Editing The Timeskip

{{Event
|prev = [[Battle against Khonsu]]
|next = [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]]
|name = Timeskip
|conflict = 
|date = January 23, 2012<ref name="25.5">[[Scarab 25.5]]</ref> - June 19, 2013<ref name="25.6">[[Scarab 25.6]]</ref>
|result = Several years pass
|participants = Everyone
|place = 
}}The '''Timeskip''' was a period of two years skipped over between [[Scarab 25.5]] and [[Scarab 25.6]].

==Prelude==
During the [[Battle against Khonsu]], the major powers [[Khonsu Meeting|meet]] in a setting provided by [[Cauldron]] to discuss a method of defeating him. Cauldron revealed there that they know how the world ends.
==Events==
[[PRT: Department Sixty-Four]] is set during this period.

[[Imp]] killed [[Heartbreaker]] during this time, and formed the [[Heartbroken]] from the remaining cult members.

[[Taylor]] drifted apart from [[the Undersiders]] and developed a mentor-like relationship with [[Golem]].

[[Eidolon]] was cut off from his booster shots by [[Cauldron]], further accelerating the decline of his powers.<ref name="I27">[[Interlude 27.x]]</ref>

There were several [[Endbringer]] attacks which saw the monsters adopt more hit-and-run tactics. [[The Twins]] first attacked during this time.<ref name="25.6"/>
==Aftermath==
[[Weaver]], newly eighteen and free of her legal restrictions is heading to [[Brockton Bay]] and reviewing footage from her previous Endbringer fight attendances. When a worried [[Tecton]] calls asking if she is going to join the [[Protectorate]] like he did she repairs and agrees.

Walking around the town Weaver sees what has changed, pays her respects to fallen teammates, and eventually meets with all her surviving friends.

The reunion falls apart when it turns out [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand|Jack is back]].
==Reception==
*The Timeskip is arguably the most criticized element of Worm.
**The Timeskip covers two years, 2011-2013, so some readers find it jarring. Prior shifts in time only skipped a month at most.
**The once far-off apocalypse becomes uncomfortably close very quickly, ramping up the story's tension at an unnatural rate.
**A significant jump forward raises questions of what has happened in the meantime, such as the progression of characters, events, and other developments. Most readers want direct accounts of these kinds of events, not accounts based on hindsight.
**[[Tohu]] and [[Bohu]] are indirectly introduced via archival footage. This contrasts with the other [[Endbringers]]’ introductions, which feature Taylor and other characters reacting and learning about the monsters in “real-time.” As a result, readers have a limited perception of [[The Twins]]’ capabilities until reading about them in action later.
**Taylor spends far more time with the Chicago Wards than with the Undersiders; however, it doesn’t feel that way to readers as many more chapters were devoted to Taylor’s life with the Undersiders.
*According to a 2013 comment by Wildbow, the Timeskip may be retconned with a series of Interlude arcs to chronicle the change in time.<ref>
[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/30-7/#comment-50763 comment by Wildbow]</ref>

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