random thoughts prompted by my latest Worm re-read

[sigmaleph]

Early chapters imply a far more active independent hero and villain scene in Brockton Bay than we ever meet. We know Browbeat was one until shortly before the bank job, and Circus and Trainwreck at least claimed to be, unclear when Coil scooped them up. A random Empire mook talks about some guy called Stain when talking about minor players, might actually be Skidmark? (he also mentions Squealer in the same list, rather than associating her with the Merchants)

Miss Militia has had powers for 26 years by story start (powers had been a thing for 29). She does not have any kind of defensive powers, she's neither tougher than a regular human nor harder to hit. If she hadn't triggered as a child, she'd be a glaring exception to the 'capes don't grow old' rule, and she managed that with the power of 'having a gun'.

I had somehow totally forgotten Kaiser dies during the Leviathan fight. My brain did not supply an alternate point for him to die at, just, saw him die and was like 'what, doesn't he last much longer?'.

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[fibonacci_reminder]

One of the longest surviving natural, non-brute capes being "woman with gun" is potentially a bit of an authorial statement on the nature of parahuman conflict in general, IMO. A long range, decently powerful blaster who plays her cards right might not be more durable than the average human, but is probably more likely to survive nonetheless.