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* '''Enforced''': ???The writers wish to write a story in which they decry any stupid hot-button law passed by the government that allegedly brings the DayOfTheJackboot one inch closer to reality.
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* '''Exploited''': In the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a crime spree, since criminals know that the superheroes haven't been able Government to decide against such a law, reasoning that they don't want to piss off their super-powered defenders.

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* '''Exploited''': In Following the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a announcement, crime spree, since rates erupt as criminals know capitalize on the superheroes' inability to act due to the pending government decision, assuming that the superheroes haven't been able Government to decide against such a law, reasoning that they don't won't want to piss off their super-powered defenders.risk government displeasure.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved


* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are the extremists: KnightTemplar [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist sadists, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the latter two is noted]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are the extremists: KnightTemplar [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist sadists, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark similarity between the latter two is noted]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are the extremists: [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the two is noted]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are the extremists: KnightTemplar [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist sadists, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the latter two is noted]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are the extremists: [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]][[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the two is noted]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are the extremists: [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]][[SuperSupremacist position]] [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the two is noted]].
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* '''Parodied''': Registration of special abilities is taken to the illogical extreme of including /any/ special ability over others. Not only the ability to perform calculus but also being one standard deviation more flexible than average.

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* '''Parodied''': Registration of special abilities is taken to the illogical extreme of including /any/ ''any'' special ability over others. Not only the ability to perform calculus but also being one standard deviation more flexible than average.
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** Registration is only needed if one wants to engage in actively seeking out and fighting crime. [[MuggingTheMonster Defending yourself from anyone who tries to attack you]] or defending others while you are nearby is allowed without registration as self defense. However seeking out registration is required to say storm lairs of criminals.
* '''Justified''': Those who enforce the law HAVE to be held to some form of accountability. This registration act prevents the local AntiHero from using telekinetic abilities to strangle muggers.

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** Registration is only needed if one wants to engage in actively seeking seek out and fighting crime. fight crime, and it comes with free HeroInsurance as a benefit. [[MuggingTheMonster Defending yourself from anyone who tries to attack you]] or defending others while you are nearby is allowed without registration as self defense. self-defense. However seeking out registration is required to say to, say, storm lairs of criminals.
a criminal's secret lair.
* '''Justified''': Those who enforce the law HAVE to be held to some form of accountability. This registration act prevents the local AntiHero from using telekinetic abilities to strangle muggers.to, say, [[DisproportionateRetribution kill shoplifters]].
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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are extremists. [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] and [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the two is noted]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are extremists. the extremists: [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] and [[SuperSupremacist position]][[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the two is noted]].

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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Registration of special abilities is taken to the illogical extreme of including /any/ special ability over others. Not only the ability to perform calculus but also being one standard deviation more flexible than average.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???[[WellIntentionedExtremist Mastermind]] explicitly blackmails congress against passing such a law by threatening to reveal government conspiracies that would not only mean the end of their careers but lead to a civil war. They back down.


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* '''Reconstructed''': Care is taken to make sure the super registration act is good for everyone involved and civil rights are respected. Supers and their families receive sufficient protection so they don't have to worry. Their hazardous job and rare abilities are appropriately compensated. The only ones dissatisfied with the new system are extremists. [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] who don't respect due process, [[MugglePower mundanes who want to put the freaks in their place and resent their plush position]] and [[SuperSupremacist and supers who believe they should be above]]. The [[NotSoDifferent similarity between the two is noted]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': You want to help an old lady cross the street? You have to get a license first.
* '''Downplayed''': The registering is optional, but highly encouraged.

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You want to help an old lady cross the street? You have to get a license first.
** The "registration act" is a full-blown fascist MutantDraftBoard with some vaguely-worded paragraphs to give it a sense of being (allegedly) optional.
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The registering is optional, but highly encouraged.

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* '''Straight''': The Congress passes a law forbidding people with Superpowers from fighting crime without a specialized licence.
* '''Exaggerated''': You want to help an old lady cross the street? You have to get a licence first.

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* '''Straight''': The Congress passes a law forbidding people with Superpowers from fighting crime without a specialized licence.
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* '''Exaggerated''': You want to help an old lady cross the street? You have to get a licence license first.



** Registration is only needed if one wants to engage in actively seeking out and fighting crime. [[MuggingTheMonster Defending yourself from anyone who tries to attack you]] or defending others while you are nearby is allowed without registration as self defense. However seeking out registration is required to say storm lairs of criminals.



* '''Exploited''': In the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a crime spree, since criminals know that the superheroes haven't been able Government deiced against such a law, reasoning that they don't want to piss off their super-powered defenders.

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* '''Exploited''': In the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a crime spree, since criminals know that the superheroes haven't been able Government deiced to decide against such a law, reasoning that they don't want to piss off their super-powered defenders.


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* '''Deconstructed''': The law is passed and the registration comes with logical downsides that make the whole system fall apart eventually. If it is less oppressive they find less superheroes due to them not wanting to risk them to their families. In more oppressive ones the supers end up fleeing to greener pastures where they are better treated or outright form an insurrection. [[BullyingADragon It turns out that angering people who can crush tanks barehanded is a bad move.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Those who enforce the law HAVE to be held to some form of accountibility. This registration act prevents the local AntiHero from using telekinetic abilities to strangle muggers.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
The registering is optional, but highly encouraged.
* '''Justified''': Those who enforce the law HAVE to be held to some form of accountibility.accountability. This registration act prevents the local AntiHero from using telekinetic abilities to strangle muggers.
* '''Inverted''': ???'''Inverted''': [[UnPerson Super-beings are not allowed to register as anything, not even a social security number.]]



* '''Exploited''': In the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a crime spree, since criminals know that the superheroes haven't been able to register yet and thus can't stop them.
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': In the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a crime spree, since criminals know that the superheroes haven't been able Government deiced against such a law, reasoning that they don't want to register yet and thus can't stop them.
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piss off their super-powered defenders.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Why would they possibly think this Is a good idea?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Why would they possibly think this Is is a good idea?"
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* '''Discussed''': "Those [[Obstructive Bureaucrat idiotic bureaucrats]] in the government are making us register before we can fight crime!"

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* '''Discussed''': "Those [[Obstructive Bureaucrat [[ObstructiveBureaucrat idiotic bureaucrats]] in the government are making us register before we can fight crime!"
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???You want to help an old lady cross the street? You have to get a licence first.



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* '''Averted''': ???Superheroes do not have to register themselves before fighting crime.



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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Why would they possibly think this Is a good idea?"



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* '''Exploited''': ???In the time directly after the announcement of the law, there is a crime spree, since criminals know that the superheroes haven't been able to register yet and thus can't stop them.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Those [[Obstructive Bureaucrat idiotic bureaucrats]] in the government are making us register before we can fight crime!"

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* '''Played Straight''': Congress passes a law forbidding people with Superpowers from fighting crime without a specialized licence.
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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': The Congress passes a law forbidding people with Superpowers from fighting crime without a specialized licence.
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There is a law that tells Super-Heroes that they have to register with the government (including their own identities) and will be punished if they don't.
* '''Played Straight''': Congress passes a law forbidding people with Superpowers from fighting crime without a specialized licence.
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* '''Justified''': ???Those who enforce the law HAVE to be held to some form of accountibility. This registration act prevents the local AntiHero from using telekinetic abilities to strangle muggers.
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