History HiddenDepths / ChildOfTheStorm

* Thor and Tony both have a far greater degree of emotional intelligence than most people credit them with, especially Tony; he, of all people, is the one who nags Steve the most about not [[spoiler: making things right with his newly discovered great-granddaughter, Carol, who he neglects due to his own issues - Steve likes her, but she represents both the life he lost, and the fact that he left Peggy in the lurch when he went down (though Tony points out that this is absolutely ridiculous, since even Peggy had no idea she was pregnant at the time)]] - and encourages their relationship. More generally, Tony tends to have a particular insight into Harry and Carol's minds (having been an emotionally screwed-up teenager in the spotlight himself, even if he responded differently).
* Carol's mother, Marie, turns out to be much more than the ExtremeDoormat {{Housewife}} Carol's been making her out to be when she appears in the sequel. Harry immediately clocks her as being much more like her daughter than Carol wants to admit, [[HyperAwareness she picks up on Harry and Carol's telepathic conversation by mere observation of their body language]], and despite being a NonActionGuy by choice, it's suggested she's a nurse or, at least, has medical training (confirmed in Book 2.5). She's also a MamaBear to her children, unleashing the wrath of her mother, Alison Carter (a terrifyingly ruthless ex-Deputy Director of SHIELD who trained ''Nick Fury''), on her husband, Joe, when it turns out that [[spoiler: he'd tried to get Harry to brainwash her daughter into being a ProperLady]]. It's also implied by Alison that her choice - ensuring that Joe is KickedUpstairs, away from his family, with promise of dire consequences if he stepped out of line - is ''considerably'' more merciful than what Marie would have done if she'd found out first rather than from her mother. It's not said what she'd do, but it's directly compared to the response of Carol's CoolUncle, Jack O'Neill, who once threatened with absolute sincerity to kill General Ross with his bare hands for even indirectly threatening Carol.

* Thor and Tony both have a far greater degree of emotional intelligence than most people credit them with, especially Tony - he, of all people, is the one who nags Steve the most about not [[spoiler: making things right with his newly discovered great-granddaughter, Carol, who he neglects due to his own issues - he likes her, but she represents both the life he lost, and the fact that he left Peggy in the lurch when he went down (though Tony points out that this is absolutely ridiculous, since even Peggy had no idea she was pregnant at the time)]] and encourages their relationship. More generally, he tends to have a particular insight into Harry and Carol's minds (having been an emotionally screwed up teenager in the spotlight himself, even if he responded differently).

* Carol's mother, Marie, turns out to be much more than the ExtremeDoormat {{Housewife}} Carol's been making her out to be when she appears in the sequel. Harry immediately clocks her as being much more like her daughter than Carol wants to admit, she picks up on Harry and Carol's telepathic conversation by mere observation of their body language, and despite being a NonActionGuy by choice, it's suggested she's a nurse or, at least, has medical training (confirmed in Book III). She's also a MamaBear to her children, unleashing the wrath of her mother, Alison Carter (a terrifyingly ruthless ex-Deputy Director of SHIELD who trained ''Nick Fury''), on her husband, Joe, when it turns out that [[spoiler: he'd tried to get Harry to brainwash her daughter into being a ProperLady]]. It's also implied by Alison that her choice - ensuring that Joe is KickedUpstairs, away from his family, with promise of dire consequences if he stepped out of line - is ''considerably'' more merciful than what Marie would have done if she'd found out first rather than from her mother. It's not said what she'd do, but it's directly compared to the response of Carol's CoolUncle, Jack O'Neill, who once threatened with absolute sincerity to kill General Ross with his bare hands for even indirectly threatening Carol.

* Carol's mother, Marie, turns out to be much more than the ExtremeDoormat {{Housewife}} Carol's been making her out to be when she appears in the sequel. Harry immediately clocks her as being much more like her daughter than Carol wants to admit, she picks up on Harry and Carol's telepathic conversation by mere observation of their body language, and despite being a NonActionGuy by choice, it's suggested she's a nurse or, at least, has medical training. She's also a MamaBear to her children, unleashing the wrath of her mother, Alison Carter (a terrifyingly ruthless ex-Deputy Director of SHIELD who trained ''Nick Fury''), on her husband, Joe, when it turns out that [[spoiler: he'd tried to get Harry to brainwash her daughter into being a ProperLady]]. It's also implied by Alison that her choice - ensuring that Joe is KickedUpstairs, away from his family, with promise of dire consequences if he stepped out of line - is ''considerably'' more merciful than what Marie would have done if she'd found out first rather than from her mother. It's not said what she'd do, but it's directly compared to the response of Carol's CoolUncle, Jack O'Neill, who once threatened with absolute sincerity to kill General Ross with his bare hands for even indirectly threatening Carol.

* Likewise Cedric Diggory in the sequel, who's perceptive enough to pull off a basic SherlockScan on Peter Wisdom, a man he's barely met, and a more insightful one on Harry. While he's nowhere near the TropeNamer, he's sharp enough to catch quite a few details and impress Harry, who's currently in one of his {{Jerkass}} moods thanks to [[ShellShockedVeteran a horrible case of PTSD]]. More generally, he's one of the few people who even a grumpy Harry tends to behave for. Since that list is generally limited to his closest friends, the Avengers, Wanda, and Dumbledore, that takes some doing.

* Carol's mother, Marie, turns out to be much more than the ExtremeDoormat Carol's been making her out to be when she appears in the sequel. Harry immediately clocks her as being much more like her daughter than Carol wants to admit, she picks up on Harry and Carol's telepathic conversation by mere observation of their body language, and despite being a NonActionGuy by choice (it's suggested she's a nurse or, at least, has medical training). She's also a MamaBear to her children, unleashing the wrath of her mother, Alison Carter (a terrifyingly ruthless ex-Deputy Director of SHIELD who trained ''Nick Fury''), on her husband, Joe, when it turns out that [[spoiler: he'd tried to get Harry to brainwash her daughter into being a ProperLady]]. It's also implied by Alison that her choice - ensuring that Joe is KickedUpstairs, away from his family, with promise of dire consequences if he stepped out of line - is ''considerably'' more merciful than what Marie would have done if she'd found out first rather than from her mother. It's not said what she'd do, but it's directly compared to the response of Carol's CoolUncle, Jack O'Neill, who once threatened with absolute sincerity to kill General Ross with his bare hands for even indirectly threatening Carol.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, a gentle, kindly, and eccentric lover of sweets and Muggle literature, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is a concern. He also goes up against a god-killing EldritchAbomination with reality-warping powers that was in turn possessing a RealityWarper, something powerful enough that even [[PersonOfMassDestruction Harry]] with all Hermione's knowledge to call on is barely able to get the upper hand, briefly. Dumbledore? He ''mops the floor'' with it. For these reasons and more, he's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, Nick Fury, Peter Wisdom, and Thor (and while he mentored most of them, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else except for Fury), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, Strange, and Mab--even the ''Phoenix''--all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, a gentle, kindly, and eccentric lover of sweets and Muggle literature, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is a concern. He also goes up against a god-killing EldritchAbomination with reality-warping powers that was in turn possessing a RealityWarper, something powerful enough that even [[PersonOfMassDestruction Harry]] with all Hermione's knowledge to call on is barely able to get the upper hand, briefly. Dumbledore? He ''mops the floor'' with it. For these reasons and more, he's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, Nick Fury, Peter Wisdom, and Thor (and while the latter two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, Strange, and Mab--even the ''Phoenix''--all show him respect.

* Monica Rambeau is introduced in the second book as one of Carol's soccer friends and a ShipperOnDeck for her and Harry, with a penchant for EatingTheEyeCandy. She was briefly mentioned in the first book as a possible candidate for the Young Avengers Initiative. Just what makes her so extraordinary is yet to be seen.
* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, a gentle, kindly, and eccentric lover of sweets and Muggle literature, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is a concern. He's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, Nick Fury, Peter Wisdom, and Thor (and while the latter two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, Strange, and Mab--even the ''Phoenix''--all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, a gentle, kindly, and eccentric lover of sweets and Muggle literature, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is a concern. He's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, Nick Fury, Peter Wisdom, and Thor (and while the former two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, Strange, and Mab--even the ''Phoenix''--all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, a gentle, kindly, and eccentric lover of sweets and Muggle literature, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is a concern. He's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, Nick Fury, Peter Wisdom, and Thor (and while the former two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, and Mab all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, a gentle, kindly, and eccentric lover of sweets and Muggle literature, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is concern. He's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Peter Wisdom, Thor, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, and Nick Fury (and while the former two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, and Mab all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling Arthur Langtry to push off and trolling him in the process,[[note]] It should be noted that Langtry is TheArchmage of the White Council, a man whose political and magical abilities rival, if not exceed Dumbledore's[[/note]] and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is concern. He's treated with deference by {{Living Legend}}s like Peter Wisdom, Thor, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Charles Xavier, and Nick Fury (and while the former two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, and Mab all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who actually listens, instead of responding... ''[[CoolAndUnusualPunishment creatively]]''), feels comfortable politely telling fellow {{Archmage}} Arthur Langtry to push off (and trolling him in the process), and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when the welfare of his students is concern. He's treated with deference by people like Peter Wisdom, Thor, Black Widow, Charles Xavier, and Nick Fury (and while the former two were his students, Wisdom defers to literally ''no one'' else), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, and Mab all show him respect.

* As per canon, Professor Dumbledore. While he's TheGadfly, and is affable and silly enough to lure even Lucius Malfoy into a false sense of confidence, when his students and school are in trouble, he drops the facade entirely. Four HYDRA-trained wizards, handpicked to take him down? He beats them with two absent-minded spells and vaporizes their wands. This is a man who twice stood up to the Phoenix, a CosmicEntity that gave '''Gravemoss''' nightmares, gives an implied threat to LivingLegend Doctor Strange (who listens rather than take CoolAndUnusualPunishment), feels comfortable politely telling fellow {{Archmage}} Arthur Langtry to push off, and makes it very clear, multiple times, that he can and will steamroller Fudge when things get serious. He's treated with deference by people like Peter Wisdom, Thor, Black Widow, Charles Xavier, and Nick Fury (admittedly, the former two were his students), and even immortals such as Gorakhnath, Loki, and Mab all show him respect.

* Monica Rambeau is introduced in this book as one of Carol's soccer friends and a ShipperOnDeck for her and Harry, with a penchant for EatingTheEyeCandy. She was briefly mentioned in the first book as a possible candidate for the Young Avengers Initiative. Just what makes her so extraordinary is yet to be seen.

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