Line #129 FanFic/CoOpMode


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12696988_10153634734509475_7555572746254798271_o.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[ABoyAndHisX A Knight and his Lady]] (And her steel bat)[[note]] Art by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/necoc-yaotl.105461/ Necoc Yaotl]].[[/note]]]]
3	A [[Literature/{{Worm}} Worm]] fanfic co-created by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/faria_lyton.315880/ Faria Lyton]] and [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/harper-potts.313572/ Harper Potts]].
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5	Synopsis is as follows: Cauldron's plan was bad. The Protectorate was deeply flawed. The PRT was a joke. If Gaia wanted to save her babies, save herself, she'd need to interfere. Enter The Gamer. Too bad it's James. Self-insert story with a twist in that the inserted character has no memories of who he used to be.
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7	Has a companion fic called 'A Bug In The Game' that focuses more on Taylor's perspective of the story.
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9	Unfortunately, there have been no updates since May 2016, so this can be considered a DeadFic.
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11	'''Co-op Mode''' can be found on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/co-op-mode-worm-the-gamer-si.354578/ Spacebattles]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/co-op-mode-worm-the-gamer-si.23021/ Sufficient Velocity]] as well as [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11552343/1/Co-op-Mode FanFiction]].
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13	'''A Bug In The Game''' can also be found on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-bug-in-the-game-worm-gamer-oc.360293/ Spacebattles]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-bug-in-the-game-worm-gamer-oc.23467/ Sufficient Velocity]] as well as
14	[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11584688/1/A-Bug-in-the-Game FanFiction]]. [[note]] The FanFiction version of '''A Bug In The Game''' includes the chapters of '''Co-op Mode'''[[/note]]
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17	!!Co-op Mode contains examples of:
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19	* AdaptiveAbility: As usual for Gamer fanfics, James has this, and so do those in his Party. So far, he has gained AcquiredPoisonImmunity, DamageReduction to both ElementalPowers and physical attacks, and even a partial resistance to [[TimeMaster Clockblocker's]] power!
20	-->''Quote for <Time Resistance>'': "'''BULLSHIT!'''"
21	* AccidentalPervert: While [[HealingHands massaging]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Taylor]], James accidentally touches Taylor's bottom, but surprisingly, PervertRevengeMode is [[AvertedTrope averted]] - and without needing even explanation on James' part, as Taylor correctly concludes that it was all just an accident. Whether this is out of the fact that Taylor has [[HeroicSelfDeprecation low self-esteem]] or that she just [[FireForgedFriends trusts James]], or even both, is not totally clear.
22	* AdultsAreUseless: As this is Worm, this automatically applies. A special example though is the Winslow's gym coach Wolf Shane - due to James being possibly conducive to his own goals, he can be seen as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure when [[spoiler: James and Taylor get into a fight with the Trio and their cronies]]. However, he ends up as a DoubleSubversion, as he does not particularly care for his job, being more interested in [[ItsAllAboutMe his own wants]] than actually being a coach.
23	-->''Coach Shane'': “I’ll be honest here. [[DrugsAreBad I don’t approve of steroids.]] But with the girls’ track team bringing home medals, Blackwell wants the other teams to earn some trophies. If our football team doesn’t start winning games, she’s going to make me do weekend training for the guys. [[AdultsAreUseless And that would cut into my weekend plans.]] I think I can turn you into a decent running back or a passable lineman, but there’s no point if you’re going to get disqualified. So. Can you pass a drug test?”
24	* AlternateUniverse: Of a kind wherein James exists since birth in the Wormverse. A closer example could be that [[SentientCosmicForce Ga]][[GeniusLoci ia]] exists, and thus is at work with helping parahumans (like ''[[spoiler: Contessa/Fortuna]]'') in defeating Scion, which leads to Taylor choosing to become Lady Bug.
25	* BatterUp: The first weapons both James and Taylor use are bats - with a metal bat for Taylor and a [[RealMenWearPink pink bat for James]].
26	* BewareTheNiceOnes: As of the ''Grave Lord'' omake, James is revealed to be capable of being between this, GoodIsNotSoft, and KnightTemplar. In that alternate possibility, alone and without Taylor, James ends up [[spoiler: single-handedly disabling and capturing each and every hero in Brockton Bay while scaring the villains badly enough to keep away while he does it to save Taylor.]] However, in the omake he doesn't avert GoodIsDumb for forgetting that he could've done it with less violence.
27	* ButtMonkey: Ooh, James. Just how many times are you going to shoot yourself in your own foot... and just how many times are other people going to shoot it for you?
28	-->''James'': under chemical influence “Tah-lahdy Bug, [[CallBack forg me]]!” Damn it.
29	* CallBack: When James first convinces Taylor about the existence of the Gamer ability, he stabs himself with a fork to prove it. Guess what he tries to convince her to do when he needs to prove it to the Protectorate...
30	* CallingYourAttacks: Enforced, discussed, and partly averted by James and Taylor with the Skills given by the Gamer ability. As stated in story, at low levels (specifically below level 5) all skills have to be activated by vocalizing their names, but afterwards [[SimplifiedSpellcasting they can be used without having to call out the attack]] and risk being countered as a result. However, the usual argument of them helping to focus still applies, plus there is a decrease in effectiveness when they are used silently.
31	-->''James'': "Okay, let's go. Stealth."
32	--> ''Taylor'': This is so weird. [[LampshadeHanging How counter-intuitive is that?]]
33	* CasualDangerDialogue: James doesn't ''speak'' it out loud, per-se, but due to <Gamer's Mind> he is prone to thinking like this inside his narration in the middle of battles, leading to gems like this:
34	-->''James'': narration while fighting Lung He starts throwing fireballs everywhere. Wow, his aim sucks worse than [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].
35	* ChainmailBikini: Naturally, this is lampshaded, discussed, and averted with Lady Bug's armor. James even comments on the fact, lampooning on how impractical such armor is, and Taylor specifically designs her clothes to avert both this and BattleBallgown:
36	-->''James'': There’s a golden breastplate done in a vaguely organic style next. The… ah… chest… is a little [[BreastExpansion bigger than I think Taylor is naturally]], but still done in a sensible single-breasted, high-coverage style. None of that pseudo-bodice lift-and-separate, [[LampshadeHanging guide-swords-to-the-center nonsense]] you see in fantasy games. Or on most armor-wearing female capes. The entire piece also extends down to her belt, instead of leaving room to show off abs and [[Main/{{Squick}} ask to be gutted]].
37	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the Gamer ability, as continued exercise can and would increase the physical stats of a person to inhuman levels. However, considering the difficulty of training a stat gets higher as the value of that stat grows, this can also be considered as a ZigZaggingTrope.
38	* ChekhovsArmoury: The <Inventory> is showing to be this, being the stockpile of whatever item or plot-important object that James would end up using in the future.
39	* CooldownHug: James and Taylor ends up sharing these right after some fights. Considering how close they get to death during these moments, there is little to wonder.
40	-->''Taylor: hugs James "If you ever do anything that crazy again, I'll kill you myself!"
41	* CoolHelmet: James has one as Beetle Knight. Depending on what ornament he wears with it, it gives him status buffs or useful effects.
42	* CrapsackWorld: As in Worm canon, Earth Bet is this. However, considering how the ''world'' itself is at work at fixing itself...
43	* CrashIntoHello: The real part of the story starts with James crashing into Taylor's body trying to escape her locker.
44	* CriticalExistenceFailure: James barely escapes this by a hair on the ''very first chapter'', with Taylor unknowingly saving his life as seen at the CrashIntoHello above. This also nearly happens again during the fight with Lung.
45	-->''James'': loses all but four HP "Please let him, please..."
46	-->''Lung'': finally collapses
47	-->''James'': ''"Holy..."''
48	* DeadFic: Has not updated since May 2016.
49	* [[Main/{{Deuteragonist}} Deuteragonist]]: Taylor is this to James' TheProtagonist, with ''Co-Op Mode'' focusing on James and ''A Bug In The Game'' doing the same for Taylor.
50	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: James almost ends up outing himself as a parahuman when he starts lifting weights several times heavier than what he used to lift inside the school gym. Luckily, the gym coach just mistakes him for having taken [[SuperSerum Tinkertech drugs]].
51	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When James first learns [[HealingHands <Massage>]] to relieve Taylor of a bad muscle sprain, this is what results. This leads Lisa to tell them to GetARoom.
52	-->''Taylor'': "Ooh, aah. Please, don't stop."
53	-->''James'': freezes "I-is that... better?"
54	-->''Taylor'': [[Main/{{LuminescentBlush}} blushes]] "It's better, but it still hurts, please keep on going."
55	-->''Lisa'': laughs "You two should get a room."
56	** James' perspective on the matter only makes this scene even more funnier!
57	--> ''James'': thinks with a LuminescentBlush Does she have not hear what she is saying?
58	** When Lisa gets a turn at being massaged...
59	--> ''James'': I swear she's making noises just to make me uncomfortable.
60	* DysfunctionalFamily: James is hinted to have one, and what we've seen and heard so far doesn't look good...
61	** Starting from Factions 4.6, we are given a view by James of the Barron family, starting from the [[ParentalFavoritism youngest]] [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Andy]] who is several signs short of being a [[Main/{{Sociopath}} Sociopath]], followed by [[TheProtagonist James]] who has long been shown to have several self-esteem issues, to ''two'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere AWOL]] older brothers and one non-present sister, only to be finished by his [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing]], [[ControlFreak mother]] and [[HenpeckedHusband passive]] father. Dysfunctional indeed...
62	* EntertaininglyWrong: Armsmaster's deduction of Beetle Knight starts off with... well, everything possible going wrong in a first meeting. Beetle Knight is wearing civilian clothes (except for his helmet), wasn't present in the final blow (which Armsmaster ''did'' witness Taylor make) and (out of a desire to hide his true abilities so as not to be taken advantage of) deliberately undersells his powers. Because he's seen many people ''try'' to fight Parahumans Batman-style (with no powers, but with Tech and guts to make up for it), the design of his helmet looking like something out of a Super Sentai, and Beetle Knight not having a Corona Pollentia, Armsmaster dismisses James entirely as a Cape. It's easy to see how he came to those conclusions, but he is plainly wrong.
63	* [[Main/{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowing]]: Once in a while, both Co-op Mode and A Bug In The Game have interludes that act as like this. For example, [[spoiler: Fortuna's interlude ended up foreshadowing Armsmaster being sabotaged into tranquilizing James]] as well as [[spoiler: Coil's interlude]] hinting an earlier confrontation with the villain.
64	* FemmeFatale: Lisa plays this up in front of James to distract him whenever they meet. The results are... [[FreudianSlip amu]][[HurricaneOfEuphemisms sing]]. This causes much [[ShipTease frustration on Taylor's side]] when it comes to the subject of Tattletale.
65	* ForWantOfANail: Because of Gaia's presence in the story, a lot of things in the Wormverse change - with the most important one happening so far being [[spoiler: Contessa abandoning her previous Path of Victory to follow Gaia's plans.]] This leads into more changes down the line.
66	* FreudianSlip: Part of the humor of the story comes from the fact that James is a teenager and thus thinks, speaks, and acts like one.
67	-->''James'': thinking about [[FemmeFatale Lisa]] inviting them into a meeting Unless she’s planning on [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms screwing us. Over. Screwing us over, we’ll be seeing her face whether or not we show her ours]].
68	* GroinAttack: Early on the story, Taylor has the tendency to do this on male [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], causing James to [[ShareTheMalePain wince and worry]] for his own safety around an angered Taylor.
69	-->''James'': Lady Bug slams the zombie she’s fighting in the nuts. [[LampshadeHanging She does not need to hit that low for the skill to work.]]
70	* GrotesqueCute: James has been shown to think of Taylor as this, as opposed to Madison who, while he admits he thinks as cute, is [[CuteAndPsycho pretty disturbing]].
71	--> ''James'': Speaking of Taylor, it looks like she’s… petting a loose cloud of hornets, wasps, and ladybugs. And cooing at them. It’s creepily cute. Kind of like an inverse-Madison. Should be creepy, but is cute. Somehow.
72	* HealingHands: <Massage> turns out to be this for James, though it is only capable of healing minor muscular damage, being best for recovering fatigue than actual healing. WordOfGod even states that ever since the authors have placed the Skill in the story, [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms several...]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything scenes]] have become ''necessary'' for the story!
73	* HeelFaceTurn: Through Gaia's machinations, [[spoiler: Fortuna]]. As of the latest chapters, the same goes for [[spoiler: Lisa]].
74	-->[[spoiler: ''Fortuna'': "My name is Fortuna. There are 5,023 steps, or 2 years 2 months and 16 days left until the world is safe. On that last day, that last step, ''Cauldron will burn'' and, by my choice, I with it."]]
75	* HenpeckedHusband: James' father shows to be a particularly bad example of this, as shown by him being too passive to make himself heard around his [[ControlFreak wife]].
76	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: As in canon, Taylor has this. James, as well, has his moments of thinking lowly of himself.
77	* HomeBase: As of the RolePlaying 5.2 chapter, James and Taylor are shown to have gained access to this.
78	* InSpiteOfANail: The confrontation with Lung still happens, as well as meeting with Armsmaster. However, with [[ButtMonkey James']] presence, the latter goes better than in canon, though Taylor is left unwilling to become a Ward.
79	* JewishMother: Gaia, in the holiday specials, comes across as this, with hilarious results.
80	* KangarooCourt: After Taylor and James [[spoiler: get into a fight with Sophia, Madison, Emma and their cronies]], Taylor names this trope word-for-word for the 'talk' they end up having with [[DeanBitterman Blackwell]]. This leads them into [[spoiler: getting a quest to reveal the corruption in [[SuckySchool Winslow]].]]
81	-->''James'': [[spoiler: “Taylor was crying when I arrived. They had her surrounded and Sophia had her foot on Taylor's bag. Deliberately. They've been attacking her every day for months and you and [[Main/AdultsAreUseless the teachers never do anything]]! We told you what happened in January. You ignored us then, and now you're trying to make today sound like our fault. You're just another bully, like them."]]
82	** Once more, this trope is invoked word-for-word by Taylor when Danny ends up talking to Taylor about her being a cape for the second time. And it shows just how much Danny's wish to keep his daughter safe is backfiring ''badly'' on him in Taylor's eyes.
83	* LadyOfWar: Taylor ends up choosing this as a theme for her cape name, as well as playing with MedievalEuropeanFantasy as Lady Bug. However, unlike most examples of this trope, Taylor doesn't wield the usual weapons, forgoing the usual [[RoyalRapier rapier]], [[NaginatasAreFeminine naginata]] or [[CombatHandFan steel fan]] for a steel [[BatterUp bat]]. This might change in time, but as of the current chapters Taylor has stated her newfound preference for metal bats.
84	* LeeroyJenkins: James does this when he and Taylor end up [[InSpiteOfANail overhearing Lung's plans on attacking the Undersiders.]] Amusingly, this leads him into getting a <Fool's Act> skill.
85	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Meta and [[CrackFic Played For Crack]], but the fanbase of this story has James shipped with a variety of people, with a ''[[CargoShip doorknob]]'' as one of the worst examples.
86	* LivingCrashpad: ''Taylor'' becomes this for James on the very first chapter by catching his head from hitting the floor due to his attempts on escaping her locker - unknowingly saving his life by preventing his HP from [[CriticalExistenceFailure reaching zero]].
87	* LighterAndSofter: As a whole, as stated by the [[WordofGod authors]], James' presence changes a lot of things in the setting, making it comparable to the [[Webcomic/{{TheGamer}} original manhwa's]] tone when it comes to storytelling. However, as [[spoiler: Coil's Interlude]] would show, this does not mean that the grim parts of Worm are entirely gone. This can be even considered [[FridgeBrilliance Fridge Brilliance]] when one realizes the parallels of the story to the manhwa's own version of the [[BlackMarket Black Market]].
88	* LogicalWeakness: Taylor needs time to replenish her swarms in between difficult battles, as in canon, but due to her choosing to [[ForWantOfANail become Lady Bug]], she also needs it to repair her more intricate equipment.
89	* MagikarpPower: As always, the Gamer can be considered as this - and to a lesser extent, his teammates as well. Consider how in the initial parts of the story, James almost killed himself trying to escape a locker [[CrashIntoHello if it weren't for Taylor catching him in time.]] Several chapters later, James is sturdy enough to take blows from ''Lung'' and return them in favor.
90	* MeaningfulName: Taylor, James, and [[spoiler: Lisa]]'s team ends up being named the Team Monarchs, referring to both the regal theme they have in place and for the famous monarch butterfly.
91	* MistakenForGay: Somehow, James ''inverts'' this by mistaking Taylor mistaking him for gay because of the way she had let him [[HealingHands massage her]].
92	* MistakenForRomance: Armsmaster [[spoiler: thinks Beetle Knight and Lady Bug]] are dating, when in truth it is all in his head. The same goes for Coil, but does not take it as far as Colin, who even [[spoiler: concludes - wrongly - that Beetle Knight is only an overzealous fanboy]], which is not helped by James' [[spoiler: lack of a Corona Pollentia.]]
93	* MundaneUtility: James can use his power to [[MythologyGag wash dishes]], as is common with Gamer fics.
94	** After the KangarooCourt above, Taylor gets the idea of using James' powers to skip out of school entirely. Whether it happens or not remains to be seen.
95	*** As of Factions 4.6, James, Taylor, and [[spoiler: Lisa]], as Team [[MeaningfulName Monarchs]], have used a variety of [[SuperEmpowering Skillbooks]] to put this plan in place.
96	* MundaneMadeAwesome: As with [[SuperEmpowering Skills]], James and those in his Party can do this with a variety of mundane tasks. It has even gotten to the point where James takes this up a notch in the interludes and omakes, with the crowning moment being on the Saint Patrick's Day Holiday Special:
97	-->''Alexandria'': “You expect me to believe you [[MundaneMadeAwesome pinched]] them so hard that Shatterbird screamed herself hoarse, Burnscar and Cherish just plain passed out from the pain, Mannequin's body fell apart, Hatchet Face’s arm came off, and Mouse Protector was successfully separated from Ravager?”
98	* OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler: Lisa]] ends up doing this, to comedic effect, when [[spoiler: she]] first uses a [[PowerGlows Skillbook]] to learn a [[SuperEmpowering Skill.]] Taylor and James end up laughing the moment [[spoiler: she]] gets out behind the dumpster [[spoiler: she]] jumped to, leading [[spoiler: her]] to say this gem:
99	-->[[spoiler: ''Lisa'': after learning Capoeira, with a [[DumpsterDive burger wrapper]] in her hair "You ''do'' know I just learned how to kick your asses, right?"]]
100	* OutsideContextProblem: James is one, and nobody knows it.
101	* ParentalFavoritism: [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Andy]] is this to the Barron family, and considering the boy is a few screws short of being a [[Main/{{Sociopath}} sociopath]], this doesn't bode well for the already dysfunctional family. At one point in the story, Andy sneaks out some money out of their mother's purse, only for [[TheUnfavourite James]] to take the fall for him without even necessitating any proof. When asked about it, the author has only [[WordOfGod one thing to say]]:
102	--> ''Faria Layton'': 'Framing' implies effort. ''Andy doesn't have to frame James.''
103	* PervertRevengeMode: Averted in the case of James [[HealingHands massaging]] Taylor and accidentally touching her bottom as a result. Taylor concludes - correctly - that it was all an accident without needing further explanation.
104	* PowerGlows: Like in the original [[Webcomic/{{TheGamer}} manhwa]], using Skillbooks to learn skills leads into a cool lightshow, with the book breaking to fragments of light as an unseen wind causes the person's hair to move.
105	* PowerLimiter: As in SuperEmpowering below, James can help those he invites into his Party into gaining Skills, but it is limited by them only learning up to the number they have for INT. As per WordOfGod, this is so as to avoid logical exploits like [[GameBreaker learning a thousand Skills in order to get through fights with just the passives]].
106	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: James' TranquilFury has this, as shown below.
107	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The coach at Winslow is an odd variant of this, as he's not actually a ''good'' coach, being more interested in self-gain and personal success than his actual job - the man asked [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength James]] if he would pass a [[SuperSerum Tinkertech drug test]] just in case he could enter the team for crying out loud - but as James is conducive to his goals, he ends up looking like this.
108	-->''Coach Shane'': “I’ll be honest here. [[DrugsAreBad I don’t approve of steroids.]] But with the girls’ track team bringing home medals, Blackwell wants the other teams to earn some trophies. If our football team doesn’t start winning games, she’s going to make me do weekend training for the guys. [[AdultsAreUseless And that would cut into my weekend plans.]] I think I can turn you into a decent running back or a passable lineman, but there’s no point if you’re going to get disqualified. So. Can you pass a drug test?”
109	* RunningGag: Several, mostly focusing on [[ButtMonkey James]], like:
110	** James making [[FreudianSlip Freudian Slips]] every now and then, especially around [[FemmeFatale Lisa]].
111	** James also being naked for a few seconds [[TransformationSequence whenever he changes into his equipment.]]
112	** Early on, Taylor having the tendency to go for hits [[GroinAttack below the belt]]... and [[ShareTheMalePain scaring James as a result]].
113	** The word 'Bullshit' being repeatedly used as a descriptor for James' powers.
114	* SelfInsertFic: Played amazingly well by authors, as many of the readers would attest to how James is unfailingly a teenager in all senses of the word, fitting into the Worm-verse almost seamlessly, especially with the barest hints of about his [[DysfunctionalFamily home]]...
115	* SentientCosmicForce: [[GeniusLoci Gaia]] is this, being the nail that changes the setting of the story, and nobody other than [[spoiler: Contessa/Fortuna]] knows of her presence yet.
116	* ShipTease: The readers love pairing up James and Taylor and the authors ''know'' it.
117	* ShoutOut: The entire story is ''rife'' with these, especially with [[Main/{{Geek}} James being who he is]] and Gaia loving her snark...
118	* SimplifiedSpellcasting: Through reaching level 5, a [[CallingYourAttacks Skill]] can be used silently, though with a decrease of effectiveness as the cost.
119	* SuddenlyBilingual: Through a Skillbook, James learns how to speak Chinese, though it starts at a kindergartner's level when it first pops.
120	* SuddenGameInterface: As with all Gamer crossovers, James has this.
121	* SuperEmpowering: James can give his Party members the ability to gain Skills like [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts <Aikido>]] and [[SuddenlyBilingual <Chinese>]] through either practice or Skillbooks, but a Party member can only learn a number of Skills up to [[PowerLimiter that person's INT]]. As is standard with Skills though, they can be practiced and exploited to absurd effects. [[FridgeLogic This leads to Taylor worrying over James being used by other people as a personal trainer.]]
122	** The way he can also increase the stats of somebody either through [[SkillScoresAndPerks stat points]] or [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower exercise]] also counts.
123	* SuperSerum: When [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength James]] accidentally reveals too much of his newfound [[SuperEmpowering strength]] in the middle of gym class, the gym teacher (a remarkable subversion of the ReasonableAuthorityFigure trope) ends up concluding - incorrectly - that James had used doping to do it. Of course, when James is invited by the teacher into a sports team, he denies the invitation by saying he would get caught by a comprehensive drug test.
124	* [[Main/{{Squick}} Squick]]: As per usual in Worm fanfics, [[PestController Taylor's]] [[TheSwarm powers]] invoke this on those around her. Thankfully for James though, <Gamer's Mind> prevents him from reacting too badly in the face of so many insects.
125	* TheAtoner: As of [[spoiler: her]] Interlude, this applies for [[spoiler: Contessa/Fortuna]].
126	* [[Main/{{TheGadfly}} The Gadfly]]: Gaia can come across as one, especially with her love of snarky quotes and quips in James' alert windows, though nobody knows about her [[GeniusLoci presence]] yet. So far, James just thinks it's all in his head.
127	-->''James'': thinks after reading an alert It really does seem like my power likes teasing me. ...I wonder what that says about me, psychologically speaking…
128	* TranquilFury: Surprisingly, James' anger shows as this, as in the time it appears during Blackwell's KangarooCourt above.
129	-->''James'': "[[Main/{{PunctuatedForEmphasis}} I. Have. Not. Raised. My. Voice. Yet.]] If you would like me to raise my voice, I'd be happy to demonstrate the difference."
130	* TransformationSequence: James and Taylor have this, but this causes both of them to be in just their underwear for a few seconds. Naturally, Taylor notices this first, while [[ButtMonkey James]] continues on unknowing of this fact.
131	* TrueCompanions: James and Taylor are slowly developing into this, via the way of FireForgedFriends. [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn Lisa]]]], on the other hand, remains to be seen if she would follow along the same path with the two.
132	-->''James'': "We’re going to complete that quest and see all three of them get what’s coming to them. The bitches three are going to pay.”
133	* UniversalPoison: Surprisingly, this is averted by the Gamer ability, treating each poison with separate effects. However, the same cannot be told of the ''universal'' AcquiredPoisonImmunity <Poison Resistance>, as it applies to all poisons, not just one.
134	* UnwantedHarem: The Valentine's Day Holiday Special ends with this, with James [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere getting the hell out of dodge]].
135	-->''James'': “Why is there no decline button?” [[OhCrap sudden realization]] “Oh, Gaia, no!”
136	* WrongContextMagic: Unknowingly, James is this due to [[GeniusLoci Gaia]] being the source of his abilities instead of shards like all the other parahumans. This is both beneficial - as WordOfGod would attest to several questions from the readers - and problematic as all previously known 'facts' about parahumans don't necessarily apply to him.
137	** [[spoiler: This is what causes Colin to mistake him for a Muggle, or at most BadassNormal, all because he does not have an active Corona Pollentia.]]

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