History Literature / Outliers

->''"Not only are they actually all out to get us, but they're also out to get each other and don't particularly care if we get in the way."''

* NotQuiteFlight: A few variants. Freefall teleports directly up and[[CaptainObvious freefalls]], Comet makes herself into a projectile over and over with charge times in between, [[spoiler:and Void makes herself light enough to be pulled along by the wind her vacuums create.]]

* NotQuiteFlight: A few variants. Freefall teleports directly up and... [[CaptainObvious freefalls]], Comet makes herself into a projectile over and over with charge times in between, [[spoiler:and Void makes herself light enough to be pulled along by the wind her vacuums create.]]

* TalkingToThemselves: Hannah often has conversations in her head, between a personality that seems closer to hers, and one that is significantly snarkier and cruder. Unlike most examples, though, she acknowledges that the voices aren't real, and that she's just using them as a coping mechanism.

30 years ago brought the first superhumans, regular people given great power seemingly at random.

15 years ago brought the paranormals, stranger and often weaker in their abilities, but far more numerous.

Today, the world holds its breath . . .

Or at least, it should.

Most people, though, are just trying to get on with their lives; some successfully, some less so. Which is hard, when shadowy conspiracies and worldwide N.G.O.s are turning your city into a proxy battleground over world-shattering secrets. It’s bad enough when you’ve just woken up with superpowers and terrorists are holding your school hostage. It’s even worse if you’re an illegal vigilante stuck in the middle of the whole Charlie Foxtrot after a supervillain raid drops vital information in your lap.

For Hannah Eiling-Kingsford and Flint Perez, life is about to get a lot harder to get on with.

''30 years ago brought the first superhumans, regular people given great power seemingly at random.''

''15 years ago brought the paranormals, stranger and often weaker in their abilities, but far more numerous.''

''Today, the world holds its breath . . . ''

''Or at least, it should.''

''Most people, though, are just trying to get on with their lives; some successfully, some less so. Which is hard, when shadowy conspiracies and worldwide N.G.O.s are turning your city into a proxy battleground over world-shattering secrets. It’s bad enough when you’ve just woken up with superpowers and terrorists are holding your school hostage. It’s even worse if you’re an illegal vigilante stuck in the middle of the whole Charlie Foxtrot after a supervillain raid drops vital information in your lap.''

''For Hannah Eiling-Kingsford and Flint Perez, life is about to get a lot harder to get on with.''

->'''Flint:''' Ricochet always claimed her accent was Canadian, but it sure wasn't any Canadian accent I'd ever heard.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Flint and Lis, Flint and George... Flint and everyone, pretty much.

* Deuteragonist: Flint and Hannah each have their own, intertwining stories.

* FirstPersonSmartass: Flint, in spades. Hannah to a lesser extent.

* TwoFirstNames: Edith Ellis.

''The superheroes are corporate.''

''The vigilantes are trying to do good, with emphasis on ‘trying’.''

''The girl is in way, way over her head.''

''Welcome to New Chicago.''

[[http://http://outlierswebserial.blogspot.com.au// Outliers]] is a superhero-ish web serial, updating Tuesdays and Fridays.

!! This series provides examples of:]

* SuperheroPackingHeat: Ricochet, who acts as the Outliers' overwatch with a heavy-calibre sniper rifle. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her power seems to have something to do with... well, [[CaptainObvious ricochets]], and by the existence of stun rounds in the setting.

* SuperheroPackingHeat: Ricochet, who acts as the Outliers' overwatch with a heavy-calibre sniper rifle. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her power seems to have something to do with... well, [[CaptainObvious ricochets]], and the existence of stun rounds in the setting.

* SuperheroPackingHeat: Ricochet, who acts as the Outliers' overwatch with a heavy-calibre sniper rifle. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her power seems to have something to do with... well, [[CaptainObvious ricochets]], and the existence of stun rounds in the setting.
* InMediasRes: People and missions are already in motion when the story begins.

* SuperheroPackingHeat: Ricochet, who acts as the Outliers' overwatch with a heavy-calibre sniper rifle. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her power seems to have something to do with... well, [[CaptainObvious ricochets]], and the existence of stun rounds in the setting.

* SlaveToPR: The Tower heroes. As a private enterprise, all their income comes from movies, advertisements, promotions and products, so everyone working for them has to maintain a good public image at all times.

* OnePersonOnePower: Averted: while all first-gen, and some second-gen, supers have only the one power, there are many second-gens who have multiple.

* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: Two, called the Supercharges.

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