History Fanfic / JusticeLeagueThunderer

* YouKilledMyFather: Hippolyta despises Thor above all other Asgardians for [[spoiler:killing her mother, Otrera, in the war]]. It turns out that the attack was actually intended to kill [[spoiler:Ares, but Otrera jumped in to save her lover]].

** Ares is a mixture of various versions of himself. His battle form is derived from his comics version, but he still appears as he did in the DCAU. His connection to Otrera and Hippolyta is from the original mythology and the Marvel comics version.

* DropTheHammer: Thor is the main protagonist in the story, so this is expected given that the war-hammer Mjölnir is his main weapon.

* CassandraTruth: Thor tells Diana his side of the story regarding the [[spoiler:Asgard/Amazon war and what the Amazons did when they went North]]. She doesn't believe him and storms off.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Loki inflicts this on [[spoiler:Otrera]], during Asgard's war with the [[spoiler:Amazons]].

* AdaptationalBadass: {{Invoked|Trope}}. The author states that he saw the MCU version of Thor as far weaker than his comic counterpart, so he amped Thor up to that level. Also, unlike canon, he can naturally fly without the need for Mjölnir (though this aspect is heavily subject to DependingOnTheWriter anyway), as according to WordOfGod, felt that his explained method of flight (throwing himself along with his hammer) didn't make any sense. As revealed in the "Trouble in Paradise" arc, Thor originally couldn't fly on his own, but he trained himself to be able to do so after the [[spoiler:war against the Amazons]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Whatever the Amazons did when [[spoiler:they went North, it pissed the Asgardians off enough to chase them all the way back to their home, which they then destroyed]]. It's later implied by Thor that they attacked and tried to enslave [[spoiler:Baldur when he and Loki went to Earth on a hunting trip]], though the specifics of the event are still left vague.

* BroughtDownToBadass: A good chunk of Thor's power is sealed within Mjölnir. Doesn't stop him from being near equal to Superman, fighting Frost Giants, and defeating the Titans (although he had to enter his Warrior's Madness state to do that last one).

** Thor ends up having to spend most of the "Trouble in Paradise" story debating with the Greeks so he can be allowed on Themyscira as well as fighting the [[spoiler:Titans in The Underworld]] once he's there. Considering he's as tough as Superman but lacks the weaknesses to magic, combined with the abilities provided by Mjölnir, there probably wouldn't have been much of a fight had he been there.

* AdaptationalBadass: {{Invoked|Trope}}. The author states that he saw the MCU version of Thor as far weaker than his comic counterpart, so he amped Thor up to that level. Also, unlike canon, he can naturally fly without the need for Mjölnir (though this aspect is heavily subject to DependingOnTheWriter anyway), as according to WordOfGod, felt that his explained method of flight (throwing himself along with his hammer) didn't make any sense. As revealed in the "Trouble in Paradise" arc, Thor originally couldn't fly on his own, but he trained himself to be able to do so.

** Diana is revealed to be the granddaughter of [[spoiler:Ares]], who was the father or Hippolyta. While this is true of the original Greek mythology, such a relation was never specified in the DCAU.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Superman, at first, dismisses Tartarus as a myth. Flash pretty quickly reminds him that they have a literal mythological deity on their team.

* UnskilledButStrong: Ares, as seen in flashbacks, is strong enough to trade blows with Thor, but he has ''terrible'' combat skills. Thor notes in their battle that his stances are awful and he holds his weapons in ways that Thor and Loki would have been chastised for.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Superman, at first, dismisses Tartarus as a myth. Flash pretty quickly reminds him that they have a literal god on their team.

** When Thor enters Warrior's Madness, he becomes completely irrational and his strength is multiplied by ten. He first enters this state when he battles against [[spoiler:the Titans in the Underworld]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Whatever the Amazons did when [[spoiler:they went North, it pissed the Asgardians off enough to chase them all the way back to their home, which they then destroyed]]. It's later implied by Thor that they attacked and tried to enslave [[spoiler:Baldur when he and Loki went to Earth on a hunting trip, though the specifics of the event are still left vague]].

** According to Thor, a mortal making contact with the Source will cause them to be driven to madness and become this. In the past, Odin gave enchanted objects connected to the Source to mortals, which was the only way they could avoid becoming this trope.

* AdaptationalBadass: {{Invoked|Trope}}. The author states that he saw MCU!Thor as far weaker than Comic!Thor, so he amped Thor to his comic counterpart's level. Also, unlike canon, he can naturally fly without the need for Mjölnir (though this aspect is heavily subject to DependingOnTheWriter anyway), as according to WordOfGod, felt that his explained method of flight (throwing himself along with his hammer) didn't make any sense. As revealed in the "Trouble in Paradise" arc, Thor originally couldn't fly on his own, but he trained himself to be able to do so.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After the League learns that Faust is targeting the gates of Tartarus on Themyscira, Thor makes a face that is summed up as this trope.

** Diana is revealed to be the granddaughter of [[spoiler:Ares]], who was the father or Hippolyta.

* UnskilledButStrong: Ares is strong enough to trade blows with Thor, but he has ''terrible'' combat skills. Thor notes in their battle that his stances are awful and he holds his weapons in ways that Thor and Loki would have been chastised for.