Line #10 Fanfic/TheGirlOfTomorrow


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/super_taylor_by_xerokey_da5lfyi.jpg]]
2	[-[[caption-width-right:350:I still didn't really know who I was. At least, not yet.\
3	Art by [[http://xerokey.deviantart.com/art/Super-Taylor-614060298 Xerokey]]]]-]
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5	->''You'll believe Taylor can fly.''
6	-->-- '''Tagline'''
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8	Taylor Hebert grew up knowing that she was different from other people. She could hear and see things that no-one else noticed, and the common ailments of life were never known to her. After her mom died, her father felt he couldn't keep the secret any longer, and tells her of her otherworldly origin. When she later [[ForWantOfANail saves Emma from ABB thugs in an alleyway]], she decides to use her powers for good, and sets out to protect Brockton Bay from the criminal underground.
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10	''The Girl of Tomorrow'' is an AlternateUniverseFic by Creator/ThuktunFlishithy, a rewrite of ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'', that makes Taylor the [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} last daughter of Krypton]]. More specifically, the daughter of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]], in one of many departures from the canon of both continuities.
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12	The page below contains spoilers for ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', so beware.
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14	It can be read in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11860296/1/The-Girl-of-Tomorrow FF.net]], Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom ([[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-girl-of-tomorrow-rewrite-of-the-last-daughter.381794/ link]]) and Sufficient Velocity ([[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-girl-of-tomorrow-worm-au-crossover-rewrite-of-the-last-daughter.27374/ link]]).
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16	Sadly, the fic was [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/39862184/ declared dead]] (although it was given an epilogue that skimmed over WhatCouldHaveBeen and gave it some closure).
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18	It should not be confused with ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow''.
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21	!!''The Girl of Tomorrow'' provides examples of:
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23	* ActionGirl: The Wormverse is full of action girls, and Taylor the most powerful of all.
24	* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:Doomsday, a mindless beast in canon, is essentially a frightened child in this fic. When Taylor calms him down, he even declares that he doesn't wish to hurt others in open defiance of his creators]].
25	* AdaptationalPersonalityChange:
26	** [[spoiler:Dru-Zod, instead of a mad general, was apparently a poet and archivist. Likewise, the original Brainiac was a BenevolentAI, in comparison to his [[AIIsACrapshoot other incarnations]].]]
27	** [[spoiler:J'onn J'onzz is less stilted and awkward around humans than his comic counterpart. Justified, as he'd been around on Earth for decades at a time]].
28	* AdaptationalWimp: [[spoiler: Doomsday. Justified as he is pretty much the equivalent of small child in this story.]]
29	* AfterActionHealingDrama: After the Leviathan fight, Weld heads over to the Hebert household, [[spoiler: since he actually knows the truth about Taylor]], and finds her bandaged up on the couch.
30	* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Played with. There's no legal clause preventing Taylor from handing out Kryptonian technology, but she has her moral hang-ups (making humanity too dependent on her, weaponization, etc). That being said, however, she's willing to still use Krypton's knowledge to better society.
31	* AllThereInTheManual: The author wrote a [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/22575971/ PRT threat assessment]] on Taylor.
32	* AnArmAndALeg: Armsmaster loses his lower leg during the Leviathan fight, instead of his arm.
33	* AndIMustScream:
34	** [[spoiler: Taylor sends Scion into a possible future a googol years along where there's nothing else but a few scattered subatomic particles, dooming the being who killed trillions of innocents trying to escape universal heat death to be stuck with it forever]].
35	** [[spoiler: Jack Slash is sent to the Phantom Zone, unable to hurt anyone else sent there (if they ever find someone else who deserves it) and watching dubbed episodes of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood]].
36	* ArbitrarySkepticism: When Emma has a hard time wrapping her head around the fact that her best friend's fists are able to shatter ''moons'', Weld reminds her that they've seen weirder stuff:
37	-->'''Emma:''' So, that means you, and bear with me, punched Leviathan with enough strength to blow up a small moon. Do you realize just how ridiculous that sounds?\
38	'''Weld:''' You're eating breakfast with someone made out of metal, here.
39	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Taylor, by the epilogue, as in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''. She makes it pretty clear that she will return eventually to her friends, and even refused full-on godhood to do so, but she doesn't makes any promises on how long it will take her.]]
40	* AsideGlance: [[spoiler:The very last thing Taylor does in the story is a Fleischer-style wink to the audience, now that her ascension and connection to the Source allows her to see them.]]
41	* BadassBookworm: It's explicitly mentioned that Taylor is very well-read, and WordOfGod states that Kryptonians are naturally intelligent.
42	* BadassNormal: Cooper, Spoon and Wells, three PRT troopers that become the first liaisons between the Justice League and the public. Spoon manages to kill Hatchet Face, and Wells and Cooper hold their own against Mannequin long enough for the Batman to arrive.
43	* BigDamnHeroes:
44	** The Batman does this to Wells and Cooper to save them from Mannequin.
45	** Clockblocker manages to save Spoon from the Siberian.
46	* BigSisterInstinct: [[spoiler: Why does Taylor subject Scion to his ultimate fate? In part, because he hurt her brother]].
47	* BrainyBrunette: Taylor has retains her dark hair from canon, and possesses the aforementioned super-intelligence.
48	* BreathWeapon: [[spoiler: Doomsday]] has one, and quite potent at that.
49	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: While Taylor insists her insignia means "hope", most of the world believes otherwise. [[spoiler: Until [[TheReveal the truth is revealed]]]].
50	* BullyingADragon: Downplayed. A group of teens harassed Weld when he and Taylor were leaving a music store, but they backed off when they realized Weld was getting annoyed enough to actually retaliate, and Taylor was ''already'' angry enough.
51	* CatUpATree: Taylor saves one on her first night out.
52	* ClarkesThirdLaw: Full-force with Taylor. The stuff she pulls off might as well be magic, but it's all the result of [[spoiler: being a hyper-advanced {{posthuman}}. It's implied that the femtotechnology in her body interacts with yellow sunlight, and if the previous story holds any merit, then it likely pulls energy from the Source]].
53	** [[spoiler: The TropeNamer ''[[Creator/ArthurCClarke himself]]'' guesses the truth about Taylor: that she's actually a posthuman]].
54	* ClarkKenting: Taylor even has glasses (which, to be fair, actually change the apparent color of her eyes into something slightly less striking). She also has braces which she can remove.
55	* ComboPlatterPowers: Taylor has the full Kryptonian pack: super strength, super speed, invulnerability, flight, heat vision, super breath, freezing breath...
56	* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Doomsday + Superboy = Kon-El.]]
57	* CruelMercy: [[spoiler: Rather than killing Scion, Taylor drags him into a possible future a googol years from the present. Thus, a being that killed countless innocents to escape the heat death of the universe is trapped with it forever]].
58	* CurbstompBattle: Several:
59	** Taylor delivers one to Lung fairly early in the story, even though the villain had ramped up considerably.
60	** [[spoiler: Saint and the Dragonslayers are defeated by the Martian Manhunter so quickly that Taylor only arrives to the aftermath]].
61	* DeadFic: Declared to be one by the author, who had a [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/39862184/ revelation]] that the story was basically a palette-swapped DC story and that they only really like Worm for sandbox potential, not because they loved Worm for the themes or story. Fortunately, they did come back a few months later with an extended epilogue, so they could tie up the story a bit.
62	* DeathByAdaptation: In this fic, the Siberian's casualty was Alexandria, not [[SparedByTheAdaptation Hero.]]
63	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Taylor [[spoiler:beheads Leviathan, then shatters its core barehandedly.]]
64	* ExplosiveOverclocking: [[spoiler: After absorbing blue sun radiation, Taylor gains the power to push through the fabric of universes, but her body begins to break down from the strain of hosting so much power.]]
65	* ExpositionBeam: How Taylor learns of her Kryptonian heritage.
66	* ExpositionOfImmortality: [[spoiler: J'onn J'onzz has a moment like this when revealing his [[{{Time Abyss}} true age]] to Taylor. He mentions that he missed the Cambrian Explosion, but was there to see the dinosaurs]].
67	* FlatWhat: When Taylor confesses that she is ''not'' a parahuman, her boyfriend's answer is this:
68	-->'''Weld:''' Though, that's still way more than anyone else can do. Almost no parahumans get stronger over time, and they certainly don't get up to those kind of levels.\
69	'''Taylor:''' You're right. Parahumans can't get up to that kind of level.\
70	'''Emma:''' What's that supposed to mean?\
71	'''Taylor:''' It means no more secrets from anyone I care about. I'm not actually a parahuman.\
72	'''Weld:''' (blinking) What.
73	* FlyingBrick: As a Kryptonian, Taylor is ''the'' example.
74	* FlyingFirepower: Taylor is a FlyingBrick with EyeBeams.
75	* GiantEqualsInvincible: Subverted. The Endbringers seemed invincible... until they ran into Superwoman.
76	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Taylor manages to calm Doomsday down, and J'onn manages to talk him into changing sides.]]
77	* HighAltitudeBattle: Taylor and Leviathan's final battle happened in space.
78	* HoldingHands: In chapter 7 Taylor and Weld held hands for a moment before the group discussed [[spoiler:the reveals about the Protectorate]].
79	* HomeBase: [[spoiler:The Fortress of Solitude.]]
80	* HumanAliens: Kryptonians, as per canon. [[spoiler: Then subverted, when the 'alien' part gets scratched off]].
81	* HumansAreSpecial: Taylor seems to think so. [[spoiler: And considering that we ''became'' Kryptonians, that seems on the mark]].
82	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The reason [[spoiler: Doomsday]] doesn't kill Jack Slash.
83	--> '''[[spoiler: Doomsday]]:''' Me no want be person who hurt, after me be hurt. Me no want be him.
84	* {{Irony}}: Jack Slash was willing to create [[spoiler: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Doomsday, the world-destroying baby]]]], to force Taylor to either [[spoiler: kill a child]] or let her friends and world be torn apart. Instead, Taylor [[spoiler: befriended Doomsday, got J'onn to talk him down and into switching sides, and then let Doomsday decide what to do with Jack Slash]].
85	* ItCanThink: Taylor when she realises that [[spoiler: Doomsday has the mentality of a Kryptonian newborn.]]
86	* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: During their first date, Weld warns Taylor about the dangers of dating a Ward. However, Taylor guarantees that she can take care of herself.
87	* JustToyingWithThem: Taylor toyed with Lung when she fought him.
88	-->'''Taylor:''' I pumped you full of sedatives. Should keep you incapacitated long enough for the authorities to arrive. Still have two more, just in case.\
89	'''Lung:''' Why... wait? Why not use... earlier?\
90	'''Taylor:''' Why? To show that I could've won the fight whenever I wanted. You waited and grew, to the point that the entire local Protectorate couldn't beat you, but I did. The other gangs and villains in the city will know that, now. They'll know that this city is no longer theirs to torment, that they are now the small fish in the pond.
91	* LastOfHisKind: Both Taylor and [[spoiler: J'onn]] are the last of their respective species. Though, one could argue that [[spoiler: since Kryptonians were actually posthumans and not aliens, Taylor's far from the last of her species]].
92	* LegacyCharacter: After J'onn J'onzz tells Colin about Batman, a costumed vigilante who worked in TheThirties, Colin decides that he'll become the next Batman.
93	* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Downplayed with Taylor and Weld. She's way, ''way'' stronger than him, but Weld is tougher than an average human since his body is living metal.
94	* MissingMom: The same as canon, Taylor's -adoptive- mother died. Her biological parents are deceased, too.
95	* TheMultiverse: From time to time Taylor travels to other dimensions. [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/33031718/ In an omake]] she runs into different versions of Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/PowerGirl.
96	* MundaneSolution: How does Taylor deal with Bonesaw's plague-bombs, triggered to go off on her or [[spoiler: Doomsday's]] death? Throw them into space.
97	* MundaneUtility:
98	** At the beginning of chapter nine, Taylor uses her heat vision to toast several slices of bread.
99	** [[ElementalCrafting Taylor makes an incredibly heavy key]] [[spoiler: to her Fortress of Solitude]] out of [[spoiler: Leviathan's core]].
100	* TheNeedless: Neither Taylor -- who is a Kryptonian -- nor Weld -- who is made of metal -- need to eat, sleep, or breathe.
101	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: [[spoiler: After exposure to blue sun radiation, Taylor develops the ability to travel between universes, along with a power-boost. It's a sign that she's now fatally overdosed on solar energy.]]
102	* NowOrNeverKiss: Taylor kissed Weld right before facing Leviathan for the last time, just in case she didn't come back.
103	* OfficialCouple: Taylor and Weld.
104	* OfficialKiss: Taylor kissed Weld during the battle against Leviathan in the fourth arc.
105	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Taylor ripped Leviathan's]] head off.
106	* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:The final fight with Scion sees Kon getting vaporized down to a mere skeleton with some muscle fiber after an extended YouShallNotPass action. As befits freaking Doomsday, not only doesn't this kill him for good, but Taylor comes to him in his healing coma and makes him accelerate said healing to full recovery in minutes.]]
107	* OutsideContextProblem: Earth Bet may be a super-hero universe... but Taylor is a ''Kryptonian''. She's not even remotely similar to the Worm parahumans -- her powers are on an entirely different level.
108	* ParentalSubstitute: Danny and Annette are Taylor's adoptive parents in this timeline.
109	* PersonOfMassDestruction: Taylor dragged Leviathan off planet for fear of damaging the planet, and later reveals that she can hit hard enough to shatter small moons. [[spoiler: When Cauldron is discussing how to handle her]], the Number Man calculates that she can produce four times more energy than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
110	* {{Posthuman}}: [[spoiler: Taylor's ''real'' nature. It is revealed in the story that Krypton was not actually an alien planet, but an alternate Earth that developed civilization almost at the start of humanity's evolution. Taylor's essentially the pinnacle of genetic engineering, biotechnology, and femtotechnology that was developed over tens of thousands of millennia. It also serves as an homage to what Superman was originally conceived as. Interestingly, this is also the backstory of Soviet Superman from the comic series "Red Son," where Superman was found and raised in Soviet Russia.]]
111	* SadisticChoice: Jack Slash attempts this on Taylor. Either she [[spoiler:kills Doomsday, who is essentially a terrified newborn, or lets civilians die]]. She TakesAThirdOption.
112	* SecondSuperIdentity: After resigning from the Protectorate, Armmaster creates two new secret identities: Defiant... and Batman.
113	* ShoutOut:
114	** WordOfGod is that Taylor's InUniverse Superwoman outfit borrows greatly in looks from the ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'' graphic novels'.
115	** It's mentioned that ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]'' comics existed InUniverse.
116	** In one omake, Taylor tries to save a child who is dying from cancer, right like ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} did in ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 2008]]'' storyline ''ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld'' and ''ComicBook/YoungLove''.
117	** Taylor has one one opportunity to ascend to godhood but chooses to remain human as Superman does in "ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped".
118	** Scion's punishment brings to mind Superman trapping Darkseid in the edge of the universe for attacking his cousin Kara in "ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004".
119	** [=WoG=] also mentions that [[spoiler: the posthuman Earth that is actually Krypton]] was heavily inspired by Olaf Stapledon's ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen''.
120	* SarcasticConfession:
121	** In chapter 3, Legend asks Taylor about her sigil:
122	--->'''Legend:''' Anyway, I know you've been asked this before, but where did you actually get that sigil from?\
123	'''Superwoman:''' You really want to know?\
124	'''Legend:''' I have to admit I'm a little curious.\
125	'''Superwoman:''' I'm actually an alien from the planet Krypton, sent here to survive the destruction of my homeworld. This symbol, which looks almost exactly like an 'S', is actually the character for hope amongst my people.\
126	'''Legend:''' (chuckling) A sense of humor is a good trait for a hero to have.
127	** Invoked when Taylor thinks that "Sometimes, the best way to hide the truth is to hide it in plain sight; you just have to watch your tone while telling it.''
128	* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Emma and Weld]] know that Taylor is an alien hero and keep it a secret... until TheReveal, at least.
129	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Taylor fell for Weld, one of the few genuinely decent characters in Worm canon.
130	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Hero was not murdered by Siberian. [[DeathByAdaptation Alexandria was.]]
131	* StationsOfTheCanon: Averted. Taylor enters the cape scene nearly a year before canon, fights Stormtiger on the first night out, doesn't meet the Undersiders, and it just grows from there.
132	* SuperpowerLottery: Taylor has the full Kryptonian combo: super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability, super-senses, eye beams, breath weapons... Bluntly stated, no one apart from Scion is as powerful as her. Given that she's the same species as ''Superman'' and is expressly modeled after the original Man of Steel, this is not a surprise in the slightest.
133	* TimeAbyss: J'onn J'onzz/John Jones/Martian Manhunter.
134	* ThisIsReality: Three characters argue this after [[spoiler:the Cauldron conspiracy]] is revealed:
135	-->'''Cooper:''' It's all fucked, isn't it? And I thought that clone was just talking the piss when it said all that.\
136	'''Spoon:''' Made sense to me. Conspiracies happened all the time in comic books.\
137	'''Wells:''' Life isn't a comic book, Spoon.
138	* UnConfession: In an homage to the 1978 movie, Taylor tries to muster the courage to reveal her identity to Weld before the Leviathan fight, but loses her nerve at the last moment.
139	* WhatIf: This story features an alternate universe where -- among other changes -- Taylor is Superman's biological daughter.
140	* WhatTheHellHero: Taylor gets angry when [[spoiler:Dragon and Armsmaster]] say they want her to trust them after investigating her secret identity (which is a violation of the Endbringer truce). To their credit, they apologized.
141	-->'''Taylor:''' "You found my birth certificate, and you want me to trust you? You pretty much broke the truce by researching me, and you want me to actually talk to you about what I am?"
142	* WorldsStrongestMan: Taylor is ''the'' strongest human on the planet. She's capable of shattering ''moons'' with her ''fists''.
143	* YouAreNotReady: [[spoiler:Taylor's father Kal-El]] seals off portions of Brainiac's databanks to prevent Taylor from accessing them until either she comes of age, or proves herself to have conquered the vices of humanity that might otherwise have driven her to tyranny.

Context Fanfic / TheGirlOfTomorrow