Boys vs. Girls: The Fate of the Towers

## Boys vs. Girls: The Fate of the Towers

### **Rating**

Rated PG-13 for violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation, and language.

### **Universe**

Mutantry-2001
Fusion

### **Preceded by**

*The Super Babies: Revenge of Hell Burnbottom*

### **Followed by**

*The Super Babies: An Ended Generation*

*"What a year for Tower Placement students. It was a physical, emotional, and spiritual roller coaster from start to finish! Thankfully, due to the heroics of Steven Thompson, Josh Hogan, Summer Petersen, and countless others, the Darkness is gone."*
―An excerpt from *Weekly Acorns***[src]**
***Boys vs. Girls: The Fate of the Towers*** is a sci-fi adventure novel and the third part of the *Boys vs. Girls* book trilogy. It was released in October 2014. While D. Isaac Thomas wrote it, he had a lot of help from his brother Ammon in developing concepts such as Nobility Magic. It is the eighteenth installment of the D.I.T. Literary Universe and the sixth book of Part Three: The Growing Universe. The novel received mixed reviews, being praised for being dark and thought-provoking while still reeking of the D.I.T. polish, and being criticized for its horribly paced battle scenes and unbelievable resolution.

## Summary

### Promotional summary

The Armies of Organa have claimed Helen McKeen for their side and won a major battle in the mix, but face the consequences of unleashing the Orc Devil. As the revelation of a great good comes ever closer, as two organizations come to a head, the residents of Tower Placement School must unite or be destroyed.

### Official summary

In the final installment of this blockbuster trilogy, the Armies of Organa continue their harrowing and bloody war against the evil Emily Watson. They have scored a major victory by slaying the evil Orc Devil, but face the consequences of unleashing the great anomaly. Principal Zambaux has willingly left office, replacing himself with war-hardened General Exotorn, a very, very angry veteran who sees fit to run Tower Placement School like a military camp. He gave the school's residents an absolute curfew of 3:30, installed his Elite Hall Monitors fresh from the First NoHead War, and instilled a number of new rules that included the banning of backpacks. In the meantime, two adolescents were finally beginning to fall madly in love, leaving Steven over the moon but wondering if he was mature enough to take on any of this. And Josh and Cooper had issues of their own. And a great good was drawing ever closer to being revealed to mortal men. And on top of everything, an enigmatic young assassin calling herself the Godslayer enacts her own nightmarish agenda in the shadows, with Steven realizing too late she intends to watch the entire world succumb to madness. He's better than this. He knows Exotorn is concealing a dark secret. And he thinks he knows how to unravel the enigma surrounding the Godslayer. But unbeknownst to him and any of his friends, the truth, if accessible at all, is a fragile thing that can haunt someone as much as it can enlighten them.

## Plot

The sagelike Zamb Organa Senior implores his son, Zamb Organa Junior, to move the Armies of Organa to Tower Placement School. Picking up in 2022 following the climax and ending of *Boys vs. Girls: The Rise of the Serpent*, Steven Thompson leads his friends abroad as the devilish Hilary J. Black destroys Pleasant Grove. Thompson slays the demigoddess, rendering himself wounded. Awakening in his room, Helen McKeen unexpectedly kisses him, prompting a confused and jealous Summer Petersen to run from the house crying. Steven is grounded by his parents, and upon his return to Tower Placement, the thuggish Angel slips him a message, leaving him surprised that the sinister and mean-spirited General Exotorn is the new principal of Tower Placement School. Steven embraces Helen at her house and she ensures him he is extremely honorable and this cements their burgeoning romantic bridge. He and Exotorn immediately clash; Steven is placed under close watch when at school. More powerful than ever, evil revolutionary Emily Watson takes up the Orc Devil's mantle and leads her followers to more ambitious revolts. Ambrose Melling and Pansy both resolve to give up being bullies, goading Caius Staunton to frequently harass Thompson with the shrewd Tom Goyle's help. Thompson ponders how to make up with Petersen, but then he experiences a vision of a post-apocalyptic world where Vincent Organa leads rebels against an evil Petersen. Wanting to begin concentrating on his personal life, he finally asks Helen McKeen out and arranges to take her to Homecoming. On the night of the dance, McKeen introduces him to her friends and they share a passionate kiss.

Teenage Mota Corporation mogul Cara Mota comes and gives a lecture and picks Steven, Helen, Marion, Edwin, Leigh, Aaron, and two others for a special project. As the countdown for Mota's peculiar Easter party ensues, they realize Exotorn has sacked Mr. Ruth. Steven spends the time and day with Helen, finding himself falling deeply romantically in love with her. Summer learns from an old friend who her real father is, meaning the unorthodox Valiera Nelson is only technically her sister. Eventually, she runs into Cody Ort, who is bullying Josh, and tricks him into going away. She realizes how badly she has misjudged the situation. Thompson and his reunited friends desert school and seek out Mr. Ruth, eventually intervening to stop a criminal named Firefist from burning a warehouse, unexpectedly giving Cara Mota an opening to track the search party to McDonald's, where she assures them everything is still underway before offering them all a Sanctum as a headquarters for their search. Vincent Organa is unexpectedly arrested. Charles Hugh earns Steven's respect as he recently saved Nelson from being assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. He shares a tender moment with her before she leaves and subsequently falls in love with a male peer named Luke Norris. Steven and Summer reconcile after he realizes she is no threat to humanity and his foolishness in labeling her. When Steven and company return to the school just in time for the year's show-and-tell assembly, Vincent Organa reveals to everyone that Principal Exotorn is no other than the unscrupulous nomad Longfellow. The wizard Arcus curses Longfellow for his actions, at which point Thompson dispatches the interfering hall monitors and formally announces that the League of Wretched Worms is to disband, never to return.

Five days later, Emily Watson realizes Petersen has always been a double agent for the enemy and proceeds to deceive the administration into thinking the boys were trying to murder them due to a “science project”, before convincing them to convey it to the emboldened Orem Police Department. The officers help the girls place the boys into temporary confinement, although the Boy-Team soon finds a way to escape. The Warden seizes leverage over Petersen and Jay Organa, forcing them to leave them behind as they return to Tower Placement School to stop Emily Watson once and for all. A vicious battle erupts within Tower Placement. Fortunately, Jay and Summer send their own jail guard to make it clear to Interpol who the real bad guys are. Jay finds Vincent Organa and they destroy the Red Battlements, which Jay tragically does not survive, despite assuring the school will soon be given back to the Board of Education. Meanwhile, the dreaded Godslayer lures Helen McKeen out by kidnapping Josh Hogan. The anarchist's plan to corrupt humanity with her now complete superweapon the High Rider backfires spectacularly, but a bodyguard known as the Executioner intervenes and stabs Hogan, at which point Cara Mota reveals herself as the real conspirator behind Tower Placement's intended destruction. She activates the bomb's detonator, but the hidden demolition fails to activate thanks to crafty Dustin blocking her signal.

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Returning to the battlefield, McKeen destroys Ludwig Beethoven II once and for all and proceeds to send a message to the entire school, telling those forced into service to stand up against the corrupt women helping Watson poison the beloved Girl-Team. Watson attacks Thompson, who despite having made his peace with Caius Staunton, is still too depressed from Petersen's alleged execution to fight back, but regains his spirit upon seeing Petersen return. He defeats Watson but spares her life before reuniting with Petersen. However, Watson slashes him and proceeds to reanimate and unleash the High Rider, unleashing a wall of supernatural laserlight to tear through Utah, causing massive destruction and mayhem everywhere. Vincent Organa shows up to interrupt the male-exclusive massacre, prompting Watson to incinerate him in his turn. Petersen traps Watson with a projectile net; the deranged villainess angrily attempts to free herself but falls from the roof, but she fatally impales Petersen in the process. She dies in the arms of a now conscious Thompson, but Vincent and Jay's heads have touched in death, making possible an ancient magic generated by their noble sacrifice. He embraces a freshly revived Petersen, finally recognizing the true extent of his need for her hope and strength. Following the Godslayer's arrest, Mota gives up and goes home. Though still suffering flashbacks and screaming nightmares with the end of the war, he and Petersen manage to comfort each other. A celebration is held in the headquarters of the Armies of Organa, where they declare peace between the two factions and an oath to band together. Thompson and Petersen dance together, faintly aware of their surroundings.

## Development

While D. Isaac Thomas wrote this novel, he had a lot of help from his brother Ammon in developing concepts such as Nobility Magic or the story arc with General Exotorn, though he had nothing to do with the huge love story or Mota Corporation. The only reason Ammon is credited as a co-author is because most of the concepts they collaborated on for *The Coming Darkness* were ones Thomas shelved and wound up using for *The Fate of the Towers*, which allowed him to do more of what he wanted with the first book, as well as to make it lighter than the third one.

D. Isaac Thomas hesitated adding or excluding several scenes in the novel. For instance, he initially planned the first introduction between Cara Mota and the Executioner to be the way Emily Watson and Ludwig Beethoven II met, before realizing Mota was considerably more subtle than Watson, and Beethoven II was considerably more cynical than the Executioner, hence why it wouldn't make as much sense as he had thought initially. Most notably, he debated adding in the scene where Steven and Summer debate Vincent Organa's last conversation with Emily and what it means regarding man, but he ultimately kept it in, to prove anyone wrong who might ask if Steven had come far enough in his life journey to be intellectually stimulating to Summer, after he believed some scenes in *The Rise of the Serpent* partially implied otherwise.

## Reception

The novel was praised for its dark and unsettling yet energetic and heartfelt tone suiting for the young mind that wrote it, with Melissa Vaine citing that it did a fantastic job building on everything from the first two books and claiming it was a perfect way to end the trilogy, which many were uncertain about at the time. However, *The Fate of the Towers* was also criticized hugely for having excessively lengthy battle sequences, hardly refined if not very heartwarming romances, and a sloppy, abrupt, and hardly believable resolution. An anonymous user also cited that the humor was more off-rhythm than it had (as of 2014) ever been before.

## Rating

*The Fate of the Towers* is the fourth D.I.T. book to receive a PG-13 rating, primarily for violent sequences, as well as being considered the darkest D.I.T. book of its day. It is also rated for a suggestive situation and language.

## Appearances

### Events

* School War
	+ Attack on Pleasant Grove
	+ Massacre at Vernal
	+ Search for Jarrett Ruth
	+ Duel in the Warehouse
	+ Skirmish in the Assembly Room
	+ Escape from Utah County Jail
	+ Liberation of Utah
* Inequity War
	+ Showdown on Mars

### Locations

* Earth
	+ United States of America
		- Provo, Utah
			* Thunder Quarters
			* Tower Placement School
			* Red Battlements
		- Salt Lake City, Utah
			* Cara Mota's Mansion (mentioned)
			* The Sanctum
			* Utah State Capitol
			* Warehouse
		- Vernal, Utah
* Mars
* Saturn (mentioned)

### Objects

* Baseball card
* Cheeseburgers
* Egg
* French fries
* Football
* High Rider
* Laser sword

### Organizations

* 3M (mentioned)
* Armies of Organa
* BuzzFeed (mentioned)
* Forbes (mentioned)
* Girl-Team
* Guild of Gourds
* Interpol (mentioned)
* MySpace
* TikTok
* Twitter
* United States Department of Homeland Security (mentioned)
* United States Department of State (mentioned)
* *Wired*

### Species

* Bears (mentioned)
* Demons (mentioned)
* Dogs
* Emms (mentioned)
* Humans

### Vehicles

* Bow-Tie (mentioned)
* Ford Explorer
* *Heartbreaker*
* Humvee

### New characters

* Lady Valarie
* Stephanie Fiennes
* Toli
* Cara Mota (mentioned previously)
* Godslayer (mentioned previously)
* Rupert
* The Warden

### Mentioned

* 3M
* Bears
* Bow-Tie
* Cara Mota's Mansion
* Demons
* Emms
* General Exotorn
* Interpol
* Jake Morello
* J. G. Ballard
* Joseph Stalin
* Roman Empire
* Saturn
* Stuart Adams
* United States Department of Homeland Security
* United States Department of State

## Gallery

### Promotional

Hilarylarge.jpgA promotional picture of the Orc Devil.Cara.jpgCara in a promotional pose.Cara-linen.jpgCara in her sumptuous home.Godslayer (TFOTT).jpgFOTThelen.jpegDue;.jpgMota Corporation logo.pngMotaOS logo.png
### Panels

Attack on Pleasant Grove.pngThe Orc Devil raining acid on Pleasant Grove.BVG3 09.pngThe Orc Devil hovers over Pleasant Grove as she rains fire.Hilary in Pleasant Grove.pngThe Orc Devil directing her proxy form to face off against Steven and the others.Summer and Romilda.pngRomilda Harvard delivering Summer to the Orc Devil.IMG Orc Devil BVG3.pngThe Orc Devil warning her enemies to stand down or die.Romilda Harvard Defeated.pngRomilda's empty, hollow shell expiring in the burning city.The Orc Devil's light fading.pngThe Orc Devil expiring in the sky.The Orc Devil Defeated.pngThe Orc Devil falls into a swimming pool.Orc Devil12.pngThe unholy creature's corpse.Steven & Summer Fate of the Towers.pngSteven and Summer interacting intimately.BabyEmilyandtheThunderQueen.pngA flashback of the Thunder Queen breaking into Steven Thompson's house with toddler Emily Watson in tow.Emily is a human shield.pngA two-year-old Emily.SummerPetersenLaserSwordNN8411.jpgSummer Petersen gripping her laser sword tightly.Emily speaks to Stephanie and Kate.jpgEmily Watson speaking with Stephanie Fiennes and Kate.Emily's breakdown.pngEmily Watson crying in rage as her state of mind crumbles upon her imminent defeat.Angry Emily Watson.jpgEmily Watson's subtle demeanor was shattered by the unanticipated betrayal of Helen McKeen and later by the demise of Hilary J. Black.Emily speaks to Stephanie and Cera.jpgVisibly deranged and broken, Watson responded to compassion with barely pent-up homicidal anticipation as her sanity began to unravel.Emily brandishes laser sword.pngEmily brandishes her laser sword against Summer during their climactic duel.Emily's breakdown.pngEmily crying in despair and hacking at her cords as her state of mind crumbles upon her temporary incapacitation, moments before her death.Summer in Oblivion.jpgSummer awakening from Oblivion.CARA 3.jpgCara giving her speech at Tower Placement.CARA 5.jpgCara's kindly and affable façade.Cara i.jpgCara finally revealing her true colors.CARA 6.jpgCara, bribing someone.Cara and Josh.jpgCara with Josh.Cara Mota on Mota Corporation slide court.pngCara Mota wearing a shirt depicting Obadiah's painting.Cara looking smug.jpgCara flaunting her nails.jpgCara in the mirror.jpgCara comparing fingernails.jpgCara black shirt.jpgCara Mota.jpg
## Music

 The Wings of Icarus
 This is War (reprise) | Thirty Seconds to Mars | * End credits (second half).

## References

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