5.2 - "Something Heroic"

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:11:00 GMT

Jenny and Ted and Tanner discuss Hive 5.2.

Episode Notes:

Welcome to guest host Moose/Tanner!
Tanner immediately justifies the existence of the Inchworm podcast. It was worth it!!
Wait, Taylor is actually the heart of the group??
Rachel and Taylor are the most moral Undersiders
Brian probably shouldn’t get a dog, or at least one that he has to train
Has Grue already made up his mind about Bitch?
Grue and Tattletale both talk down to Bitch
Why the closing moments of this chapter were so significant to Tanner
Taylor won’t have any problem betraying the Undersiders and becoming a villain, because she’ll definitely also change her whole personality to be braver and cooler at the same time!
What it means that Taylor didn’t choose to try to be a Ward (with minor Scholomance spoilers, you can skip ahead 30 seconds)
So just how delusional is Taylor about how this betrayal would feel?
The BirdCage is in B.C. (#BuCketTruth)
We check in with blissed out Alec
Hookwolf’s ambush was probably planned
Kaiser? More like DIE-ser, we hope! Note that this joke doesn’t work with German pronunciation
Some Coil chat
Not having powers would suck (except maybe for Taylor in Tilt? Ted hasn’t read it but it’s well reviewed on Discord)
We check with Tanner about his decision to read ahead of the podcast
Having succeeded at getting Tanner to read Worm, Ted tries to get Tanner to read Seek
We wrap up with some speculation about whether Jenny will enjoy the end of the story
Predictions and a plug from Tanner

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