This is really good. you are blending the action, drama and development in a way that really is addictive.

I am very much enjoying this story, well this and Overlady, and am very much looking forward to the next chapters of both, hope you are well and thank you for writing.

does anyone know what this cover image is from? I've seen it in several different places but I can't find the origin.

Well, here we are again.

Upon finishing a re-read of Imago of Rust and Crimson, I can say that it is, whilst challenging, one of the most intriguing Worm fanfics I've read in quite some time. Whilst one could quite easily spend a frankly excessive amount of time praising the worldbuilding, imagination, descriptive prose, and so on, the vast majority of reviews I've stumbled across appear to be... remarkably negative. Quite a surprise to me, upon finishing the currently assembled chapters. The fact that I did, in fact, finish the 55 chapters, and twice for that matter, speaks volumes to the quality of the prose itself. When a fanfiction goes beyond the standard format of a few short chapters before abandonment, it must be judged almost as a book in its own right, and in those terms I think Imago acquits itself very well indeed.

But what of the criticisms? The pacing, torturous! The protagonist, idiotic! The surreality, pointless! And these criticisms have validity. Somewhat. The pacing is slow, yes, but one forgets that for a story like this to charge forwards unheeding of the consequences would be antithetical to the themes of the story itself. Rust, decay, psychological drama and so on do not lend themselves to a breackneck pace. The Road is slow-paced, yet it draws out tension and dread masterfully. 1984 does much the same. As for Taylor in Imago, the Watsonian explanation would be: she's not a thinker anymore. She's just human. Mostly. The Doylist explanation would lean more towards the fact that a brilliantly intelligent Taylor in a world such as this would seem... cheap. To breeze through competitors aids Wildbow's writing, to be sure, but here, the themes are aided through the character's actions.

In short: Imago is one of those Wormfics (to borrow from the vernacular) which I consider something of a hidden gem, amidst the overpowered Taylors which dominate so much of this peculiar genre. I eagerly await the next installment.

You've changed the worm universe around so much and get bogged down with inconsenquential details and surreal elements that it makes this story extremely hard to follow. Personally I find it too slow and not interesting enough to put the effort to slog through everything you throw out there, just to figure out if there's some sliver of plot somewhere in there...

Yeah bring the Simurgh back, it's pretty to look at! Oh Taylor...

S IX
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Slaughterhouse nine?

Iiiiiinteresting.

A question for the author. Don't you think that you are painting your hero just... too stupid?

I mean, it isn't the normal teen intelligence. Not even the silly ones. She actually thinks and behaves like an 8 y\o girl.

It's totally fine not to make your hero into a genius. But the exact oposite of genius isn't any better, when you wish to tell a story about normal human teen.

im guessing this guy played evil within

Seriously hoping you haven’t posted another chapter of Overlady because you’re working on the next several chapters of this story. I’ve been waiting months. Please continue this as soon as possible.

While Taylor's innumerable flaws, tunnel vision, and naivety combine for a very believable and realistic depiction of a bullied teenager in this story's setting/plot... it also makes so much of her actions unendingly cringe-worthy

Loving the gritty realism this story is written with

Interesting AU universe. Strangely the PRT feel left out of the story. Where’s coil and the undersiders fit in this plot?

Good writing but far too much monolog that's repetitive and whiny...

Even more boring. What crap is this? 1 whole chapter for a statement that didn't even get done.