History Roleplay / MySuperheroSagas

My Superhero Sagas is a series of PlayByPost games started on Wiki/TVTropes in February 2018 by kkhohoho. It is a {{Superhero}} / CapePunk story starring the colorful students of Saint Academy, later Saint University. The school is open to all who want to better control their powers or learn how to be a hero.

* CrapsackWorld: Taken UpToEleven in the later sagas.

My Superhero Sagas is a series of PlayByPost games started on TV Tropes in February 2018 by kkhohoho. It is a {{Superhero}} / CapePunk story starring the colorful students of Saint Academy, later Saint University. The school is open to all who want to better control their powers or learn how to be a hero.

* [[Roleplay/MySuperheroAcademyDarkestBeforeDawn My Superhero Academy: Darkest Before Dawn]] - BackFromTheBrink (No longer on TVTropes)

* FiveManBand: After the first year, only the IW really fit the structure.

* [[Roleplay/MySuperheroAcademyDarkestBeforeDawn My Superhero Academy: Darkest Before Dawn]] - BackFromTheBrink

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15426016490A80811200 The Discussion Thread]] For background information

[[Roleplay/MySuburbanHeroicFantasy My Suburban Heroic Fantasy]]: Future Strangeness

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15426016490A80811200 The Discussion Thread]] For background information


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* BewareTheSuperman: A major theme beginning in the Gaea War. The Gaea PropagandaMachine works well enough that self-doubt plagues many of the heroes in the use of their powers after and public trust never really recovers. And that's before an AntiHumanAlliance emerges to prove their mistrust right.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Particularly since the Gaea War in the second saga, any wrong the students do will be [[WhatTheHellHero magnified]] and snowball into the apocalypse. So will any [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished right for that matter]].
* DarkestHour: MSU, the entire Third saga is this from the CharactersDroppingLikeFlies to the bad guys' winning streak, to civil society ''immediately'' collapsing after Saint's death and discrediting his whole set of ideals.
* DeadlyTrainingArea: A feature of the school. Predictably it goes haywire.
* DysfunctionJunction: Just... you'll see.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes herculean efforts by the heroes in each saga just to keep things from getting too much worse too soon. Maybe they get themselves a breather before the world tumbles downhill again.
* EnemyWithin: Show up every year and tend to show out at the worst times.
* FiveManBand: After the first year, only the IW really fit the structure.
* GottaRescueThemAll: One of Saint's ideals. One of Martin's as well. It nearly gets the latter killed.
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to ''a lot'' of the potential heroes.
* HeroicFatigue: A major issue in the background. In fact the fatigue seems to select for the bloodknights and the like to endure, while the more Saint-approved heroes drop out under the strain.
* MythArc: The rp is ultimately about the characters maturing as potential hero material (or not). The story is so character driven that the story arcs are better set around character growth than plot elements. Many, ''many'' potential heroes wash out. The group lost 88% of the first year students and 55% of the second years by one estimate.
* NotWearingTights: The heroes rarely bother with code names and costumes are changeable.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Between the staff secrets in the first saga, Saint Academy's awful media outreach in the second saga, and student secrets in the third saga, poor communications skills really help the group downhill.
* SuperheroesStaySingle: So far no CartwrightCurse, though the first saga only had one major couple. This was increasingly averted starting in the second saga.
* TerminallyDependentSociety: It turns out, the whole peace of the post-super revealed world (or at least the USA) depended entirely on Saint and his reputation. A few bad news cycles and [[AntiMagicalFaction purists]] had emerged along with [[AntiHumanAlliance supremacist groups for every ancestry]]. And both immediately went for each others' throats and the throats of anyone caught in the middle. And then Saint died...
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Oh so averted. Saint's order has collapsed and the USA is mired in post-2016 style politics InSpiteOfANail by the third saga.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: There ''is'' a therapist. Her name is Laurie. Good luck dragging some of the heroes there.
* ThouShaltNotKill: A source of tension. Saint adhered to the ideal [[note]](though he punched an otherwise ordinary man across town)[[/note]] as does about one prominent student. The media also act as if this should be a truism. Squad 3 especially though, see themselves as something akin to a SWAT or even special ops unit and do not hesitate to 'neutralize' foes.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15426016490A80811200 The Discussion Thread]] For background information

* [[Roleplay/MySuperheroWorld The Fifth Saga]]: It Still Gets Worse

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15426016490A80811200 The Discussion Thread]] For background information

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!Tropes - Beware Unmarked Spoilers

* BewareTheSuperman: A major theme beginning in the Gaea War. The Gaea PropagandaMachine works well enough that self-doubt plagues many of the heroes in the use of their powers after and public trust never really recovers. And that's before an AntiHumanAlliance emerges to prove their mistrust right.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Particularly since the Gaea War in the second saga, any wrong the students do will be [[WhatTheHellHero magnified]] and snowball into the apocalypse. So will any [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished right for that matter]].
* DarkestHour: MSU, the entire Third saga is this from the CharactersDroppingLikeFlies to the bad guys' winning streak, to civil society ''immediately'' collapsing after Saint's death and discrediting his whole set of ideals.
* DeadlyTrainingArea: A feature of the school. Predictably it goes haywire.
* DysfunctionJunction: Just... you'll see.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes herculean efforts by the heroes in each saga just to keep things from getting too much worse too soon. Maybe they get themselves a breather before the world tumbles downhill again.
* EnemyWithin: Show up every year and tend to show out at the worst times.
* FiveManBand: After the first year, only the IW really fit the structure.
* GottaRescueThemAll: One of Saint's ideals. One of Martin's as well. It nearly gets the latter killed.
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to ''a lot'' of the potential heroes.
* HeroicFatigue: A major issue in the background. In fact the fatigue seems to select for the bloodknights and the like to endure, while the more Saint-approved heroes drop out under the strain.
* MythArc: The rp is ultimately about the characters maturing as potential hero material (or not). The story is so character driven that the story arcs are better set around character growth than plot elements. Many, ''many'' potential heroes wash out. The group lost 88% of the first year students and 55% of the second years by one estimate.
* NotWearingTights: The heroes rarely bother with code names and costumes are changeable.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Between the staff secrets in the first saga, Saint Academy's awful media outreach in the second saga, and student secrets in the third saga, poor communications skills really help the group downhill.
* SuperheroesStaySingle: So far no CartwrightCurse, though the first saga only had one major couple. This was increasingly averted starting in the second saga.
* TerminallyDependentSociety: It turns out, the whole peace of the post-super revealed world (or at least the USA) depended entirely on Saint and his reputation. A few bad news cycles and [[AntiMagicalFaction purists]] had emerged along with [[AntiHumanAlliance supremacist groups for every ancestry]]. And both immediately went for each others' throats and the throats of anyone caught in the middle. And then Saint died...
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Oh so averted. Saint's order has collapsed and the USA is mired in post-2016 style politics InSpiteOfANail by the third saga.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: There ''is'' a therapist. Her name is Laurie. Good luck dragging some of the heroes there.
* ThouShaltNotKill: A source of tension. Saint adhered to the ideal [[note]](though he punched an otherwise ordinary man across town)[[/note]] as does about one prominent student. The media also act as if this should be a truism. Squad 3 especially though, see themselves as something akin to a SWAT or even special ops unit and do not hesitate to 'neutralize' foes.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15426016490A80811200 The Discussion Thread]] For background information

* [[Roleplay/MySuperheroAcademyForeignExchange My Superhero Academy FE - The Spinoff]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15426016490A80811200 The Discussion Thread]] For background information

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!Tropes - Beware Unmarked Spoilers

* BewareTheSuperman: A major theme beginning in the Gaea War. The Gaea PropagandaMachine works well enough that self-doubt plagues many of the heroes in the use of their powers after and public trust never really recovers. And that's before an AntiHumanAlliance emerges to prove their mistrust right.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Particularly since the Gaea War in the second saga, any wrong the students do will be [[WhatTheHellHero magnified]] and snowball into the apocalypse. So will any [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished right for that matter]].
* DarkestHour: MSU, the entire Third saga is this from the CharactersDroppingLikeFlies to the bad guys' winning streak, to civil society ''immediately'' collapsing after Saint's death and discrediting his whole set of ideals.
* DeadlyTrainingArea: A feature of the school. Predictably it goes haywire.
* DysfunctionJunction: Just... you'll see.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes herculean efforts by the heroes in each saga just to keep things from getting too much worse too soon. Maybe they get themselves a breather before the world tumbles downhill again.
* EnemyWithin: Show up every year and tend to show out at the worst times.
* FiveManBand: After the first year, only the IW really fit the structure.
* GottaRescueThemAll: One of Saint's ideals. One of Martin's as well. It nearly gets the latter killed.
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to ''a lot'' of the potential heroes.
* HeroicFatigue: A major issue in the background. In fact the fatigue seems to select for the bloodknights and the like to endure, while the more Saint-approved heroes drop out under the strain.
* MythArc: The rp is ultimately about the characters maturing as potential hero material (or not). The story is so character driven that the story arcs are better set around character growth than plot elements. Many, ''many'' potential heroes wash out. The group lost 88% of the first year students and 55% of the second years by one estimate.
* NotWearingTights: The heroes rarely bother with code names and costumes are changeable.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Between the staff secrets in the first saga, Saint Academy's awful media outreach in the second saga, and student secrets in the third saga, poor communications skills really help the group downhill.
* SuperheroesStaySingle: So far no CartwrightCurse, though the first saga only had one major couple. This was increasingly averted starting in the second saga.
* TerminallyDependentSociety: It turns out, the whole peace of the post-super revealed world (or at least the USA) depended entirely on Saint and his reputation. A few bad news cycles and [[AntiMagicalFaction purists]] had emerged along with [[AntiHumanAlliance supremacist groups for every ancestry]]. And both immediately went for each others' throats and the throats of anyone caught in the middle. And then Saint died...
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Oh so averted. Saint's order has collapsed and the USA is mired in post-2016 style politics InSpiteOfANail by the third saga.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: There ''is'' a therapist. Her name is Laurie. Good luck dragging some of the heroes there.
* ThouShaltNotKill: A source of tension. Saint adhered to the ideal [[note]](though he punched an otherwise ordinary man across town)[[/note]] as does about one prominent student. The media also act as if this should be a truism. Squad 3 especially though, see themselves as something akin to a SWAT or even special ops unit and do not hesitate to 'neutralize' foes.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/MySuperheroWorld The Fifth Saga]]: It Still Gets Worse

* https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/MySuperheroWorld The Fifth Saga]]: It Still Gets Worse

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!Tropes - Beware Unmarked Spoilers

* BewareTheSuperman: A major theme beginning in the Gaea War. The Gaea PropagandaMachine works well enough that self-doubt plagues many of the heroes in the use of their powers after and public trust never really recovers. And that's before an AntiHumanAlliance emerges to prove their mistrust right.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Particularly since the Gaea War in the second saga, any wrong the students do will be [[WhatTheHellHero magnified]] and snowball into the apocalypse. So will any [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished right for that matter]].
* DarkestHour: MSU, the entire Third saga is this from the CharactersDroppingLikeFlies to the bad guys' winning streak, to civil society ''immediately'' collapsing after Saint's death and discrediting his whole set of ideals.
* DeadlyTrainingArea: A feature of the school. Predictably it goes haywire.
* DysfunctionJunction: Just... you'll see.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes herculean efforts by the heroes in each saga just to keep things from getting too much worse too soon. Maybe they get themselves a breather before the world tumbles downhill again.
* EnemyWithin: Show up every year and tend to show out at the worst times.
* FiveManBand: After the first year, only the IW really fit the structure.
* GottaRescueThemAll: One of Saint's ideals. One of Martin's as well. It nearly gets the latter killed.
* HeroicBSOD: Happens to ''a lot'' of the potential heroes.
* HeroicFatigue: A major issue in the background. In fact the fatigue seems to select for the bloodknights and the like to endure, while the more Saint-approved heroes drop out under the strain.
* MythArc: The rp is ultimately about the characters maturing as potential hero material (or not). The story is so character driven that the story arcs are better set around character growth than plot elements. Many, ''many'' potential heroes wash out. The group lost 88% of the first year students and 55% of the second years by one estimate.
* NotWearingTights: The heroes rarely bother with code names and costumes are changeable.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Between the staff secrets in the first saga, Saint Academy's awful media outreach in the second saga, and student secrets in the third saga, poor communications skills really help the group downhill.
* SuperheroesStaySingle: So far no CartwrightCurse, though the first saga only had one major couple. This was increasingly averted starting in the second saga.
* TerminallyDependentSociety: It turns out, the whole peace of the post-super revealed world (or at least the USA) depended entirely on Saint and his reputation. A few bad news cycles and [[AntiMagicalFaction purists]] had emerged along with [[AntiHumanAlliance supremacist groups for every ancestry]]. And both immediately went for each others' throats and the throats of anyone caught in the middle. And then Saint died...
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Oh so averted. Saint's order has collapsed and the USA is mired in post-2016 style politics InSpiteOfANail by the third saga.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: There ''is'' a therapist. Her name is Laurie. Good luck dragging some of the heroes there.
* ThouShaltNotKill: A source of tension. Saint adhered to the ideal [[note]](though he punched an otherwise ordinary man across town)[[/note]] as does about one prominent student. The media also act as if this should be a truism. Squad 3 especially though, see themselves as something akin to a SWAT or even special ops unit and do not hesitate to 'neutralize' foes.