History DarthWiki / TheTragedyOfTheSuperMan

''The Tragedy of the Super-Man'' is a superhero story in progress by Troper/StrixObscuro.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Bleeding Edge, a Modern team, are based on anti-heroes from UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.

* AmbiguouslyChristian: The Believer's powers stem from the unique religious landscape of the United States. As such, her professed beliefs include elements of various Christian sects, with elements of other religions thrown in for good measure.

In the distant future, mad philosopher Andro Madax rules the world as its unquestioned tyrant, but does so through exotic technology stolen from his brilliant daughter Era. Tired of her insinuations that he could not have succeeded on his own, Madax decides to hold a contest. Through the use of time travel, he kidnaps the superheroes and supervillains from past eras and brings them to the future to battle each other, allowing Era to command the heroes while he commands the supervillains.

Of course, the heroes and villains from the different eras all have different philosophies, and thus what might have been a simple game becomes a mess.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Doctor Dolly was driven close to madness after being tortured by a supervillain, then served as a sidekick for a gun-toting antihero for a while, then hung out with a team of supervillains, and ''then'' Mytoco tried to "fix" her to serve in his army. Consequently, her moral compass is all over the place.
* BrilliantButLazy: Euphony has an astonishing array of sound-based powers, but has almost no interest in using any of them. To be fair, she never really wanted to be a superhero, but her mother-slash-manager pushed her into joining the Protectorate as a publicity stunt.

* HiddenElfVillage: The Believer hails from a tiny village in rural Massachusetts that's barely changed since the Colonial days.
* MakeMeWannaShout:
** Bloodbird has a superpowered scream that causes terror in others.
** If she really wanted to, Euphony could level everything within a five-mile radius with a scream, but generally avoids doing so because it's bad for her vocal chords.

* {{Transgender}}: Mistery is a trans man.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Doctor Dolly used to run with the Exclusives, but quit after realizing that the other members were becoming focused on selling their talents to the rich and powerful; Dolly believes that ''everyone'' should be subjected to villainy, and didn't like the idea of rich people essentially buying protection by hiring the Exclusives. This makes things awkward when she's forced to fight alongside the Exclusives again when they're all kidnapped by Madax.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Bleeding Edge, a Modern team, are based on anti-heroes from TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The Banner, the mystical force that gave Believer her powers, grants powers to a new champion every generation, and thus gave powers to Proud, a black woman, in the seventies, and Populi, a woman of Southeast-Asian descent, in the present day.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Doctor Dolly believes that everyone deserves to be exposed to a bit of villainy in order to make them "better", as she thinks her own torture at the hands of a doll-fetishist serial killer made her a better person, but she generally avoids actually killing people.

** The Believer is partly inspired by the Fighting Yank.

In the distant future, mad philosopher Andro Madax rules the world as its unquestioned tyrant, but does so through exotic technology stolen from his brilliant daughter Ezer. Tired of her insinuations that he could not have succeeded on his own, Madax decides to hold a contest. Through the use of time travel, he kidnaps the superheroes and supervillains from past eras and brings them to the future to battle each other, allowing Ezer to command the heroes while he commands the supervillains.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The Banner, the mystical force that gave American Believer her powers, grants powers to a new champion every generation, and thus gave powers to Proud, a black woman, in the seventies, and Populi, a woman of Southeast-Asian descent, in the present day.

* AmbiguouslyChristian: The American Believer's powers stem from the unique religious landscape of the United States. As such, her professed beliefs include elements of various Christian sects, with elements of other religions thrown in for good measure.

* CassandraTruth: The American Believer has precognitive abilities, but nobody ever seems to accept that any of her visions might be meaningful.

** The American Believer is partly inspired by the Fighting Yank.

* FreeLoveFuture: Polyamory and pansexuality are common in the 51st century, as Grassfed and American Believer discover when Ezer flirts with both of them.

* HiddenElfVillage: The American Believer hails from a tiny village in rural Massachusetts that's barely changed since the Colonial days.

* MissionFromGod: The American Believer believes that her precognitive visions are divinely-inspired.

* {{Polyamory}}: American Believer, Grassfed, and Gyta end up in a relationship with each other.

* SuperIntelligence: Both Andro and Ezer Madax possess superhuman intelligence, though it manifests itself in different ways. Andro is capable of intuitively understanding almost any technology, but has limited creativity. Ezer can build almost anything she can imagine, but can't explain in detail how her creations work.

* WideEyedIdealist: Ezer's powers essentially run on her sheer optimism and faith in the power of invention.

* AmbiguouslyChristian: The American Believer's powers stem from the unique religious makeup of the United States. As such, her professed beliefs include elements of various Christian sects, with elements of other religions thrown in for good measure.

* HiddenElfVillage: The American Believer hails from a tiny village in rural Masschusetts that's barely changed since the Colonial days.

* Eagleland: The Coalition of the Willing, a Bush-era team whose members include the Decider, Miss Underestimated, Charm Offensive, Surgical Strike, and Turd Blossom, are very much a Type 2 example.

In the distant future, mad philosopher Andras Madach rules the world as its unquestioned tyrant, but does so through exotic technology stolen from his brilliant daughter Eszter. Tired of her insinuations that he could not have succeeded on his own, Madach decides to hold a contest. Through the use of time travel, he kidnaps the superheroes and supervillains from past eras and brings them to the future to battle each other, allowing Eszter to lead the heroes while he leads the supervillains.

* AmbiguouslyChristian: The American Believer is a follower of "the old ways", a deliberately vaguely-defined spirituality that's meant to symbolize the various religious beliefs brought to America from Europe.

* {{Egopolis}}: Andras Madach's center of power is the mega-city Madachia.

** Andras Madach is named for Imre Madach, the playwright of ''The Tragedy of Man''.

* ThePrimadonna: Euphony calls herself "the Vocal Queen". As the name suggests, she has a healthy ego.

* SuperIntelligence: Both Andras and Eszter Madach possess superhuman intelligence, though it manifests itself in different ways. Andras is capable of intuitively understanding almost any technology, but has limited creativity. Eszter can build almost anything she can imagine, but can't explain in detail how her creations work.
* SuperSerum: The American Standard got his powers from a super-serum. Unfortunately, the side effects ended up killing him after WWII ended.

* {{Transgender}}: Mistery is a trans man.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Explored with the Banner, who discovers that her career as a superhero during WWII inspired Proud, a Civil Rights-era black heroine, and Populi, a Modern Indian-American heroine.

* AmbiguouslyChristian: The Banner is a follower of "the old ways", a deliberately vaguely-defined spirituality that's meant to symbolize the various religious beliefs brought to America from Europe.
* CassandraTruth: The Banner has precognitive abilities, but nobody ever seems to accept that any of her visions might be meaningful.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Bleeding Edge, a Modern team, are based on heroes from TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.

** The Banner is partly inspired by the Fighting Yank.

* HiddenElfVillage: The Banner hails from a tiny village in rural Masschusetts that's barely changed since the Colonial days.

* MeaningfulName: Andras Madach is named for Imre Madach, the playwright of ''The Tragedy of Man''.
* MissionFromGod: The Banner believes that her precognitive visions are divinely-inspired.

* SuperIntelligence: Both Andras and Eszter Madach possess superhuman intelligence, though it manifests itself in different ways. Andras is capable of intuitively understanding almost any technology, but has limited creativity. Eszter can build a device that performs almost any function she can imagine, but can't explain in detail how they work.

* {{Transgender}}: Mistery and the Red Horror are both trans men.

* AmbiguouslyChristian: The Banner was raised in an obscure German sect.

* CassandraWarning: The Banner has precognitive abilities, but nobody ever seems to accept that any of her visions might be meaningful.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Bloodbird has a superpowered scream that causes terror in others.

** The American Standard is ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

** Populi is [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]].