History Fanfic / TheTasteOfPeaches

* SuperPowerLottery: Taylor's a FlyingBrick, is the strongest [[MakingASplash hydrokinetic]] behind Leviathan, can control [[ShockAndAwe electricity]], [[BlowYouAway wind]], and [[WeatherManipulation the weather]], can withstand extremely high temperatures, and [[WithGreatPowersComesGreatHotness suddenly looks like a supermodel]]. All those are just the powers the public is aware of. And as a goddess, her powers will only grow with time.

* DivineAssistance: Inari rigged things so she could advise the new Gods and mentors Taylor.

* FigureItOutYourself: Somehow, it became the norm that the previous generation of gods would only leave cryptic messages for the next generation, stuff like telling them to "follow their heart" and the like. Normally this isn't a problem because there's usually a century or two between major threats so they have time to figure this out, but the threat of the Entities is sufficient enough that Inari set things up that she'd be able to advise Taylor instead.
* ForWantOfANail: The story begins with Taylor ascending and eventually joining the Wards during early summer 2010, six months before the canon locker incident.

* {{Gotterdammerung}}: The Old Gods died fighting off the Apocalypse. It is also indicated that the Entities either took advantage of this to make their own move and/or it was caused by them or another of their species.

* HistoryRepeats: Every so often the [[{{Gotterdammerung}} gods die fighting some extradimensional beings or other threats]], with new gods rising later from mortals. In fact, the generation of gods before Taylor's may have actually broken a record with how long they managed to last.

* HotGod: Taylor is now ''very'' attractive, though it takes a while for her to notice, in part because the change happens more gradually than her ears and tails. It's hinted that at least part of it is Inari's gifted Fertility domain.

* HumanFurnitureIsAPainInTheTail: Taylor's sheer ''volume'' of tails makes furniture... inconvenient at times, from having to sit on chairs sideways, to taking up a sizeable portion of most couches. Or vans. Or elevators.
* IAmNotPretty: Taylor really isn't used to being conventionally attractive, let alone as beautiful as she is now. Other people have to keep reminding her that 'yes', that girl in the mirror is her.
* LimitedWardrobe: Due to her physical changes, most of Taylor's clothes weren't able to be worn by her anymore, leaving her with few options. At one point, she has to go to the PRT in her pajamas because she has no other options.
* LittleBitBeastly: Taylor no longer has her human ears. She now has fox ears and nine tails.

* NighInvulnerability: Taylor is launched two blocks by a tinker tech canon into the side of a car. The car comes out worse for wear than she does.
* NothingButSkinAndBones: Victor after trying to steal Taylor's skills, though all the tests say that he ''should'' be healthier than ever.
* NotMeThisTime: WordOfGod is that the locker incident at the beginning was ''not'' caused by Emma, Sophia and Madison. Taylor does hear them laughing after she gets locked, but she doesn't know if they helped with it or were there by chance.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: A dead Megalodon washes up on the shore by the Docks with one of these, apparently made for Taylor by the Cyclopes if the symbols on it are any indication, shocking anyone who tries to grab it.

* ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum: Or at least, ''super''-science can't. Tinker-tech scanners, if they don't immediately break upon trying to scan Taylor, produce results that they should be physically incapable of making, and don't make sense besides, like copper plates from a machine attempting to analyze Taylor's golden blood. Panacea spacing out when touching her, [[spoiler:as well as Victoria after her transformation]], implies that Thinker powers don't work on her either because the Shards lock up trying to process divinity.

* SuperPowerLottery: Taylor's a FlyingBrick, is the strongest hydrokinetic behind Leviathan, has electricity and suddenly looks like a supermodel and those are just the powers the public is aware of. And as a goddess, her powers will only grow with time.

* TakenForGranite: On the way to the tree where the peach that granted her her powers was, Inari guided Taylor through a battlefield where everything had been turned to stone.
* VulnerableCivilians: This is part of what prompts Taylor to join in a gang fight the day before she is supposed to debut.
* WalkingTechbane: Taylor, as a result of Inari's gifted Industry domain, has a technology domain. Unfortunately, it doesn't react well with a lot of Tinkertech, scanners in particular tend to stop working when used on her, and while an attempt to analyze her blood doesn't break the machines outright, it produces meaningless results that it should have been physically incapable of producing. Even some non-scanning devices feel "wrong" to her.
** It's worth noting that this is due to standard Tinkertech operating in ways that are scientifically impossible due to operating on black box components. Once Taylor fully awakens her Industry domain, she's supposed to be able to rebuild Tinkertech without said black boxes.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Taylor's ascent into divinity came with a dramatic boost to her looks. People question why a trigger event also gives you a makeover. Inari passing down her Fertility domain to her probably helped a lot there.

* BoobsOfSteel: Due to her godhood-induced growth spurt, Taylor now sports a rack large enough to [[MarshmallowHell smother somebody with]]. She's also a goddess that can easily tank pretty much anything that hits her and rip steel like it was paper.

* LoyalPhlebotinum: A [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] washes up in a dead {{Megalodon}} by the docks, and anyone who tries to touch it gets shocked. Given that it reacts to Taylor when she gets close to it, and the fox symbols on it, it's presumably trying to keep others from using it.

* MarshmallowHell: Taylor accidentally gives one to Sophia Hess. The latter bites the former.
** Emma later gave Taylor a taste of this trope. Taylor, due to being much taller than Emma, escaped simply by standing up.
* {{Megalodon}}: A dead one shows up with a [[ProngsOfPoseidon trident]] embedded in it, presumably for Taylor's use.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: A dead {{Megalodon}} washes up on the shore by the Docks with one of these, apparently made for Taylor by the Cyclopes if the symbols on it are any indication, shocking anyone who tries to grab it.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Emma's behavior after learning that Taylor has powers now is so unusual for her that not only is Sophia concerned for her mental state, but even Taylor, after ''everything'' Emma did to her, is seriously worried.
* OutsideContextProblem: Taylor's powers are divine in origin, not because she triggered and as such lacks a lot of the typical markers for a parahuman. Everybody else just marks this down as the same kind of delusion Myrddin has about his power who just happened to be the strongest grab bag on record.

''The Taste of Peaches'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic by [=Grounders10=] that can be found on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13332873/1/The-Taste-of-Peaches Fanfiction.Net]], [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-taste-of-peaches-worm-au.766264/ SpaceBattles]], and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-taste-of-peaches-worm-au.56049/ Sufficient Velocity]].

* BequeathedPower: Taylor was given some of the domains of Inari's when she became a god, specifically her domains of Agriculture, Fertility, Industry, and Foxes.

* BigEater: Taylor was able to easily down a Challenger, and still had some room left afterwards.

* HotGod: Taylor is now ''very'' attractive, though it takes a while for her to notice, in part because the change took place more gradually than her ears and tails. It's hinted that at least part of it is Inari's gifted Fertility domain.
* HumanFurnitureIsAPainInTheTail: It's mentioned at one point that Taylor is sitting sideways in her chair because of her tails.

* MakingASplash: Taylor has hydrokinetic powers.

* ShockAndAwe: One of Taylor's domains gives her power over lightning.

* TailSlap: Hookwolf gets smacked with this.

* AdultFear: Danny's reason for being interested in Taylor joining the Wards. She can't hide that she's no longer a normal human and he fears the gangs going after her as a result if she doesn't have the protection of being a Ward.