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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gordon believes Taylor has absolutely no business being in the intelligence division, let alone having so much sway with the wider PRT, chalking her accomplishments up to luck and favoritism. He immediately trusts [[spoiler:Mama Mathers]] and refuses to hear anything bad about her [[spoiler:even after she's revealed to be a Master]], and he instantly jumps on a job offer from [[spoiler:Calvert]] seeing him as a kindred spirit.
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* NeverMyFault: Gordon's vendetta against Taylor that started over the fact that she wouldn't sleep with him ultimately gets him court-martialed, and only gets off with a other-than-honorable discharge rather than jail time because some of his crimes were done while Mastered (which only happened because he ignored Taylor's protocols on how to avoid, detect and/or resist Mastering). He still thinks everything is Taylor's fault.
* SelectiveObliviousness:
** He'll never admit that Taylor actually is good at her job or that the esteem others hold her in is based on her own merit rather than SleepingTheirWayToTheTop. As a result, he completely ignores the Snow Protocols designed to protect against Masters and Strangers, getting him ensnared by [[spoiler:Mama Mathers and her son]].
** Gordon refuses to believe that [[spoiler:Christine and Elijah Mathers]] were Masters even after he's told that dozens of people came forward after they were killed, citing that they had been mastered by them and unable to speak about it. He even insists they must have heard about Taylor's actions and tried to either get in her good books or justify something they did, despite the fact several came forward within ''minutes'' of their deaths, long before they could have learned of said deaths.
* UnknownRival: It takes Taylor quite some time to learn that Gordon hates her and views her as his arch-enemy, even as she casually bests him every time he attempts to challenge her.
* SelectiveObliviousness:
** He'll never admit that Taylor actually is good at her job or that the esteem others hold her in is based on her own merit rather than SleepingTheirWayToTheTop. As a result, he completely ignores the Snow Protocols designed to protect against Masters and Strangers, getting him ensnared by [[spoiler:Mama Mathers and her son]].
** Gordon refuses to believe that [[spoiler:Christine and Elijah Mathers]] were Masters even after he's told that dozens of people came forward after they were killed, citing that they had been mastered by them and unable to speak about it. He even insists they must have heard about Taylor's actions and tried to either get in her good books or justify something they did, despite the fact several came forward within ''minutes'' of their deaths, long before they could have learned of said deaths.
* UnknownRival: It takes Taylor quite some time to learn that Gordon hates her and views her as his arch-enemy, even as she casually bests him every time he attempts to challenge her.
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* BurgerFool: [[spoiler:Forced to work a fast-food job after being discharged from the PRT. It's revealed that Calvert has been sabotaging all his job interviews to make the man amenable to his job offer]].
* ButtMonkey: Due to his vendetta against Taylor, he suffers one humiliation after another and goes from a Captain in the PRT and senior intelligence officer to [[spoiler:working at a fast-food joint with a teenage boss]].
* EvilIsPetty: Gordon's entire vendetta against Taylor traces back to her refusing to sleep with him, resulting in him doing everything he could to destroy her career.
* MoralMyopia: In his mind, Taylor revealing his very real stash of contraband and crimes is a horrible miscarriage of justice, but him faking evidence of crimes by her is fully justified because "she must be guilty of something".
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* BurgerFool: [[spoiler:Forced to work a fast-food job after being discharged from the PRT. It's revealed that Calvert has been sabotaging all his job interviews to make the man amenable to his job offer]].
* ButtMonkey: Due to his vendetta against Taylor, he suffers one humiliation after another and goes from a Captain in the PRT and senior intelligence officer to [[spoiler:working at a fast-food joint with a teenage boss]].
* EvilIsPetty: Gordon's entire vendetta against Taylor traces back to her refusing to sleep with him, resulting in him doing everything he could to destroy her career.
* MoralMyopia: In his mind, Taylor revealing his very real stash of contraband and crimes is a horrible miscarriage of justice, but him faking evidence of crimes by her is fully justified because "she must be guilty of something".
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** In Part 3-1, [[spoiler: he's under Nice Guy's influence, until she Taylor beats him up and kills Nice Guy]].Guy.
* BadassNormal: No powers at all, but he still manages to [[spoiler:fight through Valefor's powers]] in order to save Taylor's life. He later reveals he took her idea regarding self-hypnosis to implant a message within his psyche everyday that he will kill anyone who tries to harm Taylor.
* FightingFromTheInside: According to Taylor, he was fighting against Nice Guy's powers, which is the reason she could beat him in a fight.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Literally, no. Professionally speaking, yes; he was facing discharge after [[spoiler: the Nice Guy incident]], and Taylor took him on as her orderly. [[spoiler: Also, it's Word of Author that if she hadn't taken him on, he would've [[AteHisGun eaten a bullet]] not long after leaving the service.]]
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* IOweYouMyLife: Literally, no. Professionally speaking, yes; he was facing discharge after [[spoiler: the Nice Guy incident]], incident, and Taylor took him on as her orderly. [[spoiler: Also, it's Word of Author that if she hadn't taken him on, he would've [[AteHisGun eaten a bullet]] not long after leaving the service.]]
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* EthicalSlut TurnedUpToEleven: Andrea enjoys sex, a lot. She also has [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl zero sense of shame]]. But she won't break up someone else's relationship.
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* EthicalSlut TurnedUpToEleven: EthicalSlut: Andrea enjoys sex, a lot. She also has [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl zero sense of shame]]. But she won't break up someone else's relationship.
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* BaldOfAwesome: he keeps his scalp trimmed very short.
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* BiTheWay: Yes, she's bisexual. She's even Taylor's girlfriend. But she means more to the plot than that.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Literally, no. Professionally speaking, yes; he was facing discharge after [[spoiler: the Nice Guy incident]], and Taylor took him on as her orderly. [[spoiler: Also, it's Word of Author that if she hadn't taken him on, he would've left the service and [[AteHisGun eaten a bullet]] not long after.after leaving the service.]]
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* EarAche: When up against a Brute intent on killing her, she [[spoiler: kills him with a metal spike through the ear canal and into the brain]].
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* HandBlast: She ''can'' shoot white-hot molten steel (~5000 F) (mingled with [[PlasmaCannon plasma]], just for fun) from her hands.
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* HandBlast: She ''can'' can shoot white-hot molten steel (~5000 F) (mingled with [[PlasmaCannon plasma]], just for fun) from her hands.
* WalkingSpoiler: The reveal of her other identity is a major turning point in the fic, to the point where the narration (both from Taylor's perspective and from third-person perspective) stops calling her Doctor Goldstein and starts calling her [[spoiler:Aster]].
* WalkingSpoiler: The reveal of her other identity is a major turning point in the fic, to the point where the narration (both from Taylor's perspective and from third-person perspective) stops calling her Doctor Goldstein and starts calling her [[spoiler:Aster]].
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* [[Flight]]: Theoretically, she should be able to fly by projecting a stream of molten metal from her ''feet''. Thus inflicting ToastedBuns on ''everyone else''.
* HandBlast: She ''can'' shoot white-hot molten steel (~5000 F) (mingled with [[PlasmaCannon plasma]], just for fun) from her hands.
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* [[Flight]]: Theoretically, she should be able to fly by projecting a stream of molten metal from her ''feet''. Thus inflicting ToastedBuns on ''everyone else''.
* HandBlast: She ''can'' shoot white-hot molten steel (~5000 F) (mingled with [[PlasmaCannon plasma]], just for fun) from her hands.
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* HandBlast: He can fire multiple projectiles from his hands. These take tiny chunks out of whatever he shoots them at. He can also [[HomingProjectile guide them into the target]].
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* HandBlast: He can fire multiple projectiles from his hands. These take tiny chunks out of whatever he shoots them at. He can also [[HomingProjectile [[PlayerGuidedMissile guide them into the target]].
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*DrivenToVillainyDrivenToVillainy: He didn't think he had a choice after he committed murder.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's joined a doomsday cult, an ApocalypseCult and has been ordered to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed new parahumans]] for the cause, but he won't resort to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]].
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* ChildrenForcedToKill: She's just fourteen, and normally, she wouldn't even consider killing someone. But desperate times ...
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* ExtraOreDinary: She's a parahuman with the ability to manipulate metal.
* ForcedToKill: Normally, she wouldn't. But desperate times ...
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She really doesn't want these powers. Unfortunately, other people wanted her ''for'' them ...
* PubertySuperpower: She was fourteen when she manifested powers.
* NearRapeExperience: She's kidnapped for use as [[SuperBreedingProgram breeding stock for parahumans]]. Fortunately, her designated 'partner' [[EvenEvilHasStandards isn't actually into that]].
* TookALevelInBadass: When she's got no means of escape, she looks like a DamselInDistress. Give her some metal and watch out.
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[[folder:Roberto Garcia]]
* DrivenToVillainy
* ManslaughterProvocation: His father was murdered before his eyes.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's joined a doomsday cult, but he won't resort to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]].
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: In Part 4-11, Andrea answers the door wearing not much in the way of clothing. The police officers make this request of her.
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* TheReliableOne - She's the one Taylor picked to [[spoiler: run her financial empire ... and she's doing a pretty good job of it]].
* SlutShaming - absolutely averted. The most that happens is that Franklin (Gladys' other half) is somewhat boggled that she's so casual about picking up girls from a college bar (and that's only because she's supposed to be in a relationship with Taylor).
* SlutShaming - absolutely averted. The most that happens is that Franklin (Gladys' other half) is somewhat boggled that she's so casual about picking up girls from a college bar (and that's only because she's supposed to be in a relationship with Taylor).
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*SlutShaming - SlutShaming: absolutely averted. The most that happens is that Franklin (Gladys' other half) is somewhat boggled that she's so casual about picking up girls from a college bar (and that's only because she's supposed to be in a relationship with Taylor).
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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Absolutely subverted. Kinsey is Taylor's orderly; he's aware (and [[SecretKeeper actively conceals the fact]]) that she's got an on-again off-again [[HideYourLesbians illegal relationship]] with Andrea. There is strong indication that he's got [[BodyguardCrush more than professional feelings]] toward her ... BUT. He's still [[UndyingLoyalty absolutely loyal]] to her. She is, of course, his [[UnequalPairing superior officer]], so regulations say NO.
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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Absolutely subverted. Kinsey is As Taylor's orderly; he's orderly, Kinsey is aware (and [[SecretKeeper actively conceals the fact]]) that she's got an on-again off-again [[HideYourLesbians illegal relationship]] with Andrea. There is strong indication that he's got [[BodyguardCrush more than professional feelings]] toward her ... BUT. He's still [[UndyingLoyalty absolutely loyal]] to her. She is, of course, his [[UnequalPairing superior officer]], so regulations say NO.
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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Absolutely subverted. Kinsey is Taylor's orderly, and orderly; he's utterly loyal to her. He's aware (and [[SecretKeeper actively conceals the fact) fact]]) that she's got an on-again off-again [[HideYourLesbians illegal relationship]] with Andrea. There is strong indication that he's got [[BodyguardCrush more than professional feelings]] toward her ... BUT. He's still [[UndyingLoyalty absolutely loyal]] to her. She is, of course, his [[UnequalPairing superior officer]], so regulations say NO.
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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Absolutely subverted. Kinsey is Taylor's orderly, and he's utterly loyal to her. He's aware (and actively conceals the fact) that she's got an on-again off-again [[HideYourLesbians illegal relationship]] with Andrea. There is strong indication that he's got [[BodyguardCrush more than professional feelings]] toward her ... BUT. He's still [[UndyingLoyalty absolutely loyal]] to her. She is, of course, his [[UnequalPairing superior officer]], so regulations say NO.
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* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Absolutely subverted. Kinsey is Taylor's orderly, and he's utterly loyal to her. He's aware (and actively conceals the fact) that she's got an on-again off-again [[HideYourLesbians relationship]] with Andrea. There is strong indication that he's got [[BodyguardCrush more than professional feelings]] toward her ... BUT. He's still [[UndyingLoyalty absolutely loyal]] to her. (The fact that ''he's'' slept with Andrea on more than one occasion may go some way toward helping, here ...).She is, of course, his [[UnequalPairing superior officer]], so regulations say NO.
