i mean its possible

Okay so like, i get why you say that, but also ehhhhhhhhh. I was never completely sold on Post Apollyon wars Taylor.

(Also, i think Barker and Biter are pretty much Worm Leroy)

(Armsmaster Vol 2 #17, first full apapreance of the Undersiders and coil)

So, Post Apollyon Wars Taylor is just Diet Taylor. She wad introduced during the Armsmaster ongoing atound its second year with a whole reimagining of the undersiders.

This version was a Cherlie's angels esque group hired by Coil (who is also kind of Regent?) to break shit and distract people. Fun fact, they are pretty much all new characters when you think about it (Sarah Livsey was replaced with Lisa Wilborn, Leroy got replaced by Rachel and Brian got replaced by Aisha. And blueflame is also there i guess).

Also also I FUCKING HATE POST APOLLYON BITCH. Why did you make her so uncomfortably kinky man.

Taylor has a similar backstory in wich like, she is a bullied teenager that gets superpowers. But instead of the Skittering Medallion she is actually just a Post-human (The catchall excuse for superpowers we don't want to explain).

The thing is, there are two fundamentally different things about Post Apollyon wars Taylor.

1) Because nobody gave a shit about the vomics code authority anymore they were allowed to be more creepy and give her actual bug powers and not a bug flavoured Alexandeia package. This is also where she gets the more recognizable 'Skitter' persona.

2) She is actually bullied for being a post human that cant control her powers (and thats also the reason she works with coil in the first place, to control her powers)... so her personality is also completely different?

(Armsmaster the animated series Season 1 episode 52 "Double TTrouble")

Armsmaster, one of the main moneymakers of the WBU also had the privilege of having one of the most iconic tv shows. And because of how many childrens saw it most people see it as the definitive version and Armsmaster and his rogue's gallery, and they will fight you in wichever way they are different to canon.

In some cases it is very very good, the madhouse 9 (as much as i hate the censored name) was pretty much redefined by this show (and you can tell it really inspired McCrae's slaughterhouse 9) and Al Pachino was surprisingly good as Jack the Knife.

But with Skitter they kind of grabbed the Post AW version and ran with it while giving her all of her Pre AW plot beats. Thing is, i don't find her as compeling when her lack of friends is due to magical racism instead of teenagers just being assholes. "Look at her with her too pale and beautiful skin and black raven hair" ass bullying.

(Lisa and Taylor take Colin hostage in The New Armsmaster Adventures ep 3 "Girls night out")

(Promotional image of the new Armsmaster and Dragon adventures)

I do feel like her joining the Dragonflight feels more earned than her joining the wards. They did explore better the angst and edge she has unlike her peers and how she has to adapt to being a hero.

I don't like that they threw everything they were planning under the bus to make that happen in the comics too.

(Last issue of Skitter's first mini before cancelation)

So, i know it looks too edgy, but a body horror story about a woman turning into a bug would have been really fucking cool man. Because if you are going to go angst about powers make it real angst.

Like, 'Skitter gets trapped in the goblin kingdom and comes out changed' fucked so much as an idea man. But no, they cancelled it after three chapters just to turn comic Taylor into TAAS Taylor.

(Issue #0 of the second Skitter miniseries, by issue #6 she would become weaver)

I can't sugarcoat it, this series was a total cashgrab that speedran Taylor' greatest hits while queerbaiting the audience.

Taylor becomes GOOD, and she joins the GUILD and now she is magically her chirpy flirt version from the cartoon with the brown hair and green eyes! THIS is the origin of TINO (Taylor In Name Only).

This is the third time they killed Tattletale already man, but this time it was Breed's fault because Breed and Genoschythe the eyereaper are very popular right now.

You know what? Let's put all of our hopes, dreams and company's stock into making Genoscythe the eyereaper a thing people care about because anti-heroes are so hip and cool!

And... WB Comics was one of the victims of the 1996 comic book crash. By 1999 they had to pretty much sell all the movie rights to a shit ton of popular characters including the quadrumvirate and the east coast wards.

(Skitter 1 movie poster, first of a low budget triology)

You know, i will never not find funny that during the peak of TINO they got John Carpenter to do a Skitter movie and then got surprised when he went body horror with it.

Because like, it was a filler movie for inbetween the Irregular's movies. So i really apreciate the love Carpenter gave to a character he didn't know shit about.

Like, what can i say, i love the Carpenter triology because he got that Skitter was a horror movie in the making, while also keeping it a superhero movie.

My ranking of them is pretty much the universal one 2 > 1 > 3 but i really like that they made Khepri a separate character and the villain in the third movie as the dark side of Taylor she has to beat by accepting it.

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