History Fanfic / WormMoreThanMeetsTheEye

** [[spoiler:Valefor and the Fallen, who decide to attack Matrix and the rest of the Capes at Brockton Bay during the battle with Leviathan, when interfering with Endbringer battles is a massive no-no that will bring nearly ''everyone'' down on your head.]]

** 10d, [[spoiler: The Triumvirate and Contessa are being manipulated by the Red Text Voice. Legend is resisting it through kindness and love of his family, but Alexandria is being pushed farther into her ruthless TheNeedsOfMany mindset, Eidolon's insecurities about his power failing are magnified, and Contessa's so far gone that she's ''speaking'' in red text.]]

* WildMassGuessing: The identity of the coloured text. Blue is confirmed to be Primus but speculation continues about the red text. The current top theories are that it's Unicron or the shards' inbuilt conflict drive (since everyone we see affected is a parahuman or affected by one), but other theories include it being [[SatanicArchetype The Fallen]], Starscream, and Contessa with a voice changer and tiny portals.

That sliver of a god eventually finds its way to Taylor Hebert.

* CastFromHitPoints: Overusing her power can take a toll on Taylor's health.

* DeflectorShields: Taylor's armor includes these in addiion to her HardLight shield. [[spoiler: She later builds a mass production model to equip the Wards and PRT with.]]

** Due to Taylor creating Rewind out of a phone that recorded her being stuffed into the locker, Emma is incarcerated, while Sophia is forced on the run (Madison plead guilty).
** Due to Bitch’s death, as well as Taylor not being a part of the team, the Undersiders end up disintegrating as a group, and eventually disband.
*** In particular, Alec goes back to his immoral pre-team self. [[spoiler:It’s implied he used his powers to trip Tattetale and prevent her from saving Bitch]].

** The tinker known only as 'Ryan'. He was transferred after an accident that involved Director Piggot and a stuffed aardvark.

* TheStarscream: Oddly for this sort of crossover, not ''the'' Starscream; Bakuda joined the ABB with full intent on killing the leadership and taking the helm, only for Lung to be too powerful to usurp. [[spoiler: She does eventually succeed though.]]

* TeamPet: Laserbeak, and later Steeljaw and Ravage.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, Rung the Autobot is the team's therapist.

** Saint. He decides to [[spoiler: kill Dragon and kidnap Matrix/Taylor, bringing the ire of the entire PRT, Protectorate, and Guild down onto himself. And Dragon, who has a soft spot for Taylor, isn't exactly dead.]]

** [[spoiler:Valefor and the Fallen, who decide to attack Matrix and the rest of the Capes at Brockton Bay during the battle with Leviathan.]]

** 9.5, [[spoiler:Taylor builds The Matrix of Leadership and sparks Arcee]].
** 10d, [[spoiler:The Triumvirate and Contessa are being manipulated by the red text being]].
*** [[spoiler: Doubles as a OhCrap moment for the readers upon realizing Contessa isn't just being manipulated but instead is a complete PUPPET for the red text being]]

* WildMassGuessing: The identity of the coloured text. Blue is confirmed to be Primus but speculation continues about the red text.

* TheSleepless: [[spoiler: Taylor stops needing to sleep after her vision of Primus at the end of arc 5.]]

* ArtificalLimbs: [[spoiler:Amy gets prosthetic legs after Bakuda blows her legs off]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bakuda planned to join the ABB and assume power, but she underestimated Lung, thinking him to be just a powerful thug, forcing her to bide her time.

* {{Doorstopper}}: Currently at 262,169 words on ff.net and updates almost weekly.

* EmotionSuppression: [[spoiler: Wyvern had her emotions deadened to the point of near nonexistence when Saint tore Dragon apart to make her. Despite that, she ''still'' hated Saint enough to help Taylor and sabotage him]].
* EvilKnockoff: Leet, with help from Chariot and Crasher, manages to create remotely controlled robots to attack her image. They don't hold a candle to the real Autobots though.
* ExplosiveOverclocking: Taylor compares the effects of the tinker drug Flash. It gives improved reaction times and makes it easier to retain and recall information but is highly addictive and 'cooks' the users brain in their skull.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Bitch is vaporized by Lung.]]
** [[spoiler:Despite trying to get him medical assistance, Saint dies when Armsmaster, Dragon and Narwhal come to Taylor's rescue]].

* PoweredArmor: Taylor/Matrix's main form of attack and defense, armed with DeflectorShields, HardLight constructs, a Null-Ray, and a full sensor array, all allowing her to coordinate with her bots. It can also link with Dive-Bomb for a wingpack, and her new set of motorbike exo-armor.

* ReadingLips: The Somer's Rock staff is all deaf, which is why the villains use it a neutral ground for covert meetings. Ratrap, on stakeout there, wonders if no one considers them being able to do this.

* SuperEmpowering: Wehrmacht's blood empowers those who ingest it, but it kills you when it wears off.
* TheSleepless: [[spoiler: Taylor stops needing to sleep after her vision of Primus at the end of arc 5.]]
* TheDreaded: Lung. Taylor admits to still having nightmares about their first meeting.

* SpiritAdvisor: Primus acts as one as either a subconscious whisper or appearing in dreams.
* SarcasmFailure: Lisa meets Rattrap.
--> Lisa rarely found herself speechless, but a large rat with a strong Bronx accent sitting on her table managed it.
* SeenItAll: Most of the more experienced capes have this mentality.
* SerialKillerKiller: Siphon went to the Birdcage for killing child-killers.
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Played with and averted.
** Taylor gets her powers during the locker incident, but they come from the Sliver of Primus instead of a trigger event.
** Taylor encounters the Undersiders and Lung, [[spoiler:Bitch is burned alive by Lung and Taylor nearly dies sparking Predaqueen]].
** The bank robbery, [[spoiler: ends with Grue shot by Regent and a defecting Lisa injured and captured by Trainwreck]].
*** And it is later followed by [[spoiler: Taylor rescuing both Lisa and Dinah Alcott.]]
* SuperToughness: The energy from the Autobot's sparks makes them noticeably more durable than they should be given the materials they're made from (for example, when Rung is knocked down the Hebert family stairs in an early chapter, he is unharmed while the ''wall'' is dented, despite the fact that his casing is plastic), causing them to earn a Breaker rating.
** A female New Merchant has this power.
* TeamPet: Laserbeak, and later Steeljaw and Ravage.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Victoria lays into her mum for not loving Amy more, since the reason she was at the hospital and healing everyone so much was an attempt to gain her approval. [[spoiler:And as a result, she was inside when Bakuda blew it up.]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, Rung the Autobot is the team's therapist.
* ThisMeansWar: When Leet and Uber decide to attack Taylor at Arcadia, completely ignoring the unwritten rules, and especially when Leet's pseudo-containment foam leaves her with chemical burns, Taylor responds by calling Leet out, telling him that if he doesn't turn himself and his knockoff bots in, she's coming for him.

** Taylor deliberate does ''not'' put any in her Autobots, much as she says otherwise when needed.

*** [[spoiler: Doubles as a OhCrap moment for the readers upon realizing Countessa isn't just being manipulated but instead is a complete PUPPET for the red text being]]

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Youth Guard, who are intent on keeping the [[ChildSoldier Wards]] off the front lines of cape battles. [[StrawmanHasAPoint They do have some relevant points though.]]

* [[spoiler:Saint made Wyvern by essentially ripping Dragon's mind apart and putting the pieces into a newer shape.]]

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* AccidentalPervert: Waspinator once accidentally flew into the woman's showers on the Rig, not realizing what it, and startled Miss Militia.

* AccidentalPervert: Waspinator once accidentally flew into the woman's showers on the Rig, and startled Miss Militia.

* BadassBystander: Danny's first meeting with Miss Militia. He found found himself in the middle of a cape fight and ended up ambushing the villain with a crowbar.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bakuda planned to join the ABB and assume power, but she underestimated Lung, forcing her to bide her time.