History Fanfic / Wyvern

* AlternateUniverse: In this world, the change is that Taylor and Kenta got the other's power- or rather, Skitter and Lung get each other's powers. Kenta gets the ability to control bugs and other vermin as Inago (as opposed to his "turn into a dragon" power in canon as Lung), while Taylor gets the power to turn into a dragon (as opposed to her canonical "Controls bugs" power as Skitter).

* {{Weredragon}}'': Taylor obtains a variant of Lung's canonical power where, instead of gradually becoming a more and more DraconicHumanoid as combat goes on, she instantly turns into a fire-breathing [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyvern]] when scared, stressed or alarmed.

* RealityEnsues: During Taylor and Vicky's first patrol, they come across a visiting supervillain and decide to intervene; the fight goes well enough and they successfully capture him, despite Taylor being temporarily knocked out by a point-blank missile short. All standard stuff for superhero stories but, once they return home, their respective parents are furious at them for having taken such unnecessary risks during a new team member's first outing, and the fallout nearly sees Taylor forced to leave New Wave.

* AtomicFBomb: In Chapter 13, an angry [[spoiler: Taylor]] loudly tells [[spoiler: Armsmaster]] to fuck off -- given that her current form makes the sound loud enough to bust unprotected eardrums at close range gives the outburst quite a bit of punching power.

%%* AtomicFBomb: [[spoiler: Taylor]] serves one up to [[spoiler: Armsmaster]].

* BullyingADragon: Literally, in this case. Armsmaster keeps doing this to Taylor, mainly by pressuring her to join the Wards. He does mean well, he just badly fails at reading the situation (and then justifiably freaking out when faced with a ''dragon'').

** He is ''not'' great at explaining things to people, but his intentions of getting Taylor in for testing at least make sense- Taylor has NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, some of which have been shown to be ''incredibly'' destructive. Her first day, with no training, had her blow up her locker from the inside and melt his halberd to slag, and that's before they learn that she gets bigger as a result of fights, can talk while huge, and much more. Taylor doesn't even know what the full extent of her powers are, which could be potentially dangerous for any civilians if she tries out a new type of fireball and roasts a crowd. And while he is glad that she's on a team that can help guide her into being a hero, the testing facilities of New Wave consist of "Whatever Vicky can throw together in her backyard," while the Protectorate has far vaster resources that could help her out.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Since Taylor's power is that of canon Lung, she is capable of "ramping up," becoming more powerful the longer a fight goes on. This is initially only shown in the aftermath of the Boat Graveyard battle, when she's noticeably larger than when she started the fight. Like Lung, this also comes with gaining new powers the longer she's fighting.
* OurWyvernsAreDifferent: Taylor's alternate form has scales, clawed hind legs, sharp teeth, and winged forearms, and people are quite insistent at pointing out that she's a wyvern and not a dragon. Unlike most wyverns, she also breathes fire.

* TheUnintelligible: Taylor can't speak English when in wyvern form unless she's really large, which has its own problems.

'''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11426471/1/Wyvern Wyvern]]''' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic by Ack. Other works by the same author include ''FanFic/AnotherWay'', ''FanFic/HopeComesToBrocktonBay'' and ''FanFic/{{Security}}''.

* AtomicFBomb: [[spoiler: Taylor]] serves one up to [[spoiler: Armsmaster]].
* BlessedWithSuck: Taylor, even more than usual for a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' FanFic. She has a very powerful Changer ability, but it's stress-based and not fully under her control. So not only does she end up transforming when she doesn't want to (several times), but she has to deliberately recall the pain and humiliation of her bullying in order to change on purpose. Oh, and better yet, she can't yet turn human again on command, requiring her to be completely calm and relaxed- something she's really not used to feeling.

* BreathWeapon: Taylor has manifested at least three: An explosive fireball she first used to blow the door off her locker, a narrow and extremely hot cutting torch that she first uses to melt Armsmaster's halberd, and a broader cone of flames she uses to roast Inago's bug swarms.
* BullyingADragon: Armsmaster keeps doing this to Taylor, mainly by pressuring her to join the Wards. He does mean well, he just fails epicly at reading the situation (and then justifiably freaking out when faced with a ''dragon'').

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The plot is that Taylor and Lung got each other's powers, meaning the story follows a Taylor who turns into a dragon. Vicky thinks it's the coolest thing ever.
** In a non-canon omake, Lung attempts to recruit Wyvern because she, like him, can turn into a dragon, and that it is awesome. Though that turned out to be a fanfiction written by Vista.
* MagicPants: Clothing is not normally designed to survive shapeshifting to a totally different body type. New Wave introduces Taylor to Parian in the hopes that she can design an outfit that will, so Taylor doesn't end up naked when changing from human to wyvern and back to human. Otherwise, this trope is totally averted- she loses three sets of clothes on her first day alone.
** After [[spoiler: she beats the crap out of Inago]], she ends up so large that she ''outgrows'' the costume.

* MythologyGag: As the story goes on, it's shown that Taylor is the one who got Lung's canon "Turn into a dragon," power, while Lung was the one who got Taylor's canon bug control power.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Taylor's alternate form has scales, clawed hind legs, sharp teeth, and winged forearms (which means [[RunningGag she's technically a wyvern]]). She also breathes fire.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Interestingly, since Taylor doesn't get flight powers like most of New Wave does (which fall into the Superman-style of flight, AKA just willing yourself through the air, supported by no visible means), she's more aware of how the air flows over her wings, and is thus more maneuverable in the air.
** Taylor, when in dragon mode, is ''much'' more resistant to fire- helping prevent her from getting hurt from her own flames, but other heat sources don't bother her as much when in Wyvern mode. Case in point, she finally relaxes enough to change back to Taylor under a hot shower... then shrieks in pain as she gets burned by how hot the water was.

* TheUnintelligible: Taylor can't speak English when in Wyvern form.
** Unless she's really large. Which has its own problems.

* Glory Hound: While, as noted below, Armsmaster is a jerkass with a point, this does not change the fact that his ultimate goal of trying to get Taylor into the wards is so that he can mentor her and partner up with the goal of defeating an Endbringer [[spoiler: He literally thinks that he'd "be fine" with half the fame]], but also because he has always wanted to partner with a dragon.

*** At the same time, no matter that these things are probably true, his ultimate reason is that he is, 1, a glory hound who wants to share in the (potential) fame of taking down an Endbringer, and, 2, because he wants to partner up with a dragon.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Since Taylor's power is that of canon Lung, she is capable of "ramping up," becoming more powerful the longer a fight goes on. This is initially only shown in the aftermath of the Boat Graveyard battle, when she's noticeably larger than when she started the fight.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Interestingly, since Taylor doesn't get flight powers like most of New Wave does (which fall into the Superman-style of flight), she's more aware of how the air flows over her wings, and is thus more maneuverable in the air.

** After [[spoiler: she beats the crap out of Imago]], she ends up so large that she ''outgrows'' the costume.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Interestingly, since Taylor doesn't get flight powers like most of New Wave does (which fall into the Superman-style of flight), she's more aware of how the air flows over her wings, and is thus more manuverable.

* BlessedWithSuck: Taylor, even more than usual for a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' FanFic. She has a very powerful Changer ability, but it's stress-based and not fully under her control. So not only does she end up transforming when she doesn't want to (several times), but she has to deliberately recall the pain and humiliation of her bullying in order to change on purpose.

* BullyingADragon: Armsmaster keeps doing this to Taylor, mainly by pressuring her to join the Wards.

* MagicPants: Clothing is not normally designed to survive shapeshifting to a totally different body type. New Wave introduces Taylor to Parian in the hopes that she can design an outfit that will, so Taylor doesn't end up naked when changing from human to wyvern and back to human.

* TheUnintelligible: Taylor can't speak English when in Wyvern form.

This fic explores an alternate world where Taylor manifests the power to turn into a dragon ([[InsistentTerminology or rather, a]][[TitleDrop wyvern]]) and ends up joining New Wave rather than the Wards or the Undersiders.

This fic explores an alternate world where Taylor manifests the power to turn into a dragon ([[Insistent Terminology or rather, a]][[TitleDrop wyvern]]) and ends up joining New Wave rather than the Wards or the Undersiders.