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Inchworm
by Jenny and Ted
a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering Worm by Wildbow every Tuesday & Friday wherever you can find podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, Podcast Republic, Spotify, YouTube, etc.) get in touch at [email protected] Read Worm | Support Wildbow Inchworm Bluesky | Inchworm Tumblr | Inchworm Discord
Episodes
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15.5 - "A Hero In Villain's Clothing"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.5. Episode Notes: A very upsetting cliffhanger What's a little attempted seduction to the dark side between capes? We do see Flechette's point (get it?) Just a little cape chauvinism at play Ballistic's murderous intentions A real down chapter for our girl What's...
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15.4 - "Taylor Management"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.4. Episode Notes: Bad news in Skitter vs. Coil is good news for the narrative In which Brian channels Jenny Taylor can’t shake the desire for her excellence to win out Who’s the rat? Why has Lisa been pumping the brakes? Is any of this even authentic? Did Coil send...
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15.y - "Procedural Cuddling"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.y. Episode Notes: The demise of Jenny's secretly evil theory Hugs are more comforting than superpowers Brian's power knew he needed to start getting support from other people Maybe he should try getting some from Aisha Taylor's a good person to show your worst self...
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15.3 - "Bickering"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.3. Episode Notes: As far as we can tell, Imp’s power can’t affect readers the same way it affects Taylor Sorry, Taylor, it’s favor time Lisa is reasonable but not fully believable She can fake a grin but not a frown Lisa had Taylor’s number though: she just wanted…
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15.2 - "Rational Bullying"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.2. Episode Notes: Who's chosen and who's pure, here? Trio trauma The fault in our Undersiders A slightly less easy case for body control A questionable hierarchy of acceptable targets Help us with our portmanteaus, listeners The harem continues, perhaps Regent and...
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15.x (bonus) - "Reading Between The Lines"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.x (bonus). Episode Notes: Jenny’s feeling frustrated Let’s all get mad about… Sarah! Did Carol ever want to be a mom? Amy raped Victoria The vagueness and strangeness somewhat eclipses the awfulness and horror Don’t believe Amy’s lies A mistake so big there have to...
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15.1 - "It's Only Up From Here"
Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.1. Episode Notes: The gang's back together! But what about the Unravelers? The problem of Shatterbird and the complication of Alec Optimism might be inaccurate, but pessimism sucks Alec is an oddly good friend The Undersiders have been remade in Taylor's image...
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15.mailbag - "Leading Her Deeper In"
Jenny and Ted discuss listener questions! Episode Notes: Thanks to everyone who wrote in with questions, and sorry we couldn’t get to all of them! We are gonna try to make this more of a Ted Talk Ted immediately regrets letting Jenny ask him some questions Casting ourselves in Worm: The Musical...
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14.y - "Cauldron's Pocket"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.y. Episode Notes: The chapter was dark, but Legend weirdly wasn't Legend had way more illusions about Cauldron than we did Why do the Case 53s get released in the first place? Reasons for stirring the Cauldron Creating a Legend Ah, rationalizations The tragedy of a...
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14.x - "The Humanity They Lost"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.x. Episode Notes: Taylor picks Skitter’s next target Skitter takes her minion’s loyalty for granted Can Taylor work around the Noelle problem? Would Coil even be threatened if he knew they were turning on him? Taylor has her friends back and Skitter has notoriety The...
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14.11 - "The Shipping Industry Is Dead"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.11. Episode Notes: Mailbag episode incoming, get your questions in! The most sapphic chapter so far Jenny isn't locked in on a particular Taylor ship yet but we discuss the potential options Taylor-Siberian parallels Taylor and Lisa as bookends Is Lisa a good friend…
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14.10 - "Someone To Feel My Pain"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.10. Episode Notes: An unlikely Undersider tier list Xenia High If this is basically the status quo by the end of the arc… where do things go from here? How fast acting is the cure? What if Alec is the only other one who remembers things? Who exactly escapes with Jack...
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14.9 - "The Temptation Of Skitter"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.9. Episode Notes: We're really confronting the themes of the work in this arc Jack aaaaalmost manages to stop underestimating Skitter A big L for Jack Twangin’ that bowstring Her key? Stoned. Women and children first for Taylor? Cherish isn't good ~~at…
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14.8 - "Fog With Bad Vibes"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.8. Episode Notes: A delicious cliffhanger The (tattle-)tell-tale signs of deception that Jenny (bone-)saw Why do they want Cherish? The art of being subtly out of character What are Bonesaw’s favorite tropes? Arc 1 Taylor wasn’t easy prey, either Jack forces the…
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14.7 - "A Snuff Film About Brockton Bay"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.7. Episode Notes: Why isn't Legend letting the Unravelers play anymore? They say they've killed Crawler... Emily might be good at something after all (But not everything) Legend: honest to a fault Taylor coming full-circle with Legend Mercy killings Legend and the...
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14.6 - "The Challenge Of Deciding You've Done Enough And You Can Stop"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.6. Episode Notes: Jenny kicks things off with a bold and hopefully wrong prediction The Nine are converging Jenny ranks the Nine by who’s most likely to survive Arc 14 What’s going to happen to Shatterbird? Regent’s power is a political obstacle for the Undersiders…
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14.5 - "Scrambled Eggs"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.5. Episode Notes: We were due for a down chapter The narrative challenges of deploying Crawler in a fight So much Victoria speculation Do two wrongs make a right? Amy was so annoying in this chapter Why can't people understand Skitter's intentions even though they…
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14.4 - "Akira Motorcycle Slide"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.4. Episode Notes: A steed! A steed! A steed! A steed! Everyone has bomb-resistant plot armor It’s harder to pull off a surprise attack when your team needs time to duck and cover Have you tried a sacrifice play? Emily and the love of the game As bad as this plan was,...
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14.3 - "Romantic Jealousy Scenario"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.3. Episode Notes: Oops everyone is prey Piggot's gonna try to have it all Heroes are just heroing Sundancer is useful, actually! The mystery of Siberian in the pit Can we just knock this guy out? Amy's power is pretty cool, turns out Skitter thinks we're stronger...
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14.2 - "Arrogant In Her Salvation"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.2. Episode Notes: Jenny, I don’t think the Siberian is trying to suck toxins out of Amy’s fingertips The “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” meme about Taylor saving Amy Tattletale checks on Skitter’s priorities How Amy’s gonna feel What if Emily accidentally...
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14.1 - "Radical Friendship"
Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.1. Episode Notes: Jenny loved this chapter Brian probably doesn't sleep anymore Jenny's less worried about him being evil, though Undersiders vs. Travelers vibes Who has the deadliest secrets?? Cherish doesn't say anything about Lisa... Cherish isn't very good at…
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13.x - "They Could Work Together"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.x. Episode Notes: Even before the summary we are discussing whether Emily War Crimes is a villain, in several senses of the word Evil ends vs. evil means Given what else we’ve read, it’s tough to say she’s just being paranoid Can she control you? The kind of “hero”...
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13.10 - "Feeling The Worm"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.10. Episode Notes: Jenny's hottest (and hopefully coldest) take yet Taylor's giving him way more benefit of the doubt If Brian's trying to manipulate her it's only sort of working He might be right about her self-destructive tendencies Gesturing at butterfly, “Is…
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13.9 - "Gruecatastrophe"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.9. Episode Notes: Jenny, once again, was right What makes a second trigger possible and who gets one? The purpose of Bonesaw’s experiment What exactly was Brian withholding from Bonesaw? Possibilities in time and space The limits of the entities Faultline is gonna…
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13.8 - "Installation Piece"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.8. Episode Notes: Boy are they ever ensnared! Jenny is cautiously optimistic. But maybe not about Grue Alert! We have body horror! Jenny's list of options for who's about to show up Oops no one knows they're there The Nine are just too adaptable Faultline vs.…
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13.7 - "You're Kidding Yourself"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.7. Episode Notes: Trickster the optimist Cherish: “We have Tattletale at home!” Tattletale at home: Cherish. Who was Sarah? Maybe Cherish is just bad at this Nobody is surprised at the accusations against Coil Skitter gets violent Taylor can’t see how to win over…
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13.6 - "The Sacrifice"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.6. Episode Notes: Who got snared? Cherish is a liar but sadly sometimes she tells the truth There's nothing off the table with Bonesaw Our villain heroes are catching up to our knowledge of the Nine Siberian is Aegis without the damage The capture of Shatterbird…
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13.5 - "Shoe Factory"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.5. Episode Notes: Somewhat hypocritically we can’t believe they’ve forgotten Imp Clever Skitter A partial metamorphosis New Skitter takes a blunter approach with the Travelers The edge that fear gives you Choosing villainy The unwritten rules are also unspoken...
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13.4 - "Keeping Herself Off-Balance"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.4. Episode Notes: Things don't look great for Skitterland More cheating!! We suspect Taylor doesn't have a plan Narratively, we could really take a curveball Do the Nine even have keystones anymore? Jack doesn't care about fair Burnscar's a bird of prey, basically...
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13.3 - "Someone Who Likes Trying Stuff"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.3. Episode Notes: Monster dog biology The narrative pendulum Jenny’s expecting rescuers Share your favorite visual references for Mannequin’s “laughter” Mannequin’s priority targets Taylor is making all the right moves to earn Bitch’s trust again Where Bitch finds…
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13.x.5 (bonus) - "Girl Detective"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.x.5 (bonus). Episode Notes: We make peace with interlude labeling Cherish's potential demands The sticking point: the Siberian Imp's regard for her own life vs. her own reputation Sheath knowledge is our new secret weapon So many missed shots at Jack Imp_______…
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13.2 - "There Has To Be Loss"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.2. Episode Notes: Mannequin is formidable but Taylor just might have the narrative advantage again It’s not fair that tinkers can use their sideboard between rounds!! Of course, Grue and Imp have sibling powers Mannequin’s misprinted knives and a double…
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13.1 - "Intensive Grueling Death Games"
Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.1. Episode Notes: It's possible this is the bad-joke arc We've been successfully reminded of the tension How much narrative space are we gonna spend on these rounds of testing? Skitterland! We love what she's done with the place! Taylor, Lisa, and the mortifying...
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12.x.5 (bonus) - "Her Words Have No Meaning Or Power"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.x.5 (bonus). Episode Notes: It’s 10 minutes in before we tell you whose interlude this is We deliver our verdict on this instance of enemies-to-lovers(?) Jenny thinks that if Cauldron needs to call on reinforcements that fate has a loss in store for the Nine (and…
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12.x - "Teatime"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.x. Episode Notes: Jack missed his calling as a normal non-murderous manager, or maybe as a middle school teacher The best we can say about Jack is that maybe he's indifferent to murder What if Jack's deepest desire is just to play a lot of Mafia Or...to be a...
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12.8 - "Creepy, Nice, and Strong"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.8. Episode Notes: Now that Jenny knows that Taylor knows that Plan A is bad, she’s a lot more forgiving Taylor needs to be stronger, or maybe just have a stronger stomach Lisa appears to be all in, too Sadly we won’t get to immediately her Brian complaining about...
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12.7 - "Think Like A Bug"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.7. Episode Notes: Taylor totally would've won that fight In the world of Worm, all Alans are terrible Hurrah for the skitizens The vindication of art supplies Ah, the joys of being underestimated Mannequin and emotional buttons, including his own Taylor's…
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12.6 - "Entropy Is Hard To Fight"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.6. Episode Notes: Skitter is never cooler than when she’s irrationally determined Mannequin put Skitter in a corner and will reap the consequences… … if she can even do anything on her own?? Was Skitter targeted just for what she’s doing now, or did Mannequin come...
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12.5 - "Anything That I Don't Stop Is My Fault"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.5. Episode Notes: Skitter does her best yet Loved ones can provide collateral aid The chapter avoids a simple moral lesson about Danny’s fate What Taylor’s missing about what makes her effective To slash Jack, or not to slash? WWCD? Wait Colin and Coil are one…
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12.4 - "Cut!"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.4. Episode Notes: Jenny hates the Nine and Ted loves the chapter We stop trying to make “Undlers” happen Shout-out to biomechanimagical for the new team name! How deep into the bench of Worm characters do you have to go to find a certified Tumblr Sexyman? The…
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12.3 - "Now, Unionize"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.3. Episode Notes: We loved hanging out with the Travelers Jenny's off-by-two error We're pessimistic about Bitch The Slaughterhouse Nine are winning at shogi Taylor and her hold-out secret identity We're so invested in Noelle now (unfortunately...) Ted would've…
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12.2 - "Off The Island"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.2. Episode Notes: There’s a special frustration when someone gets in our protagonist’s way A bright clear red line for Taylor: no bugs on naked people, ew Hookwolf knows his audience (dumdums) What’s changed since Somer’s Rock? A lot of turnover and little...
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12.1 - "The Mayor of Skitterland"
Jenny and Ted discuss Plague 12.1. Episode Notes: The Slaughterhouse Nine are just waiting for everyone to mass against them Taylor needs to catch up with our level of information already The possibility of heroes crashing the villain meeting Let's do arc 5 again against the Slaughterhouse Nine...
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11.h - "Refusing The Call"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.h. Episode Notes: Jenny didn’t see it coming but Ted brought receipts Look, I know you weren’t asking, but the incest math checks out Amy got her “resenting an unwanted burden” from her mom I guess Intrusive romantic feelings are deeply tragic Jenny and Ted do...
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11.g - "Fate-Worse-Than-Death Warrant"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.g. Episode Notes: Jenny ALMOST got this one right Content warming for murder set up as suicide?? Cherish is in a tangle Some very strong symbolism Thrill-seeking is a family trait We're not happy about these thralls, Regent We're happy about his friends…
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11.f - "What Doesn't Kill You"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.f. Episode Notes: This one’s got TWO unseen monsters! It’s not too late to save Dinah, but it doesn’t seem like anyone’s close to doing so Why did Sundancer become a villain? The Travelers’ ties bind them from helping and from hurting The temptation of…
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11.e - "Cosplay and LARPing"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.e. Episode Notes: Will the threat of the Slaughterhouse Nine bridge the gulf in Empire Eighty-Eight? Hookwolf has too many “friends” to be recruited Shatterbird: great at picks, bad at pitches Ted does a British accent But does he even care about the lore as...
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11.d - "Technology Loves Him Back"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.d. Episode Notes: The most romantic chapter in Worm Butterflies in the machine The nature of Colin’s ego What difference does it make that Colin has this connection to Dragon? How real love can be selfish Could love hold Colin back from something he sees as…
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11.c - "You Just Can’t Help It"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.c. Episode Notes: We speculate on Wildbow lore Very different interludes, each with a Slaughterhouse Nine member to placate Parallels with Theo Why did Labyrinth lie to Burnscar? Burnscar's guilt and Labyrinth's internalized ableism Two different takes on...
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11.b - "Dead Man's Switch"
Jenny and Ted discuss Infestation 11.b. Episode Notes: Jenny spools out “two years” of red string If this encounter didn’t trigger Theo, what (if anything) would? Aster is notable even if you aren’t all Purity about it Will the story even last another two years? How fixed are the futures Dinah...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
a chapter by chapter spoiler-free podcast covering Worm by Wildbow
every Tuesday & Friday wherever you can find podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, Overcast, Podcast Republic, Spotify, YouTube, etc.)
get in touch at [email protected]
Read Worm | Support Wildbow
Inchworm Bluesky | Inchworm Tumblr | Inchworm Discord
HOSTED BY
Jenny and Ted
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