They can actually be compared to TV serials: instead of a single storyline, most web serials consist of several stories linked by common characters and what can be referred to as a ‘myth arc’ – a story bigger than any of the individual challenges the characters have to deal with, hints of which come out and suggest links between the events of the entire series. Web serials are, as a general rule, works of fiction which are released on a set schedule in segments of work or chapters, allowing the audience to give feedback on the work while it is still in progress, creating dynamic stories riddled with more cliffhangers than ‘normal’ publications. „Worm – Doing the wrong things for the right reasons“, written and published by wildbow on is a web serial that revolves around, and is told from the viewpoint of, the teenager Taylor Hebert and her adventures in a world of superheroes and -villains fighting both each other and themselves. We had to review something of our choice and I chose to write about Worm.
Using her powers, she seeks to escape from her everyday life and become a superhero, but quickly gets swept up in the chaos and complexities of the cape community after being mistaken for a supervillain on her first night out.Īs a member of an up-and-coming group of teenage villains known as the Undersiders, Taylor becomes entrapped in the dynamic of heroes and villains, where she quickly learns that the 'heroes' are not so heroic and that her only opportunity to do real good might be under the label of 'villain.' In the superpowered underworld of Brockton Bay, caught in the middle of gang wars and conspiracies that cut to the core of the very origins of superpowers, Taylor is left to face the reality of having to do the wrong things for the right reasons.This is a review I wrote for a university seminar.
However, Taylor is also secretly a parahuman (or 'cape'), an individual with superpowers - in her case, the ability to exert fine control over all bugs within a certain radius. SYNOPSIS Worm is a web serial by John McCrae ( Wildbow) that follows the story of a teenage girl, Taylor Hebert, who is bullied at her high school in the fictional East Coast city of Brockton Bay.
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