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'''Guts & Glory''' was a recurring title that was taken up and dropped several times in the drafting of what would Worm. Its rotating protagonists were [[Panacea]] and [[Glory Girl]].<ref>[https://wildbow.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/snippets-drafts-of-worm/ Post by Wildbow on his blog]</ref><ref name="Draft">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Un4HYc_jCeipS2MWh4iggVMNO5N-U4LLfRm94c1sdU/edit Partial text of Guts & Glory]</ref> | '''Guts & Glory''' was a recurring title that was taken up and dropped several times in the drafting of what would Worm. Its rotating protagonists and point-of-view characters were [[Panacea]] and [[Glory Girl]].<ref>[https://wildbow.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/snippets-drafts-of-worm/ Post by Wildbow on his blog]</ref><ref name="Draft">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Un4HYc_jCeipS2MWh4iggVMNO5N-U4LLfRm94c1sdU/edit Partial text of Guts & Glory]</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. | <!-- 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. | ||
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[[File:Guts_&_glory.png|thumb|303px|Early versions of Glory Girl and Panacea were introduced here.[http://www.deviantart.com/art/guts-and-glory-421634287 Art by aerryi on deviantart]]] | [[File:Guts_&_glory.png|thumb|303px|Early versions of Glory Girl and Panacea were introduced here.[http://www.deviantart.com/art/guts-and-glory-421634287 Art by aerryi on deviantart]]] | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The first draft of Guts & Glory extends from [[New Wave|the Brockton Bay Brigade]]'s adoption of Amy Dallon to her trigger event. The second draft of Guts & Glory starts when Amy discovers the identity of [[Marquis|her father]] and begins to break down. | The first draft of Guts & Glory extends from [[New Wave|the Brockton Bay Brigade]]'s adoption of Amy Dallon to her [[trigger event]]. The second draft of Guts & Glory starts when Amy discovers the identity of [[Marquis|her father]] and begins to break down. The third draft was an attempt to tie these first two drafts together, while Wildbow also attempted a fourth and final draft.<ref name="Draft"/><ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/prey-14-8/#comment-4510 Comment by Wildbow] on [[Prey 14.8]]</ref> | ||
==Charecters== | ==Charecters== | ||
*Guts | *Guts: An early version of Panacea named Annie here. She shares many traits with [[Taylor]] like black curly hair, insecurities about her figure, and social anxiety. | ||
*Glory | *Glory: An early version of Glory Girl, still named Victoria. Gregarious, she makes Annie feel welcome when she is adopted. | ||
*Brett | *Brett: An early version of [[Gallant]], implied to have his aura vision. Had the story been pursued, a stronger relationship between him and Annie would have been the focus. | ||
*Cole | *Cole: Like [[Triumph]], the mayor's son. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 22:01, September 5, 2016
Guts & Glory was a recurring title that was taken up and dropped several times in the drafting of what would Worm. Its rotating protagonists and point-of-view characters were Panacea and Glory Girl.<ref>Post by Wildbow on his blog</ref><ref name="Draft">Partial text of Guts & Glory</ref>
Synopsis
The first draft of Guts & Glory extends from the Brockton Bay Brigade's adoption of Amy Dallon to her trigger event. The second draft of Guts & Glory starts when Amy discovers the identity of her father and begins to break down. The third draft was an attempt to tie these first two drafts together, while Wildbow also attempted a fourth and final draft.<ref name="Draft"/><ref>Comment by Wildbow on Prey 14.8</ref>
Charecters
- Guts: An early version of Panacea named Annie here. She shares many traits with Taylor like black curly hair, insecurities about her figure, and social anxiety.
- Glory: An early version of Glory Girl, still named Victoria. Gregarious, she makes Annie feel welcome when she is adopted.
- Brett: An early version of Gallant, implied to have his aura vision. Had the story been pursued, a stronger relationship between him and Annie would have been the focus.
- Cole: Like Triumph, the mayor's son.
Trivia
- Guts & Glory was the draft in which the Slaughterhouse Nine and Bonesaw were first conceptualized.<ref name="comment">wildbow comment on Interlude 10.5 (Bonus)</ref> They would gain their final names later.
- Many characters' civilian and cape names differ between Guts & Glory and the final draft of Worm.
References
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