History Webcomic / LoveAndCapes

* BlackBestFriend: Darkblade.
* BlandNameProduct

** When Mark and Abby undergo a FreakyFridayFlip due to Tiki magic, one of the rare good things they use this temporary state of affairs to do is have sex (Charlotte thinks it's gross, but they point out "Wouldn't you be curious too?"). Notable in that they are also averting NoPreggerSex at the same time, as Abby's body is seven months pregnant.

* EvilTwin: Common enough that the Liberty League refers to it as a "number 6".

* FlyingBrick: Crusader's basic power set, though he has super-senses, as befits a Superman Expy. No Heat Vision, though.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Amazonia's response to discussing temporal anomalies and trying to make sense of them is to have alcohol on hand when she knows they're coming up.

** A mild example. Abby hints to Mark that if he flies her to work that morning instead of her going in normally, they have twenty extra minutes (to fool around).

''Love and Capes'' is, at its heart, a romantic comedy that shows the progress of Abby and Mark's relationship - the mundane (dealing with Mark's highly critical mother), the not-so-mundane (such as the fact that one of Mark's ex-girlfriends is Amazonia, who has much the same power set as him and who wants to get back together with him), and the more four-color problems that only superheroes have to deal with (an EvilTwin and the like).

** In-story, another example is Major Might, who clearly idolizes Crusader. [[spoiler:He's actually a double example, as he's a kid who wished for the power set of his idol, and he's [[OlderAlterEgo grown up in his super identity]], so in-story, he's a copy of Crusader, while he's also a copy of Billy Batson[=/=][[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] with a different origin story.]]

** While Crusader is certainly popular enough, both among the populace at large and amongst other heroes, his endorsement deals (comics, movies, etc.) are fairly pitiful compared to other heroes'. He's particularly resentful towards the popularity of Arachnerd's movie, doubled because his best friend Darkblade actually financed the movie. [[spoiler:He mellows out somewhat on the issue, particularly when he learns that Arachnerd, as a CaptainErsatz of {{Spider-Man}}, was struggling to make ends meet and balance his social life with his heroing life before the endorsement deal.]]

* BadassPrincess: Amazonia is one of these in her home dimension.

** When Mark and Abby undergo a FreakyFridayFlip due to Tiki magic, one of the rare good things they use this temporary state of affairs to do is have sex (Charlotte thinks it's gross, but they point out "Wouldn't you be curious too?").

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Abby and Crusader]] have a baby boy named Jamie (James).

* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Discussed, as Doc Karma is incapable of determining just what, if any, powers the potential offspring of Abby and Mark will have. [[spoiler: Once the child is born, Doc Karma is finally able to tell that Jaime will get [[FlyingBrick his father's power set]].]]

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Abby and Crusader]] have a baby boy named Jamie.

* CostumeTestMontage: Abby goes through one of these when she temporarily gains super-powers, cycling through costumes worn by {{Supergirl}}, [[Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} Saturn Girl]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mary Marvel]], and ComicBook/BlackCanary before settling on one of her own.

* ClarkKenting: Played straight, somehow.

* CallBack: When Mark discusses giving up on being Crusader [[spoiler: for the sake of their imminent child]], Abby reminds him of what she said back when they were still dating - she loved him for being both Mark and the Crusader, and she wouldn't want him to give up either one.

* TheUnfavorite: Quincy is this to the Tennyson family. He's a SmallNameBigEgo broadcaster who had a ''very'' short NFL career. He pretty much ignores what anyone else might want, and it grates on his entire family to no end. Even his mother isn't shy about slipping a shot at him in for the hell of it.

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* InformedAbility: While Darkblade's deductive skills ''are'' played straight now and then, more often than not they're brought up in the humorous context of him failing to deduce something (such as the mystery behind ''{{Lost}}'', or deducing something that was pretty obvious (such as how a villain obsessed with the number three would attack the Third National Bank at three o'clock on March 3rd).

* BroughtDownToNormal: Mark gives up his powers for 24 hours so that he can have a day without interruption with Abby. Unlike many examples, though, it's not problematic (it wears off right on schedule, and Darkblade covers for him).

* DudeWheresMyRespect: While Crusader is certainly popular enough, both among the populace at large and amongst other heroes, his endorsement deals (comics, movies, etc.) are fairly pitiful compared to other heroes'. He's particularly resentful towards the popularity of Arachnerd's movie, doubled because his best friend Darkblade actually financed the movie. [[spoiler:He mellows out somewhat on the issue, particularly when he learns that Arachnerd, as a CaptainErsatz of {{Spider-Man}}, was struggling to make ends meet and balance his social life with his heroing life before the endorsement deal.]]
** It also didn't help that at the time that the movie came out, [[spoiler: it was his tenth anniversary of becoming the Crusader, and no one noticed. Imagine if everyone forgot your 30th birthday, and you get a glimpse of what he was feeling.]]

** Most superheroes have {{Muggles}} for parents, while the heroes tend to be the MageBornOfMuggle kind. In one timeline [[spoiler: Mark died fighting the Evil Brain while in the actual timeline Windstar dies]]. The parents in question have to endure their child's death being questioned, since DeathIsCheap, while they deal with the reality of the grief. Some have to undergo multiple times.

* MostCommonSuperpower: Hello there, Amazonia!

* TheRival: Amazonia for Abby; eventually, the two women mellow out toward each other. Yes, alcohol was involved.

** When Amazonia [[spoiler: has to become queen following her mother's stroke]], her sister Oriana has to fill in on Earth. At the [[spoiler: coronation, however]]

** Darkblade has forgiven his father for arranging monks to kidnap him and put him in TrainingThroughHell.

** Most superheroes have {{Muggles}} for parents, while the heroes tend to be the MageBornOfMuggleParents. In one timeline [[spoiler: Mark died fighting the Evil Brain while in the actual timeline Windstar dies]]. The parents in question have to endure their child's death being questioned, since DeathIsCheap, while they deal with the reality of the grief. Some have to undergo multiple times.

** Most superheroes have {{Muggles}} for parents, while the heroes tend to be the MageBornOfMuggles. In one timeline [[spoiler: Mark died fighting the Evil Brain while in the actual timeline Windstar dies]]. The parents in question have to endure their child's death being questioned, since DeathIsCheap, while they deal with the reality of the grief. Some have to undergo multiple times.

** When Amazonia [[spoiler: has to become queen following her mother's stroke]], her sister Oriana has to fill in .on Earth