Line #60 Literature/KineticAdventures


1	A TroperWork created by @/MetalShadowX.
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3	In 2010, 18 year old Roxanne Kaizen, inspired by her sister’s abduction as a child and the return of her ambitious childhood friend Macario Valdez, uses powers inherited from her extraterrestrial mother to become Star Lass, a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Kinetic]] crime fighter. Rio eventually joins her as Willpower; though nowhere near as powerful, he attempts to help Roxy with her hero duties and personal life. Eventually, suppressed feelings between them emerge when Rio introduces Roxy to his schoolmate Claire who later becomes the Cannon Queen. By the end of part 1, they are accompanied by two young heroes Claire had started tutoring: Merle (Crow) and Tom (Sonic Servo).
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5	The stories revolve around these characters and their lives as both crime fighters and members of society.
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7	[[http://www.protagonize.com/story/kinetic-adventures Here is a link to the chapters]], of which there are currently eight of. An alternate link is [[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=36472 here]].
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9	As of early January 2013, the series has been effectively canceled in place of a ContinuityReboot in the form of DarthWiki/{{Superzeroes}}. However, it will still have an ending at some point.
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11	Not to be confused with the Platform/Xbox360 game ''VideoGame/KinectAdventures''.
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13	'''NOTE''': I am currently open to any ideas or suggestions.
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15	[[folder: Chapter list]]
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17	* 1. A Star Lass Is Born
18	* 2. Shadow and Sorcery
19	* 3. The Rise of Willpower
20	* 4. As the Crow Flies
21	* 5. Third Wheel Syndrome
22	* 6. The Servo Solution
23	* 7. Divide By Rio
24	* 8. The Meaning of Fear
25	* 9. The Astute Astra
26	* 10. [[FullyAbsorbedFinale Foreclosure of a Dream]]
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32	!The series contains the following tropes:
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34	* AbortedArc: Originally, Leila's past would be revealed but has been dropped due to my own lack of interest.
35	* AffectionateParody: Of {{Superhero}} fiction.
36	* AllThereInTheManual: The pages written for the series on this site provide info that may or may not make it in the actual story.
37	* AllWomenArePrudes: Largely averted with the main female characters: Roxy enjoys sleeping with her boyfriend [[spoiler: and future husband]] after TheirFirstTime; Merle is ''anticipating'' the day she reaches consent; and while Claire feels more self-conscious about the whole thing than the other two, she has thought about it sometimes.
38	* AngerBornOfWorry: Roxy and Rio occasionally do this to each other after one of them does something incredibly reckless.
39	* BattleCouple: Star Lass and Willpower, as their ChildhoodFriendRomance blooms.
40	* CentralTheme: See PoorCommunicationKills. ThePowerOfFriendship ([[ThePowerOfLove and Love]]) is an important theme as well.
41	* CastHerd: Mostly, the main characters are split into the primary duo, later trio, (of Roxy, Rio, and Claire) and secondary quartet (Leila, Scott, Merle, and Tom)
42	* CerebusRollercoaster: Chapters often switch between silly and serious.
43	* CharacterFocus: A big part of the series. Order of focus from most to least is intended to go: Roxy/Star Lass, Rio/Willpower, Claire/Cannon Queen, Merle/Crow, and Tom/Sonic Servo.
44	* DeathIsCheap: Averted. AllDeathsFinal is in effect here.
45	* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: Kinetics, as per the title. It also applies to magic users and aliens with superhuman abilities.
46	* FlashForward: Chapter 4 includes a glimpse into the future circa December 2011.
47	* GenreMashup: {{Superhero}}es + ({{Teen\|Drama}}) {{Dramedy}} + SliceOfLife
48	* GrandFinale[=/=]FullyAbsorbedFinale: "Foreclosure of a Dream", taking the MusicalThemeNaming of its successor, will be made once I get further into the Superzeroes series.
49	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Somewhat unintentional; I just find female characters more interesting to make than male characters.
50	* MagicRealism
51	* MeaningfulEcho: Rio's line in chapter 3, when he's looking for Star Lass who hasn't returned ("My family's had a long past of stubborn yet noble deaths"), is revealed in chapter 7 to be something he said before: it was after telling Roxy the story of his father's death, on the day they first met.
52	* MidSeasonTwist: The seventh chapter ends with a 6-month TimeSkip and more variety in character focusing.
53	* OrphanedSeries: Sort of, since I'm working on a revised version that I'm trying to make better. [[spoiler:Although if I get far enough on that series, there will be some sort of conclusion to this one.]]
54	* PlatonicLifePartners: Tom and Merle.
55	* PointOfView: Only the first two chapters are planned to have first-person narration. The rest will be mostly in third-person.
56	* PoorCommunicationKills: More or less the CentralTheme early in part 1. Rio didn't tell Roxy that he intended to have her befriend Claire as he knew she would turn the opportunity down without even giving it a chance, but in doing so, he made her believe he didn't want to be friends anymore.
57	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted with Roxy and Rio; played straight with Leila and Scott along with Merle and Tom.
58	* SickeningSweethearts: Roxy and Rio may come across as this after part 1.
59	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Mostly in-between, though usually leans slightly to the Idealistic side.
60	* ShoutOut: Star Lass and Dusk Woman are based partially on Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}}, respectively.
61	** '''Tom''', AKA Sonic '''Servo''', and Merle, AKA '''Crow''', [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 are close friends]]. This is taken even further when Claire, AKA Cannon Queen, works together with them and uses the gun she calls "'''Gypsy'''".
62	* TheirFirstTime: Roxy and Rio, at the end of chapter 8.
63	* TimeSkip: See MidSeasonTwist.
64	* WebSerialNovel
65	* WorldOfSnark

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