History Literature / Mavericks

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a user named Joker. The series explored the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and BlackComedy.

Mavericks launched in August 2018 and updates twice a week.

** At one point, he even NoSells being shot and a ''grenade''.

** At one point, he even [[spoiler:NoSells being shot and a ''grenade''.]]

* CopsAreUseless: Averted. Without Jeff's assistance, none of Wilbur's raids on Skinnyman's territory would have accomplished anything.

** At one point, he even [[NoSells being shot and a ''grenade''.]]

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' was a WebSerialNovel written by a group of three users named Joker, Moss, and London. The series explored the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and a ''lot'' of BlackComedy.

The story was centered around a woman named Jessica Napier, whose mother is the last known former superhero in [[ViceCity Blackburn, Florida.]] Jessica is a petty criminal who fled her mother's mercenary group, angry but aimless. She soon finds herself caught between the machinations of her mother and the fires of the criminal underworld, forced to lead the rebuilt [[SuperTeam Mavericks]] and stop the city from falling to chaos.

Mavericks launched in August 2017 and was cancelled in January 2018.

* ArcVillain:
** Rebecca Napier, former Maverick and current [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMC]] [[HairTriggerTemper nut]][[KnightTemplar job]], is this for ''From Ashes''.
* CaptainErsatz: The American Spirits, mentioned only in passing, are clearly based on Captain America.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Mouse does ''something'' to a minion of Martin's that leaves her completely soaked in blood. [[GoryDiscretionShot Mercifully, it's not shown to us.]]
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Jessica does this with Alex and Fritz, former Cerberus operatives, twice, rather than leaving them at her mother's mercy.
* CrapsackWorld: Blackburn is absolutely crawling with thugs and gangbangers, has one of if not the highest murder rate in the country and at the start of the series [[SuperTeam the local superhero team]] has been disbanded.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Ooooooooooh yes. Mavericks relies heavily on RealityEnsues and the tropes of the superhero genre being brought into a world where people react to them realistically.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's hard to pick due to the setting being a WorldOfSnark, but Jessica and especially Fritz stand out.
-->“I’m here because I thought there’d be free food,” Fritz called out. “We were lied to!”

-->Fritz: What am I, a birth defect?
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Mavericks have a secret bunker in the forest near AbandonedWarehouseDistrict. It even comes with a SuperheroTrophyShelf.
* EvilMatriarch: The BigBad of Arc 1 is Rebecca Napier, [[TrulySingleParent clone-mother]] of series main protagonist Jessica Napier.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Cerberus headquarters, a corporate skyscraper crawling with armed mercenaries equipped with weapons up to fighter jets.
* {{Gangbangers}}: Of many flavors! Colombian, [[UsefulNotes/TheMafiya Russian]], Haitian, even a few [[EqualOpportunityEvil women.]]
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The Russian and, more commonly, Spanish speaking citizens of Blackburn have a habit of lapsing into this.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Averted. While superheroes and villains still wear unique outfits, they're practical.
* LawEnforcementInc: Rebecca's plan is to, in Detective Cardozo's words, "turn the BPD into a subsidiary of Cerberus" so she can more easily stamp out crime [[KnightTemplar by any]] [[PoliceState means necessary.]] As of Chapter 1.5, it didn't work out for her... yet.
* MookChivalry: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] Jessica is pasting all the inmates who attack her in jail... until the remaining ones all rush her at the same time, taking her down in seconds.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. While the BCPD is stretched thin, many officers are honest and competent thanks to the leadership of [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Chief Fletcher]].
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Cerberus Security Corporation. Not only are they run by a former superhero, they work with local governments the world over to eradicate criminals and terrorists, have access to assault rifles, a fleet of patrol vehicles and ''fighter jets'', and can even cover up the murder of a congressman. They quite easily border on a NGOSuperpower.
* PowerNullifier: Anomaly inhibiting handcuffs and collars are briefly mentioned when Alex and Fritz get arrested. Fritz [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the implausibility of the devices.
* ShoutOut: Many.
** In Chapter 1.1, Jessica references the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] when discussing [[MadScientist Martin's]] latest possible genetic experiments.
** Chapter 1.3, Evil Angel, is named after a pertinent Music/BreakingBenjamin song.
** Chapter 1.4 is called [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The Golden Age.]]
** Alex mentions that he's a [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Texas Longhorns]] fan.
* SinisterSubway: UpToEleven - there's an entire criminal meet-and-greet in the Blackburn Metro.
* TooDumbToLive: One of Mouse's goons has the [[SarcasmMode great idea]] to make a sexist remark and flick off a mercenary leader with well-known [[HairTriggerTemper anger management issues.]] Needless to say, it takes the cooperation of his buddy to save him from a bullet to the head.
* ViceCity: Insanely high murder rate? Check. Street racers cruising on major roads at nearly a hundred miles an hour? Check. Gangbangers in every alley and on every street corner? Check. The murder of the district's congressman barely being noticed? Check. One of the local superheroes going nuts and killing almost all of her former teammates? Check. Hell, a quarter of the city is even ''officially'' called the Vicio District.
* WhiteGangBangers: There's implied to be plenty of white thugs, [[EqualOpportunityEvil even female ones.]]

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a group of three users named Joker, Moss, and Spartan. Starting off in 2017, the book explores the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and a ''lot'' of BlackComedy.

The series of Mavericks follows four unlikely heroes in their quest to fight crime in the decaying industrial center of Blackburn. While the threats to the city are immense, each of them will have to fight their own internal battles to find the strength to keep the city from falling into complete chaos. Along the way they’ll have to assemble a supporting cast and learn to work together to handle villains they wouldn’t be able to fight alone.

Mavericks launched in August 2017 and is currently on-going.

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'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a group of four users usernamed Joker, Moss, Hammy and Spartan. Starting off in 2017, the book explores the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and a ''lot'' of BlackComedy.

The story begins with a woman named Jessica Napier, whose mother is the last known former superhero in [[ViceCity Blackburn.]] Jessica is a petty criminal who fled her mother's mercenary group, angry but aimless. She soon finds herself caught between the machinations of her mother and the fires of the criminal underworld, forced to lead the rebuilt [[SuperTeam Mavericks]] and stop the city from falling to chaos.

Mavericks launched in August 2017 and is currently in its first arc, From Ashes.

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a group of four users usernamed Joker, Moss, Hammy and London. Starting off in 2017, the book explores the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and a ''lot'' of BlackComedy.

The story is centered around a woman named Jessica Napier, whose mother is the last known former superhero in [[ViceCity Blackburn, Florida.]] Jessica is a petty criminal who fled her mother's mercenary group, angry but aimless. She soon finds herself caught between the machinations of her mother and the fires of the criminal underworld, forced to lead the rebuilt [[SuperTeam Mavericks]] and stop the city from falling to chaos.

* OnlyInFlorida

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a group of four users usernamed Joker, Moss, Hammy and London. Starting off in [[TwentyMinutesInTheFuture the 2040s]], the book explores the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and a ''lot'' of BlackComedy.

** Alex mentions that he's a [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Dallas Cowboys]] fan.

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a group of four users codenamed Joker, Moss, Hammy and London. Starting off in [[TwentyMinutesInTheFuture the 2040s]], the book explores the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and a ''lot'' of BlackComedy.

* ViceCity: Insanely high murder rate? Check. Street racers cruising on major roads at nearly a hundred miles an hour? Check. {{Gangbangers}} in every alley and on every street corner? Check. The murder of the district's congressman barely being noticed? Check. One of the local superheroes going nuts and killing almost all of her former teammates? Check. Hell, a quarter of the city is even ''officially'' called the Vicio District.

* ViceCity: Insanely high murder rate? Check. Street racers cruising on major roads at nearly a hundred miles an hour? Check. [{{Gangbangers}} in every alley and on every street corner? Check. The murder of the district's congressman barely being noticed? Check. One of the local superheroes going nuts and killing almost all of her former teammates? Check. Hell, a quarter of the city is even ''officially'' called the Vicio District.

* {{Gangbangers}}: Of many flavors! Colombian, Russian, Haitian, even a few [[EqualOpportunityEvil women.]]

* LawEnforcementInc: Rebecca's plan is to, in Detective Cardozo's words, "turn the BPD into a subsidiary of Cerberus" so she can more easily stamp out crime [[KnightTemplar by any means necessary.]] As of Chapter 1.5, it didn't work out for her... yet.

* PowerNullifier: Anomaly inhibited handcuffs and collars are briefly mentioned when Alex and Fritz get arrested. Fritz [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the implausibility of the devices.

* In Chapter 1.1, Jessica references the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] when discussing [[MadScientist Martin's]] latest possible genetic experiments.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The Russian and, more commonly, Spanish speaking citizens of Blackburn happen of lapsing into this.

* In Chapter 1.1, Jessica references the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtle Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] when discussing [[MadScientist Martin's]] latest possible genetic experiments.

** Chapter 3, Evil Angel, is named after a pertinent Music/BreakingBenjamin song.
** Chapter 4 is called [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The Golden Age.]]

->''"There are good, strong people in this world who spend every day trying to do what’s right, even though it hurts, even though it’ll kill them in the end. And if that’s what it takes to be a good person, you know what that makes the Mavericks? A goddamned miracle. They’re the only thing standing between Blackburn and [[StrawNihilist Eris]]. That’s strength."''
-->-- '''[[TheAtoner Quinn Fletcher]]'''