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I have been ruined for most "cape" films for the last decade or so by reading a brilliant reconstruction of, well, the vast majority of cape concepts, tropes, s
by at_a_remove 5y ago
I have been ruined for most "cape" films for the last decade or so by reading a brilliant reconstruction of, well, the vast majority of cape concepts, tropes, settings, powers and such in a web serial called Worm, which is an enormous work set in an Earth where "powers" began to appear in certain people, called parahumans, around 1982. The sequel, Ward tackles even the more abstract concepts, like identity against the Revolving Door of Death in comics.
Probably the best cape thing I have come across since Watchmen.
- Apocryphon 5y agoHow's it compare to Planetary?
- LegitShady 5y agoWorm starts as the story of a bullied girl in high school. Some people in the world of worm have the latent 'capability' to 'trigger' and get powers when placed in extremely stressful situations. The main character suffers a prolonged bullying campaign and is stuffed into a locker with used feminine hygiene products by her bullies. She triggers, not with super-strength or flying or lasers, but with the ability to control all bugs in a large radius around herself. The world is darker than in planetary in that society is trying to cope with supervillains (people who trigger are often in bad situations that don't lead them to becoming superheros) as well as the Endbringers, three seemingly unstoppable monsters who alternate attacking a city every ~3 months and thus society needs supervillains to help combat them. It's a long read, and I haven't read it in recent years so I can't remember how good the writing was. I enjoyed it. Never read the sequel since its about a different character that I didn't really care about. Planetary is not really in the same vein of story.
- MrPatan 5y agoLink? it's not an easy google.
- at_a_remove 5y agohttps://parahumans.wordpress.com/ https://parahumans.wordpress.com/