Line #9 FanFic/TheReaping


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Elysium by Yun-Yun-Hakusho]]
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5	The Reaping is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/para_docks.317626/ Para_Docks]] in which Taylor triggers with a power reminiscent of Glaistig Uaine.
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7	Found on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-reaping-worm-au.361821/ SpaceBattles]] and on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11897998/1/The-Reaping FF.net]].
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9	!! This fic provides examples of:
10	* AccidentalMurder: The first person Taylor [[TouchOfDeath claimed]] was [[TheBully Sophia/Shadow Stalker]]. At the time Taylor thought her only power was to [[AuraVision sense]] other parahumans. She found out Sophia was a parahuman, figured out she was Shadow Stalker a supposed hero and confronted her. Sophia attacked her and Taylor claimed her by accident.
11	* AllYourPowersCombined: Elysium is able to use the powers of any 3 parahumans she has used her TouchOfDeath on. [[spoiler: As of the latest chapter she has acquired the powers of at least '''36''' capes.]]
12	* AssholeVictim: Taylor tries to focus on truly nasty villains like Hookwolf as reaping targets. [[spoiler: After the Nine's attack]], she heads out of town to reap people that have potentially useful powers but don't help with things like Endbringers.
13	* DeadFic: The author has [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-reaping-worm-au.361821/page-180#post-71862741 declared the fic dead]].
14	* DeathByAdaptation: Tattletale, Bitch, [[spoiler: Victor, and Bonesaw]].
15	** DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: Skidmark, Squealer, Mush, Grue, Regent, Alabaster, Hookwolf, Victor, Othalla, Night, Fog, Kaiser, Shatterbird, the Siberian, Mannequin, Burnscar, Crawler, Hatchet Face, Cherish, and Jack Slash]].
16	* DramaPreservingHandicap: Taylor can only use three powersets at once.
17	* TheDreaded: Elysium, unsurprisingly considering just what [[TouchOfDeath her]] [[AllYourPowersCombined power]] is.
18	* InvisibleToNormals: When Elysium claims a parahuman their body dies, but they live on as [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] that can only be seen or heard by her.
19	* LogicalWeakness:
20	** Since Taylor can't create projections of her claimed capes like the Fairy Queen, and has to use her abilities herself, she's more vulnerable.
21	** Some powers just don't work well together, like how Mush's trash would get snagged in Hookwolf's blades if she used both at once.
22	** Since [[spoiler: Trickster/Typhon's]] power just moves but doesn't harm, August Prince can be affected by it. [[spoiler: Cherish's power can also be used on him, to the point that Taylor thinks that she can make it feel to August's power that her claiming him would be a MercyKill]].
23	* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Taylor could initially only see her ghosts in reflections. However, that seems to have been forgotten about in the writing very early on.
24	* MentalFusion: Downplayed, but if Taylor keeps a ghost out too long, their personality traits can bleed into her a bit.
25	* MercyKill: Elysium has done this twice. First to [[spoiler: Grue and Tattletale]] after having their throats slit by Oni Lee. The second time was during the Leviathan fight to a mortally wounded [[spoiler: Aegis.]]
26	* NothingIsScarier: One cape, Gasconade, actually finds Behemoth less scary than Elysium, since Behemoth is still a known quality, while Elysium is still an unknown despite the information they already have on her.
27	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Almost every cape on Taylor’s team has a name from Greek mythology. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[spoiler: Theo Anders]]/Colossus and [[spoiler: Dinah Alcott]].[[note]] named after a statue/doesn’t have a cape name yet [[/note]]
28	** Taylor is Elysium after the resting place of heroes.
29	** [[spoiler: Aisha]] is Lethe after the river of forgetfulness.
30	** [[spoiler: Emma]] is Tartarus after the prison of the damned.
31	** [[spoiler: Francis Krouse and Noelle Meinhardt are Typhon and Echidna.]]
32	* SuperpowerLottery: Taylor/Elysium has the potential to become a Triumvirate tier cape, see AllYourPowersCombined.
33	** [[spoiler: Noelle/Echidna after being cured of her power induced mutations gains the power to create creatures that [[PowerCopying temporarily give people (including herself) the powers of any single cape she has touched.]]]]
34	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: While Taylor/Elysium and [[spoiler: Emma/Tartarus]] are on the same team and can work together they barely stand each other.
35	* TotalPartyKill: Both the Archer's Bridge Merchants and [[spoiler: the Slaughterhouse Nine]] get TPK'ed by Taylor.
36	** Happens to the Undersiders before Taylor shows up to claim Tattletale and Grue.
37	** Downplayed with Empire 88; Purity, Rune, Krieg, Stormtiger, Crusader, Fenja, and Menja are still alive, and all but Purity and Rune are in PRT custody.
38	* WasItReallyWorthIt: Taylor/Elysium asks [[spoiler: Emma]] this when she realizes just how broken her [[WeUsedToBeFriends former friend]] is.
39	-->'''Elysium''': “‘Was it worth it, [[spoiler: Emma?]]’
40	-->She didn't speak. I could read it all in her body language. Confusion, not knowing whether I meant her [[spoiler: deal with Cauldron]], or everything. And then a lot of thought. I let her have it.
41	-->It took about ten minutes for the [[spoiler: projection]] to shake her head. It had only taken 2 for tears to start spilling from her [[spoiler: real body's]] eyes.”

Context FanFic / TheReaping