1.1 - "Better Than I Am"

Jenny and Ted discuss Gestation 1.1.

Episode Notes:

• What does it mean to be a cape in this world?
• A close reading of the first two lines of Worm
• A tiny scrap of cape lore and a big mass of bugs
• Everyone loves a powerful underdog
• Taylor’s power hasn’t solved her problems
• The theme of control
• Taylor is that jaded, loner kid who is still insecure
• Will cape society be just like high school?
• Worm’s YA setting
• Bug proprioception
• Taylor makes it worse
• Cape justice
• Taylor’s passivity: she feels she is moral for what she does not do
• Jenny suggests how Taylor might retaliate against these awful bullies
• Predictions corner

Links:

• https://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-01/
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow