Going Native (Worm Fanfic)

"Working title was 'Insecurity?'. For obvious reasons."

You know that story where the Self-Insert swings into Brokton Bay, then promptly stands up and saves the world using only competence, confidence and the absolute certainty that you are right.

This is not that fic.

Enter into Earth Bet one young engineer named 'Ian', dropped by Powers Unknown and unknowable into the Bet version of himself days before a Leviathan attack destroys his hometown, dragged to Brockton Bay, before Triggering with his own personal parahuman power.

A Worm fanfic by Dartz-IRL. Found Here


 * All There in the Manual: SpaceBattles variant includes extensive author's notes detailing some of the background information, or pointing out various Chekov's guns along the way.
 * Armor-Piercing Question. Delivered by Shadow Stalker, of all people.
 * Author's Saving Throw: After the reaction to the revelation that Taylor had been left in the locker, the story was amended to ensure that Ian was away from school at the time.
 * Blackmail: Attempted on Shadow Stalker through an Engineered Public Confession via recorder.
 * Break the Cutie : Akiko.
 * Chekhov's Armoury: Including a literal Chekhov's Gun introduced in the very first post.
 * The Cracker: Akiko. Otherwise known as Info-chan.
 * Combat Pragmatist: As befits the source. Ian can be somewhat, violent in a fight.
 * Cool Bike: Ian owns an old Honda CB750 motorcycle.
 * Crossover: Technically one with Attack on Titan.
 * Dark Secret: Akiko. Nagasaki resident. Leviathan refugee.
 * Deconstruction: Of the standard "Save the World and make Taylor's life a ton better" variety.
 * Despair Event Horizon. Through an attempt to Jumped At the Call, and realising just what that exactly doing that would involve.
 * Drives Like Crazy: When you have a Power that lets you reset time, you tend not to worry about causing accidents you can undo on a whim.
 * Eagleland: A mixture of Type-1 and Type-2. Not just another world, but another country, including a few minor cultural misunderstandings. We're playing a refugee in America.
 * The Engineer: Ian's life before Earth Bet - a professional engineer. The skills learned still show.
 * Engineered Public Confession: Used as a means of defense against Shadow Stalker.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The Empire 88 members hit by Jaeger and Glory Girl
 * Going Native : As per the title. Eventually, Brokton Bay becomes something of a home.
 * Knight in Sour Armor: What Jaeger ultimately becomes.
 * Male Gaze : Jaeger, meet Glory Girl. Yes, we get it, you are sixteen.
 * MacGuffin: Exactly who, or what is responsible for everything happening.
 * Meta Fiction : At times explicitly aware of the audience, and at times consciously hiding details from the audience., or at times trying to justify his actions to the audience, and himself.
 * Moral Myopia: Explicitly pointed out in the author notes.
 * One of Us: Makes multiple specific fandom callouts.
 * Off the Rails : Intentionally trying to avoid this.
 * Panty Shot : Noted in the narrative.
 * Reality Ensues:
 * Refusal of the Call : Earning your own Trigger Event while being fully aware of what exactly that means has that effect.
 * Schedule Slip: Theoretically has a 4-week update schedule. Rarely if ever fucking makes it.
 * Schrödinger's Gun: An intentional aspect of the fic's narrative, some of which are flagged in the author's notes.
 * Shout-Out: Several:
 * Explicit ones to Drunkard's Walk series.
 * Borderlands 2. Also serving as Foreshadowing
 * Multiple popular Wormfics, including Security!
 * The Stations of the Canon. Both a specific intent, but ultimately averted.
 * Survivor Guilt: Subtle. {[spoiler| He has killed a man in a fight over food while hungry}}
 * Tempting Fate: 'Enh, I can take you'.
 * Time Travel. What Jaeger's power appears to be.
 * This Is Reality: Explicitly noted and specifically a theme. There's a difference between words on a page, and a person standing in front of you. There's a difference between knowing how to act, and being able to act.
 * Trapped in Another World: As befits a Self-Insert Fic.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: The fandom reaction to the revelation that Taylor was specifically left in the Locker.
 * What You Are in the Dark: With no one but himself, or Taylor to know..... he decided to act, rather than leave her alone.