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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/from-hated-to-hero-worm-au-trump-greg-complete.867376/#post-68791321 From Hated To Hero]]'' is a fanfiction of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' by Distraktion.
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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/from-hated-to-hero-worm-au-trump-greg-complete.867376/#post-68791321 From Hated To Hero]]'' is a fanfiction of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' by Distraktion.
Distraktion. Also on ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25381813/chapters/61546774 AO3]]''
** After nearly dying "just to get viewers," Uber and Leet realize they could be doing more with their lives.
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* TheNicknamer: Greg gives nicknames like "Knife Guy" (a random E88 goon), "Gun Guy" (ABB lieutenant) and "Bellows" (Power-tripping Security Guard) to random Mooks. Played for drama later when "Gun Guy" suffers amnesia and only remembers the nickname Greg gave him.
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* TheNicknamer: Greg gives nicknames like "Knife Guy" (a random E88 goon), "Gun Guy" (ABB lieutenant) and "Bellows" (Power-tripping shouty Security Guard) to random Mooks. Played for drama later when "Gun Guy" suffers amnesia and only remembers the nickname Greg gave him.
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** PRT Agents Kalpin and Hobson, an imaginative blond goofball and an orange-bearded man who's good with kids, are adult versions of [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin and Hobbes]], and are constantly running into Greg and giving him advice or helping out.
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* ShoutOut: The PRT official in charge of power testing is [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Dr. Clayton Forrester]].
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* ShoutOut: The PRT official officials in charge of power testing is are [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Dr. Clayton Forrester]].Forrester and TV's Frank]].
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* ShoutOut: The PRT official in charge of power testing is [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Dr. Clayton Forrester]].
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* AscendedExtra: "Gun Guy" starts as a random ABB lieutenant, until he gets blown up, suffers amnesia, [[spoiler: Triggers as a Tinker, and rescues Bakuda and Uber & Leet to do their own thing]].
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Greg goes from a nerdy pariah who keeps digging himself deeper in social interactions, to a self-competent hero.
** "Gun Guy" goes from a random ABB Mook to [[spoiler: an independent Tinker and a character in his own right]].
** Sophia goes from a low-empathy Social Darwinist to pulling a HeelFaceTurn on Taylor's behalf.
** Greg goes from a nerdy pariah who keeps digging himself deeper in social interactions, to a self-competent hero.
** "Gun Guy" goes from a random ABB Mook to [[spoiler: an independent Tinker and a character in his own right]].
** Sophia goes from a low-empathy Social Darwinist to pulling a HeelFaceTurn on Taylor's behalf.
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** An ABB Warehouse burns down in a fight with Lung.
** The ABB warehouse burning down convinces Bakuda to avoid Lung, and she instead teams up with Uber and Leet, all of them [[spoiler: nearly dying in a fight and making an Assault-style deal to get a fresh start on life.]]
** The ABB warehouse burning down convinces Bakuda to avoid Lung, and she instead teams up with Uber and Leet, all of them [[spoiler: nearly dying in a fight and making an Assault-style deal to get a fresh start on life.]]
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** An ABB Warehouse burns down in a fight with Lung.
** The ABB warehouse burning downLung, which in turn convinces Bakuda to avoid Lung, and she instead teams up with Uber and Leet, all of them [[spoiler: nearly dying in a fight and making an Assault-style deal to get a fresh start on life.]]
** The ABB warehouse burning down
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Emma Barnes tries to get rid of Greg by [[DeadlyPrank setting him up to be attacked by Empire 88]]. This backfires when Greg Triggers after being backhanded by Hookwolf.
In becoming a Cape, Greg learns how to be a decent person and grows out of being the nerdy Pariah.
In becoming a Cape, Greg learns how to be a decent person and grows out of being the nerdy Pariah.
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Emma Barnes tries to get rid of Greg by [[DeadlyPrank setting him up to be attacked by Empire 88]]. This backfires when Greg Triggers after being backhanded by Hookwolf.
Hookwolf, and gains powers that require him to be near capes. After trying to go it alone and failing many times, he starts trying to become someone better.
Inbecoming his quest to become a Cape, Greg learns how to be a decent person person, gets therapy, makes friends, repairs his relationship with his family, and grows out of being the a nerdy Pariah.
Pariah. He eventually realizes that people don't hate him as much as he thought, understands how to be a good friend, and makes his dream of being a hero come true.
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** The Veder family as a whole (Greg excluded) are connected to Empire 88- Greg's parents are working with Max Anders, his brother George is dating Cricket, and Night and Fog are casually invited over for dinner.
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** The Veder family as a whole (Greg excluded) are seems to be connected to Empire 88- Greg's 88, attending an awards banquet for his brother George, who works for Medhall and is dating Cricket. But [[spoiler: it's revealed in their interludes that George is undercover at Medhall for Watchdog, Cricket is pretending to date him in exchange for life in prison instead of the Birdcage, and his parents are working with Max Anders, his brother George is dating Cricket, and Night and Fog are casually invited over for dinner.helping after their background check on Cricket caught the PRT's eye. ]]
** The ABB warehouse burning down convinces Bakuda to avoid Lung, and she instead teams up with Uber and Leet, all of them [[spoiler: nearly dying in a fight and making an Assault-style deal to get a fresh start on life.]]
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* IdentityAmnesia: "Gun Guy", a random ABB lieutenant working with Bakuda, suffers from this after getting hit in the head by Greg.
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* IdentityAmnesia: "Gun Guy", a random ABB lieutenant working with Bakuda, suffers from this after getting hit in the head by blown up thanks to Greg.
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* TheNicknamer: Greg gives nicknames like "Knife Guy" (a random E88 goon), "Gun Guy" (ABB lieutenant) and "Shouty Guy" (PRT agent) to random Mooks. Played for drama later when "Gun Guy" suffers amnesia and only remembers the nickname Greg gave him.
* OhCrap: ''This'' is what causes Greg's Trigger Event- he sees Hookwolf coming towards him, feels thrown-out pasta get dumped on him (which he mistook for his own intestines), realizes the Protectorate have forgotten about him, and works himself up into a hysteria until he Triggers.
* OhCrap: ''This'' is what causes Greg's Trigger Event- he sees Hookwolf coming towards him, feels thrown-out pasta get dumped on him (which he mistook for his own intestines), realizes the Protectorate have forgotten about him, and works himself up into a hysteria until he Triggers.
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* TheNicknamer: Greg gives nicknames like "Knife Guy" (a random E88 goon), "Gun Guy" (ABB lieutenant) and "Shouty Guy" (PRT agent) "Bellows" (Power-tripping Security Guard) to random Mooks. Played for drama later when "Gun Guy" suffers amnesia and only remembers the nickname Greg gave him.
* OhCrap: ''This'' is what causes Greg's Trigger Event-he sees Hookwolf coming towards him, knocks him aside while fleeing the Protectorate and Greg ends up in bags of leaky trash, he feels thrown-out pasta get dumped on him (which he mistook for his own intestines), realizes the Protectorate have forgotten about him, left him to "die," and works himself up into a hysteria until he Triggers.
* OhCrap: ''This'' is what causes Greg's Trigger Event-
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* PaperThinDisguise: Greg hastily applies some red and green clothes to infiltrate an ABB warehouse. Lung and "Shouty Guy" fall for it, but "Gun Guy" and two PRT agents don't.
* PowerCopying: Greg can copy and combine the powers of any Capes he interacts with.
* PowerCopying: Greg can copy and combine the powers of any Capes he interacts with.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Greg hastily applies some red and green clothes to infiltrate an ABB warehouse. Lung and "Shouty Guy" "Bellows" fall for it, but "Gun Guy" and two PRT agents don't.
* PowerCopying: Greg can copy and combine the powers of any Capes he interacts with. When he sleeps (or gets knocked out), they vanish.
* PowerCopying: Greg can copy and combine the powers of any Capes he interacts with. When he sleeps (or gets knocked out), they vanish.
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** Emma may have been an AlphaBitch in canon, but she attempts to ''kill off'' Greg ''twice'', once with the Empire and once with her AlphaBitchGirlPosse. Furthermore, she pretends to be nice to Taylor again before attempting the locker incident.
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** Emma may have been an AlphaBitch in canon, but she attempts to ''kill off'' Greg ''twice'', once with the Empire and once with her AlphaBitchGirlPosse.GirlPosse. Furthermore, she pretends to be nice to Taylor again before attempting the locker incident.
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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/from-hated-to-hero-worm-au-trump-greg-complete.867376/#post-68791321 From Hated To Hero]]'' is a fanfiction of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' by Distraktion.
Emma Barnes tries to get rid of Greg by [[DeadlyPrank setting him up to be attacked by Empire 88]]. This backfires when Greg Triggers after being backhanded by Hookwolf.
In becoming a Cape, Greg learns how to be a decent person and grows out of being the nerdy Pariah.
The fic is complete.
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!!This fanfic contains examples of the following:
* AdaptationalBadass: The story begins with Greg having a Trigger Event. He can [[PowerCopying copy and combine the powers of nearby Capes]].
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Terry Hess, Sophia's older brother, is a Merchant drug dealer who is a toxic influence on Shadow Stalker, and by extension Emma.
** Emma may have been an AlphaBitch in canon, but she attempts to ''kill off'' Greg ''twice'', once with the Empire and once with her AlphaBitchGirlPosse. Furthermore, she pretends to be nice to Taylor again before attempting the locker incident.
** Sophia's mom is a neglectful and abusive parent who flat-out ''[[IHaveNoSon disowns]]'' her following the locker incident.
** The Veder family as a whole (Greg excluded) are connected to Empire 88- Greg's parents are working with Max Anders, his brother George is dating Cricket, and Night and Fog are casually invited over for dinner.
* TheAtoner: Armsmaster and Shadow Stalker after incidents involving Greg.
* BadassInDistress: Greg is often this.
* BedlamHouse: [[spoiler: Sophia is committed to the Parahuman Asylum in lieu of the Birdcage, to receive psychiatric help, following her HeelFaceTurn]].
* CannotSpitItOut: After his first attempt to do so, Greg keeps having panic attacks when he tries to come out as Parahuman to his family.
* CassandraTruth: Greg realizes that Emma is playing nice to Taylor again just so she can twist the knife during the Locker Incident. Danny Hebert (who Greg voices his concerns to) just sees Taylor and Emma reconnecting.
* TheCavalry: Greg attempts to be this during the Locker Incident, only to get beaten to the floor. Taylor and [[HeelFaceTurn Sophia of all people]] become this for Greg.
* DeadlyPrank: Emma attempting this on Greg causes him to Trigger.
* ForWantOfANail: Emma siccing the Empire on Greg causes his Trigger Event, which sends out several ripples:
** Armsmaster has a HeelRealization about being an insecure GloryHound after realizing he ignored a fresh Trigger.
** Sophia realizes her predator/prey philosophy is bunk and her brother is a toxic influence, before pulling a HeelFaceTurn during the locker incident.
** An ABB Warehouse burns down in a fight with Lung.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sophia during the locker incident.
* HeelRealization: Greg inspires both Sophia and Armsmaster to recognize their failings- being a social darwinist JerkJock and an insecure GloryHound, respectively- and try to become better people.
* IdentityAmnesia: "Gun Guy", a random ABB lieutenant working with Bakuda, suffers from this after getting hit in the head by Greg.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler: Sophia is disowned by her mom following the locker incident]].
* TheNicknamer: Greg gives nicknames like "Knife Guy" (a random E88 goon), "Gun Guy" (ABB lieutenant) and "Shouty Guy" (PRT agent) to random Mooks. Played for drama later when "Gun Guy" suffers amnesia and only remembers the nickname Greg gave him.
* OhCrap: ''This'' is what causes Greg's Trigger Event- he sees Hookwolf coming towards him, feels thrown-out pasta get dumped on him (which he mistook for his own intestines), realizes the Protectorate have forgotten about him, and works himself up into a hysteria until he Triggers.
** Greg subsequently has panic attacks whenever he tries to come out as a Cape to his family. It takes the intervention of Panacea and two PRT agents to get him over it.
** Sophia when the Locker Incident began.
** Greg when "Gun Guy" sees through his PaperThinDisguise.
* PaperThinDisguise: Greg hastily applies some red and green clothes to infiltrate an ABB warehouse. Lung and "Shouty Guy" fall for it, but "Gun Guy" and two PRT agents don't.
* PowerCopying: Greg can copy and combine the powers of any Capes he interacts with.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: The Barnes family eventually absconds from Brockton because they had nothing tying them to the city anymore]].
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Emma Barnes tries to get rid of Greg by [[DeadlyPrank setting him up to be attacked by Empire 88]]. This backfires when Greg Triggers after being backhanded by Hookwolf.
In becoming a Cape, Greg learns how to be a decent person and grows out of being the nerdy Pariah.
The fic is complete.
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!!This fanfic contains examples of the following:
* AdaptationalBadass: The story begins with Greg having a Trigger Event. He can [[PowerCopying copy and combine the powers of nearby Capes]].
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Terry Hess, Sophia's older brother, is a Merchant drug dealer who is a toxic influence on Shadow Stalker, and by extension Emma.
** Emma may have been an AlphaBitch in canon, but she attempts to ''kill off'' Greg ''twice'', once with the Empire and once with her AlphaBitchGirlPosse. Furthermore, she pretends to be nice to Taylor again before attempting the locker incident.
** Sophia's mom is a neglectful and abusive parent who flat-out ''[[IHaveNoSon disowns]]'' her following the locker incident.
** The Veder family as a whole (Greg excluded) are connected to Empire 88- Greg's parents are working with Max Anders, his brother George is dating Cricket, and Night and Fog are casually invited over for dinner.
* TheAtoner: Armsmaster and Shadow Stalker after incidents involving Greg.
* BadassInDistress: Greg is often this.
* BedlamHouse: [[spoiler: Sophia is committed to the Parahuman Asylum in lieu of the Birdcage, to receive psychiatric help, following her HeelFaceTurn]].
* CannotSpitItOut: After his first attempt to do so, Greg keeps having panic attacks when he tries to come out as Parahuman to his family.
* CassandraTruth: Greg realizes that Emma is playing nice to Taylor again just so she can twist the knife during the Locker Incident. Danny Hebert (who Greg voices his concerns to) just sees Taylor and Emma reconnecting.
* TheCavalry: Greg attempts to be this during the Locker Incident, only to get beaten to the floor. Taylor and [[HeelFaceTurn Sophia of all people]] become this for Greg.
* DeadlyPrank: Emma attempting this on Greg causes him to Trigger.
* ForWantOfANail: Emma siccing the Empire on Greg causes his Trigger Event, which sends out several ripples:
** Armsmaster has a HeelRealization about being an insecure GloryHound after realizing he ignored a fresh Trigger.
** Sophia realizes her predator/prey philosophy is bunk and her brother is a toxic influence, before pulling a HeelFaceTurn during the locker incident.
** An ABB Warehouse burns down in a fight with Lung.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sophia during the locker incident.
* HeelRealization: Greg inspires both Sophia and Armsmaster to recognize their failings- being a social darwinist JerkJock and an insecure GloryHound, respectively- and try to become better people.
* IdentityAmnesia: "Gun Guy", a random ABB lieutenant working with Bakuda, suffers from this after getting hit in the head by Greg.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler: Sophia is disowned by her mom following the locker incident]].
* TheNicknamer: Greg gives nicknames like "Knife Guy" (a random E88 goon), "Gun Guy" (ABB lieutenant) and "Shouty Guy" (PRT agent) to random Mooks. Played for drama later when "Gun Guy" suffers amnesia and only remembers the nickname Greg gave him.
* OhCrap: ''This'' is what causes Greg's Trigger Event- he sees Hookwolf coming towards him, feels thrown-out pasta get dumped on him (which he mistook for his own intestines), realizes the Protectorate have forgotten about him, and works himself up into a hysteria until he Triggers.
** Greg subsequently has panic attacks whenever he tries to come out as a Cape to his family. It takes the intervention of Panacea and two PRT agents to get him over it.
** Sophia when the Locker Incident began.
** Greg when "Gun Guy" sees through his PaperThinDisguise.
* PaperThinDisguise: Greg hastily applies some red and green clothes to infiltrate an ABB warehouse. Lung and "Shouty Guy" fall for it, but "Gun Guy" and two PRT agents don't.
* PowerCopying: Greg can copy and combine the powers of any Capes he interacts with.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: The Barnes family eventually absconds from Brockton because they had nothing tying them to the city anymore]].
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