{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Inchworm","home_page_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com","feed_url":"https://inchwormpodcast.com/json/","description":"<p>a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering <em>Worm</em> by Wildbow</p><p><br></p><p>every Tuesday &amp; Friday wherever you can find podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, Podcast Republic, Spotify, YouTube, etc.)</p><p><br></p><p>get in touch at inchwormpodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read <em>Worm</em></a> | <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support Wildbow</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/inchwormpodcast.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Bluesky</a> | <a href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/inchwormpodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inchworm Tumblr</a> | <a 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say she’s just being paranoid</li><li>Can she control you?</li><li>The kind of “hero” Taylor has come to expect</li><li>Emily’s career so far must cast a shadow on her present feelings</li><li>The (we hope) PR hit from obvious war crimes</li><li>Parapolitical theory</li><li>Why can’t we all just get along?</li><li>Self-justifying ends</li><li>Do they need to beat the Nine or just survive them?</li><li>Emily’s plan is so bad and self-aggrandizing we compare her to Colin</li><li>Emily prefers inhuman technology to all-too-human capes</li><li>Metaphor blindness</li><li>The plan is doomed if only because it was fully explained</li><li>Mid-episode predictions</li><li>LGBT = Legend Gay Blue Triumvirate</li><li>At least Legend feels guilty when he’s bad</li><li>Alexandria, Siberian, Clockblocker, and who or what gets to be most invulnerable</li><li>A world without Hero</li><li>Everything’s coming up Siberian</li><li>We’re gonna see Ol’ Jackie Slash wriggle his way out of this jam</li><li>Battery will be depleted, er, defeated</li><li>No plague (Bonesaw had her chance in Arc 12 anyway)</li><li>Training montage!</li><li>A grab bag of smaller topics</li><li>Emily sings “Little Capes”</li><li>The Wards need a youth pastor</li><li>Emily doesn’t mind other normals</li><li>Oh so the system that gives someone apparently unaccountable power is leading to this sort of thing, huh?</li><li>Emily bears witness</li><li>Is having people that matter to you fertile ground for cultivating ethics?</li><li>What’s her backstory??</li><li>Emily sees the live possibility of a sudden heroic sacrifice</li><li>The purpose of government</li><li>The irony of Emily not being a cape</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/interlude-13/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/interlude-13/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","content_text":"Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.x.\n\n\n\n\nEpisode Notes:\n\n * Even before the summary we are discussing whether Emily War Crimes is a\n   villain, in several senses of the word\n * Evil ends vs. evil means\n * Given what else we’ve read, it’s tough to say she’s just being paranoid\n * Can she control you?\n * The kind of “hero” Taylor has come to expect\n * Emily’s career so far must cast a shadow on her present feelings\n * The (we hope) PR hit from obvious war crimes\n * Parapolitical theory\n * Why can’t we all just get along?\n * Self-justifying ends\n * Do they need to beat the Nine or just survive them?\n * Emily’s plan is so bad and self-aggrandizing we compare her to Colin\n * Emily prefers inhuman technology to all-too-human capes\n * Metaphor blindness\n * The plan is doomed if only because it was fully explained\n * Mid-episode predictions\n * LGBT = Legend Gay Blue Triumvirate\n * At least Legend feels guilty when he’s bad\n * Alexandria, Siberian, Clockblocker, and who or what gets to be most\n   invulnerable\n * A world without Hero\n * Everything’s coming up Siberian\n * We’re gonna see Ol’ Jackie Slash wriggle his way out of this jam\n * Battery will be depleted, er, defeated\n * No plague (Bonesaw had her chance in Arc 12 anyway)\n * Training montage!\n * A grab bag of smaller topics\n * Emily sings “Little Capes”\n * The Wards need a youth pastor\n * Emily doesn’t mind other normals\n * Oh so the system that gives someone apparently unaccountable power is leading\n   to this sort of thing, huh?\n * Emily bears witness\n * Is having people that matter to you fertile ground for cultivating ethics?\n * What’s her backstory??\n * Emily sees the live possibility of a sudden heroic sacrifice\n * The purpose of government\n * The irony of Emily not being a cape\n\n\n\n\nLinks:\n\n * https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/interlude-13/\n * 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