History FanFic / Inviolate

In the aftermath, Lex must use all of his intelligence, his scientific and business acumen and a couple of very useful allies in the form of Mercy Graves and Eve Teschmacher to uncover a conspiracy whose roots go deeper than Lex can imagine.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate Inviolate]]'' is a 2009-2011 ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' FanFic written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]] about [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate Inviolate]]'' is a 2009-2011 ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' fanfiction written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]] about [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate Inviolate]]'' is a 2009-2011 ''Creator/DCComics'' fanfiction written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]] about [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]].

In the aftermath of the disastrous end to his presidency, Lex Luthor discovers that he has been manipulated in such a way that it calls into question every action he has ever taken. He is not pleased. At all. In the aftermath, Lex must use all of his intelligence, his scientific and business acumen and a couple of very useful allies in the form of Mercy Graves and Eve Teschmacher to uncover a conspiracy whose roots go deeper than Lex can imagine.

In the aftermath of the disastrous end to his presidency, Lex Luthor by chance discovers that he has been manipulated in such a way that it calls into question every action he has ever taken. He is not pleased. At all.

It's difficult to summarize without giving away too much, but essentially Lex Luthor discovers that he has been manipulated in such a way that it calls into question everything he believes in and every action he has ever taken. He is not pleased. At all.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate Inviolate]]'' is a 2009-2011 ''[[ComicBook/Superman Superman]]'' fanfiction written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]] about [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate Inviolate]]'' is a 2009-2011 ''ComicBook/Superman'' fanfiction written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]] about [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate Inviolate]]'' is a completed fanfic written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]]. It's difficult to summarize without giving away too much, but essentially Lex Luthor discovers that he has been manipulated in such a way that it calls into question everything he believes in and every action he has ever taken. He is not pleased. At all.

Inviolate is a completed fanfic written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/241373/scriviner Scriviner]]. It's difficult to summarize without giving away too much, but essentially Lex Luthor discovers that he has been manipulated in such a way that it calls into question everything he believes in and every action he has ever taken. He is not pleased. At all.

There will no doubt be spoilers below.

Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate here]]. A podfic of the story is also available [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2658290?show_comments=true here]].

Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/1/Inviolate here]].

A podfic of the story is also available [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2658290?show_comments=true here]].

There are several sequel stories in progress, but none of them are posted as of yet.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Most of the universe to the Guardians but the Green Lantern Corp. especially.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Most of the Universe to the Guardians but the Green Lateran corp especially.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After Luthor undoes the tampering the Manhunter's did to the Lazurus Pits that causes insanity with repeated use, this Ra's Al-Ghul's reaction to all the evil's he's done, resulting in him comitting himself into a clinic in upstate New York; as Luthor puts it, "He's had a rough century". He then tricks the Joker into jumping in ([[RidiculouslySmallBribe he bet a Klondike Bar he wouldn't]]) for the purposes of a) further testing, and b) giving Batman less to distract him from the imminent assualt on Oa. When Mr. J crawls out, he's a bawling mess, ''begging'' to be locked up in Arkham.]]

* AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler:The Manhunters, and by extension, have been involved in several key events of the DCU., including the following:]]

* {{Abnormal Ammo}}: [[spoiler: Lex's gun during the assault on Cadmus seems like it's just shooting ordinary bullets, until he admits that he specifically needed a large caliber weapon because the bullets have RFID chips in them that provide targeting for a disintegration weapon he had in his coat.]]
* {{Aborted Arc}}: Considering how often she showed up, it seemed likely that [[spoiler: Batgirl]] was originally intended to play a larger role, but the author acknowledges that in an effort to keep the story on-track, he had to remove a few storylines focused on her and will end up having to use those ideas in a planned sequel.

* {{Affably Evil}}: It's a Lex fic, of course this applies.
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: Horribly, horribly averted. The Manhunters never rebelled. This whole time they were under the orders of the Guardians.]]
* {{Aliens are Bastards}}: [[spoiler: Lex has been of this opinion from day one, and the fic pretty much validates it, once the big bads are revealed.]]
** [[spoiler: Thought it's only the Guardians of Oa that are the Bastards. Lex has gotten over his pathological hatred of Superman.]]
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: Lex, Mercy, and Eve on the newly-upgraded ''Moonraker'' crossing parallel universes in the Journey back to their one.]]
* {{Badass Boast}}: Lex pulls a few of these and so do his antagonists. It's mostly of the jostling for dominance variety, as psychological warfare and an interrogation tactic.

* {{Hypercompetent Sidekick}}: Eve Teschmacher, Luthor's secretary and then later Executive Assistant shows signs of this, mostly because Lex is so focused on his schemes that he doesn't have time to actually run his company.

* {{Lotus Eater Machine}}: Lex goes through [[spoiler:sixteen subjective years of increasingly 'perfect' realities]] as his [[spoiler:mind pushes itself to its limits trying to make him escape]].
* {{Man Behind the man}}: [[spoiler: What gets revealed in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/13/Inviolate chapter 13]].]]
* {{Mistaken for Gay}}: Deadshot briefly misconstrues Lex's relationship with Metallo due to an overheard conversation. He's corrected rather quickly by Mercy.
* {{Mundane Utility}}: A good example shows up in the first chapter when Lex is talking about his sonic weapon: "I've never actually hit anyone with it at level ten, but I tried it on a steak once. Vibrated the thing so hard the meat not only cooked to medium rare, but I ended up with quite possibly the most tender cut of beef you could imagine as the connective tissues and bones were practically liquified." A gruesomely amused grin crossed the man's face. "I could cut it with a plastic fork. Can you imagine what it would do to a human body?"

* {{No Hero To His Valet}}: Mercy has pretty much seen Lex at his best and worst. Despite it all it is heavily hinted that she wants him.

* {{Oh Crap}}: Occurs multiple times as the situation conspires to really mess with Lex's plans, but most noteable in [[spoiler: In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/19/Inviolate Chapter 19]]: ''Lex could only scream in frustrated horror as his carefully laid plans to end the Guardians of Oa cleanly and quietly went up in flames and plasma bursts.'']]
* {{President Evil}}: Lex's stint as President is referenced and events from it are put into use.
* {{The Reason You Suck Speech}}: [[spoiler: Lex delivers one each to Bruce Wayne and to Superman, but delivers it in a way where he is trying to encourage them to do better, albeit mockingly in Superman's case. It leaves the heroes rather bemused]]
* {{Reed Richards is Useless}}: Deconstructed, justified then later averted (or trying to do so).

* {{Secret Identity}}: This is an essential part of [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/15/Inviolate Chapter 15]].
* {{Shout Out}}: Aside from the various references to DC comics, there's also a few other shout-outs here and there, most notably the [[spoiler:heavily-40k and Dune-inspired fake reality]].

* {{What You Are In The Dark}}: Played very straight at the end. [[spoiler: In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/25/Inviolate Chapter 25]], Lex is alone in a collapsing parasite universe. He]] has an opportunity to [[spoiler: attain absolute God-like power]], but it will result in [[spoiler: the destruction of his home universe. He]] chooses to [[spoiler: not only give up the power, but to sacrifice himself to save everyone else.]]

** [[spoiler:This one was delivered by Paul Westfield to Luthor on behalf of the Manhunters: ''"Your race has been shaped entirely by us. What you are today was through our auspices. What you have achieved we have generously given you." Westfield's voice began to take on animation once more. "When Atlantis lay on the verge of taking to the stars. We were new to our task and overeager. We destroyed it entirely. We showed greater restraint when Rome reached the peak of its Empire building. We led the barbarians that sacked it. When the kingdom of Prester John stood poised to unite the African continent under a single rule and from there the world? We destroyed it so thoroughly it exists only in legend. We are why the Han conquered the Chinese. We are why the Crusades happened. We were in command of the Allied forces that toppled the Third Reich. Your entire race's history of trying to rise above it's station has ever been tempered by our hand striking you down."'']]

* AdaptationalEvil: [[spoiler:The Guardians of Oa, who've been playing the entire universe for chumps since practically day one]].

* SealedEvilInATeddyBear: Lex puts a defeated [[GreenLantern Manhunter's]] AI in a Toys/TeddyRuxpin {{Expy}}.

* {{What You Are In The Dark}}: Played very straight at the end. [[spoiler: In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/25/Inviolate Chapter 25]], Lex is alone in a collapsing parasite universe. He has an opportunity to attain absolute God-like power, but it will result in the destruction of his home universe. He chooses to not only give up the power, but to sacrifice himself to save everyone else.]]

* OneTrueThreesome: Very heavily hinted that both Eve and Mercy would be fine with this with Lex.