahuman. [[spoiler:Eventually she realizes that it just won't happen.]]
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: A bit of a darker variant. [[spoiler:Taylor only realizes that Brian's shard was with her after she had handed it out to someone else. All those times she wondered about him and hoped he was okay.... yeah, she took it poorly.]]



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Taylor can't go back home again because, as she notes, it wouldn't be a week before everyone is trying to kill her.

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** Chapter 31: [[spoiler:Several of her students now have powers that she handed out without checking, leading to Taylor finding out that she had Grue's shard all along, meaning he had been dead since the point where Scion killed him on the Oil Rig. It takes all her composure not to break down.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Taylor can't go back home again because, as she notes, it wouldn't be a week before everyone is trying to kill her. Tales backs this line of thinking, noting Contessa ''would'' find a way to kill them.
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm-thread-4.310722/ Copacetic]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] ContinuationFic by Materia-Blade focusing on Taylor Hebert's life following the climactic conclusion of Golden Morning and a lengthy recovery period. Taylor has her feet under her now, and grimly prepares to face a world she had thought beyond her, that of a normal young woman.

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[[http://forums.[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/copacetic-worm-thread-4.310722/ com/threads/copacetic-worm.283578// Copacetic]] is a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] ContinuationFic by Materia-Blade focusing on Taylor Hebert's life following the climactic conclusion of Golden Morning and a lengthy recovery period. Taylor has her feet under her now, and grimly prepares to face a world she had thought beyond her, that of a normal young woman.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Taylor to... well, everyone, but both Hero and Rhapsody feel this way especially since they gave up or lost everything they'd done before to embrace their current roles and she's basically usurped them. To make things worse, she never wanted to in the first place but ended up in the spotlight saving them or doing what they were supposed to more efficiently.
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* ReadTheFinePrint: Taylor thinks to herself that her class really should have done this [[spoiler:before she gave them all shards and dropped them in an illusion.]]

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* CrazyPrepared: The Guards protecting Hero's workshop had invisible turrets, flame-throwers disguised as guns, and were fully aware she was there despite her best effort to remain stealthy. [[spoiler:In the end, they held her back when she tried limiting herself to her own Bug Control power, but they couldn't stop her once she gave up and used an invincbility shard.]]



** Hero's also working on one. [[spoiler:In the meantime, Skitter is this for prisoner who are being controlled by her.]]



* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The Guards for the new Birdcage development are quite competent.



* IJustWantToBeNormal: Taylor at the beginning of the story.

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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Taylor at the beginning of the story.Taylor, for certain parts, just wanted to be normal rather than a parahuman.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Par the normal, every good thing Taylor does bites her in the ass.
** Stopping a mob from forming against Parahumans ends up drawing Blight to her.
** Stopping Blight ends up outing her as a Cape, leading to Reid's family being kidnapped.
** Getting Reid's family back ends up letting the world know she killed Scion and scaring a lot of people.
** Stopping Hellbelle's power ends up alienating her from the rest of the Wards and Wardens, who were already tired of quelling riots because of her.



* PrideBeforeAFall:
** Taylor has to remind herself of this after the thought of being [[WorldsStrongestMan Super]]-[[UpToEleven Eidolon]] came to mind.
** Leet's Shard from canon was, by WordOfGod, trying to kill him because it didn't like how cautious he was and wanted a new host. In here, Taylor has it and its revealed that it used to be sapient like Tales and had a massive ego, only now its a mindless bobble with a minute impression.



** Chapter 29: [[spoiler:Hellbell's powers are sent out of her control by one of the prisoners she gets a little too close to and Taylor has to do something to stop it, taking her powers and her body's control away from her.]]

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** Chapter 29: [[spoiler:Hellbell's powers are sent out of her control by one of the prisoners she gets a little too close to and Taylor has to do something to stop it, taking her powers and her body's control away from her.]]]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Taylor can't go back home again because, as she notes, it wouldn't be a week before everyone is trying to kill her.

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* ContinuationFic

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* ContinuationFicCompleteImmortality: Mr. Comeford is basically a disembodied soul that can possess other people. As Taylor points out, it's likely that he'll never die and he can't be harmed by conventional means.
* ContinuationFic: A follow up of the original web serial.


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* PowersViaPossession: Mr.Comeford can possess other parahumans and gain their powers.


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* SpiderSense: Danny's Thinker power has a passive ability to let him see other people when they are in dangers, for as long as they live. He sees all the possible dangers that Clinic will encounter for ''[[TheAgeless eons]]'', but Taylor's abruptly stop after a year, meaning either she dies or becomes immune to precognition.


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* SuperReflexes: Viligant has these, apparently.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Taylor. Her powers are creepy and a huge violation of privacy, she's not will liked by most of the other Wards because she's stealing their spotlight, and [[spoiler:after what happened to Hellbelle they really don't want her around.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Taylor. Her powers are creepy and a huge violation of privacy, she's not will well liked by most of the other Wards Wardens because she's stealing their spotlight, and [[spoiler:after what happened to Hellbelle they really don't want her around.]]
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler:Some organization is trying to get TJ to pass them info on Taylor by using his family as leverage.]]

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler:Some organization is trying to get TJ Reid to pass them info on Taylor by using his family as leverage.]]
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* CoitusInterruptus: Chapter 30 has Taylor interrupting [[spoiler: Danny and Clinic]] having sex. The situation warranted it.


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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Taylor. Her powers are creepy and a huge violation of privacy, she's not will liked by most of the other Wards because she's stealing their spotlight, and [[spoiler:after what happened to Hellbelle they really don't want her around.]]
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* DePower: [[spoiler:Taylor inflicts this on certain parahumans by removing their shards.]]


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* PowerIncontinence: One of the Chinese agents can inflict this with his shard, taking away another's ability to regulate their power. [[spoiler:After he did it to Hellbelle, Taylor took his powers away from him.]]


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The President of the United States. Yes, really.


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* SuperPowerMeltdown: [[spoiler:Hellbelle lost control of her powers due to another parahuman and would have burned everything to ashes if Taylor hadn't Mastered her.]]
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** The end of Chapter 23: [[spoiler: another Entity is coming and Taylor and Tails have to fight all over again.]]

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** The end of Chapter 23: [[spoiler: another Entity is coming and Taylor and Tails have to fight all over again.]]
** Chapter 29: [[spoiler:Hellbell's powers are sent out of her control by one of the prisoners she gets a little too close to and Taylor has to do something to stop it, taking her powers and her body's control away from her.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Taylor is initially disturbed to learn that one of her new roommates is called Sophia, the same name as one of her highschool bullies. Several of Dalet's new heroes take cape names that were previously used in Bet, such as Hero and Cherish. And TJ, short for Terrence Jay, shares his first name with one of Danny's employees [[spoiler:who learns about Taylor's past as a villain.]] As the latter had only appeared once before, thirteen chapters ago, while TJ had just recently been introduced and become one of Taylor's friends, it can be a bit confusing for anyone who'd forgotten the employee's name when a user posting as Terr_Ence makes several extremely negative comments about Taylor on Parahumans Online.

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Taylor is initially disturbed to learn that one of her new roommates is called Sophia, the same name as one of her highschool bullies. Several of Dalet's new heroes take cape names that were previously used in Bet, such as Hero and Cherish.Cherish[[spoiler: , though an interlude reveals that Cherish has a lot of powers and is mentally unstable, possibly implying that she is indeed Cherish, Butcher Fifteen]]. And TJ, short for Terrence Jay, shares his first name with one of Danny's employees [[spoiler:who learns about Taylor's past as a villain.]] As the latter had only appeared once before, thirteen chapters ago, while TJ had just recently been introduced and become one of Taylor's friends, it can be a bit confusing for anyone who'd forgotten the employee's name when a user posting as Terr_Ence makes several extremely negative comments about Taylor on Parahumans Online.

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