Line #11 Fanfic/TheLastDaughter


1	[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/worm_thelastdaughter.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:180:"I always knew there was something strange about me, I guess."]]
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4	->''You will believe Taylor can fly.''
5	-->-- '''FF.net Summary'''
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7	Taylor Hebert was born and raised in Brockton Bay, or so she thought. Growing up, she began to realize that she could [[SuperSenses see and hear things]] that no one else could, she never grew sick, and she never got so much as a scrape on the knee. Nonetheless, she simply concealed that part of her and enjoyed a relatively normal (if isolated) life...
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9	...until she and Emma are [[PointOfDivergence attacked in an alleyway by ABB thugs]]. To her surprise, she manages to brutally fight off the attackers and save Emma. Terrified, she runs home and reveals what happened to her father, who in turn reveals a secret about her birth...
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11	"The Last Daughter" is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover by Creator/ThuktunFlishithy (author of ''Fanfic/{{Hail to the King\|ThuktunFlishithy}}'') that makes Taylor the last living Kryptonian, named Zara Jor-El at birth, instead of a parahuman. Inspired by a message left by her birth father, she decides to become a hero, bringing her into conflict with the various villains of Brockton Bay.
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13	This story can be found in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11219388/1/The-Last-Daughter FF.Net]], [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-last-daughter-worm-au-crossover.336971/ SpaceBattles]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-last-daughter-worm-superman.19656/ SufficientVelocity]]''.
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15	''The Last Daughter'' received a MegaCrossover sequel and a rewrite: ''Fanfic/{{CRISIS\|Thuktun}}'' and ''Fanfic/TheGirlOfTomorrow'', respectively.
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17	Compare and contrast with ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'', the other main ''Worm''/''Superman'' crossover.
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19	In spite of the similar name, it has nothing to do with the ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'' story arc.
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22	!!''The Last Daughter'' provides examples of:
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24	* AdaptationalBadass: Taylor was already badass in canon, but here she is capable of rolling over just about anyone she winds up fighting, [[spoiler:and actually manages to ''kill Behemoth'']].
25	* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:Zod goes from a cruel general to helping Jor-El get Zara off of Krypton. He himself doesn't and gets killed when Krypton explodes.]]
26	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Taylor is Kryptonian.
27	* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: Explicitly stated by Taylor. She's terrified of killing her Dad when she hugs him or ripping the arm off when she gives hi-fives.
28	* AfterActionHealingDrama: Panacea and Legend work to heal Taylor after [[spoiler:the Behemoth fight]].
29	* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted with both Dragon and the Kyrptonian [=AI=] that takes on Jor-El's appearance.
30	* AlienBlood: [[spoiler:After the Behemoth fight, it is noted that Taylor's blood is actually a bright pink]].
31	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[spoiler:Jor-El's hologram has no problem speaking English. Justified in that he had spent years studying Earth before sending Taylor there.]]
32	* AlternateUniverseFic: Canon is pretty much derailed, starting with Taylor's ''birth''.
33	** Taylor is with Emma when she is attacked by the ABB two years before the start of canon Worm. As such, she rescues Emma before Shadow Stalker can intervene and prevents the dissolution of their friendship.
34	** On her first night out, Taylor fights Hookwolf instead of Lung and ends up meeting Miss Milita after the fight.
35	** The rosters of various teams and gangs are different due to the earlier setting.
36	* AnArmAndALeg:
37	** During [[spoiler:the double Endbringer attack on São Paulo, Armsmaster (now known as Batman) manages to chop off one of Leviathan's arms with a time-locked grappling hook.]]
38	** [[spoiler:Taylor briefly lost an arm after completely destroying Scion's main body. Thankfully, she manages to get it reattached.]]
39	* AncientAstronauts: It turns out that [[spoiler:Krypton]] had sent a failed colony ship to Earth.
40	* ArsonMurderAndJayWalking: In her first few nights out Taylor apprehended Hookwolf and several E88 thugs, foiled a bank robbery, stopped three muggings, and helped a young Alicia Bottnik rescue her kitten from a tree.
41	* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler:Everyone thinks that the Simurgh will be the one that attacks Paris. The Simurgh tricks them and sends Behemoth instead, leaving the heroes badly unprepared.]]
42	* BashBrothers: Taylor, Dragon and Armsmaster [[spoiler:after the latter quits the Protectorate.]]
43	* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Just like Superman, Taylor can survive in the vacuum of space unaided.
44	* BattleInTheRain: [[spoiler:The fight against Behemoth takes place during a heavy rainstorm.]]
45	** As does [[spoiler:the fight against Leviathan and the Simurgh in São Paulo.]] It appears that [[AuthorAppeal Thuktun Flishithy is fond of the trope]].
46	* BerserkButton: Hurting Amy/Panacea turns into one as the story progresses. [[spoiler:Behemoth finds out the hard way]].
47	* BilingualBonus:
48	** Much of the Interlude Arc's first chapter has dialogue in untranslated Afrikaans, which was then translated by the author after reader backlash.
49	** The last two arcs of the story, ''Eschaton'' and ''Theomachy'' mean [[spoiler:"end-times" and "battle of the gods" in Greek, respectively.]]
50	* BizarreAlienBiology: Kryptonians, as per the comics, but played up to eleven.
51	** It turns out that her insides are ''weird''. [[spoiler:When Amy is attempting to heal Taylor after the Behemoth fight, she notes that her bones are actually crystalline.]]
52	** {{Human Aliens}} are also subverted in the story. It turns out that Jor-El gave her gene therapies to make her look more human.
53	---> '''Jor-El''': ''We had to remove the ancillary thumbs and give her back her canines, to name a few changes.''
54	* BlessedWithSuck: It turns out that Taylor is ''terrified'' of accidentally losing control and hurting someone, something that [[{{Plaguemaster}} Amy]] can relate to.
55	* BrainyBrunette: Taylor is brown-haired and real intelligent.
56	* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Taylor acknowledges the readers of the story and winks, serving as a nice homage to the Golden Age Superman stories where he did the same.]]
57	* BringMyBrownPants: In the second chapter of the rewrite, an ABB goon is so terrified of Taylor that he pisses himself:
58	-->The ABB goon simply stared at me, his mouth agape. His heart pounded against his ribs, and a pool of warm liquid had now formed around his shoes. I crinkled my nose as the acrid scent of urine wafted by my nostrils; the bastard had actually pissed himself.
59	* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Taylor depowers the majority of Slaughterhouse 9 rather than killing them. She kills Mannequin after he kills Amy, then depowers Burnscar, Shatterbird, Sibirian and Jack. There is no way to depower Crawler so she just punches him into Earth orbit.]]
60	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Taylor wears the same sigil as the [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Trope Namer]].
61	* BulletCatch: At one point, Taylor saves Panacea from a [=ABB=] gangster like this. Everyone who sees it is shocked.
62	* CivvieSpandex: Her first costume solely consists of a blue sports shirt with the House of El's sigil sewn on, a pair of jeans, and her cape.
63	* ClarkKenting: Subverted and Discussed.
64	** Subverted because Taylor does try to conceal her identity by vibrating her face fast enough that it looks like a blur as well as lowering her voice. Despite this, it only takes the Protectorate and [=PRT=] a week to identify her.
65	** Discussed when Amy notices that most [[FlyingBrick Alexandria Packages]] carry themselves confidently as if daring anyone to try and hurt them. The reason no one thinks Taylor is Supergirl is because Taylor doesn't act like that. She acts very relaxed, a la Creator/{{Grant Morrison}}'s interpretation of Superman, because there is practically nothing that can actually hurt her.
66	* ClothingDamage:
67	** Taylor has a passive aura that strengthens her clothing so they don't get damaged from moderate damage. [[spoiler:Her clothes still get destroyed during her fight with Behemoth.]]
68	** Her cape, the only piece of clothing she got from Krypton, is actually ''tougher'' than she is. [[spoiler:It takes no damage from Behemoth exploding, where as Taylor does.]]
69	* CreepyMonotone: Taylor dips into this [[spoiler:while fighting the Slaughterhouse Nine.]]
70	* CurbStompBattle: Most fights Taylor gets in have this. She beats the entire E88 without much effort even though they ambush her [[spoiler:and Saint and his dragonslayers do nothing to her]]. The only two to people who don't suffer this are [[spoiler:Lung, who survives several very powerful punches and needs to be frozen solid to be beaten, and Behemoth who nearly kills her.]]
71	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Taylor shocks the whole planet when she succeeds in slaying Behemoth.
72	* {{Depower}}: Taylor figures out how to do this to capes, by targeting the Corona Polentia with her heat vision. [[spoiler:She uses this to take care of the Slaughterhouse 9 once and for all.]]
73	* DualBoss: [[spoiler:After what Taylor did to [[KilledOffForReal Behemoth]], the Simurgh and Leviathan decide to ramp things up by attacking together.]]
74	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu:
75	** Taylor, [[spoiler:did you just kill ''Behemoth?'']]
76	** Armsmaster, [[spoiler:did you just cut off both of Leviathan's arms?]]
77	* EatingOptional: Taylor doesn't need to eat as long as she has access to yellow sunlight.
78	* EleventhHourSuperpower: Justified. Taylor just discovered that she has powers and constantly learns she has new ones.
79	** It isn't until her fight with Glory Girl that she learns how to fly.
80	** She learns about her freeze breath while trying to cool a cup of tea, and later uses it [[spoiler:to immobilize Lung]].
81	** Her heat vision comes in [[spoiler:while fighting Behemoth]].
82	* EmbarrassingNickname: Armsmaster considers his new cape name [[spoiler:Batman]] to be this. Taylor and Dragon tease him endlessly about it.
83	* EntertaininglyWrong: When Cauldron discusses if or how to deal with Taylor, Legend points out that they wouldn't do that with Scion. Considering Cauldron's entire purpose is to figure out how to kill Scion, he's very wrong. Though to be fair, Legend is unaware of Cauldron's true purpose.
84	* FantasticNamingConvention: Taylor's Kryptonian name follows standard conventions for females; she has a first name (Zara), followed by the name of her father (Jor-El).
85	* FantasticRacism: Saint expand his to include Taylor, because of the simple fact that Taylor allies herself with Dragon... [[TooDumbToLive and tells Taylor this, while threatening Dragon's functionality]]. Most unfortunately for him, he is too badly equipped to deal with the CurbStompBattle that ensues.
86	* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: One of Jor-El's reasons for sending Taylor to Earth is to ensure that part of Krypton (and its technology) survives.
87	* FlyingBrick: Taylor, obviously.
88	* FlyingFirepower: Shortly after finding out that she can fly, Taylor discovers she can shoot heat beams while fighting Behemot.
89	* GeniusBruiser: Taylor takes advantage of her superhuman memory and learning abilities to easily ace classes, and is also pretty good at coming up with plans on the fly.
90	* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:The Simurgh turns out to be this. In relative terms of course, she's still an Endbringer, but without her psychic scream, she's not nearly as much of a threat to Taylor as Behemoth was]]
91	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bonesaw saves Amy after she is stabbed during the S9 attack. She is the only member of the S9 not to be arrested]]
92	* HeroDoesPublicService: Something that helps set her apart from the other capes, who are pushed to conflict by their shards. It is mentioned that she spends as much time helping kittens down from trees and retrieving lost balloons as she does taking down gangs.
93	* HeavyWorlder: Part of the reason why she is so strong. Deconstructed, as Krypton's high gravity helped contribute to virtually no one surviving Rao's supernova due to the difficulty of spaceflight such high gravity would entail.
94	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Behemoth, as in canon, rips through heroes. Dozens of casualties are listed before Taylor manages to get him out of Paris.]]
95	* HopeBringer: Taylor says her "S" symbol means hope. People think it's something of a joke. [[spoiler:Then she kills Behemoth and everybody takes it seriously.]]
96	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: This trope is why Taylor [[spoiler:depowers and arrests the Slaughterhouse 9.]]
97	* InASingleBound: Until she fought Glory Girl, Taylor was only capable of leaping great distances. It serves as a nice homage to the [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Trope Namer's]] early adventures.
98	* InterspeciesAdoption: In this setting, Taylor is a Kryptonian baby who was adopted by two human parents.
99	* InterspeciesFriendship: Taylor and Emma were sisters in everything but blood even before Taylor found out about her alien heritage and powers, and they never stopped being good friends.
100	* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:Taylor ends up dating Panacea]].
101	* LastOfHisKind: WordOfGod says there are no other surviving Kryptonians. [[spoiler:A flashback shows that both Zod and his wife died when Krypton exploded.]]
102	* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Taylor has a very obvious fangirl moment when she meets Legend and another when they go on patrol together.
103	* MadeOfIndestructium: Kryptonian technology in general. [[spoiler:Taylor's cape is unscathed by Behemoth's destruction, for example]].
104	* MassOhCrap:
105	** [[spoiler:Cauldron has one when Taylor reveals that she is an all powerful alien. The Doctor Mother even faints.]]
106	** Everyone has one when [[spoiler:both Leviathan and the Simurgh show up to the same fight.]]
107	* MegatonPunch: A literal example. Towards the latter half of the story, Taylor is able to hit hard enough to cause nuclear fusion. [[spoiler:She uses it to great effect against Behemoth and the Simurgh.]]
108	* MeteorMove: Taylor takes [[spoiler:Behemoth]] into outer space, leading into a suplex into an uninhabited Canadian island.
109	* MookHorrorShow: Several chapters show villains fighting Taylor from the villains perspective. They always have an OhCrap moment.
110	* MuggingTheMonster: In both the original fic and the rewrite, Taylor and Emma are attacked by several ABB thugs... who quickly find out that attacking Taylor is suicidally stupid.
111	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Bonesaw injects herself with a retrovirus that modifies her vision to be more like Taylor's... [[HoistByHerOwnPetard and gets hit with this trope, leading to her]] HeelFaceTurn.]]
112	* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Taylor's second costume is a Kryptonian biosuit that is almost indestructible, a la the New 52.
113	* MythologyGag: Tons are made in regards to Superman's vast history.
114	** Danny nicknames her room "the Fortress of Solitude".
115	** As she prepares for her first night out:
116	--> '''Taylor''': ''"This looks like a job for," I began, then realized that I still hadn't picked out a name yet. "[[SubvertedTrope Eh]], [[PrecisionFStrike fuck it.]]"''
117	** At one point Armsmaster calls Taylor a regular Girl Scout.
118	** Taylor paraphrases the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' speech to [[spoiler:Jack Slash]]. It has the exact same effect on [[spoiler:Jack]] that it had on Manchester Black.
119	** Taylor makes the [[NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech World Of Cardboard]] speech, with slight changes.
120	* NeckLift:
121	** Taylor does this to [[spoiler:Moord Nag]].
122	** And again with [[spoiler:Jack]]
123	* NoSell: Supergirl and Glory Girl fight when they meet for first time. Vicky -who is super-strong and supposedly invulnerable- punched Taylor on her face... and broke her hand.
124	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Two examples during [[spoiler:the Behemoth fight]].
125	** Taylor actually bleeds from her lip after [[spoiler:getting punched into Portugal by Behemoth]].
126	** The tables are later turned when [[spoiler:Taylor actually manages to ''kill Behemoth'', the most unstoppable out of the Endbringers]].
127	** And tossed back at Taylor [[spoiler:when Behemoth's self-destruct leaves her so badly injured that Panacea and Legend only barely stop her from bleeding to death.]]
128	* OhCrap: Legend has this reaction when [[spoiler:Behemoth appears instead of the Simurgh]].
129	* OmniGlot: Taylor speaks Afrikaans when she [[spoiler:beats and captures Moord Nag.]]
130	* OneWingedAngel: When gang boss Lung fought [[TheHero Taylor]], he transformed into a dragon. As the battle went on, he kept evolving, becoming bigger, stronger, more powerful, growing more sets of wings... but since [[spoiler:he was fighting a Kryptonian, his strategy didn't work.]]
131	* OnlySaneMan: Legend is this during the Cauldron interlude. [[spoiler:Everyone else is trying to figure out how to fight or control Taylor, Legends simply argues to let Taylor continue to defeat villains and other threats. Doctor Mother eventually agrees with him.]]
132	* OutsideContextProblem: Downplayed. Earth Bet is an universe of superhumans, but nobody had ever encountered a Kryptonian before: Taylor is an alien with numerous and vast powers, and they don't come from a shard. Cauldron doesn't know how dealing with her, and several characters note that there's nothing they can do if she went on a rampage.
133	* PassThePopcorn: Invoked by an online poster after Supergirl destroys the two most powerful criminal gangs in one night.
134	-->[=OneEyedPeopleEater=] (New Member)\
135	Posted on October 1st, 2009:\
136	Chews last dregs of popcorn with slow satisfaction, then swallows.\
137	Someone better get me a telephone, because I fucking called it.
138	* PowerOfTheSun: As a Kryptonian, Taylor gets her power from the sun. [[spoiler:Amy also uses it to heal Taylor after her fight with Behemoth, since nothing else was working.]]
139	* PowerPerversionPotential: In the rewrite, Taylor admits she's seen naked people by accident a few times.
140	* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: The fight between Taylor and [[spoiler:Behemoth]] is essentially them trading these to little effect.
141	** [[spoiler:While fighting Behemoth in Paris, Behemoth]] punches Taylor hard enough that she lands in Portugal.
142	** [[spoiler:After suplexing him into Canada, Taylor begins hitting Behemoth's core so hard that nuclear reactions happen.]]
143	** A less... [[StuffBlowingUp explosive]] example occurs earlier in the story, when Taylor punches [[spoiler:Lung]] across the city and into the bay. [[HulkingOut It just pisses him off]].
144	* RedEyesTakeWarning:
145	** Taylor's eyes glow a dull crimson [[spoiler:while fighting Moord Nag]].
146	** It becomes even scarier when [[spoiler:she goes on her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Slaughterhouse Nine, where her burning red eyes are the ''only'' thing they see while getting picked off one-by-one, until Jack comes face-to-face with her.]]
147	* ScienceFictionFanFic
148	* ShowyInvincibleHero: Taylor usually curbstomps her enemies... and she always looks awesome when she fights.
149	* SecretKeeper: Quite a few people know of Taylor identity and origin. [[spoiler:Becomes irrelevant when Taylor reveals herself.]]
150	** Danny and Annette obviously knew since they are the ones who found Taylor's rocket.
151	** Emma was there when Taylor discovered her powers. However, she doesn't know that Taylor is an alien
152	** Amy Dallon discovers when she notices that Taylor's biology is not human.
153	** [[spoiler:Armsmaster learns when he touches the S symbol on Taylor's cape, triggering the neural message that Jor-El left there.]]
154	** [[spoiler:Dragon learns after pressuring Armsmaster into telling her.]]
155	* SpitTake: When [[spoiler:Marquis]] hears about the true goal of Cauldron, he spits his drink.
156	* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Averted with ''extreme'' prejudice. Taylor saves Emma from the ABB, she and Emma never meet Sophia, Taylor is never bullied, her first villain defeated was Hookwolf...
157	* SuperheroesWearCapes: Taylor's Supergirl outfit includes a red cape.
158	* SuperpowerLottery: As a Kryptonian, Taylor won it big time.
159	** EyeBeams: Discovers them during her fight with [[spoiler:Behemoth.]]
160	** {{Flight}}: Standard for a FlyingBrick, but she didn't know she had it until she fought Glory Girl.
161	** NighInvulnerability: The only thing shown to hurt her is [[spoiler:the explosion from killing Behemoth]]. Even suplexing [[spoiler:Behemoth]] from outer space doesn't hurt her in any significant way.
162	** SuperBreath: Her freeze breath.
163	** SuperSenses: Enhanced vision, hearing, and smell are all part of the Kryptonian package.
164	** SuperSpeed: This is how she disguises herself by vibrating her face to create a blur. She also uses it to fly form Brockton Bay to Paris in just a few minutes.
165	** SuperStrength: Except possibly Scion, nobody is anywhere near Taylor's level.
166	* TeethFlying: An [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] example occurs during Taylor's fight with Lung, where she punches him in the face and a tooth longer than her arm is knocked out as a result.
167	* TooDumbToLive:
168	** [[spoiler:Saint deciding to attack and insult Taylor. Unlike everyone else who didn't know Taylor's full capabilities, Saint attacked ''after'' Taylor had killed Behemoth.]]
169	** Subverted with [[spoiler:Jack Slash. While he does plan to go after Taylor, he knows that he can't do it now because she would destroy the Nine. Yet Slaughterhouse 9 goes after her anyway. By trying to kill Amy. They just ASSUME they'd be able to handle her. It doesn't do them any good.]]
170	* TookALevelInBadass: Armsmaster [[spoiler:after quitting the Protectorate to become a solo hero with Dragon and Taylor gets access to Kryptonian technology. This lets him fight evenly with ''Leviathan''.]]
171	** And, of course, there's his cape name: [[spoiler:''Batman!'']]
172	* TranquilFury: When Taylor beats [[spoiler:the Slaughterhouse 9]], she is obviously very pissed off, yet speaks in a CreepyMonotone.
173	** It is a nice callback to WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite, where Superman speaks in a similar manner while delivering an epic beatdown.
174	* WhamLine: The very last line of the story: [[spoiler:'''Soon, all will be ''Darkseid''.''']]
175	* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Taylor is less than pleased when she learns that Armsmaster told Dragon that she was an alien.]]
176	* WhatIf: This story features an alternate universe where -among other changes- Taylor is a Kryptonian, replacing Superman.
177	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Taylor suplexes [[spoiler:Behemoth into a Canadian Island. ''From outer space.'']]
178	* UnderestimatingBadassery: At first nobody takes the girl in jeans and sweater with the funny symbol seriously. People quickly learn that she is far more powerful than anybody else.
179	* UnstoppableRage: Taylor gets into this mode after [[spoiler:Behemoth almost kills Amy. The result? A large Canadian island is reduced to a crater, Behemoth is atomized, and Taylor is left half-dead in the water.]]
180	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Taylor takes a cue from Comicbook/{{All Star Superman}} and tells Amy this during [[spoiler:the Behemoth fight]].

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