Worm: Speck 30.4, Word of God

Anchors…

My mom’s grave… it was in Brockton Bay, right?

Brockton Bay.  It took me a minute to find, more time because I was busy keeping capes out of Scion’s way.  Putting them through doorways, bringing them back.  Always being careful to keep the doorways from being touched by his power.

I couldn’t find the grave.  No time.

What else?  The mantle of power, of course.

Yes.

Tattletale.

And…

I reached out, tried to find others, and I failed.

It would- would have to do.

This was it.  Finally, everyone was working together.

—Worm: Speck 30.4



This is probably my favorite line as the author, but for different reasons. It's the summation of Taylor.

Her frustrations from start to finish, the distorted narrative, the personal struggles and the struggles she sees elsewhere, and her view that it's because people aren't on the same page. She straddles the line between good guy and bad and vainly tries and fails to bridge it, like someone standing on a bridge, holding ropes attached to anchors on either side, striving to tie the two ropes into a knot. It's reflected in the coordination of the bugs and her inability to properly coordinate everything else. She views her successes as successes only if they help bridge the gap and coordinate people, she doesn't see genuine victories as victories unless they hit that mark.

That final moment, where she's torn down friends because they were in her way, and she's finally gotten everyone on the same page, just so happens to be when she reaches her crescendo, ceases being Taylor and starts becoming the shard.

—Word of God: Wildbow, John Charles McCrae
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