History Literature / InAWorldLikeOurs

* UncannyValley: In the [[AllThereInTheManual Thoughtspace]], Claire's face becomes something like an ExpressiveMask.

* FanGirl: Allison is a mild version of one for Super Nova.

--> '''[[DamselInDistress Allison:]]'''*While [[TheGlomp glomping]] [[BigDamnHeroes Super Nova]]* "Don't get any ideas. I have a boyfriend."

-->'''Super Nova''':(Regarding the appearance of Hellstorm)"This might sound weird, but, do you think someone is out giving people superpowers? Maybe Hellstorm was some kind of test."\\

''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2890015/1/In_a_World_Like_Ours In A World Like Ours]]'', by [[Tropers.KarlKadaver Karl Kadaver]] is a work in progress on [=FictionPress=].com about a young man named Kenneth Conners, who happens to have super powers that he [[SuperpowerfulGenetics inherited from his parents.]] The story follows Kenneth as he tries to [[PartTimeHero balance his "civilian" life with his superheroic one.]] He is joined by Charles Atlas, the man who gave Kenneth's father his start in superheroics and Sunburst, a young woman who has powers of her own. The story follows a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] formula with a romantic subplot between Kenneth and Allison, a girl who recently moved into the city and yet another subplot wherein seeming random people are given doses of a [[SuperSerum Super Serum]] for an unknown purpose. Just concluded its sixth "Issue." It's become a victim of the dreaded ScheduleSlip, as Karl hasn't updated the story in weeks.

--> '''Imaginary Allison:''' Gimme an 'S!' [[FanService *leg kick*]]

* AscendedFanboy: Before regularly using his powers, Kenneth was a fan of the [[ShowWithinAShow Comic Within A Story]] ''Captain Magnificent''. He still is.

* BlessedWithSuck: Overlaps with PowerIncontinence. Kenneth can't properly regulate his body temperature. He has heat sinks in his costume to mitigate this. He [[HandWave hand waves]] this by referring to it as the fictional disease, "Hyperthermal Disregulation."

* EveryCarIsAPinto: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. So far, two cars have been destroyed, one beyond recognition, and neither have exploded.
* EvilKnockoff: Super Nova's first super-powered foe, "Hellstorm." [[spoiler:It doesn't end well [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge for him.]]]]

** Surprisingly, it doesn't seem like a case of {{Loves My Alter Ego}}.
--> '''[[DistressedDamsel Allison:]]'''*While [[TheGlomp glomping]] [[BigDamnHeroes Super Nova]]* "Don't get any ideas. I have a boyfriend."

'''Atlas''': [[YouWatchTooMuchX You’ve been reading too many Captain Magnificent comics.]] Your logic, sound as it may be, is flawed. The last person to give others superpowers was your father’s late arch-nemesis, [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor Mortus.]] He died after his Island of Doom exploded.”\\

** Also this post by [[LoveInterest Allison]]:

** "Hellstorm" also Jumped At The Call, but in the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney opposite direction.]]
-->'''Narrator:''' [Explaining Hellstorm's {{Freudian Excuse}}] Why not use your name for something more? Why not use all of that recognition and fame and put it towards making a mint. Think of all the commercial deals! He can imagine it now, Super Nova Brand energy bars, Super Nova Brand sneakers, Super Nova Brand condoms, for God’s sake! They’ll make you SUPER where it REALLY counts! And the movies! You could do your own stunts, hell you could have people actually shooting at you, and actually jumping from tall buildings; you’d be the biggest action star ever!\\
'''Hellstorm:''' [{{Inner Monologue}}] Hell, Super Nova might even be on board for the whole thing. I might have to cut him in on some of the profits, but what’s a couple of bucks here and there? Sixty-Forty split. …Nah, more like Ninety-Ten. Yeah, I’ll ride the hem of your (metaphorical) cape all the way to the bank, you dumb git.

-->'''Super Nova:''' [[ShutUpHannibal “Shut up and listen, ‘Not-Super Nova!’]] I’m saying this for ''your'' benefit. First of all, this might embarrass you, but don’t let it: [[MyGrandmaCanDoBetterThanYou My mom hits harder than you.]] But don’t worry about it because [[SelfDeprecation she hits harder than me, too.]] Second, [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Sunburst isn’t my girlfriend.]] She’s a girl who is my friend. Now that we got that out of the way, I want to drop some Truth on you: You’ll never beat me. [[BadassBoast I’ve been training and honing my powers to a fine edge since I was five.]] You can’t even master moving in Three-Dimensional space, which tells me you didn’t have your powers very long. Am I right? You know I am. And those hits you landed on me? [[DeliberateInjuryGambit I was gauging your strength.]] You know, like any fighter worth his salt would.”

* LeotardOfPower: Sunburst. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]].

* HollywoodNerd: Allison is a moderator of a forum dedicated to Super Nova fandom. They call themselves 'Nova-Lites.'
** Kenneth also counts, being that he's a ''Captain Magnificent'' fanatic, but he has a physique "more like an All-Star quarteback."

* AccidentalMisnaming: Kenneth does not like being called 'Kenny.'
* ActionGirl: Sunburst

* BatmanCold Open:
** Sunburst's introduction.
** Chop Shop's introduction, complete with CallBack to Sunburst's intro.

* CityOfAdventure: New Sharden

** Claire's "Mask" is a ShoutOut to {{ReBoot}}'s Hexadecimal.

* ShoutOut: To Creator/DCComics heroes. The names of the bank robbers ([[Franchise/{{Superman}} Calvin Elliot]], [[Franchise/WonderWoman Dwayne Troy]], and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Bates]]) and a guest writer for ''Captain Magnificent'', [[GreenLantern Jordan Halverson]]

* EvilKnockoff: Super Nova's first super-powered foe, "Hellstorm." [[spoiler: It doesn't end well]] [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge for him.]] ]]

'''Sunburst:''' It doesn’t hurt that guys [[FetishFuel can’t help]] [[MostCommonSuperpower but look]] [[CleavageWindow at me]], either. You know…[[MyEyesAreUpHere pretty much the way you are.]] *snickers*

''[=Charles Atlas=]'' - Good!VandalSavage

[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2890015/1/In_a_World_Like_Ours In A World Like Ours]], by [[Tropers.KarlKadaver Karl Kadaver]] is a work in progress on [=FictionPress=].com about a young man named Kenneth Conners, who happens to have super powers that he [[SuperpowerfulGenetics inherited from his parents.]] The story follows Kenneth as he tries to [[PartTimeHero balance his "civilian" life with his superheroic one.]] He is joined by Charles Atlas, the man who gave Kenneth's father his start in superheroics and Sunburst, a young woman who has powers of her own. The story follows a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] formula with a romantic subplot between Kenneth and Allison, a girl who recently moved into the city and yet another subplot wherein seeming random people are given doses of a [[SuperSerum Super Serum]] for an unknown purpose. Just concluded its sixth "Issue." It's become a victim of the dreaded ScheduleSlip, as Karl hasn't updated the story in weeks.

'''Kenneth:''' “Have you ever seen Super Nova and ''me'' in the same place together? For that matter, I’ve never seen you and Sunburst in the same place together. How do I know you’re not Sunburst just trying to throw me off?”
* ShoutOut: To DCComics heroes. The names of the bank robbers ([[Franchise/{{Superman}} Calvin Elliot]], [[Franchise/WonderWoman Dwayne Troy]], and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Bates]]) and a guest writer for ''Captain Magnificent'', [[GreenLantern Jordan Halverson]]

* {{Aliens Speaking English}}: Kenneth's father, Earl. Granted, he's had over 20 years to master the language...
* {{All Guys Want Cheerleaders}}: Invoked by Kenneth in an ImagineSpot featuring Allison in a cheerleader's outfit.

* {{Batman Cold Open}}: Sunburst's introduction.
** Also Chop Shop's. Complete with CallBack to Sunburst's intro.

* {{Blessed With Suck}}: Overlaps with PowerIncontinence. Kenneth can't properly regulate his body temperature. He has heat sinks in his costume to mitigate this. He [[HandWave hand waves]] this by referring to it as the fictional disease, "Hyperthermal Disregulation."

* {{City of Adventure}}: New Sharden
* {{Day In The Life}}: How the story begins.
* {{Every Car Is A Pinto}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. So far, two cars have been destroyed, one beyond recognition, and neither have exploded.

''Miss Amazing/Lady Iron'' - MsMarvel\\

* {{Girls Love Stuffed Animals}}: Sunburst with Mr. Flopsy, her stuffed rabbit.

* {{Immune To Bullets}}: Super Nova is a slight aversion. He comments to his parents that the bullets merely sting and show them the welts that resulted from an encounter with gun-toting bank robbers.

* {{In A World}}: "...just like ours, but different..."
* {{Jumped At The Call}}: Super Nova and Sunburst.

* {{Loners are Freaks}}: Nicholas Trent, otherwise known as "The Creeper." No, not [[ComicBook/TheCreeper that one]].
* {{Leotard Of Power}}: Sunburst. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]].

* {{Names to Run Away From Really Fast}}: Dr. Mortus, "Hellstorm", Chop Shop
* {{Punch Clock Villain}}: Lady Iron. Formerly Dr. Mortus' [[TheDragon Dragon]].

* {{Samus Is A Girl}}: Chop Shop is a girl.

* {{Stalker With A Crush}}: Nicholas Trent again. He even named his spiders after Cassie and Stacy.
* {{Stock Superhero Day Jobs}}: Super Nova works as a stock clerk, Sunburst is a college student.

''Sunburst'' - [[ComicBook/WatchMen Silk Spectre]] or NightWing\\

* {{Loners are Freaks}}: Nicholas Trent, otherwise known as "The Creeper." No, not [[TheCreeper that one]].

* {{My Name Is Not Durwood}}: Kenneth does not like being called 'Kenny.'

* ShoutOut: To DCComics heroes. The names of the bank robbers ([[SuperMan Calvin Elliot]], [[WonderWoman Dwayne Troy]], and [[BatMan Wayne Bates]]) and a guest writer for ''Captain Magnificent'', [[GreenLantern Jordan Halverson]]

''Sunburst'' - [[WatchMen Silk Spectre]] or NightWing\\
''Chop Shop'' - IronMan\\

''Plasma Man'' - GreenLantern\\

* {{Hair of Gold}}: Allison and Sunburst

[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2890015/1/In_a_World_Like_Ours In A World Like Ours]], by [[Tropers.KarlKadaver Karl Kadaver]] is a work in progress on [=FictionPress=].com about a young man named Kenneth Conners, who happens to have super powers that he [[SuperpowerfulGenetics inherited from his parents.]] The story follows Kenneth as he tries to [[PartTimeHero balance his "civilian" life with his superheroic one.]] He is joined by Charles Atlas, the man who gave Kenneth's father his start in superheroics and Sunburst, a young woman who has powers of her own. The story follows a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] formula with a romantic subplot between Kenneth and Allison, a girl who recently moved into the city and yet another subplot wherein seeming random people are given doses of a [[SuperSerum Super Serum]] for an unknown purpose. Just concluded its sixth "Issue."