Editing Amy Dallon (section)

==Trivia==
*Many readers have the misconception that Amy's attraction to her [[Victoria|adopted sister]] was, at least in part, due to [[Victoria Dallon#Aura|Victoria's aura]]. As support, they point to an ambiguous statement made by [[Wildbow]] during the writing of [[Worm]].<ref name="I21 c1">'''Mrmdubois:''' Right, so the power kicked in when Glory Girl and Panacea where hitting or had just hit puberty. Panacea is introverted and would have spent most of her hangout time with Glory Girl anyways meaning she’d be getting blasted with this power…pretty often going by the way Glory Girl used it on her with no compunction during the assault/repair on the skinhead. Chuck in the changes in biology from growing up and awakening sexuality and it seems pretty likely to me that this was going to go weird places right off the bat<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />'''Wildbow:''' I wondered if anyone would pay any attention to that.- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140219222829/http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/interlude-21/#comment-20604 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Interlude 21.y]]</ref> This comment was later clarified several years later - after Victoria became the main character of [[Ward]] - to make it 100% clear that Victoria bears no blame for Amy's attraction or later actions.<ref>'''Edited to clarify:''' But no, none.<br><br>It was never my intention to have this comment read as a confirmation of the theory.  It’s probably my most regrettable comment, made in the adrenaline rush after writing a rather difficult chapter I’d looked forward to releasing, after 7 straight days of releasing chapters in my most intensive writing binge to date (as of then).  I was pleased that someone was actively considering power interactions and I made this comment I thought (and frankly still feel) was vague.  In the years since, many, many people have taken it as rock solid confirmation that Victoria was at fault for what happened.  I wouldn’t give that kind of confirmation to begin with and put off clarifying the inverse for the same reason, but it remains pretty clear that it’s having a pretty damaging effect on the fandom so I’ve edited it to better reflect my original mindset. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/interlude-21/#comment-20604 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Interlude 21.y]]</ref> Her aura does not have long-lasting effects; it was not a factor behind Amy's issues.<ref name="reddit eAuraNotFactor">'''Brett3572:''' She’s probably a lot less messed up considering there’s no factor of bad parenting (at least Sarah seems to be a good mom) and no constant aura. Also, she maybe doesn’t repress her powers as much. All in all, probably less messed up. She might not even be obsessed with Crystal.<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Aura wasn't a factor. - Conversation with Wildbow on Reddit, archived on Spacebattles</ref><!-- https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/97110089 --><ref>Sveta said my words.  “You never went out into the field, Amy.  You hated caping.  She used her power around her mom and her dad, around Crystal, around Shielder, and even her boyfriend more than she used it around you.  At higher and lower intensities.  If it had that effect, it wouldn’t have been you.”<br><br>It was Amy’s time to freeze, to consider.<br><br>“I’m vulnerable.  Weak.  Pliable.  I was alone.  They were actual family, and Gallant was emotion resistant.”<br><br>I typed.<br><br>“Family doesn’t mean anything to the agents, Amy.  Second triggers don’t follow family lines.  They go by association.  Who’s closest and who’s most convenient.  Do you think Crystal and Eric weren’t vulnerable in the years around their triggers?  They triggered too.  They were second triggers like you.  They had their bad moments.  They felt alienated, capes among regular citizens.  They had trouble making real friendships.  Mark- you know Mark had his own struggles, weaknesses.”<br><br>I watched Amy’s expression through Sveta’s eye.<br><br>I watched her turn. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/26/sundown-17-8/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.8]]</ref>
**Another misconception that some readers have is [[Jack Slash]]'s [[Jack Slash#Shard|secondary power]] brainwashing Amy into sexually assaulting Victoria. However, when he tried to recruit Amy, Wildbow explicitly confirms that Jack and the [[List of Shards#The Broadcast Shard|Broadcast]] [[shard]] had no real influence or push on her. What Amy later did to Victoria was ultimately her decision alone.<ref>'''shadowmist321:''' Jack slash's power lets him send popup ads that influence the users behavior, such as being really into body modding (panacea?) or skeptical about using something they have access to (skitter: maybe I shouldn't choke him to death with bugs)<br><br>'''Wildbow:''' Jack Slash's power specifically utilizes the ''network'' side of things to sabotage the people who'd work against him.<br><br>It's largely defensive, but his personality (goes back to breadth, he grew up with this power and filled in the blanks around it) lends itself to being manipulative and finding weaknesses. It's him as a human that gets to Panacea in a weak moment, while the broadcast part of things utilizes the network to hold her at bay and keeps her from going on the offensive. There's no real influence or push here and (I feel the need to stress) her decisions over the following days and weeks are hers and hers alone. - Conversation with Wildbow [https://redd.it/nt15eg on Reddit]</ref>
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*Amy and Victoria were considered early on as protagonists for a story called '[[Guts and Glory]]'. The story would have alternated between each of their perspectives on a chapter by chapter basis and covered many of the same events that were covered in Worm.
** She was named Annie in early drafts of Worm, but was changed to Amy prior to the publication of [[Interlude 2]].<ref>Some names have changed since.  I recall that Amy would have been Annie if I hadn’t changed my mind a few minutes before Interlude 2 went live, in Worm.  The nature of the story would have involved a stronger relationship between Amy/Annie and Brett/Gallant, her finding her way, and ultimately led up to her incarceration.  It was too dark, though, and there wasn’t anything to salvage it.  All those people who talked about what would happen if Amy had gone to the wrong prison?  The other drafts (which are unfortunately handwritten) went into that, and it was ugly, with her basically going full-on Class-S threat. - Wildbow in [https://wildbow.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/snippets-drafts-of-worm/ Snippets: Before Worm]</ref>
**In early drafts of Worm, Amy triggered when Glory Girl was injured by the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]].<ref name="SB1" />
*Panacea was the name of the Greek goddess of universal remedy, from which the word and concept "panacea" is derived. The panacea was said to be a substance that cured all diseases and granted eternal life.
*"Red Queen" is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:Red Queen's race|an event]] in the [[Wikipedia:Through the Looking-Glass|sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]. It is referenced in turn by the [[Wikipedia:Red Queen hypothesis|Red Queen evolutionary hypothesis]], which perceives the evolution as primarily competitive race as opposed to [[Wikipedia:Court jester hypothesis|an event]] theory, that prioritizes catastrophism.
** Modern theory combines the two and this is just a scratching the surface.