Line #41 ComicBook/FearlessDefenders


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7	The ''Fearless Defenders'' was a 2013 comic book. It was a new iteration of ComicBook/TheDefenders.
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9	The main stars were Valkyrie, a goddess from Asgard, and Misty Knight, an urban bounty hunter. They were followed by many other heroines. Valkyrie had been tasked to created a new team of Shield Maidens, to serve as Valkyries, but did not find any woman worthy. This caused a void that Caroline Le Fey tries to exploit, to create instead a team of Doom Maidens.
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12	!!This comic provides examples of:
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14	* AdventurerArchaeologist: Annabelle Riggs.
15	* AfroAsskicker: Misty Knight, as usual.
16	* AmazonBrigade: This group of Defenders is composed only by women.
17	* AscendedFanboy: Inverted. Annabelle Riggs is a huge fan of Myth/NorseMythology. But when she is appointed a shield maiden, she is ''terrified''.
18	* BackToBackBadasses: The cover of the first issue has Valkyrie and Misty Knight in this pose. The picture was kept for the PreviouslyOn intros.
19	* BigBad: Caroline Le Fey
20	* BroughtDownToBadass: Le Fey needs Dani Moonstar. She used to be a mutant, but lost her powers during the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' thing, and now she's just a girl. The terrorists thought that capturing her would likely be as easy as a stroll in the park. Yeah, no.
21	* ClubStub: The shield maidens are no more, and Valkyrie was tasked to create a new group. But she did not find anyone worthy for that. The FridgeLogic of that was pointed by Misty herself: there are SO many heroines around in the world, with power and virtues, and she could not find anyone worthy? No, she could not, because her standards were so high and over-the-top that nobody could meet them. That, until they got to this crisis, and had to create that team somehow.
22	* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
23	-->'''Valkyrie:''' The dead have grown restless! I will silence them! Ha! Stand down, knaves! Begone to the hell that spawned you!\
24	'''Misty Knight:''' All right! Time to put some dead vikings back in the dirt!\
25	'''[[SpeakInUnison Both in unison]]''': Why do you talk like that?
26	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we first see Misty Knight, she's trying to stop burglars.
27	* GoodIsNotNice: Hela arrives to Asgard to provide help. Valkyrie attacked her on sight, but Hela is much more powerful. She won't mind eviscerating all of them if needed to prove her good will.
28	* GratuitousNinja: The cover of the first issue has Valkyrie and Misty Knight in a BackToBackBadasses pose, each one facing enemy mooks that would be usually fought by the other: Misty faces Asgardian zombies, and Valkyrie faces ninjas. But in the comic book itself, we can only find Misty Knight fighting against Asgardian zombies. But, hey, ninjas! Cool!
29	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: With all the heavy hitter superheroes defeated by Valkyrie, turned into a doom maiden, Annabelle tried this with her. [[spoiler:She was successful, but the evil Valkyrie killed her before the good one took over again]].
30	* IntroDump: When Misty comes with all the female super heroes available, each one has an introductory individual fight scene.
31	* KeystoneArmy: The army of zombies is stopped once the artifact that woke them up is destroyed.
32	* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: It seems that Pluto allowed Hippolita to watch human-made films in Hades. But the options are somewhat limited: only ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' and ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie''.
33	* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Annabelle discovered a Viking artifact, that raised the dead vikings to life.
34	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Averted. In the ''Age of Ultron'' crossover, the UnexpectedCharacter wields Mjolnir, and Hippolita claimed it after defeating him. But, as the enchantment had died with Thor during the GreatOffscreenWar, that has no significance.
35	* PreviouslyOn: Each issue begins with Valkyrie and Misty Knight as BackToBackBadasses, discussing the events of the previous issue.
36	* PublicDomainCharacter: Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, is OlderThanFeudalism. That's why it can be used (in a different way, of course) by both Marvel and DC Comics.
37	* SealedEvilInACan: The end of the last issue includes the resurrection of [[spoiler:Morgan Le Fey]]
38	* ShutUpKiss: When Valkeyrie first shows up, Annabelle turned into fangirl mode, over a real Asgardian goddess. She kissed her to make her shut up: there are still zombies to destroy.
39	* StayInTheKitchen: All the girls' boyfriends got together to tell them that the group they had started was dangerous stuff, they should not do it, or at least let them join to protect them, before they're all bluntly called out by retired heroine Shamrock on how they're just whining that Valkyrie, Misty, and the others didn't tell them about it first.
40	** Flash Thompson comes across as the most petty when it comes right down to it, especially when it's revealed [[spoiler: he's mad that Annabelle Riggs, who is now sharing Valkyrie's body, essentially cockblocked him.]]
41	* TemptingFate: Valkyrie, Hippolyta and Dani Moonstar fight against a horde of Doom Maidens. Le Fey suggested they skip to the part where they surrender, as they are so hopelessly outnumbered. Then Misty Knight shows up with the calvalry: all the female heroes she could hire. So, in total, we have Valkyrie, Hippolyta, Dani Moonstar, Hellcat, Black Cat, Tigra, Spider-Woman, Elektra, She-Hulk, Storm, Thundra, Tarantula, Black Widow, Captain Marvel and Colleen Wing. Still, Le Fay keeps her VillainousValour.
42	* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Discussed. Archeologists seeking relics of the Viking era and the Norse gods still exist, even with a piece of the real Asgard floating over Oklahoma.
43	* TheUnchosenOne: The All-Mother will not send Hippolyta to fight against the Doom Maidens alone. She will be escorted by the three women that showed up in Asgard, Valkyrie, Misty Knight and Annabelle, who are appointed Valkyries (despite the fact that Annabelle has no powers).
44	* UnexpectedCharacter: In the Age of Ultron crossover, Hippolita goes to Europe and fights against Dr. Doom. [[spoiler:Actually, that was just a Doombot used by the actual ruler of Latveria, who's hiding: Ares]]
45	* WhoDares: What? A mere mortal creature dares to attack Hela?
46	* WickedStepmother: Caroline Le Fay had one of those. She outgrew her fears, and fed her piece by piece to the housekeeper's cats.
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