Inchworm

Epizodes

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  14.y - "Cauldron's Pocket" 11.09.2026 1h 26min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.y.Episode Notes:The chapter was dark, but Legend weirdly wasn'tLegend had way more illusions about Cauldron than we didWhy do the Case 53s get released in the first place?Reasons for stirring the CauldronCreating a LegendAh, rationalizations The tragedy of a wasted chargeLegend vs. PiggotTaylor was so right about the heroesGay headcanonsThere's no es-caping traumaWe demand Dragonmaster vs. CauldronA big thumbs down to Alexandria and EidolonWe see why Legend is legendaryWho is motivated to hamper Endbringer preparedness?We ponder condemnationWe <3 Kid WinOcean resonanceOh right, other realitiesEndbringers as Nine... or vice versa...Cape authority as a metaphor for nationalismRedemption for Battery?Links:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/interlude-14-5-bonus-interlude/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.x - "The Humanity They Lost" 08.09.2026 1h 19min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.x.Episode Notes:Taylor picks Skitter’s next targetSkitter takes her minion’s loyalty for grantedCan Taylor work around the Noelle problem?Would Coil even be threatened if he knew they were turning on him?Taylor has her friends back and Skitter has notorietyThe last two arcs have basically been a season of 24It’s like Skitter’s back from the deadSkitter thinks she’s scary enough that she can bluff… and she’s probably right?Ted wishes for slightly less acceptable targetsBryce sucks but Sierra might be tough to have as an older sisterThree girls that differ in powers and traumaO’dalys? More like O’daycares!“It’s (not) okay”Anarchy in SkitterlandIs it how Sierra sees herself or how she sees her role?Sierra’s only recently not a kid herselfShe couldn’t handle knowing Skitter isn’t coming backTaylor takes team loyalty for grantedSkitter’s moral concern ends at the city limitsBrockton Bay’s literal sunk costThere hasn’t been any time for Skitter to grieve SkitterlandWhy didn’t Charlotte leave the city again?Skitter can dish out violence better these days because she can control the difference between “hurt” and “kill”Is Taylor breaking bad?Links:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/interlude-14/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.11 - "The Shipping Industry Is Dead" 04.09.2026 1h 15min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.11.Episode Notes:Mailbag episode incoming, get your questions in!The most sapphic chapter so farJenny isn't locked in on a particular Taylor ship yet but we discuss the potential optionsTaylor-Siberian parallelsTaylor and Lisa as bookendsIs Lisa a good friend if you aren't Taylor?Brian got kiss-blockedThe particular trauma of this miasma for BrianWhy kissing, though? Is it because of Taylor's [REDACTED]?Is it queerbaiting? (no)We try to count the remaining NineFates worse than deathThe Nine arguably lost but Jack definitely wonHookwolf, we love to see you goDid Amy follow through?Lisa scored the only real victory against JackTaylor's gonna kind of have to save the worldCauses and symptomsTaylor's learning to trust herself...even when Jack tests herLisa's really capturing the themes hereAmy causes girls to kiss, but not to kiss herThe motifs for Bonesaw's Brockton Bay art projectThe Nine just want to make people over in their own imageSpoilers for Animorphs 22Taylor's glorious future as a leaderBut she's gotta stop being so hard on herselfAnd also take StatisticsYum, bugsLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/prey-14-11/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.10 - "Someone To Feel My Pain" 01.09.2026 1h 21min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.10.Episode Notes:An unlikely Undersider tier listXenia HighIf this is basically the status quo by the end of the arc… where do things go from here?How fast acting is the cure?What if Alec is the only other one who remembers things?Who exactly escapes with Jack and Bonesaw?Ted raises a mystery that didn’t come up in Jenny’s summary of the chapterMiasma HighWe don’t really know Marquis well enough yet to know if Jack is right about himDoes Jack do any better against Panacea than he did against Skitter?Jack’s talent for exploiting daddy issuesJenny is still a Cronesaw trutherWhat’s Jack actually good at? Manipulation? Leadership? Fighting?Thinker JackIs it time for a montage?Themes of human, animal, and monster in Book 2The troubling nature of Gory GirlAmy faces a Skitter who doesn’t remember herSkitter faces a familiar choiceAll these amazing manipulators out here just telling people to do what they want to do anywayJack’s pitch to Amy and her possible fateOdds and endsLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/prey-14-10/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.9 - "The Temptation Of Skitter" 28.08.2026 1h 7min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.9.Episode Notes:We're really confronting the themes of the work in this arcJack aaaaalmost manages to stop underestimating SkitterA big L for JackTwangin’ that bowstringHer key? Stoned.Women and children first for Taylor?Cherish isn't good ~~at manipulation~~, actuallyConsensus-based decision making among the UndersidersThe Skitter-supervillain seesawTaylor's actually the worst person to try to isolate and defeat like thisRegret vs. griefThe perils of a narrative that could do anythingCoil, buddy. Be more paranoid, and also figure out what gangrene looks likeLatin, Cherish? Vere?Self-fulfilling prophecy territoryJenny's death listBonesaw, the repeated knife blockMiasma gothic (she was great in Pearlescent!)(A) Battery (of) questionsGood job on the intuition, TaylorBrockton Bay: the newest member of the 9?Hot- vs. cold-blooded killingWill the real Tattletale please show up?Links:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/prey-14-9/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.8 - "Fog With Bad Vibes" 25.08.2026 1h 1min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.8.Episode Notes:A delicious cliffhangerThe (tattle-)tell-tale signs of deception that Jenny (bone-)sawWhy do they want Cherish?The art of being subtly out of characterWhat are Bonesaw’s favorite tropes?Arc 1 Taylor wasn’t easy prey, eitherJack forces the issueMajor theme alertWhen you can’t beat ‘em, plague ‘emWas the water warning a bluff?It’s not like the city has the infrastructure in place to distribute a cure efficiently, even if it’s just GloraceaDo the Unravelers have enough plot armor to get through this?Lonely is as much a Sundancer thing as a Travelers thingMe, myself, and miasmaIs going after Skitter personal for Jack and Bonesaw?Is the miasma revealing anything about parahuman nature?Maybe Legend doesn’t suck as much as we thoughtIt’s bad but our girl is copingDo final girls get better, or just keep going?WE’VE GOT TITLEThe joys and sorrows of agnosiaSkitter gets a taste of her own medicineA very specific prediction about when Taylor figures out who she’s withTTTrickster’s paternalismThe eagles can save us!Ends, odds, and predictionsLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/prey-14-8/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.7 - "A Snuff Film About Brockton Bay" 21.08.2026 51min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.7.Episode Notes:Why isn't Legend letting the Unravelers play anymore?They say they've killed Crawler...Emily might be good at something after all(But not everything)Legend: honest to a faultTaylor coming full-circle with LegendMercy killingsLegend and the inscrutable planSwan thoughtsDid Jack and Bonesaw know about Siberian before today?The challenges of having a real bodyUndersider chain of command difficultiesLove a good failed planLisa would not be a great therapistHero feelings and actions vs. identityTaylor's hearing is improving!Psychosomatic darknessThe true pronunciation of LegendWe miss BakudaManagement can really reduce your impact as an individual contributorLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/prey-14-7/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.6 - "The Challenge Of Deciding You've Done Enough And You Can Stop" 18.08.2026 1h 16min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.6.Episode Notes:Jenny kicks things off with a bold and hopefully wrong predictionThe Nine are convergingJenny ranks the Nine by who’s most likely to survive Arc 14What’s going to happen to Shatterbird?Regent’s power is a political obstacle for the Undersiders and a moral tangle for TaylorBook 2 scatters and reunites the UndersidersWhen will the crisis be over “enough” to de-escalate? Could Cherish walk away?Does Lisa object to Amy because of deontology or consequentialism?We try to parse out whether there’s anything reasonable about Amy’s claimsWhy does Lisa back off?Jenny maps out the range of outcomes for Victoria and Amy, from “too easy” to Gloracea“She’s not thinking straight”What’s it been like in Victoria’s head?Amy’s power isn’t an undo button, but if it was, would she actually press it?There’s no excuse for taking Victoria to a second locationMy sister, my callWas Amy hoping for a more forgiving Victoria?Her sister is no longer invulnerable in her eyesAmy, we all know you aren’t going back to healing people 24/7Does Taylor regret her insinuation plot?Taylor can’t handle someone so obviously wrong and dumb trying to take the moral high groundWE LOVE ATLASSome thoughts about people who aren’t AmyPiggot’s secret motiveWeld / Skitter 2028Ted reminds us that he’s oldThe one thing that Amy says that is almost certainly true is that physically healing Victoria would take a long timeKnowing the quickest answer doesn’t mean Lisa can get everyone on boardboy hook hand hook throw girlMaking a bad call during a life or death situation is one thing…Speaking up for Victoria and what she wantedAlec and Aisha see exactly what Amy is doingTry Fugly Bob’s latest beef substituteA tangent about Alec and some things we should have mentioned in 14.1Grue’s love language (Taylor’s is self-sacrifice)Links:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/prey-14-6/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.5 - "Scrambled Eggs" 14.08.2026 53min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.5.Episode Notes:We were due for a down chapterThe narrative challenges of deploying Crawler in a fightSo much Victoria speculationDo two wrongs make a right?Amy was so annoying in this chapterWhy can't people understand Skitter's intentions even though they have no reason to know or trust her??The narrative is kind to Taylor's hero instincts in this chapterMaybe Amy should care about someone besides her sisterTaylor's making hash of Amy's beautiful binariesTed has product design opinions about SteedWeld is beautiful inside and out (but not perfect) (may not even have genitalia)If only Weld and also everyone else were Taylor's bugsWow, what a bad plan this bombing run wasSkitter saved Piggot from a really bad after-action reportMaybe Piggot just doesn't really like superpowersMannequin's playing Overcooked with carsThe most implausible thing in the worldThe metaphor of Taylor's silent bug senseLisa using Taylor's brainThe narrative cycle of Taylor vs. fireJenny wants Taylor to save everyoneTaylor's so good at cape fight analysisPondering what it would be like to have someone examine your work in this level of detailWorm is good, actuallyThe nine have neglected NoelleMaybe Mannequin can finally dieLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/prey-14-5/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.4 - "Akira Motorcycle Slide" 11.08.2026 1h 3min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.4.Episode Notes:A steed! A steed! A steed! A steed!Everyone has bomb-resistant plot armorIt’s harder to pull off a surprise attack when your team needs time to duck and coverHave you tried a sacrifice play?Emily and the love of the gameAs bad as this plan was, Piggot almost killed SkitterPiggot better hope this is the last time she’s facing down the Undersiders…On the other hand, the Undersiders aren’t exactly keeping a low profileAmy’s debut as a biotinkerHyperscaling SkitterThis is your power without traumaAmy’s cowardice is relatableAmy is part of Taylor’s area of concern whether or not either of them actually want thatAmy lost her security blanket(s)Losing yourself in the swarmWhere are Colin and Dragon?Debriefing Sophia’s debriefingBattery is also hereTaylor’s new hog is a bugTaylor’s second flightGrue gets overruledTheorycrafting Ballistic on JackassWhat do Crawler, Bane, and the whale from Elephant & Piggie have in common?Now Crawler is Ted’s best villainThis half of the Unravelers also didn’t have a very good planTed pitches his canon-compliant crossover ficWe love evolution vs. monstersThe Bitch barometerSeems like the front line capes are pretty happy to collab actuallyTattletale stuntsWho did Siberian lose?How Cherish and Regent’s powers rhymePredictionsLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/prey-14-4/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.3 - "Romantic Jealousy Scenario" 07.08.2026 1h 17min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.3.Episode Notes:Oops everyone is preyPiggot's gonna try to have it allHeroes are just heroingSundancer is useful, actually!The mystery of Siberian in the pitCan we just knock this guy out?Amy's power is pretty cool, turns outSkitter thinks we're stronger togetherAmy <3s binariesLisa's meeting Amy where she isCAN we judge Amy by what she did to Victoria?Accountability and scapegoatingJack has cutting words in addition to cutting bladesThe many potential subtleties of Lisa, and maybe some bluntnessA scaredy cat turning a cornerPillbug stocks are risingBlack-and-white thinking runs in the familyTo close to what, Amy??Secretly evil versions of all our favorite supervillainsLisa's been reading ahead in the bookTaylor's being hard on herself againKiller courageAmy really makes the rest of our villain-heroes look good by contrastAmy and Victoria's relationship just looks worse and worseWe're not sure if we should like Amy, but we doTaylor's come so far. Maybe Amy can follow in her footstepsChekhov's corona potentialWe know what Siberian's haulingLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/prey-14-3/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.2 - "Arrogant In Her Salvation" 04.08.2026 1h 1min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.2.Episode Notes:Jenny, I don’t think the Siberian is trying to suck toxins out of Amy’s fingertipsThe “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” meme about Taylor saving AmyTattletale checks on Skitter’s prioritiesHow Amy’s gonna feelWhat if Emily accidentally firebombed Panacea?Siberian’s missing real bodyRefreshing oopsie momentsAn aside about Battery’s narrative metaphorWhy the Unravelers split the party this waySqueamish SundancerMirror TaylorCompetent Skitter and Hapless AmyWhy Skitter’s power is perfect for a protagonistAmy’s movie makeoverJenny pitches how Amy and Alec could beat LeviathanSiberian’s frightening inevitabilityClockblocker’s plan won’t workSiberian the sexy pervertWhat kind of vehicle is Siberian riding?We do some unpacking of our “sexy pervert” commentsThe allure of disembodied fantasyConsensual perverts only, pleaseIs the Siberian projection about identity or something else?The Siberian of Bitch’s interlude must contain a nugget of authenticityLisa’s back in the thick of itWe hook Trickster up with a couple of mannequin suppliersTaylor won’t let Brian out of the fridgeTed tries to get on his soapbox about bug bites but come onSiberian vs. CherishWhy doesn’t something like this give Amy a second trigger event?Links:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/prey-14-2/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  14.1 - "Radical Friendship" 31.07.2026 1h 15min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.1.Episode Notes:Jenny loved this chapterBrian probably doesn't sleep anymoreJenny's less worried about him being evil, thoughUndersiders vs. Travelers vibesWho has the deadliest secrets??Cherish doesn't say anything about Lisa...Cherish isn't very good at thisLies Cherish might have toldJenny was almost right!What's the Siberian's deal??If you could project any body you wanted...Taylor's role in the upcoming operationSiberians' living the murder hobo fantasyThe Unravelers vs. BatterySiberian vs. the BirdcageSiberian has three chapters to liveAisha's only seen unhealthy romantic relationshipsSo has Alec, but he's taken different lessons from itWho was Alec sleeping with?Regent and rape cultureWho's writing the Regent CNC fanfiction?What if Aisha and Alec were best friendsPossibly Bitch and Taylor have made some progress hereLisa vs. Taylor on ways to connect to BitchWhat if Brian used Amy's power...on Amy?Taylor meets Hyperbole and a HalfWhat do we owe to each other, Taylor?Taylor and radical friendshipFinally, some acknowledgments of realityLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/prey-14-1/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.x - "They Could Work Together" 21.07.2026 1h 22min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.x.Episode Notes:Even before the summary we are discussing whether Emily War Crimes is a villain, in several senses of the wordEvil ends vs. evil meansGiven what else we’ve read, it’s tough to say she’s just being paranoidCan she control you?The kind of “hero” Taylor has come to expectEmily’s career so far must cast a shadow on her present feelingsThe (we hope) PR hit from obvious war crimesParapolitical theoryWhy can’t we all just get along?Self-justifying endsDo they need to beat the Nine or just survive them?Emily’s plan is so bad and self-aggrandizing we compare her to ColinEmily prefers inhuman technology to all-too-human capesMetaphor blindnessThe plan is doomed if only because it was fully explainedMid-episode predictionsLGBT = Legend Gay Blue TriumvirateAt least Legend feels guilty when he’s badAlexandria, Siberian, Clockblocker, and who or what gets to be most invulnerableA world without HeroEverything’s coming up SiberianWe’re gonna see Ol’ Jackie Slash wriggle his way out of this jamBattery will be depleted, er, defeatedNo plague (Bonesaw had her chance in Arc 12 anyway)Training montage!A grab bag of smaller topicsEmily sings “Little Capes”The Wards need a youth pastorEmily doesn’t mind other normalsOh so the system that gives someone apparently unaccountable power is leading to this sort of thing, huh?Emily bears witnessIs having people that matter to you fertile ground for cultivating ethics?What’s her backstory??Emily sees the live possibility of a sudden heroic sacrificeThe purpose of governmentThe irony of Emily not being a capeLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/interlude-13/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.10 - "Feeling The Worm" 17.07.2026 1h 12min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.10.Episode Notes:Jenny's hottest (and hopefully coldest) take yetTaylor's giving him way more benefit of the doubtIf Brian's trying to manipulate her it's only sort of workingHe might be right about her self-destructive tendenciesGesturing at butterfly, “Is this a confession of feelings?”A wild vulnerability appearsDoes Brian still need to sleep?Jenny likes Brian's movesBrian might just be really uncomfortable not being the one making the sacrificeWhat is love, anyway?"Even Alec”, sobPlot armor as toxic character traitsConflating heroism and self-destructionPutting Taylor in the sister boxOops protectiveness traumaA new weakness for Crawler and Siberian?The found family vibes are impeccableWait, what happened to Alec...We're reaching a breaking point with DinahSome very relatable social anxietyJenny doesn't understand what half-blind meansShaming the ProtectorateJenny wants the Bonesaw interludeTaylor's philosophy vs. Brian'sThree Brian arc endings in a rowWhat if Brian joins the nine?The struggle to sit with your own wrongdoingOh right, traumaAnd also competitionBig-man feelingsBrian wants to be in a different storyLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/snare-13-10/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.9 - "Gruecatastrophe" 14.07.2026 1h 37min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.9.Episode Notes:Jenny, once again, was rightWhat makes a second trigger possible and who gets one?The purpose of Bonesaw’s experimentWhat exactly was Brian withholding from Bonesaw?Possibilities in time and spaceThe limits of the entitiesFaultline is gonna be SO JEALOUSWho (and when) is this familiar guy?The (new) worst day of Brian’s lifeGet that saw away from my sister(s)!Aisha plays a kinder roleIf I had read Dungeon Crawler Carl already I’d be making a more specific reference to how Brian was optimizing his level upSeriously, who can heal this good?ObscurivoyanceJenny almost makes wolf trap the next fire axeBitter Sweet EucatastropheUtilitarians vs. miraclesWe rehash the mercy kill issueThe Undersiders try to recruit a Tinker who can build a second trigger button and Bonesaw keeps trying to join wearing various disguisesSchrödinger’s penisThe Assassination Of Mimi Burnscar By The Coward Monochrome Brian written and directed by TedCompelling Brian on Brian actionHow the metaphor of his power has evolvedDoes Brian’s new powerset have any weaknesses?I can just hear the awful takes: “If she didn’t want to get fridged she should have just second triggered”Excuse me Wildbow could Taylor also have some extra powers pretty pleaseGosh what will tomorrow be like?Stubborn TaylorParaneuroscienceIs Taylor’s power operated by a Mechanical Turk?Consciousness and free willTed loves a villain with a hobbyJack and Bonesaw hijinksPredicting Arc 14Parian thoughtsBonesaw’s weaknessesDisembodied TaylorLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/snare-13-09/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.8 - "Installation Piece" 10.07.2026 1h 15min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.8.Episode Notes:Boy are they ever ensnared!Jenny is cautiously optimistic. But maybe not about GrueAlert! We have body horror!Jenny's list of options for who's about to show upOops no one knows they're thereThe Nine are just too adaptableFaultline vs. sheathsMaybe she can kill Mannequin alreadyOne Leviathan event per story, please!A meditation on fridgingWho would be the one to kill Grue?Taylor killing Brian might make Bitch feel more at home in the groupWho would be the one to save Grue?Jenny's controversial opinions on Bonesaw's moral fiberBonesaw is too good and it's a problemWhy hasn't Scion dealt with the Nine already?This is the scenario Coil chose to keepWhat would it do to Taylor if Brian dies?Was Taylor's heroism in this chapter disastrous or not?Taylor's utilitarianism and her sense of controlDistrust of the TravelersSundancer's moral lines vs. Taylor'sIs the decision about Grue the worst thing Taylor has done in the story so far? Jenny doesn't think soGrue is a statement from MannequinThe nerves as a metaphorThe power of first namesChekhov's pocket sandTaylor has trouble sitting with the negative consequences of her choices and accepting loss, for solid character-based reasonsThe most controversial twist in all of Worm!Taylor vs. Trickster's brand of chaosTaylor's pathological need to save peopleRIP ParianOh no the decoysTed loves Bonesaw and wants her to dieWildbow doesn't censor his art, eitherPrecedents for mercy killingsLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/snare-13-8/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.7 - "You're Kidding Yourself" 07.07.2026 1h 13min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.7.Episode Notes:Trickster the optimistCherish: “We have Tattletale at home!” Tattletale at home: Cherish.Who was Sarah?Maybe Cherish is just bad at thisNobody is surprised at the accusations against CoilSkitter gets violentTaylor can’t see how to win over the heroesLegend is Bionic BunnyMiss Militia is like “Yeah, as you now know, when you fight the Nine, you lose people. That’s what I don’t want!”Legend’s presence lets Hannah stay in a comfortable roleWe got one sentence about Colin so we talked about Dragon for five minutesWould Skitter have benefitted from throwing herself on the mercy of the heroes? NahWould Skitter have benefitted from flexing her tactical genius? Hell yeahSince Taylor doesn’t know how to feel about herself, where is she getting her take on villainy?Jenny and Ted both try to end the episode earlyLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/snare-13-7/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.6 - "The Sacrifice" 03.07.2026 1h 7min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.6.Episode Notes:Who got snared?Cherish is a liar but sadly sometimes she tells the truthThere's nothing off the table with BonesawOur villain heroes are catching up to our knowledge of the NineSiberian is Aegis without the damageThe capture of Shatterbird puts us at odds with BatteryThe many pitfalls of rescuing GrueOops we've misplaced ImpBut she had such a big impact in her absenceBallistic redeemedWe've arrived at the Vonnegut novelTaylor's good at this, actuallyTrickster and Genesis are both game-changersFinally, a work of fiction that makes proper use of sniper riflesTaylor's read the evil overlord listAre the Undersiders more affected by Coil's power because they're more morally flexible?Taylor overcoming her pedantry in the name of decisive leadershipShe's still growing into this roleThe tactical freedom of being a villainHow much were Taylor's moral emotions activated during this plan?For once, Taylor feels good about her performanceNo holds barred with S9 prisonersIt changes the calculus on what it's okay to do to a person, when people can be capesWe speculate on Coil's timeline choicesLisa's doing great in this chapterDid Grue really have to be sacrificed?We want Imp to rescue GrueCan't Ballistic and Dolltown just get along?The ambiguity of Jack's smilesWhere are the other capes in this situation?Deep roots on the TravelersFun times ahead for Grue as a person with a bodyPossible Wildbow easter eggsLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/snare-13-6/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow
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  13.5 - "Shoe Factory" 30.06.2026 1h 6min

  Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.5.Episode Notes:Somewhat hypocritically we can’t believe they’ve forgotten ImpClever SkitterA partial metamorphosisNew Skitter takes a blunter approach with the TravelersThe edge that fear gives youChoosing villainyThe unwritten rules are also unspokenCharacter economy and creating room for New SkitterHow going after the Nine is like punching RachelIs this going to be practice for taking down Coil?Taylor’s comb-over of painTaylor and Rachel do about as well as they ever will coming to an understanding“Kindred spirits”Trust and forgivenessThe people who make it safe for you to be messierGenesis the dreamerMore speculation about the Travelers’ originsTed’s theory about a path Bitch might have wanted to take if the story had let herLinks:https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/snare-13-5/https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow