Flyover City!
is a Web Serial Novel written in blog form, about a twenty-something slacker/fanboy who works as a call center employee for the "big evil empire".
It's sorta like a mash-up of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, High Fidelity and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
This work provides examples of:
- Charles Atlas Superpower: Lampshaded when the main character decides to pursue a career in crimefighting after his beloved 1975 Vespa is stolen.
- Lightning Lash: Lilywatt has whips that she charges with electricity.
- Made of Phlebotinum: FC!'s superheroes can do all those superhero-y things that are impossible in the real world thanks to "Malphysical Particles", which create a cosmic loophole in the laws of physics, rendering them "malleable".
- "Not So Different" Remark: When the protagonist tells the big bad "...you know, we really aren't so different, you and I. Us, I mean." — the villain is compelled to list off all the ways they are emphatically not alike.
- Public Domain Character: Pulp novel/comic book hero Green Lama serves as Mr. Exposition and Cynical Mentor.
- Punny Name: Sinister Minister Deacon Struck. Because the story is all about deconstructing the superhero genre. Get it?
- Stripperific: The electrified-whip wielding heroine Lilywatt goes undercover as a stripper (but only because the plot demands it).
