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1	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13303725/1/DC-Alterverse-Maxima DC Alterverse: Maxima]]'' is a nine-chapter story, written by Luiz Prata Oliveira, a.k.a. silverbolt1, about Creator/DCComics character Maxima, an alien princess of the planet Almerac, who debuted in a Comicbook/{{Superman}} story. As in the original comics, Pre-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} continuity, Maxima comes to Earth wanting to have Superman as her consort. From this point on, the events diverge from canon.
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3	In this story, besides having to deal with Superman’s lack of interest, Maxima has to deal with his wife Comicbook/LanaLang and other unexpected players, like Vernax, a clone of Vartox of Valeron.
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5	It's part of the Fanfic/DCAlterverseProject started in the Website/{{Deviantart}} site and one of two prose fanfics related to the project. The [[Fanfic/CheetahUnderTheMoon other]] is about Franchise/WonderWoman's villainess ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}.
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8	!! This fan fic provides examples of:
9	%%* AbhorrentAdmirer: Vernax.
10	* AdaptationalHeroism: Maxima, although still somewhat arrogant and conceited, is much more reasonable than her HeelFaceRevolvingDoor original version, staying always on the good side. This comes as a result of Maxima being a CompositeCharacter of her original version and her much nicer counterpart from Comicbook/TheNew52.
11	* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler:Maxima]] is homosexual here, albeit a very closeted one.
12	** Also, [[spoiler:Luma Lynai, a Pre-Crisis love interest of Superman]], gets paired with the character above.
13	* AgonyBeam: Vernax's neural disruptor.
14	* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Is seems to be Maxima’s case, but ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], as she [[spoiler:is lesbian, only searching for a male mate because she internalized the expectations everyone on her kingdom had on her (see ArmoredClosetGay below). Then, she chose Superman because of his well-known compassion and generosity, so she knew he wouldn’t force her to do anything she didn’t want to do]]. In other words, she chose him because of his heart, not because of his body.
15	* ArmoredClosetGay: [[spoiler:Maxima]], who internalized the intense pressure of [[spoiler:her kingdom, especially her family, to find a male mate and produce an heir. She also felt guilt for being lesbian and deeply repressed her feelings]]. Thankfully, [[spoiler:Maxima]] snapped out of it and came out of the closet.
16	* AscendedExtra: Maxima and Lana, usually supporting characters in canon, get the spotlight here.
17	* BadassNormal: Lana Lang, mostly as a result of being a FormerTeenRebel. She uses her MasterOfUnlocking abilities to [[spoiler:unlock Maxima's PowerNullifier handcuffs]]. She also [[spoiler:shoots one of Vernax's robot guards and blasts away the [[AgonyBeam neural disruptor]] Vernax was using on Maxima]].
18	** In the first epilogue, she [[spoiler:becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal, thanks to the Almeracian device Maxima used to save her life and the presence of Clark's Kryptonian DNA in her body]].
19	* BigBad: Vernax.
20	* CompositeCharacter: Maxima combines elements from her original version (like her look and her StalkerWithATestTube attitude toward Superman) with her Comicbook/TheNew52 version (like her connection to the Crucible Academy and [[spoiler:her homosexuality]]). Those versions seem to be contradictory to each other, but there's an in-universe explaination in the spoiler text of the AllAmazonsWantHercules trope above.
21	* DamselOutOfDistress: Actually, ''two'' of them. Both Maxima and Lana [[spoiler: escape their imprisonment in Vernax's spaceship by dropping the hostility between them and starting to work together. Lana used her MasterOfUnlocking abilities she got from her [[FormerTeenRebel past as a juvenile delinquent]] to free Maxima from her PowerNullifier cuffs. Having her powers back, Maxima deactivates the laser bars of the cell. They also defeat Sazu and two robot guards]].
22	* DefrostingIceQueen: Maxima, thanks to Lana.
23	* DemotedToExtra: Superman, as the story centers on Maxima and Lana.
24	* {{Determinator}}: Even severely affected by Vernax [[AgonyBeam neural disruptor]], [[spoiler:Maxima]] refuses to give up. Even Vernax recognizes that [[spoiler:she]] would be a potential Comicbook/GreenLantern if [[spoiler:her]] sector didn’t have two of them already.
25	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Lana Lang is the story's most prominent character after the protagonist Maxima.
26	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Maxima has a very hard time, but she ultimately gets her happy ending in the Crucible Academy, including [[spoiler:a girlfriend]].
27	* EvilDoppelganger: Vernax is an evil clone of Vartox.
28	* FieryRedhead: Maxima is the most prominent example, but Lana also has her fieriness. She’s mentioned to be even fierier in the past. Vartox is a villainous and male example.
29	* FireForgedFriends: Maxima had an initially hostile and arrogant attitude toward Lana Lang. After the circumstances force them to work together, however, she came to gradually warm up to Lana.
30	* FirstGirlWins: Clark is married to his first girlfriend, Lana.
31	%%* FormerTeenRebel: Lana Lang, surprisingly.
32	* TheGhost: Vartox. He is the one Vernax was cloned from, but he doesn’t appear in-story.
33	* GroinAttack: Maxima knee-hits Vernax in the crotch.
34	%%* HappilyMarried: Clark and Lana.
35	* HiddenDepths: In the Crucible Academy, Maxima discovers that she has an artistic talent to sculpture.
36	** Thanks to her rebellious past, Lana is very good in opening locks. And she has a good aim, too.
37	* HoldTheLine: During the final battle, [[spoiler: Lana]] keeps Vernax distracted while [[spoiler:Maxima]] recovers from his AgonyBeam.
38	* {{Malaproper}}: Maxima, thanks to her automatic translator, when referring to a homosexual character ([[spoiler:herself]]), says that this character will “leave the wardrobe” instead of “come out of the closet”, prompting Lana to correct her.
39	* MasterOfUnlocking: Lana acquired this ability in her rebellious teen years in Smallville. It becomes useful to [[spoiler:free Maxima from her PowerNullifier cuffs]].
40	* MegatonPunch: In the final battle, [[spoiler:Maxima]] sends [[spoiler:Vernax]] flying.
41	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Maxima's robotic maid Sazu, who had been hacked and reprogrammed by Vernax]].
42	* MythologyGag:
43	** In the original comics, Luma Lynai had to break up with Superman because the rays of Earth’s yellow sun were poisonous to her. Here, it’s just [[BlatantLies an excuse]] to brush [[AbhorrentAdmirer Vernax]] off, as the sun of his homeworld, Valeron, is also yellow.
44	** ComicBook/{{Lobo}} whistles to summon his space bike, as in Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse.
45	** Vernax interest in Lana. He is a clone of Vartox, who, in the Pre-Crisis comics, had a brief romance with Lana.
46	** The Kents' farm on Smallville has a [[Series/{{Smallville}} golden retriever dog named Shelby]].
47	** The introdutory chapter mentions that Cat Grant is moving from Metropolis to [[Series/Supergirl2015 National City]].
48	** In Comicbook/TheNew52 storyline, Maxima reveals that she has a crush on [[spoiler:Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}]]. Here, she is paired with [[spoiler:Luma Lynai, who, in the Pre-Crisis story she was in, was described and drawn as very similar to how Supergirl would look and act as an adult]].
49	** This story follows the tendency to make Lana Lang [[spoiler:get superpowers]], as it happened in Pre-Crisis continuity (in which [[spoiler:she became Insect Queen]]) and in ComicBook/DCRebirth (in which [[spoiler:she became ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}]]). A more specific reference is ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', by Creator/JohnByrne, in which, besides [[spoiler:getting superpowers]], Lana also married Clark.
50	* NamedByTheAdaptation: Maxima originally had OnlyOneName, but here she got a surname: Pereztern, a homage to her creators Creator/GeorgePerez and Creator/RogerStern.
51	* NeckLift: Maxima does it to Lana when they first meet. Superman quickly releases his wife and calls Maxima out of it.
52	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Vernax's decision to [[spoiler:put Maxima and Lana in the same prison cell inside his spaceship, as well as [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating Lana's resourcefulness]]]], not only led to his own downfall, but it also indirectly led to [[spoiler:Maxima and Lana becoming FireForgedFriends, Maxima coming out and [[BeYourself embracing her homosexuality]] and Lana [[EmpoweredBadassNormal getting superpowers]]]].
53	* NotGoodWithRejection: Vernax. After Maxima had rejected him several times, he decided to resort to violence.
54	** Averted with Maxima, in contrast to her original version in comics, who played this trope straight. Here, she only insists in convince Superman to marry her [[AdaptationalHeroism while she can do it by peaceful means]].
55	* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Maxima demands this from Superman, as in other versions of the character, but this time she [[spoiler: is also on the other end of this trope, as her people and family had insistently demanded it from her first, so intensely that she forced herself to live up to their expectations, strongly repressing her homosexuality as a result]].
56	* OriginalCharacter: Vernax.
57	** Also, Olivia, the mentioned-only daughter of Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen.
58	* ParentalSubstitute: In the Crucible Academy, [[spoiler:Lyrissa Mallor]] becomes one to Maxima.
59	* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:Maxima]], in tears, holds an injured [[spoiler: Lana]] in her arms.
60	* PowerNullifier: The handcuffs that [[spoiler: Vernax puts on Maxima]] have this effect.
61	* PromotedToLoveInterest
62	** As mentioned in Happily Married above, Clark is married to Lana Lang.
63	** Comicbook/LoisLane is married to ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, and, as mentioned above, they have a daughter together.
64	** Luma Lynai, originally a Pre-Crisis love interest of Superman, is paired with [[spoiler: Maxima]].
65	* PunyEarthlings: Maxima’s opinion about Lana. [[FireForgedFriends It]] [[TookALevelInKindness changes]], however.
66	* RebelliousPrincess/ ScrewDestiny: Maxima, at the very end of the story, [[spoiler:comes out as lesbian and, from then on, rejects the pressure of her family and kingdom to find a male mate and produce an heir]]. This said, she still considers [[spoiler:to have a child via assisted reproductive technology (taking a hint from what Superman told her)]], but decides do postpone it for a while and settle her life first, at the Crucible Academy.
67	* ShootingSuperman: [[spoiler:Lana’s]] laser shoots on Vernax don’t have any effect. Vernax even lampshades this trope. Subverted, however, as [[spoiler:Lana’s]] intention is to keep him distracted (see HoldTheLine above).
68	** Played straight when [[spoiler: Vernax shoots Maxima with a virus strain, only to find out that she's immune to it]].
69	** On the other hand, it's surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with [[TropeNamer Superman himself]], who's in the story and has some fight, but [[ComicBook/{{Lobo}} his opponent]] is [[spoiler: more interested in keep him distracted by endangering the bystanders on planet Staryl, thus avoiding a direct fight]].
70	* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Luma Lynai]] botches Lobo’s plans to [[spoiler: keep Superman distracted]].
71	** The presence of [[spoiler: Lana Lang]] derails Vernax's plans involving [[spoiler: Maxima]].
72	* SparedByAdaptation: [[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics Lyrissa Mallor]].
73	* SpiritualAntithesis: To the Pussy Galore’s subplot from ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''. Both Pussy and Maxima are [[spoiler:lesbian]] [[ActionGirl brave, action-driven women]] who have to deal with sexist men hitting on them. But while Pussy is [[spoiler:initially OK with her homosexuality]], Maxima [[spoiler:deeply represses hers]]. By the end of ''Goldfinger'', Bond [[RapeAndSwitch raping Pussy straight]] is [[ValuesDissonance treated as a positive thing by the author]], while Vernax’s heavily implied plans to rape Maxima are treated as part of his villainy [[spoiler:(and he is defeated before he can go on with his intent)]]. And while Pussy ends the story [[spoiler: [[CureYourGays as a straight woman]]]], Maxima eventually [[spoiler:embraces her homosexuality, coming out of the closet and starting a relationship with another woman]].
74	* StalkerWithATestTube: Maxima, initially, as her original version. But see [[spoiler: ArmoredClosetGay]] above.
75	* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: ComicBook/GreenLantern Sodam Yat is a member of the [[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics L.E.G.I.O.N.]].
76	* TookALevelInKindness: Maxima, especially to Lana. When they first met, Maxima gave Lana a NeckLift. By their last scene together, however, Maxima softens her voice to speak to Lana, trusts Lana enough to [[spoiler:reveal her homosexuality]] (what she's never done to anyone before), says she (Maxima) will be glad if she finds [[spoiler:a girlfriend]] with Lana's qualities and gives Lana an affectionate farewell hug.

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