History Literature / SoonIWillBeInvincible

* {{Literature/Rumpelstiltskin}}: It's not the best telling of the story you've ever heard. In fact, it might be one of the worst. But it's definately one of the most memorable!

* HalfHumanHybrid: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d; [[spoiler:Damsel, one of the {{Half Human Hybrid}}s, reveals that she was [[MixAndMatchMan made in a test tube]], due to the fact that her alien mom couldn't have a baby with her human dad because "she wasn't even a mammal" and she has several problems with her biochemistry]].

** Lily has been up and down the timeline.

A novel by Austin Grossman about a world where {{superhero}}es exist and have been around since UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The setting is an AffectionateParody of both the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and Franchise/TheDCU, and like these two is decidedly in the realm of the FantasyKitchenSink, with everything from magicians to aliens. Most of the characters are [[CaptainErsatz Captains]] [[CaptainErsatz Ersatz]] or a [[SatireParodyPastiche pastiches]] of {{superhero}}es and superhero tropes.

A novel by Austin Grossman about a world where {{superhero}}es exist and have been around since UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The setting is an AffectionateParody of both the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and Franchise/TheDCU, and like these two is decidedly in the realm of the FantasyKitchenSink, with everything from magicians to aliens. Most of the characters are {{Captain Ersatz}}es or a [[SatireParodyPastiche pastiches]] of {{superhero}}es and superhero tropes.

A novel by Austin Grossman about a world where {{superhero}}es exist and have been around since UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The setting is an AffectionateParody of both the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and Franchise/TheDCU, and like these two is decidedly in the realm of the FantasyKitchenSink, with everything from magicians to aliens. Most of the characters are a CaptainErsatz or a [[SatireParodyPastiche pastiche]] of {{superhero}}es and superhero tropes.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Blackwolf is a Type 2, much like Batman, with a wolf-themed costume, but little else. Feral could be seen as a Type 1, being a [[PettingZooPeople humanoid tiger]].

* PettingZooPeople: Feral is this, although he is described as a bit more beastlike than most examples, with a more catlike posture and a tendency to crouch.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: Fatale is pronounced Fuh-toll.

-->--'''Doctor Impossible'''

The story is told in alternating viewpoints between Fatale (a [[NewMeat new recruit]] to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]/ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} analogue the Champions) and Doctor Impossible (a {{supervillain}} who has fallen on hard times and is currently in jail for the 12th time). The great hero [=CoreFire=] is missing, and his ArchNemesis Doctor Impossible has escaped from prison. Coincidence? ...well, actually, yes, much to Impossible's annoyance. No matter, he has his own plans; it's just going to be harder to implement them now that the rest of the superhero world is trying to rescue the hero he ''doesn't'' have hostage.

* ShaggyDogStory: It seems like the book is setting up a final showdown between Fatale (the rookie member of the superteam) and Dr. Impossible (the EvilGenius so powerful that his crimes are tried in the World Court). After all, they're the two viewpoint characters. [[spoiler:Instead, Impossible takes her down almost instantly ([[CrowningMomentOfAwesome with a remote control, no less!]]), and she and the rest of the team spend the climax of the book in a prison cell. In fact, examination reveals that her absence from the plot would have changed more or less nothing. Her actual role in the book was to provide an "outsider" perspective on the superteam, and thus prevent both ContinuityLockout and AsYouKnow.]]

* Elphin: A literal fairy who has a [[BladeOnAStick magic spear]] and can control the weather. Fatale, for one, thinks her story is false[[spoiler:for most of the book]]. Seems to be based loosely on characters like ComicBook/TheMightyThor, who claim to be immortal mythical or religious beings, but people doubt their legitimacy.

%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Galatea.

%%* VillainProtagonist: Doctor Impossible. See also AntiVillain entry.

%%* FlyingBrick: Several: [=CoreFire=], Damsel, also the late Galatea.

%%* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Pharaoh's hammer.]]

%%* CardCarryingVillain: Played deadly serious.

%%* ActionGirl: Fatale, Damsel, Lily... actually, every female superhero.

The story is told in alternating viewpoints between Fatale (a [[NewMeat new recruit]] to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} analogue the Champions) and Doctor Impossible (a {{supervillain}} who has fallen on hard times and is currently in jail for the 12th time). The great hero [=CoreFire=] is missing, and his ArchNemesis Doctor Impossible has escaped from prison. Coincidence? ...well, actually, yes, much to Impossible's annoyance. No matter, he has his own plans; it's just going to be harder to implement them now that the rest of the superhero world is trying to rescue the hero he ''doesn't'' have hostage.

* Feral: A street-level hero who is a anthropomorphic tiger. Similar to Wolverine in violence, anger issues, and getting smacked around in fights, although the fact he's an anthropomorphic tiger calls back to Mr Tawky Tawny of [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] fame.

* Blackwolf: An [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] {{Franchise/Batman}} with heavy streaks of [[ComicBook/Watchmen Ozymandias]], whose BadassNormal demeanor comes from [[DisabilitySuperpower autism]]. Notably, he is far more well-balanced than Bruce Wayne and has a genuinely pleasant personality. Is semi-retired at the beginning of the book, mainly using his Blackwolf persona for publicity. He and Damsel were once married, until the widely publicized breakup of the original Champions.

* Blackwolf: An [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] {{Franchise/Batman}} with heavy streaks of {[ComicBook/Watchmen Ozymandias]}, whose BadassNormal demeanor comes from [[DisabilitySuperpower autism]]. Notably, he is far more well-balanced than Bruce Wayne and has a genuinely pleasant personality. Is semi-retired at the beginning of the book, mainly using his Blackwolf persona for publicity. He and Damsel were once married, until the widely publicized breakup of the original Champions.

* Blackwolf: An [[CaptainErsatz ersatz]] {{Franchise/Batman}}, whose BadassNormal demeanor comes from [[DisabilitySuperpower autism]]. He and Damsel were once married, until the widely publicized breakup of the original Champions.

* {{NSA}}: Fatale worked for the NSA, as muscle in missions.

** Fatale was on holiday in South America when her body was massively damaged by a garbage truck.

* GenreSavvy:
** Doctor Impossible is savvy enough to understand that villains '''never''' win. But he just can't help but try anyways. Over and over and over again.
** The New Champions are savvy enough to expect Lily's eventual betrayal, though not the unconventional form it would take.
** [[spoiler:Lily is perhaps the ultimate example,]] exploiting everyone else's genre savviness to achieve her own ends.

* NothingCanStopUsNow: Doctor Impossible [[GenreSavvy realises]] saying things like that are just TemptingFate, but at the denouement, with everything going his way "It feels so good, I just have to say it." Needless to say, it's all downhill from there.