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* CallASmeerpARabbit: "Last Sons of Krypton" opens with a note explaining that the names of Earth animals in this fic don't ''actually'' refer to Earth animals that Krypton somehow also has, but to a Kryptonian animal that is roughly equivalent.
-->if europeans can move to america and call a grouse a partridge i can call whatever lovable quadruped they have in space a dog.
-->if europeans can move to america and call a grouse a partridge i can call whatever lovable quadruped they have in space a dog.
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* {{Yellowface}}: {{Discussed|Trope}} in-universe in Bruce's questionable reasons to be sad: he's pretty sure Ra's al Ghul is actually a white guy, but Bruce can't call him out for it because he's white too.
-->I just have to keep my mouth shut while he tells people he's the immortal leader of a secretive society of assassins from the mystical Orient. He actually says 'the Orient'.
-->I just have to keep my mouth shut while he tells people he's the immortal leader of a secretive society of assassins from the mystical Orient. He actually says 'the Orient'.
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* ChoreCharacterExplanation: The day after Corinne is shot in front of Bruce, the two of them open up to each other a bit over the course of preparing a gratuitous quantity of empanadas for themselves.
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* ChoreCharacterExplanation: The day after Corinne is shot in front of Bruce, the two of them open up to each other a bit over the course of preparing a gratuitous quantity of empanadas for themselves.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Martha Kent reads Bruce Wayne well enough to surprise even Bruce when she tells him not to fake-smile around her. Fortunately for him, she approves of who he is when he's not pretending to be a carefree billionaire.
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** [[SirSwearsALot Martha Kent]] apparently developed this habit around Clark to avoid the wrath of TheSwearJar.
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** [[SirSwearsALot Martha Kent]] apparently developed this habit around Clark to avoid the wrath of TheSwearJar.TheSwearJar, causing some amusement when people hear her natural SirSwearsALot tendencies.
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* TheMenInBlack: In "Empty Graves", one of the time travelers that arrive to the Kent home is a government agent who was trying to swindle the Kents into letting him kidnap Clark to turn into a weapon by pretending to be a teacher. Unfortunately, he gives off this vibe too hard and Martha slips arsenic into the cup of coffee she offered him.
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* RetGone: In "Empty Graves", the titular Graves are those of the time travelers who have gone back to kill Clark (and thus Superman) when he is a child and Martha [[MamaBear has buried]] and then take steps to try to prevent them from ever needing to come back, which leads to them disappearing.
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* HerBoyfriendsJacket: Apparently Selina uses Bruce's sweatshirt so much he offered to buy her one. (She said no.)
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* HerBoyfriendsJacket: HerBoyfriendsJacket:
** Apparently Selina uses Bruce's sweatshirt so much he offered to buy her one. (She said no.))
** Downplayed, but Corinne's internal joy at Bruce Wayne letting her borrow his jacket at a company party is just as quickly ruined when she gets shot dead while wearing it (which in fairness will ruin ''anyone's'' evening) because now said jacket is both covered in her blood and locked up in police evidence.
** Apparently Selina uses Bruce's sweatshirt so much he offered to buy her one. (She said no.
** Downplayed, but Corinne's internal joy at Bruce Wayne letting her borrow his jacket at a company party is just as quickly ruined when she gets shot dead while wearing it (which in fairness will ruin ''anyone's'' evening) because now said jacket is both covered in her blood and locked up in police evidence.
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** Corrinne's chat handle is "[[Creator/RobZombie LivingDeadGrrl]]". [[spoiler:Bruce isn't amused.]]
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** Corrinne's Corinne's chat handle is "[[Creator/RobZombie "[[Music/RobZombie LivingDeadGrrl]]". [[spoiler:Bruce isn't amused.]]
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* CatchPhrase: Bruce Wayne is very prone to calling things he isn't fond of "a menace to society".
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* PatchworkFic: Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/DCAnimaatedUniverse, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', and the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.
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* PatchworkFic: Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/DCAnimaatedUniverse, Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', and the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.
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** In "Arm Candy", Alex's cat is named after an ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' character.
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** In "Arm Candy", Dib, Alex's cat cat, is named after an ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' character.
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* WhipItGood: Catwoman.
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Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', and the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.
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* PatchworkFic: Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Franchise/DCAnimaatedUniverse, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', and the Series/{{Arrowverse}}.
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I tell ya, that boy ain't right
* EarlyPersonalitySigns: Bruce Wayne was ''never'' going to be an ordinary child, even setting aside the whole "billionaire" thing.
** Snippets from "Wayne Manor" and other various stories from his young childhood show him displaying very focused interest in whatever his latest project was, making deductions and putting together clues to notice things that aren't immediately obvious, and when Thomas attempts to teach Bruce how to write in cursive, he accidentally teaches him how to ''forge signatures''. At one point Bruce circumvents the many obstacles that Mr. and Mrs. Wayne put in place to have some alone time ([[ThreeWaySex with Alfred]]) by climbing along the side of the building and through their window.
** From "Gotham High" onward a teenage Bruce- who has not yet solidified his Bruce Wayne/Batman dichotomy- is shown dealing with bullies and other swaggering creeps [[BullyHunter with his fists]], allowing others to shelter themselves in the influence he exudes on the PopularityFoodChain, having a ridiculous amount of activities to occupy his time, climbs a mobile home to fix the roofing because he wanted to help the mother of a friend he was waiting on, and more darkly going into [[TheCityNarrows mugger territory]] with an expensive watch on so that he could "defend himself", [[MuggingTheMonster again with his fists]].
** Snippets from "Wayne Manor" and other various stories from his young childhood show him displaying very focused interest in whatever his latest project was, making deductions and putting together clues to notice things that aren't immediately obvious, and when Thomas attempts to teach Bruce how to write in cursive, he accidentally teaches him how to ''forge signatures''. At one point Bruce circumvents the many obstacles that Mr. and Mrs. Wayne put in place to have some alone time ([[ThreeWaySex with Alfred]]) by climbing along the side of the building and through their window.
** From "Gotham High" onward a teenage Bruce- who has not yet solidified his Bruce Wayne/Batman dichotomy- is shown dealing with bullies and other swaggering creeps [[BullyHunter with his fists]], allowing others to shelter themselves in the influence he exudes on the PopularityFoodChain, having a ridiculous amount of activities to occupy his time, climbs a mobile home to fix the roofing because he wanted to help the mother of a friend he was waiting on, and more darkly going into [[TheCityNarrows mugger territory]] with an expensive watch on so that he could "defend himself", [[MuggingTheMonster again with his fists]].
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* SpottingTheThread: How Martha Wayne knows that Alfred is not really a butler.
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* WhatTheHellHero: One of Bruce's highschool social group lays into him at the end of "Gotham High" for going "criminal hunting" in her neighborhood, where everyone is too poor to afford the hospital if Bruce felt like dealing out [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Batman-level injuries]].
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Corinne that was a very impressive party trick but please sweet jesus never do that again ;~;
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* AccidentalMisnaming: When Alfred first meets Martha Wayne, she calls him "Shillingsweight" and "Pennywork". An invoked instance, because she's not nearly as bubble-brained as she chooses to appear, and once she decides to let him know it, she gets his name right whenever she's having a serious private conversation with him -- though she keeps on calling him "Quartercup" and "Manpennies" whenever there's anyone else around (including her husband).
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** When Alfred first meets Martha Wayne, she calls him "Shillingsweight" and "Pennywork". An invoked instance, because she's not nearly as bubble-brained as she chooses to appear, and once she decides to let him know it, she gets his name right whenever she's having a serious private conversation with him -- though she keeps on calling him "Quartercup" and "Manpennies" whenever there's anyone else around (including herhusband).husband).
** The titular "Karen from HR" is actually named Corinne, but got stuck with Karen after enough people misheard her name, and never bothered to correct them due to low self-esteem.
** When Alfred first meets Martha Wayne, she calls him "Shillingsweight" and "Pennywork". An invoked instance, because she's not nearly as bubble-brained as she chooses to appear, and once she decides to let him know it, she gets his name right whenever she's having a serious private conversation with him -- though she keeps on calling him "Quartercup" and "Manpennies" whenever there's anyone else around (including her
** The titular "Karen from HR" is actually named Corinne, but got stuck with Karen after enough people misheard her name, and never bothered to correct them due to low self-esteem.
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* BlessedWithSuck: How Bruce views the hypervigilance that makes him The World's Greatest Detective, since it stems directly from his mental trauma and near-death experiences. It's #5 on his "Reasons I am Sad" list in "Nominal".
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* BlessedWithSuck: BlessedWithSuck:
** How Bruce views the hypervigilance that makes him The World's Greatest Detective, since it stems directly from his mental trauma and near-death experiences. It's #5 on his "Reasons I am Sad" list in"Nominal"."Nominal".
** From "Karen from HR", Corinne's ResurrectiveImmortality. Setting aside the whole ''mountain'' of emotional baggage that would probably make her suicidal if it ever ''stuck'', it causes [[ImmortalityHurts awful hangovers]] the day after (especially if she died from poison, which is "puke city"), it confers no ''other'' benefits besides bringing her back to life minus whatever killed her (non-fatal injuries stick), and she lives in ''[[WretchedHive Gotham]]''. She has apparently been [[DieLaughing joker-gassed]] while taking the subway more than once. She doesn't even fully understand how her own powers work; she's mostly just figured it out from trial-and-error because [[TheyWouldCutYouUp she doesn't want to get turned into an experiment somewhere]].
** How Bruce views the hypervigilance that makes him The World's Greatest Detective, since it stems directly from his mental trauma and near-death experiences. It's #5 on his "Reasons I am Sad" list in
** From "Karen from HR", Corinne's ResurrectiveImmortality. Setting aside the whole ''mountain'' of emotional baggage that would probably make her suicidal if it ever ''stuck'', it causes [[ImmortalityHurts awful hangovers]] the day after (especially if she died from poison, which is "puke city"), it confers no ''other'' benefits besides bringing her back to life minus whatever killed her (non-fatal injuries stick), and she lives in ''[[WretchedHive Gotham]]''. She has apparently been [[DieLaughing joker-gassed]] while taking the subway more than once. She doesn't even fully understand how her own powers work; she's mostly just figured it out from trial-and-error because [[TheyWouldCutYouUp she doesn't want to get turned into an experiment somewhere]].
* DeathIsCheap: Corinne, in "Karen from HR", has died so many times and [[ResurrectiveImmortality gotten better]] that her concerns lie more in the [[SkewedPriorities minutiae surrounding death]] than the actual "dying" part; she's mortified when she realizes that she was shot dead in front of ''Bruce Wayne'', a man who is ''defined'' by his parents being shot dead in front of him, and not only is that the [[RefugeInAudacity worst possible way she's reminded a man of his mother]], but he'd also given her his jacket and now it's got blood all over it and so has her nice outfit and both are now in police custody as evidence. As she explains to Batman, either she comes back and has to deal with the fallout of being killed- especially if there were witnesses- or she doesn't and it's not her problem ever again. She gets out of a mugging by headbutting the criminal's gun and blowing her own brains out, and even briefly considers jumping over the balcony of a skyscraper just to get out of an awkward company party, before deciding not to on the basis of not wanting to die slowly because she landed wrong.
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* DramaticIrony: "Third Wheel", the story of Superman and Batman's first team-up, is told from the viewpoint of Lois Lane, who at this point is ignorant of both their secret identities, and as a result there's a lot of subtext that she misses but which is apparent to the reader.
* DumbIsGood: Discussed in "Wayne Manor". Martha describes Thomas as "straightforward", given to doing the Right Thing [[HonorBeforeReason without stopping to worry about whether it might have unfortunate consequences]]. She admires him for it, but also considers it a good thing that he has more "complicated" people like herself watching his back.
* DumbIsGood: Discussed in "Wayne Manor". Martha describes Thomas as "straightforward", given to doing the Right Thing [[HonorBeforeReason without stopping to worry about whether it might have unfortunate consequences]]. She admires him for it, but also considers it a good thing that he has more "complicated" people like herself watching his back.
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** "Third Wheel", the story of Superman and Batman's first team-up, is told from the viewpoint of Lois Lane, who at this point is ignorant of both their secret identities, and as a result there's a lot of subtext that she misses but which is apparent to the reader.
** "Karen from HR" sees Bruce Wayne bringing home leftover empanadas in a reused Superman ice cream container. Narration mentions that only he recognizes the punchline.
* DumbIsGood: Discussed in "Wayne Manor". Martha describes Thomas as "straightforward", given to doing the Right Thing [[HonorBeforeReason without stopping to worry about whether it might have unfortunate consequences]]. She admires him for it, and does not consider it a slight on his intelligence, but also considers it a good thing that he has more "complicated" people like herself watching his back.
** "Third Wheel", the story of Superman and Batman's first team-up, is told from the viewpoint of Lois Lane, who at this point is ignorant of both their secret identities, and as a result there's a lot of subtext that she misses but which is apparent to the reader.
** "Karen from HR" sees Bruce Wayne bringing home leftover empanadas in a reused Superman ice cream container. Narration mentions that only he recognizes the punchline.
* DumbIsGood: Discussed in "Wayne Manor". Martha describes Thomas as "straightforward", given to doing the Right Thing [[HonorBeforeReason without stopping to worry about whether it might have unfortunate consequences]]. She admires him for it, and does not consider it a slight on his intelligence, but also considers it a good thing that he has more "complicated" people like herself watching his back.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Corinne from "Karen from HR" is thoroughly disappointed to discover that Batman is "just some guy" in a "gimp fursuit" as opposed to the [[ShroudedInMyth supernatural horror that everyone thinks he is]].
* ExtremeDoormat: Corinne suffers from terrible self-esteem issues, to the point that people at work mistaken started calling her "Karen from HR", and the name ''stuck'', and Corinne just went along with it because she didn't want to kick up a fuss.
* ExtremeDoormat: Corinne suffers from terrible self-esteem issues, to the point that people at work mistaken started calling her "Karen from HR", and the name ''stuck'', and Corinne just went along with it because she didn't want to kick up a fuss.
* LanguageEqualsThought: The speech of the Amazons in "Making A Mountain" makes no use of male pronouns; men are referred to as "[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]" rather than "he" or "him". No clarification is given for whether this is due to the absence of men, contempt for men, or both. Tellingly, when Diana discusses the approaching planet-eating monster with Superman in english, she briefly trips over the he/it conflation, but holds no animosity towards Superman, Batman, or a briefly seen Aquaman.
** Corinne considers getting shot in front of Bruce Wayne "the worst way she's ever reminded a man of his mother", implying there were others; less humorously, while explaining her powers as best she can to Batman, she gives some detailed descriptions of recovering after various forms of death, from drowning to poison to gunshot.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Diana is centuries old, but everyone has trouble remembering it because she doesn't look her age, nor act it (her enthusiasm about discovering new things they didn't have on Themiscyra makes her seem a lot younger).
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* TouchTelepathy: A power shared by both Amazons and Kryptonians. It is in fact the default manner of communicating on Krypton, which explains why the alien baby that looked human wasn't crying but was so keen to grab Martha Kent's head when they first meet. Apparently Kryptonian telepathy ''almost'' works on humans, but we're just incompatable enough that it causes Clark headaches whenever he tries it, which is usually [[PowerPerversionPotential when he's making out with Lois]].
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* TheInternetIsForCats: In "Making a Mountain", during Diana's first visit to Man's World in the 21st century, Batman introduces her to the internet to help her research the modern world and Superman immediately shows her how to view cat videos.
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* LegacyCharacter: Discussed in "Making a Mountain", when Superman and Batman meet Wonder Woman for the first time. They initially assume that she must be a successor to the Wonder Woman who was active during World War II, until she explains that that was also her and she's older than she looks.
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* PronounTrouble: Diana's native language, that of the all-female island of Themiscyra, has no word for "he". In "Making a Mountain", when she speaks to another Themiscyran about one of the American heroes, the pronoun she uses is [[TranslationConvention translated as]] "it".
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* TemptingFate: "Making a Mountain" begins with the Queen of Themiscyra giving Diana permission to visit the US and help defeat an alien monster that's about to land there, with them both knowing that it's at least partly an excuse for Diana to indulge her curiosity about the development of Man's World. One of the Queen's courtiers suggests that this might be setting a bad precedent, and the Queen replies that she doesn't see how it would, because really how often is "an alien monster is about to land in the US and try to destroy the planet" going to be a situation that comes up?
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* ShapedLikeItself: "Making a Mountain" depicts the first meeting between Wonder Woman and Superman and Batman. Wonder Woman introduces herself as "Diana of Themyscira, Princess of the Amazons" and Batman responds by introducing Superman as "Kal-El of Krypton, Superman of Metropolis". Superman, not to be outdone, introduces Batman as "Batman of Gotham, the Batman of Gotham".
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]] hard by Bruce in-story. Since he uses his political and financial influence to improve conditions in Gotham, and being seen as having enough free time to be Batman is dangerous, Bruce Wayne is publicly a very busy, if eccentric, man. Since being seen as too incompetent to do his job would mean that no one would ''let'' Bruce Wayne help them or follow his suggestions to improve Gotham, he cultivates the image of a capable, educated, and keen businessman whose massive [[GuiltComplex trauma]] drives him to [[StepfordSmiler party hard, take massive risks, and live his off hours like he's flirting with death]] as a coping method. It's close enough to the truth that he sells it ''very well''.
