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** I looked on the wiki, where is it stated breaker powers generally come from situational threats?
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[[WMG: Siberian is still working for Cauldron for most of the story]]
Siberian is one of the most powerful supers in the setting, capable of giving even the triumvirate a run for their money. Despite his existence as a rogue element, cauldron doesn't seem to be too concerned with the insane guy who probably knows a significant chunk of their plans and runs around randomly murdering folks. Why? Because Siberian is not rogue at all. He's still following the plan:
* His primary goal is to keep Jack alive. This is explicitly core to Cauldron's plans, since Scion turning on humanity early means that there will be more supers around to fight him.
* Passing Bastard to Rachel is something that makes very little sense on its face. Siberian has no reason to know that Rachel's powers would work better with wolves than with dogs, and despite the gift, barely any effort is made to recruit Rachel. However, this action of Siberian's does end up being vital to the final defeat of Scion, since it's a cosmetic alteration of Bastard that inspires the strategy to ultimately defeat Scion. The Contessa foreseeing such and telling Siberian to pass the wolf pup to Rachel would explain his odd behavior.
* The reason that the Siberian does the same test for every new recruit to the Slaughterhouse Nine is because the 'hunting them' test gives Siberian a factual veto about who gets to join the Nine. That way, Manson can prevent anyone who would be a threat to Jack from joining the Nine.
Siberian is one of the most powerful supers in the setting, capable of giving even the triumvirate a run for their money. Despite his existence as a rogue element, cauldron doesn't seem to be too concerned with the insane guy who probably knows a significant chunk of their plans and runs around randomly murdering folks. Why? Because Siberian is not rogue at all. He's still following the plan:
* His primary goal is to keep Jack alive. This is explicitly core to Cauldron's plans, since Scion turning on humanity early means that there will be more supers around to fight him.
* Passing Bastard to Rachel is something that makes very little sense on its face. Siberian has no reason to know that Rachel's powers would work better with wolves than with dogs, and despite the gift, barely any effort is made to recruit Rachel. However, this action of Siberian's does end up being vital to the final defeat of Scion, since it's a cosmetic alteration of Bastard that inspires the strategy to ultimately defeat Scion. The Contessa foreseeing such and telling Siberian to pass the wolf pup to Rachel would explain his odd behavior.
* The reason that the Siberian does the same test for every new recruit to the Slaughterhouse Nine is because the 'hunting them' test gives Siberian a factual veto about who gets to join the Nine. That way, Manson can prevent anyone who would be a threat to Jack from joining the Nine.
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This is why he is an S class threat despite us never seeing him DO anything, because he cant, his only power is the ability to make other thinks he has some big scary power, which is why even when recruiting endbringers and the birdcage they leave out Sleeper, because no matter what threat might exist he is always perceived as being even scarier, this is also the reason for the name Sleeper, because like a nightmare it might be scary but in reality its completely harmless
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This is why he is an S class threat despite us never seeing him DO anything, because he cant, his only power is the ability to make other thinks he has some big scary power, which is why even when recruiting endbringers and the birdcage they leave out Sleeper, because no matter what threat might exist he is always perceived as being even scarier, this is also the reason for the name Sleeper, because like a nightmare it might be scary but in reality its completely harmlessharmless
[[WMG:The Sleeper's power is similar to Khepri, but permanent]]
In one sentence, Sleeper is said to have "subsumed" one of the parallel Earths, which is a term that implies the entire world (or its population) is now somehow part of him. In another, Taylor mentions that she can see him on a balcony, "reading aloud to himself". If Sleeper was a body-snatcher, this could simply mean that he controls everybody on that planet, and is using one of them to read aloud to him.
[[WMG:The Sleeper's power is similar to Khepri, but permanent]]
In one sentence, Sleeper is said to have "subsumed" one of the parallel Earths, which is a term that implies the entire world (or its population) is now somehow part of him. In another, Taylor mentions that she can see him on a balcony, "reading aloud to himself". If Sleeper was a body-snatcher, this could simply mean that he controls everybody on that planet, and is using one of them to read aloud to him.
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** Mostly because it puts Teacher in a position to add additional shackles to Dragon's code, making her react differently and allowing Weaver/Khepri to defeat her quicker/at all during the "recruitment" phase of the final battle. Also, having a deactivated Dragon during the clone crisis, allows the heroes to defeat Jack and consequently triggers the Gold Morning at precisely the optimal time to allow the Weaver-Kephri transition.
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* Mostly confirmed by Dinah. When Saint deactivates Dragon, she tells the numbers have changed: the probability of increased casualties on the short term is increased (as there is an ongoing fight against the S9's clones and Dragon could have helped a lot), but the probability of humanity being wiped out **decreased**.
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** I looked on the wiki, where is it stated breaker powers generally come from situational threats?
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*Some of the artistic license could be justified by the fact that the story takes place in a different timeline than ours, so the laws might be different.
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this is why he is an S class threat despite us never seeing him DO anything, because he cant, his only power is the ability to make other thinks he has some big scary power, which is why even when recruiting endbringers and the birdcage they leave out Sleeper, because no matter what threat might exist he is always perceived as being even scarier, this is also the reason for the name Sleeper, because like a nightmare it might be scary but in reality its completely harmless
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** Alternately, Batman was ''Hero'', the guy who relied on nifty gadgets. Eidolon, who can do anything and is described as green and glowing, is GreenLantern.
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** Alternately, Batman was ''Hero'', the guy who relied on nifty gadgets. Eidolon, who can do anything and is described as green and glowing, is GreenLantern.
Franchise/GreenLantern.
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*Partially confirmed in a meta sense, Wildbow mentioned they used to be bullied a lot and started writing as a way to vent about it
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Some readers have critiqued the bullying aspect of the story as too over-the-top to be believable, and the school's response unrealistically lax considering the most severe incident posed a danger to other students and could have damaged school property. The reason for this? It's unrealistic because it's not real. Taylor Hebert ''is'' a bullied outcast whose cries for help ''are'' largely dismissed by her school's administration. To cope with this, she writes a story where her bullies' actions end up backfiring, and she is able to become the powerful person she longs to be. Hero groups like the Protectorate and Wards are corrupt because she sees authority figures as corrupt; and one of her bullies is able to join the Wards despite all she's done because Taylor sees her school as one who rewards the people who torment her. The bleakness of the setting is a reflection of how Taylor feels about the world; and any other inconsistencies or inaccuracies are a result of the author being a teenager and not knowledgable about things like the US legal system.
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Some readers have critiqued the bullying aspect of the story as too over-the-top to be believable, and the school's response unrealistically lax considering the most severe incident posed a danger to other students and could have damaged school property. The reason for this? It's unrealistic because it's not real. Taylor Hebert ''is'' a bullied outcast whose cries for help ''are'' largely dismissed by her school's administration. To cope with this, she writes a story where her bullies' actions end up backfiring, and she is able to become the powerful person she longs to be. Hero groups like the Protectorate and Wards are corrupt because she sees authority figures as corrupt; and one of her bullies is able to join the Wards despite all she's done because Taylor sees her school as one who rewards the people who torment her. The bleakness of the setting is a reflection of how Taylor feels about the world; and any other inconsistencies or inaccuracies are a result of the author being a teenager and not knowledgable about things like the US legal system.system.
[[WMG:The Sleepers power is to make people afraid]]
this is why he is an S class threat despite us never seeing him DO anything, because he cant, his only power is the ability to make other thinks he has some big scary power, which is why even when recruiting endbringers and the birdcage they leave out Sleeper, because no matter what threat might exist he is always perceived as being even scarier, this is also the reason for the name Sleeper, because like a nightmare it might be scary but in reality its completely harmless
[[WMG:The Sleepers power is to make people afraid]]
this is why he is an S class threat despite us never seeing him DO anything, because he cant, his only power is the ability to make other thinks he has some big scary power, which is why even when recruiting endbringers and the birdcage they leave out Sleeper, because no matter what threat might exist he is always perceived as being even scarier, this is also the reason for the name Sleeper, because like a nightmare it might be scary but in reality its completely harmless
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* Jossed, at least as an in-universe explanation for the name. Interlude 15.z reveals that Hero had his name before hearing about Alexandria.
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Into some kind of feudal or fascist system, where the Übermensch are [[AnimalFarm More equal than others]], or the actual rulers.
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Into some kind of feudal or fascist system, where the Übermensch are [[AnimalFarm [[Literature/AnimalFarm More equal than others]], or the actual rulers.
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Other readers have critiqued the bullying aspect of the story as too over-the-top to be believable, and the school's response unrealistically lax considering the most severe incident posed a danger to other students and could have damaged school property. The reason for this? It's unrealistic because it's not real. Taylor Hebert ''is'' a bullied outcast whose cries for help ''are'' largely dismissed by her school's administration. To cope with this, she writes a story where her bullies' actions end up backfiring, and she is able to become the powerful person she longs to be. Hero groups like the Protectorate and Wards are corrupt because she sees authority figures as corrupt; and one of her bullies is able to join the Wards despite all she's done because Taylor sees her school as one who rewards the people who torment her. The bleakness of the setting is a reflection of how Taylor feels about the world; and any other inconsistencies or inaccuracies are a result of the author being a teenager and not knowledgable about things like the US legal system.
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Now this only needs some logical thinking. The Entity´s search for a way to survive the heat death of the universe and the world of worm is a Multiverse with different parallel universes. Now an easy way to survive the heat death would be to relocate in a younger universe, so why don´t they do it? Because the worlds most likely all exist in the same timeframe. The 1. January 2011 on Earth-Bet is the same 1. January 2011 as on Earth-Aleph and every other Parallel Universe. And in this case it would make no difference in which universe you were, all would end in similar timeframes. An additional idea would be, that all these universes are branches of the same timeline that diverge at different points.
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Now this only needs some logical thinking. The Entity´s search for a way to survive the heat death of the universe and the world of worm is a Multiverse with different parallel universes. Now an easy way to survive the heat death would be to relocate in a younger universe, so why don´t they do it? Because the worlds most likely all exist in the same timeframe. The 1. January 2011 on Earth-Bet is the same 1. January 2011 as on Earth-Aleph and every other Parallel Universe. And in this case it would make no difference in which universe you were, all would end in similar timeframes. An additional idea would be, that all these universes are branches of the same timeline that diverge at different points.points.
[[WMG: The entire story is Taylor's RevengeFic.]]
Other readers have critiqued the bullying aspect of the story as too over-the-top to be believable, and the school's response unrealistically lax considering the most severe incident posed a danger to other students and could have damaged school property. The reason for this? It's unrealistic because it's not real. Taylor Hebert ''is'' a bullied outcast whose cries for help ''are'' largely dismissed by her school's administration. To cope with this, she writes a story where her bullies' actions end up backfiring, and she is able to become the powerful person she longs to be. Hero groups like the Protectorate and Wards are corrupt because she sees authority figures as corrupt; and one of her bullies is able to join the Wards despite all she's done because Taylor sees her school as one who rewards the people who torment her. The bleakness of the setting is a reflection of how Taylor feels about the world; and any other inconsistencies or inaccuracies are a result of the author being a teenager and not knowledgable about things like the US legal system.
[[WMG: The entire story is Taylor's RevengeFic.]]
Other readers have critiqued the bullying aspect of the story as too over-the-top to be believable, and the school's response unrealistically lax considering the most severe incident posed a danger to other students and could have damaged school property. The reason for this? It's unrealistic because it's not real. Taylor Hebert ''is'' a bullied outcast whose cries for help ''are'' largely dismissed by her school's administration. To cope with this, she writes a story where her bullies' actions end up backfiring, and she is able to become the powerful person she longs to be. Hero groups like the Protectorate and Wards are corrupt because she sees authority figures as corrupt; and one of her bullies is able to join the Wards despite all she's done because Taylor sees her school as one who rewards the people who torment her. The bleakness of the setting is a reflection of how Taylor feels about the world; and any other inconsistencies or inaccuracies are a result of the author being a teenager and not knowledgable about things like the US legal system.
