>>95458226>the world escalated around her and she matchedSee, thats the view you get on a first read though, very common. Worm is very rewarding on re-reads because you can more easily disconnect from the Taylor-centric perspective where OF COURSE, her own mind does the compartmentalization necessary to make her feel like what she's doing is right, and the reader can get swindled in that too. The magic of the story really shines when you go back and see how much unnecessary shit she did.
From the top of my head:
-She's the one that decided to directly attack the Wards on the bank robbery instead of making a distraction and bailing, the Undersider's specialty.
-She's the one who put Triumph in an anaphylactic shock and almost broke Prism's leg FOR NO REASON other than she was nervous and anxious and wanted to satisfy Coil so he wouldn't kill her right now, even though that rationale makes no sense, reflecting how immature she can be as a teenager who's in too deep
The Number Man spiel by the end there on how a thing led to another with Skitter tells a lot. Parahumans as whole always escalate, and not always because the situation demands it. More than often is because they are pissed, but when you are pissed and powerful, the reaction to your action is bigger exponentially.
Skitter is still a REALLY interesting character because it is so hard to pin her down. This gets more and more difficult when we don't know the odds of things going well had she not Queen Administrated everyone by Golden Morning. In the end, its all really up to how much SHE herself shoulders the consequences of her actions, and the answer is in the very final line of the last chapter. That she's done shit that she thought was right at the time, that she'd been a monster, but in reality is hard to measure if she's ever going to be happy again. She'd felt like she'd done what she came to this world to do, and wanted out, but instead got another shot, so she maybe learns to be "okay" with life
