Decomposing Worm Clarence Brooks and Matias Masson

In this, we describe what the Decomposing Worm, a new Doof Media Worm analysis series, will be.



Matias and Clarence will take a higher level approach to analysis of Wildbow’s original wonderful web serial with a twist on the We've got Worm formula. After dividing Worm into six 300,000 word chunks, each week four-time Worm veteran Matias and literary extraordinaire Clarence cover one of Worm’s ‘books’, alternating between Overview and Perspectives episodes. Because a single hundred hour Worm analysis podcast wasn’t enough.



Next week we'll be covering Arcs One through Eight.



Post your questions for Clarence, or your themes and theories for the next book here.

In this episode, Matias guides Clarence as he wanders into Wildbow's wonderful Web-Serial for the first time. This is the Overview episode for Arcs 1-8, so they covered the most key points and paid attention to the most textual of themes.



Next week is the Perspective episode, where they'll use critical theory to examine angles and characters from this part of the story.



Discuss Discuss the episode and leave your Questions for Clarence and Themes and Theories for Arcs 9-14 here! https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/gohfzc/decomposing_worm_ep_1_overview_of_arcs_18/?

In this episode, Matias guides Clarence as he wanders throughWildbow's wonderful Web-Serial for the first time. This is the Perspectives episode for Arcs 1-8, so here they brought several literary theories to look at these arcs with, focusing mostly on Foucault and Marx.



Next week is the Overview episode for Arcs 9-14, where they'll cover the most key moments and themes from that section.



Discuss the episode and leave your Questions for Clarence and Themes and Theories for Arcs 9-14 here! https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/gsr7hs/decomposing_worm_episode_2_perspectives_on_arcs_18/?



Primary Citations

Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: an Introduction. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Foucault, Michel. DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH: the Birth of the Prison. PENGUIN BOOKS, 2020.

Marx, Karl, and Frederick Engels. “Manifesto of the Communist Party.” Manifesto of the Communist Party, The Communist Party, 1848, www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/.

McCrae, J. C. “Worm.” Worm, Wildbow, 2011, parahumans.wordpress.com/.

In this episode, Matias guides Clarence as he saunters into a serious slew of savage scenes with the Slaughterhouse Nine. This is the Overview episode for Arcs 9-14, so they covered the most key points and paid attention to the most textual of themes.



Next week is the Perspective episode, where they'll use critical theory to examine angles and characters from this part of the story.



Discuss the episode and leave your Questions for Clarence and Themes and Theories for Arcs 15-17 here!

In this episode, Matias guides Clarence as he wanders through Wildbow’s wonderful Web-Serial for the first time. This was a Perspectives episode so we explored these seven arcs, 9-14, using a few literary theories.



We focused on Allthusar's understanding of interpolation and hailing, basically the way ideologies make us subjects and enforce will on us by addressing us, and Derrida's conception of Deconstruction and the Structuralist and Post-Structuralist ideas that form the background of the concept. We also studied the characters of Labyrinth and Cherish, and did some other small bits.



Next week is the Overview episode for Arcs 15-17, where they’ll cover the most key moments and themes from that section.



Discuss the episode and leave your Questions for Clarence and Themes and Theories for Arcs 15-17 here!





Primary Citations



Althusser, Louis. "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation)". Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays, 1971.



Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: an Introduction. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.



McCrae, J. C. “Worm.” Worm, Wildbow, 2011, parahumans.wordpress.com/.

In this episode, Matias guides Clarence as the story tiptoes around the terrible tempers of two teams of torpulent teens. This is the Overview episode for Arcs 15-17, so they covered the most key points and paid attention to the most textual of themes.



Next week is the Perspective episode, where they’ll use critical theory to examine angles and characters from this part of the story.



Discuss the episode and leave your Questions for Clarence and Themes and Theories for Arcs 18-22 here!