History Fanfic / DCAlterverseMaxima

%%* MasterOfUnlocking: Lana acquired this ability in her rebellious teen years in Smallville.

%%* TookALevelInKindness: Maxima, especially to Lana.

** Comicbook/LoisLane is married to Jimmy Olsen, and, as mentioned above, they have a daughter together.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Vernax.

* FormerTeenRebel: Lana Lang, surprisingly.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* HappilyMarried: Clark and Lana.

* MasterOfUnlocking: Lana acquired this ability in her rebellious teen years in Smallville.

* TookALevelInKindness: Maxima, especially to Lana.

* 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 in the RealityEnsues entry above)]], but decides do postpone it for a while and settle her life first, at the Crucible Academy.

* RealityEnsues: As a response to Maxima’s argumentation that she’d be more suitable than Lana to give him children, Superman points that a married couple may not necessarily want children. And, even if he and Lana want a child in the future, they can opt for adoption or technologically assisted reproduction.

** SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} whistles to summon his space bike, as in Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse.

** On the other hand, it's surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with [[TropeNamer Superman himself]], who's in the story and has some fight, but [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} his opponent]] is [[spoiler: more interested in keep him distracted by endangering the bystanders on planet Staryl, thus avoiding a direct fight]].

** In the first epilogue, she [[spoiler:becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal, thanks to the Almeracian device Maxima used to save her life and the [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar presence of Clark's Kryptonian DNA in her body]]]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the first epilogue, Lana [[spoiler:gets superpowers two weeks after Maxima used an Almeracian machine to save her life]]. In the second epilogue, Maxima explains that [[spoiler:the machine's effect should have been temporary lasting only enough to Lana be cured from the virus infection. Maxima says that the machine was designed to work with only two distinct DNA patterns (Maxima's and Lana's), but ponders that Lana, being married to Clark, probably had traces of his Kryptonian DNA in her body]].

* 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 dowfall, 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]]]].

It's part of the [[https://www.deviantart.com/luizpratta/gallery/67847329/dc-alterverse DC Alterverse project]] 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}}.

It's part of the [[https://www.deviantart.com/luizpratta/gallery/67847329/dc-alterverse DC Alterverse project]] started in the Website/{{Deviantart}} site and one of two prose fanfics related to the project. The other is about Franchise/WonderWoman's villainess ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}.

* 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]], but decides do postpone it for a while and settle her life first at the Crucible Academy.

** It also happens when [[spoiler: Vernax shoots Maxima with a virus strain, only to find out that she's immune to it]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Luma Lynai]] botches Lobo’s plans to keep Superman distracted.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Maxima, although still somewhat arrogant and conceited, is much more reasonable than her HeelFaceRevolvingDoor original version, staying always on the good side.

* 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]]).

** In the original comics, Luma Lynai had to break up with Superman because the rays of Earth’s yellow sun was poisonous to her. Here, it’s just [[BlatantLies an excuse]] to brush [[AbhorrentAdmirer Vernax]] off, as the sun of his homeworld is also yellow.

* ShootingSuperman: [[spoiler:Lana’s]] laser shoots on Vernax doesn’t have any effect. Vernax even lampshades this trope. Subverted, however, as [[spoiler:Lana’s]] intention is to keep him distracted (see HoldTheLine above).

* TookALevelInKindness: Maxima, especially to Lana.

In this story, besides having to deal with Superman’s lack of interest, Maxima has to deal with his wife Lana Lang and other unexpected players, like Vernax, a clone of Vartox of Valeron.

* DemotedtoExtra: Superman, as the story centers on Maxima and Lana.

** Also, [[spoiler:Luma Lynai, a Pre-Crisis love interest of Superman]], who gets paired with the character above.

* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Is seems to be Maxima’s case, but ultimately 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.

* CompositeCharacter: Maxima combines elements from her original version (like her look and her StalkerWithATestTube attitude toward Superman) with her New 52 version (like her connection to the Crucible Academy and [[spoiler:her homosexuality]]).

* {{Determinator}}: Even severely affected by Vernax Agony Beam, [[spoiler:Maxima]] refuses to give up. Even Vernax recognizes that [[spoiler:she]] would be a potential Green Lantern if [[spoiler:her]] sector didn’t have two of them already.

* FireForgedFriends: Maxima had an initially hostile and arrogant attitude toward Lana Lang. After the circumstances forces them to work together, however, she came to gradually warm up to Lana.

* Thanks to her rebellious past, Lana is very good in opening locks. And she has a good aim, too.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sazu, who had been hacked and reprogrammed by Vernax]].

** Lobo whistles to summon his space bike, as in DCAU.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Maxima originally had Only One Name, but here she got a surname: Pereztern, a homage to her creators Creator/GeorgePerez and Creator/RogerStern.

** Comicbook/LoisLane is married to Jimmy Olsen, and they have a daughter together.

* ShootingSuperman: [[spoiler:Lana’s]] laser shoots on Vernax doesn’t have any effect. Vernax even lampshades this trope. Subverted, however, as [[spoiler:Lana’s]] intention is to keep him distracted (see Hold the Line above).

* SparedByAdaptation: Lyrissa Mallor.

* Big Bad: Vernax.

[[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.

* AgonyBeam: Vernax neural disruptor.