Line #100 Literature/LaFuerzaSeries


1	The ''La Fuerza Series'' is a series of Superhero Short Stories currently available to read on [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2516026 Archive of Our Own]]. The series consists of ''Rise of the La Fuerza'', ''La Fuerza: The Hunters'', ''The Inquisitor'', ''Darklight'', ''The Hazard Squad'', ''Supers Anonymous'', ''Fallout'', ''The Inquisitor: Unsafe and Unsound'', ''The Inquisitor: No Rest for the Weary'', ''Frozen Innocence'', ''The Hazard Squad: Unfinished Business'', and ''The Hazard Squad: Into the Void''. A 13th book, ''Some Kind of Hero'', is currently a work in progress.
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4	!!These books provide examples of:
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6	[[foldercontrol]]
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8	[[folder: Rise of La Fuerza]]
9	* BerserkButton: Do not touch María’s shoulders, especially from behind.
10	* BilingualBonus: Jake recites Liam Neeson’s “Particular set of skills” speech from ''Film/{{Taken}}'' in untranslated Spanish.
11	* ChallengingTheBully: Bianca is sick of Rachel’s abusive behavior towards María and stands up to her.
12	* CountryMatters: Rachel calls María a little cunt.
13	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even after Nightshade’s Heel-Face Turn, Engineer isn’t willing to kill her over María’s parental issues.
14	* HeelFaceTurn:
15	** Jennifer/Nightshade has one after realizing how dangerous Mrs. Álvarez is.
16	** Engineer has one after his Even Evil Has Standards moment.
17	* MindOverMatter: María is telekinetic.
18	* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed and combined with AbusiveParents.
19	* NasalTrauma: After stopping Rachel’s slap, Bianca breaks her nose with a punch.
20	* PunchCatch: A variant. Bianca catches Rachel’s wrist when Rachel tries to slap her.
21	* SevenDirtyWords: Recited in Spanish by María.
22	* ShoutOut: María’s address is 1982 Carpenter Street, referencing John Carpenter’s ''Film/TheThing1982''.
23	* ShownTheirWork: WordOfGod suffers from nosebleeds and is aware that leaning your head back when you have one is a bad idea.
24	* {{Teleportation}}: One of Jennifer’s powers.
25	[[/folder]]
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27	[[folder: La Fuerza: The Hunters]]
28	* AnimateDead: Ray's superpower is Necromancy.
29	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Henry Silvia/Chimera.]]
30	* CombatTentacles: Leviathan has these.
31	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They’re reanimated corpses being controlled by a super named [[MeaningfulName Necromancer]].
32	* ShoutOut:
33	** María Álvarez has an uncle named Fede who is Uruguayan and works in the film industry.
34	** Emerald Witch is one to Scarlet Witch.
35	** Captain Derrickson’s name is one to filmmaker Creator/ScottDerrickson.
36	* SpiderSwarm: In the middle of winter, no less. Justified, since the spiders in question are being controlled by a super.
37	* TookALevelInBadass: María has become much better with her powers since the first book.
38	[[/folder]]
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40	[[folder: The Inquisitor]]
41	* TwentyFourHourArmor: Justified. Jane Keller and the other recipients of the self-repairing cybernetic armor have said armor under their skin, making it impossible to remove unless your superpower is Technology Manipulation.
42	* BottomlessMagazines: A rare {{Justified}} example. Witch Doctor’s superpower is Illogical Construct Creation, and one such creation is a pair of minigun pistols with no recoil and infinite ammunition.
43	* BreathWeapon: Combined with PlayingWithFire. One of the mercenaries who attacks Jane and Jennifer in the hospital can breath white-hot flames.
44	* CountingBullets: SWAT Captain Reynolds knows a mercenary’s Desert Eagles are empty because she fired 14 rounds.
45	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Jane’s new cybernetics take some getting used to.
46	* ExistentialHorror: Jane experiences this after her UnwillingRoboticisation.
47	* FlashbackNightmare: During Jane’s imprisonment, she has several Flashback Nightmares that alternate between the day she was abducted and moments with her parents from earlier in her life.
48	* ForegoneConclusion: The fight between the Hazard Squad and the Hunters goes down exactly the way it did in ''La Fuerza: The Hunters'', only this time from Jane’s third person POV instead of María’s.
49	* {{Golem}}: [[MeaningfulName Priestess]] has the ability to create these out of almost any materiel.
50	* AHandfulForAnEye: One of the powered mercenaries sent after Jane has the ability to manipulate and and carries literal pocket sand. {{Lampshaded}} by Jane.
51	--> '''Jane:''' Pocket sand? Seriously?
52	* IRejectYourReality: Evan is utterly convinced that Jane killed Mandy and refuses to hear otherwise.
53	* KidHasAPoint: 7 year-old Jane questions why they have to tell Jesus they’re thankful every night, pointing out that he should remember they already did it the day before.
54	* LanguageBarrier: One that requires translation through multiple languages for a single conversation.
55	* MundaneUtility: Brian Gatling used his super strength to help surgeons get thought Jane’s cybernetic armor.
56	* NothingIsScarier: In ''La Fuerza: The Hunters'', it’s explained to that María kills Etho by using her powers to make his heart explode in his body. In this book, Jane has no idea what kills him.
57	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: During the hospital fight, Jennifer kills one mercenary by teleporting him up to 3,000 feet and dropping him.
58	* OffWithHisHead: During a car chase, a mercenary leaning out a car window is decapitated by a speed limit sign.
59	* POVSequel: Downplayed. The penultimate fight was seen from María's POV in the previous book, and here it’s seen from Jane's.
60	* SelfDuplication: OMA (One Man Army) has this power.
61	* SelfHealingPhlebotinum: Jane’s cybernetic armor is self-repairing.
62	* ShoutOut:
63	** Liz telling Evan to “Eat shit and live” is a reference to ''Film/SleepawayCamp''.
64	** Jane points out a Hummer with a “My Graboid at your stick family” decal on the back - a reference to ''Film/{{Tremors}}''.
65	** During the hospital fight, Jennifer paraphrases Bane from ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Doubles as IAlwaysWantedToSayThat.
66	* ThirdPartyStopsAttack: The Hunters from the previous book save Jane from several powered mercenaries.
67	* UnwillingRoboticisation: Jane is implanted with cybernetics against her will.
68	[[/folder]]
69
70	[[folder: Darklight]]
71	* AffectionateNickname: Adam eventually calls Valerie “Val”.
72	* DatingCatwoman: Adam Montgomery and [[spoiler: Valerie Harper]] go from Friends to Lovers without knowing that they’re enemies, only finding out after they’ve been dating for years and are living together.
73	* EarlyBirdCameo: Lea Cornell, future protagonist of the series, has a small role here.
74	* FictionalCounterpart: This universe’s version of Siri is called Iris.
75	* GroinAttack: Evan gets a particularly brutal one when Luna ''rips it off and crushes it''.
76	* IronicName: Hope Olsen turns out to be [[spoiler: a cold-hearted girl who falsely accused her ex of being abusive.]]
77	* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Hope Olsen]] is revealed to be pyrokinetic.
78	* MindOverMatter: Pete Freeman is telekinetic. WordOfGod generally tries to avoid having multiple characters with the exact same skill set and deliberately made Pete’s use of his powers different from María/La Fuerza. For example, María can use her powers to levitate and fly. Pete can’t do either of those things, but he can use his powers to control his descent after jumping off the roof of a building.
79	* MonsterSlayerRomance: By the time Adam and [[spoiler: Valerie]] find out they’re enemies, they’ve already been dating for years, fallen in love, and moved in together.
80	* MyEyesAreUpHere: Invoked and Parodied. When Adam is looking at Valerie’s ''Film/KillBill'' shirt, she tells him, “Hey, my tits are up here.”
81	* NotGoodWithRejection: Hope Olsen. After Adam breaks up with her, she [[spoiler: falsely accuses him of being abusive and only backs down from that lie when presented with video evidence that contradicts it.]]
82	* SelfDeprecation: Pete says that’s he’s only half as stupid as he looks.
83	* ShoutOut:
84	** Characters watch ''Film/TheDescent''.
85	** Valerie wears a t-shirt depicting The Bride’s duel with O-ren Ishii in ''Film/KillBill''.
86	* {{Technopath}}: Ian Holmes.
87	* VillainOfAnotherStory: Evan uses Mind Control to get women to have sex with him. He only appears in one scene, after getting his comeuppance.
88	* VoiceChangeling:
89	** [[spoiler: Valerie Harper]]/Mercury has this as a superpower.
90	** Adam Montgomery and Pete Freeman use voice changers to achieve this.
91	[[/folder]]
92
93	[[folder: The Hazard Squad]]
94	* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: María]] accidentally kills [[spoiler: Jake]] in a moment of panic.
95	* AscendedExtra: Lea Cornell had a small role in the previous book and has a lead role in this book and most of the subsequent books.
96	* AttackReflector: The villain has this power.
97	* {{Callback}}: A tragic one to María’s shoulder touch BerserkButton.
98	* CoitusUninterruptus: María sees Jane hooking up with Miguel in the locker room and leaves so they can continue in private.
99	* CripplingOverspecialization: None of the Hazard Squad members are prepared to fight powerless.
100	* DeathByAdaptation: Sort of. The original version of [[spoiler: María]] survives the Spider-Gwen fanfiction she was created for. This version doesn’t get a happy ending.
101	* DidNotGetTheGirl: A tragic example. [[spoiler: Lea]]’s attraction to [[spoiler: María]] is subtly hinted at throughout the book, but in the [[DownerEnding climax]], [[spoiler: Lea is the only one who can get close to María, and Lea is forced to [[KillTheOnesYouLove kill María]].]]
102	* DistractedByTheSexy: While looking through binoculars, Jane is briefly distracted by a gay couple having sex, one of them apparently very well-endowed.
103	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Jake and María are KilledOffForReal, and the rest of the team is devastated.]]
104	* HowlOfSorrow: Upon learning that [[spoiler: Jake]] is dead, Erin lets out the loudest, most pained scream Jennifer has ever heard.
105	* InTheBack: Not literally. Lea stabs [[spoiler: María]] between the ribs.
106	* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler: Lea is forced to kill María, but she declares her love for María before doing so because she won’t get another chance.]]
107	* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: After finding out Jane hooked up with Miguel, María asks her if they’re “nutty buddies” (friends with benefits), then immediately starts laughing at her own innuendo.
108	* MeaningfulName: Combined with DoubleMeaning. Aaron O'Neal's super name is Major Ursa, which comes from the constellation Ursa Major and also is a reference to his superpower - Bear Manipulation.
109	* MistakenForProstitute: Happens twice to María when she wanders through an unfamiliar neighborhood.
110	* MundaneUtility: When a bridge collapses, Aaron uses his powers to summon several bears to warm up the people who fell in the water.
111	* NeckSnap: María snaps the blond man’s neck in the opening scene.
112	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: María is survived by her Uncle Fede and Aunt Amelia, who were her adoptive parents.]]
113	* ShoutOut: María references “I have a banana in my ear.” from ''Film/BabyDriver''.
114	* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: The redhead German woman in the opening has this power.
115	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: This exchange.
116	--> '''Jake:''' I’m gonna go home. Get some sleep.
117	--> '''María and Jane(not quite in sync):''' You’re not my real mom.
118	* TakeThat: Jennifer compares ''Cabin Fever (2016)'' unfavorably to the original ''Film/CabinFever''. María also states that she saw the 2016 version but doesn’t remember any of it.
119	* UselessWithoutPowers: The Hazard Squad in generals but specifically María. See UnstablePoweredWoman.
120	* UnstablePoweredWoman: María becomes this when her fear of losing control comes back.
121	* WouldHitAGirl: Invoked by Jennifer when she confronts the man who attacks María.
122	[[/folder]]
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124	[[folder: Supers Anonymous]]
125	* AutoErotica: [[spoiler: Lea]] and [[spoiler: Jason]] have sex in the backseat of the former’s car.
126	* BilingualBonus: Lea has a conversation with her aunt in untranslated French.
127	--> '''Lea:''' Oui, je promets que je vais bien. Non, ce sont des gens différents. Je les ai jamais vus avant. J’en doute vraiment. Je suis pas la seule qu’ils cherchaient. Oui. On l’a trouvé endormi dans notre salle de réunion. Non, je lui ai à peine parlé. On l’a retrouvé mort plus tard. Ils ont demandé ce qu’il nous a dit. Je sais pas, il connaissait probablement des secrets sur eux. Monique, ils savent probablement même pas que tu existes. Oui je suis sûre! J’ai pas le temps pour ça. Au revoir.
128	--> '''Translated:''' Yes, I promise I'm fine. No, they are different people. I have never seen them before. I really doubt it. I'm not the only one they were looking for. Yes. We found him asleep in our meeting room. No, I barely spoke to him. He was found dead later. They asked what he told us. I don't know, he probably knew some secrets about them. Monique, they probably don't even know you exist. Yes, I'm sure! I don't have time for that. Bye.
129	* DeadPersonConversation: In the epilogue, Isaac uses his powers to allow [[spoiler: Lea to talk to María and get some closure.]]
130	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Cited by Kristen when Mia is talking about her powers.
131	--> '''Mia:''' According to my vaguely scientific research, it’s called Kinetikinesis.
132	--> '''Kristen:''' Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.
133	* DisproportionateRetribution: See WomanScorned below.
134	* DoYouWantToCopulate:
135	** Mia propositions Kristen the day they meet. Kristen accepts.
136	** [[spoiler: Lea]] similarly propositions [[spoiler: Jason]].
137	* DreamSequence: Trixie has one at the beginning of Chapter 6.
138	* ElevatorActionSequence: Lea and Jennifer are attacked by two of the villains in an elevator.
139	* EmotionControl: Jorge has this power.
140	* FailedASpotCheck: Kristen[[spoiler:’s boyfriend died because she was too hungover to notice that she had irradiated not only their apartment, but the 17 apartments around it.]]
141	* GravityMaster: Colin Patterson can manipulate the gravity of individual objects and people.
142	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The intangible man was cut in half when [[spoiler: another super disabled his powers while he was moving through a wall]].
143	* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The main villain has this power.
144	* {{Intangibility}}: The man Lea finds asleep in the meeting room has this power.
145	* {{Irony}}: Fred has super speed, but is in a wheelchair after being paralyzed from the waist down. {{Lampshaded}} by Fred himself.
146	* LogicalWeakness: Lea is immune to ''naturally-occurring'' superpowers, but artificial powers still affect her, at least when the person with those powers doesn’t carry the Super Gene.
147	* MasterOfIllusion: Jackie’s superpower is creating illusions.
148	* MeaningfulName: Oh Dae-su means “Getting through one day at a time.”
149	* MundaneUtility: Jennifer uses her dark energy powers to create a chair.
150	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Downplayed and Justified. Jennifer learns how to manifest wings, but she does so by using her existing powers in a slightly different way rather than gaining actual new powers.
151	* ShoutOut:
152	** Oh Dae-su is named after the protagonist from ''Film/Oldboy2003''.
153	** Jackie wears an ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' t-shirt.
154	** Combined with TakeThat. Jennifer chooses to use a historically-accurate Spartan sword instead of the ones used in the movie ''Film/ThreeHundred'', saying that she loves the movie but loves history more.
155	** Mia wears a ''Film/ReAnimator'' t-shirt.
156	* StrongerThanTheyLook: Mia.
157	* SuperSpeed: Fred has this power.
158	* TapOnTheHead: Played realistically. During the ElevatorActionSequence, Lea gets punched in the head, which disorients her.
159	* ThinkingUpPortals: Oh Dae-su has this power.
160	* TruthInTelevision: Firing a Glock 18 machine pistol without a buttstock isn’t very accurate at a distance.
161	* UselessWithoutPowers: {{Defied}} by the Hazard Squad, who now train just as much without their powers as with them.
162	* WomanScorned: A terrifying variant. Upon finding her male best friend in bed with her girlfriend, Jackie [[spoiler: ''created an illusion that drove them both insane''.]]
163	[[/folder]]
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165	[[folder: Fallout]]
166	* ADayInTheLimelight: After being members of the EnsembleCast in ''Supers Anonymous'', Mia and Kristen are the main characters of ''Fallout''.
167	* AbusiveParents: Mia's mother was a delusional and psychopathic mind controller.
168	* AscendedExtra: After being members of the EnsembleCast in ''Supers Anonymous'', Mia and Kristen are the main characters of this book.
169	* AtomicSuperpower: Kristen can absorb and expel radiation.
170	* BackToBackBadasses: Mia and Kristen stand back-to-back when they’re attacked in the alleyway.
171	* BattleCouple: Mia and Kristen.
172	* ContinuityNod: Valeria mentions the character in ''Darklight'' who used his powers to get in women’s pants, and a woman with super strength (Luna) used herself as bait, then ripped his dick off in the morning.
173	** According to WordOfGod, ''Fallout'' was actually written before ''Darklight'', and the scene in ''Darklight'' was meant to flesh out the NoodleIncident.
174	* EnergyAbsorption: Mia can absorb kinetic energy, store it, and use it as a weapon.
175	* FlashbackNightmare: Mia has several dreams of the things she did under her mother’s Mind Control.
176	* ImproperlyParanoid: Reyna Levy.
177	* MeaningfulName & ShoutOut: [[Film/EvilDead2013 Mia]] [[Creator/JaneLevy Levy]].
178	* MindControl: Mia’s mother had this power.
179	* PrecisionFStrike: Mia gets a few.
180	--> '''Mia:''' You’re FUCKING right I did!
181	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Valeria’s reaction to Kristen threatening her with radiation.
182	* SinsOfOurFathers: Played with. The villains want revenge against Mia for things she did under her mother’s Mind Control.
183	* TapOnTheHead: Played realistically. Kristen is hit in the back of the head with a large steel ball, and a moment later Mia is kicked in the head. Both are knocked unconscious.
184	* WaterTorture: [[spoiler: Mia]] is waterboarded by the villains.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder: The Inquisitor: Unsafe and Unsound]]
188	* AnArmAndALeg:
189	** Luna rips an enhanced mercenary’s arm off below the elbow. Then she starts [[StopHittingYourself beating him]] [[GrievousHarmWithABody with it.]]
190	** During a fight against enhanced mercenaries, [[spoiler: Jennifer]]’s left arm is severed above the elbow.
191	* AngerBornOfWorry: Lily [[spoiler: slaps Jane for leaving without saying anything, then hugs her because she’s glad Jane is okay.]]
192	--> '''Lily:''' [[spoiler: You bitch. You didn’t think to tell us what you were planning before you left?]]
193	--> '''Jane:''' [[spoiler: I’m sorry, I was worried they were monitoring us.]]
194	--> '''Lily:''' [[spoiler: You scared the shit out of me. Don’t [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] do that again, okay?]]
195	* ArmorOfInvincibility: Played with. The cybernetic armor will continue to repair itself indefinitely - ''even after the person with it is dead and there’s nothing left of their body except the armor''.
196	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Rafael]] from ''The Inquisitor'' returns to be part of a SuicideAttack.
197	* BadassBoast: Lily gets one.
198	--> '''Lily''': With the energy I have now, it’d take a few headshots to actually kill me.
199	* BadassBystander: Lily Weaving, who becomes a main character by the end of the book.
200	* BatteringRam: Luna uses ''the body of a dead mercenary'' as one.
201	* BewareMyStingerTail: Lily has a retractable prehensile tail with a retractable spike.
202	* BodyHorror: Lily suffers from several graphic injuries that would kill a normal human several times over, [[spoiler: especially after her apartment explodes]].
203	* BoomHeadshot: Lily gets shot in the head at close range with a [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]]. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]
204	* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Happens to [[spoiler: Jane and Lily]].
205	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: Erin]] returns after being absent since ''The Hazard Squad''.
206	* ButIWouldReallyEnjoyIt: Invoked by Jane and Lily when they [[spoiler: let themselves get captured and act like they think they’re doomed.]]
207	--> '''Lily:''' If we don’t make it, I want you to know that I would’ve gone down on you until you tapped out.
208	--> '''Jane:''' I think I could’ve enjoyed that.
209	* CasualKink: Downplayed in this exchange between [[spoiler: Jane]] and [[spoiler: Lily]]:
210	--> [[spoiler: '''Lily:''']] Can I fuck you [[spoiler: with my tail?]]
211	--> [[spoiler: '''Jane:''']] Ask me when I’m drunk.
212	--> [[spoiler: '''Lily:''']] Will do.
213	* CollateralDamage: [[spoiler: Jane and Lily's apartment fight ends with Lisa getting hurt.]]
214	* ContinuityNod: ''Fallout'' ended with Mia and Kristen getting engaged. This book ends with Jane, Lisa, and Lily attending their wedding.
215	* CurbStompBattle:
216	** The veterans at the beach never stood a chance against the enhanced mercenary.
217	** Likewise, the unenhanced mercenaries had no chance against Lily.
218	** The enhanced mercenaries in Chapter 8 don't last long once the FBI's Task Force Sigma shows up.
219	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Lily’s brother Ryan was killed by faulty cybernetic armor.]]
220	* DestinationDefenestration:
221	** During the hotel fight, a female mercenary is thrown out a window.
222	** After [[spoiler: her apartment explodes]], Lily throws herself out the window to help Jane and Lisa.
223	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Lily gets one when she attacks the mercenaries, protecting Jane and Lisa in the process.
224	* {{Expy}}: According to WordOfGod, Lily was originally imagined as [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura Kinney]] with more offensive options and a weaker HealingFactor, but her personality was changed during the writing process.
225	* FakingAmnesia: [[spoiler: Lily does this to mess with Jane after healing from getting shot in the head.]]
226	* ForcedFriendlyFire: In the opening, Jackie creates an illusion that causes one of the traffickers to open fire on his teammates.
227	* GrievousHarmWithABody:
228	** Luna rips off an enhanced mercenary’s arm, then beats him with it.
229	** Later, she uses another enhanced mercenary’s body ''as a BatteringRam''.
230	* HealingFactor: Lily Weaving/Predator has one strong enough to save her from [[spoiler: a bomb that destroyed her apartment.]]
231	* HeelFaceTurn: Cue Ball has one when the people who hired him try to kill him.
232	--> '''Cue Ball:''' If those fuckers consider me expendable then they can burn for all I care.
233	* HistoryRepeats: Like in ''The Inquisitor'', the villain leaves the words SURRENDER JANE as a message. Lampshaded by the cyborg herself.
234	* HumanTraffickers: Even worse, ''child'' traffickers.
235	* ImpaledPalm: Mentioned by Lily.
236	--> '''Lily:''' I got stigmata from a .357 Magnum and it took a couple days to heal.
237	* LampshadeHanging: This exchange points out a potential PlotHole regarding Jane's cybernetics and explains why it's not one:
238	--> '''Jane:''' Who are you?
239	--> '''Dr. Braxton:''' You can call me Dr. Braxton. This is my associate, Dr. Hatcher. You were our first success.
240	--> '''Jane:''' Excuse me?
241	--> '''Dr. Braxton:''' The nanites. I made them.
242	--> '''Jane:''' That doesn't make sense.
243	--> '''Dr. Braxton:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Why not? There are people who could flip the Earth's magnetic poles if they chose to. Why doesn't it make sense that I can create nanites?]]
244	--> '''Jane:''' No, I buy that you can do that, I just don't buy that you made the ones inside me.
245	--> '''Dr. Braxton:''' Why not?
246	--> '''Jane:''' [[ContinuityNod Because I’ve fought someone who is immune to natural superpowers and anything created or manipulated by them, and she wasn't immune to me.]] If my armor came from your powers, she should've been immune to the strength they give me.
247	--> '''Dr. Braxton:''' Not necessarily. How many people in your family have powers that you know of?
248	--> '''Jane:''' One of my cousins, but he's adopted.
249	--> '''Dr. Braxton:''' Then you probably don't carry the [[RecessiveSuperGenes Super Gene]]. Which could explain why a [[AntiMagic power resistor]]'s abilities might not register you as a threat.
250	* NeckSnap: [[spoiler: Lily]]’s neck is crushed by an enhanced mercenary. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]
251	* OpenSaysMe: Justified. Luna uses her SuperStrength to kick a door off its hinges.
252	* PrehensileHair: Dreadlock has this power.
253	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: This text from Jane:
254	--> '''Jane''': [[ShoutOut Worst. Timing. Ever.]] [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Of all time]].
255	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Brenda]].
256	* SelfDuplication: One of the traffickers in the beginning has this power.
257	* ShoutOut: Lisa watches ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' and asks if she can refer to Jane as her hetero lifemate.
258	* SleepCute: Invoked, Zig-Zagged, and Downplayed. During an overnight car ride, Lily offers to let Jane sleep on her shoulder. Whether or not Jane accepts is left ambiguous, but when she wakes up, she’s leaning against her seatbelt, and Lily is sleeping on Jane’s shoulder.
259	* SpikeShooter: Lily can fire small bone spikes out of the palms of her hands.
260	* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Jane finds Lily strapped to one. She and Adam soon join Lily.
261	* TakeOffYourClothes: Said verbatim ''twice by'' [[spoiler: Jane]] to [[spoiler: Lily]] when they hook up. The second time features a PrecisionFStrike.
262	--> [[spoiler: '''Lily''']]: Say it again.
263	--> [[spoiler: '''Jane''']]: Take off your clothes. Right fucking now.
264	* TakingYouWithMe: Jane [[spoiler: threatens to do this to Dr. Hatchet and Dr. Braxton during the climax.]]
265	--> '''Jane''': [[spoiler: My new armor is laced with explosives. Tell your people to stand down or I set them off and we all die.]]
266	* TruthInTelevision: Severed arms can be reattached and eventually regain full function under the right circumstances.
267	[[/folder]]
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269	[[folder: The Inquistor: No Rest for the Weary]]
270	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Played straight, then inverted. Lily cups Jane’s cheek, then Jane nuzzles Lily’s palm.
271	* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Oscar is revealed to be this.]]
272	* AuthorAppeal:
273	** Valeria has ADHD because WordOfGod does too.
274	** Valeria and Sofia live in Hastings, Minnesota, where WordOfGod lived while writing the book.
275	* BattleCouple: Jane and Lily.
276	* BilingualBonus: Valeria and Sofia often talk in untranslated Spanish.
277	* {{Bookends}}: The book starts and ends with [[spoiler: Jane and Lily on vacation in Hawaii.]]
278	* BreakTheCutie: Valeria is ''horrified'' by what happened once the MindControl wears off.
279	* ContrivedCoincidence:
280	** The fact that Jane and Lily just so happened to be staying at the same hotel as Valeria and Sofia.
281	** María inherited her powers from her mother, but Valeria has the same father as María, not the same mother, meaning the fact that they have the same powers is pure chance. Lampshaded by Lily.
282	* CuteBruiser: Valeria Ramos.
283	* DeadPersonConversation: [[TheBusCameBack Isaac returns]] so that Valeria can meet [[spoiler: her late half-sister, María.]]
284	* DeathFlight: Jennifer attempts a teleportation variant on Harper.
285	* DecapitationRequired: The only way to kill [[spoiler: Oscar and the other immortals.]]
286	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Sofia getting between Valeria and Oscar, even when he reveals his fire powers, establishes her as a MamaBear.
287	* FiveFingerFillet: Lily does this with one of her own claws and accidentally stabs herself.
288	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: During the trial, it’s revealed that Judge Crispino has healing powers. This comes in handy when [[spoiler: Oscar breaks loose and injures several people]].
289	* HeroesGoneFishing: Jane and Lily are on vacation in Hawaii at the start of the book.
290	* HandWave: This exchange.
291	--> '''Kalia:''' Where and how did you get all this?
292	--> '''Jennifer:''' I’m a P.I. Finding all this was…relatively easy.
293	* HealingFactor: In addition to Jane and Lily, [[spoiler: Oscar and the other immortals also have this ability.]]
294	* HighAltitudeBattle: Oscar attacks the others [[spoiler: on a commercial flight.]]
295	* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The climax takes place on AprilFoolsDay.
296	* HypocriticalHumor: Invoked in this exchange.
297	--> '''Lily:''' Are you aware that people who exercise before 8:00 am are 30% more likely to be homicidal maniacs?
298	--> '''Jane:''' Are you aware that people who quote fake statistics are 80% more likely to be full of shit?
299	* ImpaledPalm:
300	** While testing her powers, Valeria accidentally stabs [[HealingFactor Lily]] through the hand with a pencil.
301	** Later, while playing the [[FiveFingerFillet Knife Game]], Lily accidentally stabs herself with her own bone claw.
302	* LogicalWeakness: Teleporting while falling doesn’t stop you from falling or change your momentum, it only changes your location.
303	* MamaBear: Sofia Ramos stands between her underage daughter Valeria and the 38 year old man who took advantage of her even after that man reveals that he has fire superpowers.
304	* MeaningfulName:
305	** Keanu is named after Creator/KeanuReeves.
306	** Judge Anthony Crispino is named after Bobby Moynihan’s character of the same name from the Weekend Update segment of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
307	* MindControl: Oscar uses a combination of Inhibition Manipulation and Pheromone Generation.
308	* MindOverMatter: Like [[spoiler: her late half-sister María]], Valeria Ramos is telekinetic.
309	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: All but cited by Vanessa when discussing Amelia’s behavior.
310	--> '''Vanessa:''' Amelia’s a lesbian. She slept with every college roommate she had and a bunch of her female classmates like it was no big deal, but both times she tried banging a guy she said it made her feel dirty in a bad way. I walked in on him doing her doggy style while she called him “Daddy”, and it’s easily the most out-of-character thing I’ve ever seen her do.
311	* PlayingWithFire: Oscar has fire abilities.
312	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Oscar is 38 years old, but he’s been 38 for 823 years.]]
313	* ShownTheirWork: Valeria takes Focalin and Strattera for her ADHD. These are both real ADHD medications.
314	* YearOutsideHourInside: When Isaac [[spoiler: wakes up María's spirit, she mentions that from her perspective it’s been a day since the first time, even though 3 1/2 years have passed. ZigZagged, because WordOfGod says that even if her spirit was summoned twice in the same day, a day would still pass between them from her perspective.]]
315	[[/folder]]
316
317	[[folder: Frozen Innocence]]
318	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Eddie laughs at his daughter’s Roman fire joke (see DeadpanSnarker).
319	* AnIcePerson: Edward Finch/Cryo.
320	* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Officer Carter, last seen in ''La Fuerza: The Hunters'', returns to be killed by Aurora via brain aneurysm.]]
321	* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler: Aurora Finch.]]
322	* DeadpanSnarker: Aurora Finch.
323	--> '''Eddie:''' It must be Greek fire.
324	--> '''Aurora:''' As opposed to Roman fire?
325	* DemotedToExtra: Not exactly an extra, but series protagonist Lea Cornell has a supporting role in this book.
326	* DistinguishingMark: Memory Man has a scar that makes him easy to spot.
327	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Jacob is dead, Lea is in the hospital, and Eddie, Aurora, and Amy got away.]]
328	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Eddie maybe a supervillain who [[spoiler: is behind the events of the book]], but he was faithful to his wife.
329	* EyeColorChange: Aurora’s hazel eyes glow bronze [[spoiler: when she gives someone and aneurysm.]]
330	* EyeScream: Mentioned by Eddie when he talks about the only time his wife cheated on him (before they were married).
331	--> '''Eddie:''' When she woke up in his bed, the first thing she did was text me a confession and beg for a second chance. Then she found out he was married and scratched him so hard he had permanent damage in his left eye. That’s when I knew I loved her.
332	* FlatCharacter: Detective Mike Wallace. Justified, since he’s not important to the story and is only there as [[spoiler: Max’s replacement after his death.]]
333	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Aurora is the only one to survive being frozen, [[spoiler: not because she was intentionally spared by the mercenaries, but because of her Greek Fire abilities.]]
334	* FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler: Of the Framing Yourself variety. Eddie Finch/Cryo is framed by superpowered mercenaries for the murder of his wife and sons and attempted murder of his daughter, and they even erased his memory of the events. It’s revealed that the person who hired the mercenaries was Eddie himself.]]
335	* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The PVU (Powered Victims Unit), a relatively new type of police unit that specifically investigates crimes involving superpowered individuals.
336	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Eddie, Aurora, and Aurora’s girlfriend Amy get away with everything.]]
337	** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Lea and the Hazard Squad spend the next book tracking them down and eventually capture them.]]
338	* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Officer Ben Carter]] dies of a brain aneurysm in [[spoiler: his]] hotel room.
339	* LogicalWeakness: Abby can only replicate the powers of two supers at once. She has to consciously choose whether or not to replace one of her current powers with a new one, and doing so in the heat of battle costs her precious seconds and can lead to mistakes.
340	* ManlyTears: Eddie starts crying when he finds out his wife and sons are dead.
341	* NoPeripheralVision: {{Inverted}} and {{Justified}}. Blindspot’s superpower is that she can ''only'' be seen in your peripheral vision.
342	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Aurora. Unlike her father, her memory hasn’t been altered, meaning she’s playing innocent the entire time.]]
343	* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Aurora Finch]] can manifest and manipulate GreekFire, which was the original Napalm.
344	* PowerCopying: Emulator can copy the powers of up to two people at once.
345	* PrecisionFStrike: Aurora gets some.
346	** After Eddie says there’s many things he should have told her and asks her to be more specific.
347	--> '''Aurora''': That you’re a fucking supervillain.
348	** When she shows him her powers.
349	--> '''Aurora''': Why is it green, Dad? Why is it fucking green?
350	* PsychicPowers: [[spoiler: Aurora has the ability to induce ''brain aneurysms'' in other people.]]
351	* RewatchBonus: Of the reading variety. Pretty much every scene involving Eddie and/or Aurora plays out differently once you realize [[spoiler: they’re both in on it from the beginning.]]
352	** [[spoiler: The fire caused by Aurora in the hospital isn’t an accident.]]
353	** Probably the biggest example is that [[spoiler: the conversation in which Aurora confronts Eddie about not telling her she might have powers is at least partially staged by them both.]]
354	* ShoutOut: Eddie and Aurora’s address is [[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate 1997 Hackford Street]].
355	* SwissBankAccount: The person who hired Memory Man, Polymorph, and Emulator to frame Eddie paid them from a Swiss Bank Account. That person is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: Eddie himself.]]
356	* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: Eddie and Aurora have been behind everything, and Eddie set himself up to be framed.]]
357	* ThinkingUpPortals: Loophole has this power.
358	[[/folder]]
359
360	[[folder: The Hazard Squad: Unfinished Business]]
361	* TheAlcoholic: Lea has become one since the end of ''Frozen Innocence''.
362	* BrickJoke: Jason brings the extra dark chocolate from his fridge when he visits Lea in the hospital.
363	--> '''Lea''': That's enough bitterness to ruin someone’s life.
364	* TheCameo: Sabrina Avila, Bruce Xióng, and Mike Wallace from ''Frozen Innocence''.
365	* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: [[spoiler: Eddie]] during the climax.
366	* ChaseScene: Lea chases Daybreaker on her motorcycle.
367	* ContinuityNod: Jane reminds Lea that Lea isn't immune to her artificial powers.
368	* DescentIntoAddiction: [[spoiler: Lea]] goes through this.
369	* EveryoneHasStandards: Camila/Daybreaker.
370	--> To quote the book itself, “There was little consistency in her crimes. Since first appearing in the city, she had robbed two banks, three pawn shops, and two jewelers. She had assaulted over 40 people and injured at least twice that, but only killed three. She regularly violated traffic laws - running red lights, weaving around other vehicles, and sometimes leaving accidents in her wake. When she paid for things, she usually used cash, and when she did use debit or credit cards, she never used the same one twice. Her tools and equipment varied, but included pistols, knives, zip ties, stun guns, smoke bombs, flashbangs, and even a stolen police baton. The one island in her red river of a rap sheet was when she had walked in on a female diner manager recording her male assistant manager while he molested an underage female employee. Daybreaker had beaten, incapacitated, and restrained the managers, then waited with and comforted the employee, only leaving when she heard police sirens.”
371	* GoodIsNotSoft: Lea is not messing around when she confronts [[spoiler: Eddie and Aurora.]]
372	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Shapur’s son, Ervin, is said to be on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against his sister Astrella, who stole his powers.
373	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Lea in the climax.
374	--> '''Lea''': You have no [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] idea how badly I want a drink right now.
375	* InsistentTerminology: This exchange.
376	--> '''Jason''': Have you gone to any meetings?
377	--> '''Lea''': I'm not an alcoholic.
378	--> '''Jason''': So that's a no.
379	--> '''Lea''': Yeah, that's a no. Like I said, I'm not an alcoholic.
380	--> '''Jason''': You're right. You’re not an alcoholic, you're a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings.
381	* NasalTrauma: Erin snorts hot coffee out her nose while laughing at a joke Jason told.
382	* NiceToTheWaiter: Lea and Camila when they have dinner.
383	* NightmareSequence: Lea has one at the start of Chapter 2.
384	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Eddie and Aurora]] initially play dumb when Lea confronts them.
385	* {{OOC Is Serious Business}}: Lea drunkenly [[spoiler: points a gun at Jason when he confronts her about her drinking.]]
386	* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Lea and Jennifer have a mutual one while making up after an argument.
387	--> '''Lea''': You know I love you, right?
388	--> '''Jennifer''': Of course. You’re my best friend. I love you too.
389	* RecoveredAddict: [[spoiler: Lea]] is this by the end of the book.
390	* SelfDeprecation: This exchange.
391	--> '''Jason''': What are you talking about?
392	--> '''Lea''': Don't to that.
393	--> '''Jason''': What?
394	--> '''Lea''': Trying to make me feel better by playing dumb.
395	--> '''Jason''': I'm not, I just don't know what you mean.
396	--> '''Lea''': Then you're an idiot.
397	--> '''Jason''': I've known that for years. Tell me anyway.
398	* ShoutOut:
399	** Jason and Lea watched ''Film/Rampage2018''.
400	** When Plant Man escapes, Jennifer says that he probably put his [[Film/MenInBlack Edgar suit]] back on.
401	** Lea's line “You know I love you, right?” is a direct reference to [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy Season 17]] of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''.
402	** Camila/Daybreaker wears a t-shirt that says “Fuck you you fucking fuck.” This is reference to ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011''.
403	** Liz has Lea meet her at a gas station called Gasomatic on 76th. This a reference to the Basomatic 76 from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
404	** Jason wears a ''Film/FearStreet'' t-shirt.
405	* StatuteOfLimitations: Plant Man can’t be arrested for or charged with any of his previous misdemeanors because the Statute of Limitations has expired.
406	* SurprisePregnancy: [[spoiler: Lea finds out she’s pregnant after being hospitalized for falling and hitting her head.]]
407	* TechnicolorEyes: Camila has indigo eyes.
408	* TranquilFury: Lea when she confronts Eddie, Aurora, and Amy in the climax.
409	* VillainOverForDinner: {{Inverted}}. Camila/Daybreaker isn't a villain per se, but she is a criminal. She knows Lea has been following her and invites Lea to dinner [[spoiler: because she's lonely.]]
410	--> '''Camila''': [[spoiler: I've been alone for about six years. Sometimes I need to do something like this just to feel normal again.]]
411	* VillainsOutShopping: [[spoiler: Aurora and Amy]] wake up and have some pillow talk before the climax.
412	* WhereIsYourXNow: A variant.
413	--> '''Eddie''': Jesus!
414	--> '''Lea''': Nope. You're not that lucky.
415	[[/folder]]
416
417	[[folder: The Hazard Squad: Into the Void]]
418	* AccidentalMurder: In Chapter 1, [[spoiler: Jennifer is hit just as she unleashes dark energy, which misses its intended target and instead kills Chayton Bridger.]]
419	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Jennifer laughs at Ian's joke about cigars and hamsters.
420	* AffectionateNickname: Camila calls Lea “Sweetie”.
421	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Jennifer/Nightshade, a major character since the first book, is killed in the final fight.]]
422	* BetterAsFriends: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Jason and Lea have romantic feelings for each other, but he acknowledges that their connection is weaker than the one she has with Camila. He ultimately gives Camilla his blessing to be with Lea exclusively.]]
423	* BisexualLoveTriangle: Lea is seeing both Camilla and Jason and can't choose between them.
424	* BoomHeadshot:
425	** Mei, the Chinese super in Chapter 1, is shot in the eye.
426	** Lily is shot in the cheek and loses a few teeth. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]
427	* BornLucky: A literal example. See LiteralMetaphor and RealityWarper.
428	* CallBack: One of Lea's first lines in ''The Hazard Squad'' is wishing she could think of a better hero name than Resistor. Here, Camila suggests the name Void, which Lea likes and uses.
429	* ChekhovsGun: Ian's explosive pills.
430	* CombatCompliment: Not exactly traditional combat, but when Aisha tasers Lily, Lily compliments her on a good shot.
431	* DemonicPossession: Arianna's superpower, though she's not a demon.
432	* DisabilitySuperpower: Andrew Harker is completely colorblind, but thanks to his superpower, he sees powered individuals in color.
433	* DumpThemAll: Unable to choose between [[spoiler: Jason and Camilla]], [[spoiler: Lea ends things with both of them.]]
434	* DoubleDate: Lea and Jason have one with Mia and Kristen.
435	* ElectronicEye: Ian made himself one that functions as a camera after losing his left eye in a car accident.
436	* EnhanceButton: Defied. Jennifer asks Ian if his camera eye can do this, but he says it only has a regular zoom.
437	* EpunymousTitle: Into the Void is a reference to Lea's [[MeaningfulRename new hero name]] and a subtle hint at the ending, which sees [[spoiler: Lea and Camila driving off to start a new life together.]]
438	* EroticDream: Lea has one about Jason, then he turns into Camila, then it becomes a NightmareSequence when Camila's eyes turn purple like María's.
439	* EyeScream: Combined with BoomHeadshot. Mei, the Chinese super in Chapter 1, is shot in the eye.
440	* HealingHands: Meredith Vaughn/Panacea has this power.
441	* HeroicSacrifice: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Ian and Luna]] allow themselves to be capture by the police so the others can escape.
442	* ImpaledPalm: During their fight, Lea stabs Jackie/Cannon Fodder through the hand.
443	* ImplacableMan: Catalina’s superpower is being invulnerable to external damage.
444	* ImprobableAimingSkills: Justified, since this is Vera's superpower.
445	* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Lea and Camila chase and fight each other as foreplay.
446	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jason and Camilla both feel this way about Lea.
447	* LiteralMetaphor: [[spoiler: Camilla]]’s power is a specialized low-level variant of Reality Manipulation that subtly alters reality so that the odds are always slightly in [[spoiler: her]] favor. Superpowers in the ''La Fuerza'' series are genetic. [[spoiler: She]] was ''literally'' BornLucky.
448	* LuredIntoATrap: The police set up a fake bank robbery as a trap for Lea and Jennifer.
449	* MeaningfulName: Meredith Vaughn’s super name, Panacea, comes from the Greek goddess of universal health.
450	* MeaningfulRename: At Camila’s suggestion, Lea changes her hero name from Resistor to Void.
451	* NighInvulnerability: Catalina is impervious to external damage, but vulnerable internally.
452	* PairTheSuitors: Subverted. [[spoiler: Jason and Camilla start to hook up, but stop without going all the way.]]
453	* PlayingWithFire: Mei, the Chinese super in Chapter 1.
454	* PunnyName: A motel called the Come On Inn.
455	* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: Camilla]] is revealed to have a power that subtly alters reality so that the odds are always slightly in [[spoiler: her]] favor.
456	* RefugeInAudacity: Several.
457	** David saw Emily and Ana holding hands and tried to ''pull Emily’s hand out of Ana's''. Lampshaded by Leslie.
458	-->'''Leslie:''' I don't know where you got that audacity, but you need to put it back before you get yourself hurt.
459	** Later, Lea saw David sitting next to Emily, walked up to him, and told him he was in her spot. He left when Emily backed Lea up.
460	* RelationshipUpgrade: After several books of being told they would make a cute couple, [[spoiler: Liz and Miguel are finally dating.]]
461	* ScaryBlackMan: Gender Inverted and Downplayed. Leslie used her size for intimidation purposes but was otherwise not scary.
462	* SecondLove: Camila is Lea’s.
463	* SelfDuplication: Illyana Gonzalez's power.
464	* ShoutOut:
465	** Mia is reading ''Literature/DarthBane: Path of Destruction''.
466	** Mia’s superhero name is [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness Boomstick]].
467	** When discussing Jennifer's teleportation, Lt. Patrick says she can [[Film/TheWizardOfOz click her heels and go back to Kansas.]]
468	** Vera and Marvin compare the latter's X-Ray Vision to Superman.
469	** Ian wears a ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'' shirt.
470	** Camila's “Fuck you you fucking fuck" t-shirt is a reference to Lizbeth's shirt in ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011''.
471	** When Lea tells Jason and Camilla [[spoiler: she can't choose between them and is ending things with both of them]], she says she's praying to the UsefulNotes/FlyingSpaghettiMonster [[spoiler: that she'll still have them both as friends.]]
472	* ShownTheirWork: Neil Michaels takes Celexa, a real antidepressant.
473	* StartingANewLife: Camilla does this at the end of the book and invites Lea to come with her.
474	* StoryBreakerPower: The reason [[spoiler: Oscar and Arianna]] are killed, according to WordOfGod.
475	* SupernaturalSensitivity: Andrew Harker and Vera Derrickson have variants of this power.
476	* TakeAThirdOption: Lea can't chose between Camila and Jason, so she [[DumpThemAll chooses neither of them.]]
477	* TeamTitle: The Hazard Squad is the name of the superhero team.
478	* [[WeUsedToBeFriends We Used to Be Allies]]: Previous books showed the police in general as willing to work with supers, but this book shows what happens when the supers become HeroesWithBadPublicity.
479	[[/folder]]
480
481	[[folder: Some Kind of Hero]]
482	* AdaptiveAbility: Anya's superpower is Reactive Adaptation, which allows her to gain different powers depending on the situation. She loses powers when they are no longer needed.
483	* AffectionateNickname:
484	** Kronos doesn’t know Anya’s real name, so he calls her Connie, which is short for her superhero name, Conquistador. Also see ShoutOut below.
485	** Cassie named the entity possessing her Abomination, or Abby for short.
486	* BigEater: Cassie. She's possessed by a symbiotic demonic entity that feeds off her like a fetus and thus is basically eating for two.
487	* BilingualBonus: Anya sometimes speaks in untranslated Spanish. Most notably, she sings Crazy by Patsy Cline in Spanish to make her former team leave.
488	* ChildOfRape: [[spoiler: Violet's mother raped Violet's father to have her.]]
489	* DatingCatwoman: Anya was in a sexual relationship with a supervillain named Kronos.
490	* DemonicPossession: Cassie is possessed by a symbiotic entity that’s not actually from Hell, just another dimension, but otherwise fits the concept of a demon to a T. Cassie affectionately refers to the entity as Abby (short for Abomination). Abby grants Cassie superpowers while feeding off her nutrients like, well, a symbiote (or a fetus). Because of this, [[BigEater Cassie eats a lot more than someone of her stature normally would.]]
491	* DoesNotLikeSpam: Abby can't stand chunky peanut butter. Cassie doesn't mind it.
492	* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[{{Defied}} Nope]]. The fact that [[spoiler: Violet's mother raped Violet's father]] is treated with the seriousness it deserves.
493	* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
494	** The cafeteria scene serves as one for Cassie.
495	*** Despite being 4’10”, her ''lunch'' includes three burgers, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, a banana, an apple, two cookies, and two servings of milk. She proceeds to wolf all this down like she's starving.
496	*** She burps with her mouth closed, but it’s still clearly audible.
497	*** She flirts with Anya while referring to her as “fresh meat” in the same sentence.
498	*** She ''turns into a demonic version of herself'' when Jackson wolf whistles at the underage Violet.
499	** It also serves as one for Violet, who is shown to be a shy {{Omniglot}}.
500	* FriendsWithBenefits: Anya and Kronos started off as Enemies with Benefits but came to care about each other enough to be considered this.
501	* HotterAndSexier: The series is no stranger to intimate moments, but anything beyond making out is usually implied. This book is more explicit in its sexual scenes.
502	* InterruptedIntimacy: When Anya and Cassie hook up after watching a meteor shower, they're interrupted by [[spoiler: Abby, whose voice prevents Cassie from focusing.]]
503	* NeverGetsFat: Cassie. Justified, since she's possessed by a symbiotic demonic entity that feeds off her nutrients and thus is basically eating for two.
504	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: {{Justified}}. See AdaptiveAbility.
505	* {{Omniglot}}: Violet. In her first scene, she is shown speaking Japanese, Spanish, Macedonian, Samoan, Vietnamese, and English.
506	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Abby isn’t actually from Hell, just another dimension. Or so she says.
507	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Cassie is 4’10” (5’3” in Demon Mode), and she's possessed by a powerful demon-like entity.
508	* PowersViaPossession: Cassie is possessed by a symbiotic entity that gives off her powers while also feeding off her like a fetus.
509	* RapeAsBackstory: It's never explicitly stated, but [[spoiler: Cassie]] makes it fairly clear that this happened to [[spoiler: her]].
510	* ShoutOut: Numerous.
511	** Charlie Bates/Sidewinder's original superhero name was [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Airbender.]]
512	** Thalia [=McLean=]/Artemis is named after three characters from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
513	** Anya wears an ''Franchise/EvilDead'' shirt.
514	** Kronos' nickname for Anya, Connie, is both short for her superhero name (Conquistador) and an in-universe reference to Agent Connecticut from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''.
515	** When Cassie realizes Anya is singing Crazy by Patsy Cline.
516	--->'''Cassie:''' She's doing a thing from that [[TakeThat shitty]] ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'' movie from, like, 20 years ago.
517	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Anya gives one to her former teammates when they visit her in New Horizon.
518	-->'''Anya:''' You were my friends, my team. We were supposed to have each other's backs.
519	-->'''Derek:''' That's why we're here.
520	-->'''Anya:''' [Laughs] You're so full of shit. You're not here to check on me, you're here to make yourselves feel better because you're the reason I'm here in the first place!
521	-->'''Martin:''' Anya, we just-
522	-->'''Anya:''' [Slams her fist on the table and stands up] The only reason you captured Kronos alive is because he let you. Imagine that! A goddamn supervillain knew that if he tried to escape you guys wouldn't trust me, and he cared enough about me to let himself be arrested! But he never would've been put in the position if you guys actually gave me the benefit of the doubt! You wanna know how I'm doing, Charlie? I'm coming to terms with the fact that my ENEMY had by back when my friends didn't!
523	-->'''Thalia:''' [Opens her mouth to say something, then changes her mind.]
524	-->'''Anya:''' You hijoputas disgust me. You're not here to check on me, you're here because you want me to forgive you. Get the fuck out of here.
525	* TimeMaster: Kronos has the power to alter the speed a which time passes, and that power is tied to the Earth's rotation. After Kronos manipulates time, he has one rotation (one day) to manipulate it in an inverse way to compensate and maintain a natural balance. If he doesn't, it will happen automatically once that time has passed.
526	* WingedHumanoid: Cassie becomes one when she lets Abby take control and transforms into her demon mode.
527	* WolfWhistle: Jackson does this to Violet, unaware that she's underage.
528	[[/folder]]
529
530	!!Tropes applying to the whole series:
531	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The books were written between 2019 and 2022, and they take place between April 2022 and March 2036.
532	* AntiMagic: Lea Cornell is immune to naturally-occuring superpowers.
533	* AuthorAppeal: WordOfGod's favorite color is purple, which is also the color of María's eyes and Jennifer’s hair.
534	* BilingualDialogue: Used often, as many characters speak multiple languages.
535	* BlessedWithSuck: Lea Cornell is immune to naturally-occuring superpowers. This means that beneficial powers such as Healing, Power Enhancement, Physical Enhancement, and Resurrection also don't work on her.
536	* BloodyMurder: Jason's superpower is a variant of blood manipulation.
537	* BottomlessMagazines:
538	** Regularly and deliberately averted. WordOfGod researched magazine capacities for every real firearm used in the series and made sure to have characters reload as needed and eventually run out of ammo.
539	** Played straight and {{Justified}} in ''The Inquisitor''. Witch Doctor’s superpower is Illogical Construct Creation, and one such creation is a pair of minigun pistols with no recoil and infinite ammunition.
540	* BrandX: In-universe fictional brands include the Mexican restaurant chain La Llorona’s, the ice cream shop Moe & Joe’s, an Italian restaurant named Corleone's (whose slogan is [[Film/TheGodfather “All bills will be settled at the end of the day.”]]), a different Italian restaurant named I Fuochi di Sicilia (The Fires of Sicily), and a motel called the Come On Inn.
541	* CanonImmigrant: María Álvarez was created as an original character in a Spider-Gwen fanfiction. That version of her character has the same origin but a happier ending.
542	* {{Consistency}}: WordOfGod keeps track of the [[Timeline/LaFuerzaSeries timeline]], and every date mentioned lines up.
543	* {{Cyborg}}: Jane Keller/Inquisitor has cybernetics under her skin.
544	* DarkIsNotEvil: Jennifer/Nightshade’s main power is Dark Energy Manipulation. [[spoiler: She starts off as a villain in ''Rise of La Fuerza'', then has a HeelFaceTurn and remains a hero until her death in ''The Hazard Squad: Into the Void''.]]
545	* DominoMask: Most powered individuals who wear masks wear this type of mask.
546	* {{Omniglot}}: Lea Cornell speaks English, Spanish, French, and ASL.
547	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are two characters named Valeria.
548	* PurpleIsPowerful: María and Valeria have purple eyes, and Jennifer dyes her hair violet. All three are very powerful supers.
549	* RecessiveSuperGenes: In the ''La Fuerza'' universe, the Super Gene is recessive. More information available in the Trivia page.
550	* ShoutOut: Characters often watch Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway and Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000, and several movies that WordOfGod is a fan of.
551	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: In the ''La Fuerza'' universe, everyone has a recessive gene known as the Super Gene. See RecessiveSuperGenes, or see the Trivia page for additional information.
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