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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Adam Kent intends to take over the world because he thinks that is the most efficient way to protect mankind.
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Klar Ken, as well known as Superman XX, has two children: Adam and Alan. Only one of them can be Superman. Alan is a bit non-confrontational and passive, but Adam is too pragmatic, too aggressive and there appears to be a dark side to him. And he'll not take a rejection quietly. It doesn't help both siblings are in love with the same woman, Katherine de Ka'an, direct descendant of Kara Zor-El.
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Klar Ken, Kent, as well known as Superman XX, has two children: Adam and Alan. Only one of them can be Superman. Alan is a bit non-confrontational and passive, but Adam is too pragmatic, too aggressive and there appears to be a dark side to him. And he'll not take a rejection quietly. It doesn't help both siblings are in love with the same woman, Katherine de Ka'an, direct descendant of Kara Zor-El.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: The details surrounding 1998 Superman storyline "The Dominus Effect" where Klar Kent had a little sister instead of a brother are ignored. Dark Mark can't be blamed for it since that story arc's canonicity is debatable at best.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Superman had a son with Lois Lane (and it's hinted that he was in a relationship with Franchise/WonderWoman after his wife's death), and Supergirl hooked up with an unnamed Earthman, their offspring mingled with the Earth population for five centuries, and in present day the current Superman Klar Kent is married to human woman Lyla.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Super-villain Muto quotes Genesis after conquering Atlantis.
-->Muto looked upon his work and judged it good.
-->Muto looked upon his work and judged it good.
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* ThePowerOfTheSun: By the year 2499, dozens of descendants of the House of El are living in Earth and empowered by its Sun. Unfortunately, not all of them are willing to use their powers for good.
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* EarthIsABattlefield: The plot was heading towards this, with the XXVth century descendants of the House of El fighting each other in a planetary-scale war.
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* SuperheroSpeciation: Played straight with the newborn Justice League. There's a slight overlap due to the presence of two Kryptonians, but the remaining members are a detective, a warrior and a Green Lantern.
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* GunsAreWorthless: Adam Kent betrays his metahuman status when he allows a bunch of crooks fire at him and the bullets bounce off his body.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In the first chapter, Adam and Alan Kent stop a terrorist cell but they're too late so save everyone. When Alan gets upset about the casualties, Adam points out that they still saved the whole city and they can't be everywyere or save everyone. Adam could certainly show a little more grief and compassion and make his point in a gentler fashion, but he isn't wrong about it.
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* SplitPersonality: Aelfric develops one. Tragically, his normal personality is the loyal and devoted butler of the latest descendant of the original Batman, but his split persona is a loony criminal who has taken up the "mantle" of the Joker.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Katherine laments the fact she'll never know what happened to Kara Zor-El's first husband since there're no records left... which shouldn't be a trouble at all since, as a descendant of the original Supergirl, Katherine's natural powers include time travel.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: Katherine de Ka'an was unable to figure out what happened between her distant ancestors, Kara Zor-El and her first husband Dev-Em. It's only known Kara's diaries stop mentioning him altogether after she moves off world, utterly heartbroken.
-->Dev... Dev... Dev... Kara's diaries were full of his smiles, the sound of his voice calling her name. The feel of his body and the labyrinth of his mind and heart. No, all this was plain for any and all to read. What was less clear was what happened to him.\\
Something had sent a grieving Kara Zor-El fleeing back to Rokyn, wounded in spirit and bleeding from the only place she was truly vulnerable: her heart. Something terrible had happened. And yet the diaries did not name the cause. Whether this was because there were parts of it missing... or because Kara Zor-El could not bring herself to speak of it was difficult to know. The only thing that was sure was that, beyond a certain point, the name of Dev-Em was never spoken.
-->Dev... Dev... Dev... Kara's diaries were full of his smiles, the sound of his voice calling her name. The feel of his body and the labyrinth of his mind and heart. No, all this was plain for any and all to read. What was less clear was what happened to him.\\
Something had sent a grieving Kara Zor-El fleeing back to Rokyn, wounded in spirit and bleeding from the only place she was truly vulnerable: her heart. Something terrible had happened. And yet the diaries did not name the cause. Whether this was because there were parts of it missing... or because Kara Zor-El could not bring herself to speak of it was difficult to know. The only thing that was sure was that, beyond a certain point, the name of Dev-Em was never spoken.
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* BoldlyComing: In the past, Kal and Kara had offspring with humans, which the main characters are descendants of.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Alan Kent and Katherine de Ka'an until Katherine chooses Alan over his brother.
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* XRayVision: The main characters have this power, being of Kryptonian descent. Sometimes they find it inconvenient, though.
-->Stepping into the Common Room, Katherine spied no one. An ominous sign, she thought, but stilled her unease quickly. There was enough to fret over without inventing things, that was certain. She thought to peer about with her x-ray vision, but then reconsidered. More than once, as a young girl learning to use her burgeoning powers, she had found the results of such uninvited intrusion to be--well--highly embarrassing. One of the things that she and her invalid brother Zor could still yet smile and joke about was her inadvertent pubescent sight of his first urgent, fumbling kiss with an equally awkward partner. He kept bumping Marisa's nose and she kept giggling.
-->Stepping into the Common Room, Katherine spied no one. An ominous sign, she thought, but stilled her unease quickly. There was enough to fret over without inventing things, that was certain. She thought to peer about with her x-ray vision, but then reconsidered. More than once, as a young girl learning to use her burgeoning powers, she had found the results of such uninvited intrusion to be--well--highly embarrassing. One of the things that she and her invalid brother Zor could still yet smile and joke about was her inadvertent pubescent sight of his first urgent, fumbling kiss with an equally awkward partner. He kept bumping Marisa's nose and she kept giggling.
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* {{Flight}}: Being of Kryptonian descent, the main characters and their family can fly.
-->Klar Ken stood at the transparent balcony of his home, 72 stories above the ground. A forcefield barrier below each level would catch a falling body. No one could harm himself, or herself, by being thrown out of a window anymore. You could fly with a [=MagPak=] strapped to your back and cut the thing off and maybe avoid the safety tractors. Some had done it. But by and large, if you wanted to suicide, you had to try something else in 2499.\\
Klar Ken, standing there in his brown robe and sandals, needed no [=MagPak=] to fly.
-->Klar Ken stood at the transparent balcony of his home, 72 stories above the ground. A forcefield barrier below each level would catch a falling body. No one could harm himself, or herself, by being thrown out of a window anymore. You could fly with a [=MagPak=] strapped to your back and cut the thing off and maybe avoid the safety tractors. Some had done it. But by and large, if you wanted to suicide, you had to try something else in 2499.\\
Klar Ken, standing there in his brown robe and sandals, needed no [=MagPak=] to fly.
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* CombatPragmatist: Muto isn't interested in fighting Superman physically; he just wants him dead. So he comes up with a scenario where he keeps a whole city hostage and then demands that Superman essentially kills himself.
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* TroubledButCute: Katherine reads her forebear Kara Zor-El's diaries and correctly deduces Kara's lover Dev-Em was the kind of cute bad boy who many women find charming.
-->Eventually Katherine's labors brought her a flatpic of Dev-Em. Unruly ginger-colored hair that spilled across his forehead framing deep brown eyes that danced with mischief and a striking smile that made her shake her rueful head.\\
"I'll bet you were a devil, you were," she thought.
-->Eventually Katherine's labors brought her a flatpic of Dev-Em. Unruly ginger-colored hair that spilled across his forehead framing deep brown eyes that danced with mischief and a striking smile that made her shake her rueful head.\\
"I'll bet you were a devil, you were," she thought.
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* TalkingInBed: Alan and Kath as well as Lorile and her boyfriend often talk in bed about their family's internal strife.
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* ShowerOfLove: Alan and Katherine eventually discover that showers are kinky:
-->'''Kath:''' We have, haven’t we? Even if we have to fake the seawater thing every now and then.\\
'''Alan:''' Wouldn’t do to let the bad guys know we can take baths in it. Or that, sometimes, we shower in it.\\
'''Kath:''' (giggling) Wouldn’t the peejays have a field day with that! Maybe we could convince them that seawater showers are kinky.\\
'''Alan:''' The Atlanteans have known that for centuries.
-->'''Kath:''' We have, haven’t we? Even if we have to fake the seawater thing every now and then.\\
'''Alan:''' Wouldn’t do to let the bad guys know we can take baths in it. Or that, sometimes, we shower in it.\\
'''Kath:''' (giggling) Wouldn’t the peejays have a field day with that! Maybe we could convince them that seawater showers are kinky.\\
'''Alan:''' The Atlanteans have known that for centuries.
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* WhoAreYou: In chapter 29, Katherine saves a woman from a rapist, and her rescuee asks who she is.
-->'''Katherine:''' I will take you to a place of safety, to a police station. Give them this thing he was going to use on you. Tell them about him. If you don’t, he’ll only do this again when he recovers. Do you understand? Give me your word you’ll do this.\\
'''Woman:''' I’ll, I’ll do it. Who are you? Are you an angel?\\
'''Katherine:''' No.\\
'''Woman:''' Then who are you?\\
'''Katherine:''' Supergirl. Call me Supergirl.
-->'''Katherine:''' I will take you to a place of safety, to a police station. Give them this thing he was going to use on you. Tell them about him. If you don’t, he’ll only do this again when he recovers. Do you understand? Give me your word you’ll do this.\\
'''Woman:''' I’ll, I’ll do it. Who are you? Are you an angel?\\
'''Katherine:''' No.\\
'''Woman:''' Then who are you?\\
'''Katherine:''' Supergirl. Call me Supergirl.
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* NighInvulnerability: The House of El's invulnerability varies after centuries interbreeding with humans and sometimes Amazons. The direct descendants of Kal-El and Kara Zor-El are virtually undamageable; their relatives tend to be less tough.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Alan and Katherine and their family are part human, part Kryptonian, with some Amazon DNA throw into the mix.
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* SaltSolution: Because of a curse, exposure to salwater may kill a member of the Family.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Klar clearly cares and does his best, but his failure to discipline Adam properly when his son brutalized a crook and reach him out afterwards leads to Alan's becoming more twisted.
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* GodCouple: Alan Kent and Katherine de Ka'an, descendant of the first Superman and the first Supergirl, respectively.
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-->'''George:''' Alan... Alan... Just how stupid do you think the average man is, boy?\\
'''Alan:''' (sighing) I don't know, Uncle George. You tell *me*. How stupid *do* I think the average man is?\\
'''George:''' Pretty damn stupid, Alan. For over five hundred years there's been a Superman. Since the Prime Superman of the Twentieth. Everyone knows that. Don't you imagine that the general populace might-- just might, mind you!--have figured out that, by the simplest laws of genetics and mathematics, there *has* to be more than one of us?\\
'''Alan:''' Of course, they know, Uncle George. Most of them. When they think about it. Which isn't often. Uncle George, don't *do* this. Please. Listen to me. As long as we don't rub their faces in it ... as long they see only one of us, a hero, they aren't threatened. It's easy for them to ignore the fact that there have to be others. They can even accept the existence of a Superboy. Or a Supergirl. But ... Rao's flames! There are over two hundred of us here! They'd never accept that! Never! You have to think of the Family!
'''Alan:''' (sighing) I don't know, Uncle George. You tell *me*. How stupid *do* I think the average man is?\\
'''George:''' Pretty damn stupid, Alan. For over five hundred years there's been a Superman. Since the Prime Superman of the Twentieth. Everyone knows that. Don't you imagine that the general populace might-- just might, mind you!--have figured out that, by the simplest laws of genetics and mathematics, there *has* to be more than one of us?\\
'''Alan:''' Of course, they know, Uncle George. Most of them. When they think about it. Which isn't often. Uncle George, don't *do* this. Please. Listen to me. As long as we don't rub their faces in it ... as long they see only one of us, a hero, they aren't threatened. It's easy for them to ignore the fact that there have to be others. They can even accept the existence of a Superboy. Or a Supergirl. But ... Rao's flames! There are over two hundred of us here! They'd never accept that! Never! You have to think of the Family!
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* NotGoodWithRejection: Kath turns Adam down in favor of his brother. Alan takes this not well at all. He is glad when Sybilla beats Kath up.
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* TwoPersonPoolParty: At one point, Alan and Kath make love underwater in the middle of the Atlantic.
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-->She still remembered the tart, crisp taste of her first apple. A real one, not a soysub. The way her blue eyes widened at the unfamiliar, mouth-puckering taste had delighted Adam.
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* SuperStrength: The main characters are of Kryptonian descent. And they're based on Pre-Crisis Kryptonians, so their physical strength is completely out of scale.
-->There was no thought involved in what she did. Before she could register it, Katherine de Ka’an was out of the cloudbank and into the open air, a barely-perceptible streak flying at hypersonic speed.\\
The wall of the sky-high apartment from which the scream came was of the toughest building material available. Before her, it gave like paper.\\
The force of her entry and the shock of her impact, as well as the hurtling material and air blast, knocked both the room’s occupants off their feet. Thankfully, the wall fragments shattered into gravel-size nodules and bounced off the two with little harm.
-->There was no thought involved in what she did. Before she could register it, Katherine de Ka’an was out of the cloudbank and into the open air, a barely-perceptible streak flying at hypersonic speed.\\
The wall of the sky-high apartment from which the scream came was of the toughest building material available. Before her, it gave like paper.\\
The force of her entry and the shock of her impact, as well as the hurtling material and air blast, knocked both the room’s occupants off their feet. Thankfully, the wall fragments shattered into gravel-size nodules and bounced off the two with little harm.
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This story can be read [[http://members.tripod.com//Dark_Mark/darkmark1.htm in the Dark Mark site]].
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Superman's HomeBase is located within the asteroid Ceres. Superman can reach it because he doesn't need to breathe. He doesn't like the reminder, though, because it makes him feel less human.
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Krypts could survive there. Because Krypts were freaks.
->He had little taste for space, actually. The lack of sound was a major sensory deprivation. He could always attune his super-hearing to take in noises from Earth or other planets, and often he did. But it never kept back the knowledge that the spaces between worlds were not intended for human life, not even such as his.\\
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->Why did the Legion of Super-Heroes have to go 1,000 years into the past to recruit Superboy for their team? The answer lies in a tragedy that took place 500 years before their time, 500 years after Superman I's, which the world, and possibly the universe, would never forget...
''Superman of 2499: The Great Confrontation'' is a Franchise/{{Superman}} story by Dark Mark and Dannell Lites.
It's the 25th century. The descendants of the first Superman and the offspring of the first Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} have become a huge family, torn by petty internal conflicts. Per tradition there can only be a Superman and a ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, and maybe a Supergirl; and the rest of the family chaffs under the weight of hiding who they are in order to not make Terrans uncomfortable or frightened.
Klar Ken, as well known as Superman XX, has two children: Adam and Alan. Only one of them can be Superman. Alan is a bit non-confrontational and passive, but Adam is too pragmatic, too aggressive and there appears to be a dark side to him. And he'll not take a rejection quietly. It doesn't help both siblings are in love with the same woman, Katherine de Ka'an, direct descendant of Kara Zor-El.
At the same time, Gotham City faces its own quota of troubles. Although the current Joker is dead, Franchise/{{Batman}} XX suspects his father is very alive. And craving for revenge.
This story can be read [[http://members.tripod.com//Dark_Mark/darkmark1.htm in the Dark Mark site]].
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* AbortedArc: At the end of the fourth chapter, George is fed up with the Family Law. He declares he won't pretend to be a normal human again, and a large number of relatives support him. Nothing came from it.
* AdaptationExpansion: Klar Ken showed up in a few Silver Age stories (Action Comics #338-339 and World's Finest #166). This story greatly expands on his world and his -mess of a- family.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Alan dips in the ocean without telling Kath the curse had been lifted. Kath got real, real mad.
* BattleCouple: Alan and Kath became a crime-fighting team when Kath took up the Supergirl mantle.
* BetaCouple: Lorile -Adam and Alan's little sister- and Fin-El -a very distant cousin-.
* BigBadWannabe: Muto was Superman XX's nemesis. In his first appearance, he conquers the whole kingdom of Atlantis single-handedly and quickly. Superman XXI takes him down in the tenth chapter.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Kath takes martial arts classes after getting beaten by Sybilla Kent.
* CainAndAbel:
** Adam and Alan. Adam claims he doesn't hate his brother and is no threat to him, but he can't stand the fact that both his father and Kath chose Alan over him. He holds a huge grudge.
** Klar and George. George also resented his older brother becoming Superman. Unlike Adam, he gets over it and makes amends with Klar.
* CatFight: Kath and Sybilla have a rather brutal fight over Alan.
* CooldownHug: Klar hugs his brother when George gets upset due to his mess of a family.
* CurbstompBattle: Sybilla bashes Kath when they fight. Later Lorile squashes her like a bug.
* DeathGlare: Sybilla throws one at Lorile after the latter beats her.
-->Beams of hate as hot as heat-vision went from Sy’s eyes to Lori’s as she lay there, gasping, on the floor.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Lorile belongs to an urban tribe whose philosophy comes down to "As long as no one gets hurt, I don't give a damn". Fin-El romances her by pretending he doesn't care either.
* DomesticAbuse:
** First day in the job, Alan stops a wife-beater. Kath also saves another woman from her "partner".
** George Kent's wife publicly and constantly disparages and openly treats him as a brainless moron until he becomes fed up with this treatment and leaves.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the first chapter, Adam and Alan stop some bank robbers. Alan gets upset because some persons got killed. Adam is just happy that they stopped a bunch of crooks.
* FalseReassurance: Before leaving Earth, Adam assures his brother he's no threat to him. Unflappably, Alan asks who he's threatening, then.
* FutureFoodIsArtificial: Most people use artificial food generator units. At one point Kath eats an apple and is shocked by the taste.
* HomeBase: Superman's original Fortress of Solitude has long since been discovered and turned into a museum. The current Superman's Fortress is hidden within the asteroid Ceres.
* HostageSituation: Muto, an enemy of the twentieth Superman, takes over Atlantis and holds the whole Atlantean population hostage.
* KissingCousins:
** Alan and Kath are twenty-second cousins, so no one objects to their relationship.
** On the other hand, Adam and Sybilla are first cousins. Neither of their parents is comfortable with their getting together.
* LegacyCharacter:
** Alan Kent is Superman's heir. Katherine is descendant of Kara Zor-El and heiress of the Supergirl's name.
** Deconstructed with Hi Jenk, an utterly harmless solicitor brutally murdered by the Joker because he just happened to be a descendant of [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] and her father Commissioner Gordon.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Kryptonians aren't squeamish as to where they get it on. Adam and Sybilla screw up floating in midair. In the thirtieth chapter, Alan and Kath make love underwater.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Brought up when Klar's wife Lyra states Kryptonians can control themselves; otherwise, she'd have no children.
* {{Masquerade}}: The House of El goes to considerable lengths to hide their existence in the belief humans would never accept the existence of several hundreds of superpersons living among them.
* NeverMyFault: According Sybilla, it's always Katherine's blame, whatever “it” is. Her mother gets angry because she pummeled Kath? Kath's fault.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Subverted. Muto has no intention to give Superman a fair fight. He wants him dead as soon and quick as possible. However Superman gets him talk long enough to find a way to defeat him.
* NoodleIncident:
** Klar states that a number of relatives moved to other worlds and funded other Superman dynasties.
** Kath mentions in passing two cousins fought over the right to the Supergirl name in the past.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Kath turns Adam down in favor of his brother. Alan takes this not well at all. He is glad when Sybilla beats Kath up.
-->What was to be done with the Six? They’d have to learn that when you dealt with Adam Kent, even if he wore a mask, you’d damned well better give him what he asked for.\\
And if you didn’t...
* OfficialCouple: Alan and Kath.
* OriginalCharacter: Klar Ken, Lyra, Bron Wayn and Muto are DC-owned characters. The rest of the cast are original characters.
* ParentsAsPeople: Klar clearly cares and does his best, but his failure to discipline Adam properly when his son brutalized a crook and reach him out afterwards leads to Alan's becoming more twisted.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Reinforced. Per tradition, Kal-El's costume passes from father to son. Kara Zor-El's costume wasn't inherited but all Supergirls wore a blue, red and yellow outfit anyway.
-->The costume she wore was red, blue, and yellow. She was not wearing a cape, and she had a headmask that covered all but her eyes, nose, and mouth, with an opening at the back for part of her blonde hair to hang through. She wore red boots and gloves and a yellow belt. There was some yellow trim on the boots and gloves, but otherwise the outfit was all blue.\\
Except for the shield on her chest, which bore a familiar S-shape.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Reinforced. Kath's brother Zor-El got crippled because he's super-strong but lacks the necessary invulnerability to endure his own strength.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Lorile's job changes twice.
** The Family’s weakness to saltwater, originally stemming from pollution, was retconned to be caused by a hex put on them by Hecate.
* RetiredBadass: Batman XX resolves to quit after taking down the Joker. Yet still he trains the new "Justice League".
* ShutUpHannibal: Said by Superman to a fundamentalist:
-->“Julius Morton,” said Superman. “Industrialist. Double-plus seated, super-secure. One question: why?”\\
“You would have to ask why,” grated Morton. “You worship Rao, not Christ.”\\
“I have a feeling both of Them would be as disgusted with you as I am,” said Superman. “It’s over.”
* SiblingTriangle: Both Alan and Adam love Kath. Kath finds Adam attractive but she chooses Alan. Adam doesn't take her choice well ''at all''.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kath chooses Alan over his brother because Alan is sensitive and kind as opposite to Adam who is adventurous but sinister and over-domineering.
* StartOfDarkness: When Adam as Superboy broke a crook's hand smilingly, Klar took him aside, reprimanded him and punished him by giving his brother the Superboy outfit for four months. Adam felt his own father had turned on him and taken his birthright away, and started developing his "I WILL have my way or else" mindset.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Subverted. Although Supergirls traditionally wear capes, Kath decides against wearing one.
* SuperheroPrevalenceStages: Played with. After five centuries, there're no super-heroes operating other than the heirs of Superman and Batman. Muto and the descendants of the Joker are the only super-villains around. Then Kath reclaims the Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} mantle. And a new Franchise/GreenLantern is appointed. And an Amazon travels to the Man’s World...
* ThouShaltNotKill: Discussed. The Family holds steadfast to the rule. So, when Klar suspects one of his sons murdered a man, he's aghast. Lyra points out the Family killed the Anti-Monitor five centuries ago, and Klar replies he refuses to believe any of his sons couldn’t contain a Terran without killing him.
* TitleDrop: In chapter 17:
-->“We think there’s a breakup coming in the Family,” said Fin. “Klar on one side, George, Irinia, Sy, and, yes, Adam on the other. I don’t know when it’s coming, but I’m afraid we’re headed for a confrontation. A very, very great confrontation.”
* TookALevelInBadass: After being brutally beaten down by Sybilla and learning about the Family rift, Kath decides the world needs Supergirl and takes martial arts classes.
* TheUnSmile: When Alan and his uncle George argue after Alan's appointment, his uncle smiles... creepily.
-->His uncle George, by contrast, was smiling. Uncle George. Good old George... who was always smiling. The quintessence of a reasonable man; forever pointing out the obvious. Good old Uncle George...\\
Whose bright smiles never quite seemed to reach the icy depths of his startling blue eyes.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Several generations ago, Lady Hecate put a hex on the Family so exposure to saltwater would kill them.
* YouKilledMyFather: The Joker murdered the current Batman's father. Batman XX wants to bring him to justice, but he suspects he's his butler Aelfric, which obviously complicates matters.
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->“We think there’s a breakup coming in the Family,” said Fin. “Klar on one side, George, Irinia, Sy, and, yes, Adam on the other. I don’t know when it’s coming, but I’m afraid we’re headed for a confrontation. A very, very great confrontation.”
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''Superman of 2499: The Great Confrontation'' is a Franchise/{{Superman}} story by Dark Mark and Dannell Lites.
It's the 25th century. The descendants of the first Superman and the offspring of the first Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} have become a huge family, torn by petty internal conflicts. Per tradition there can only be a Superman and a ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, and maybe a Supergirl; and the rest of the family chaffs under the weight of hiding who they are in order to not make Terrans uncomfortable or frightened.
Klar Ken, as well known as Superman XX, has two children: Adam and Alan. Only one of them can be Superman. Alan is a bit non-confrontational and passive, but Adam is too pragmatic, too aggressive and there appears to be a dark side to him. And he'll not take a rejection quietly. It doesn't help both siblings are in love with the same woman, Katherine de Ka'an, direct descendant of Kara Zor-El.
At the same time, Gotham City faces its own quota of troubles. Although the current Joker is dead, Franchise/{{Batman}} XX suspects his father is very alive. And craving for revenge.
This story can be read [[http://members.tripod.com//Dark_Mark/darkmark1.htm in the Dark Mark site]].
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!!Tropes:
* AbortedArc: At the end of the fourth chapter, George is fed up with the Family Law. He declares he won't pretend to be a normal human again, and a large number of relatives support him. Nothing came from it.
* AdaptationExpansion: Klar Ken showed up in a few Silver Age stories (Action Comics #338-339 and World's Finest #166). This story greatly expands on his world and his -mess of a- family.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Alan dips in the ocean without telling Kath the curse had been lifted. Kath got real, real mad.
* BattleCouple: Alan and Kath became a crime-fighting team when Kath took up the Supergirl mantle.
* BetaCouple: Lorile -Adam and Alan's little sister- and Fin-El -a very distant cousin-.
* BigBadWannabe: Muto was Superman XX's nemesis. In his first appearance, he conquers the whole kingdom of Atlantis single-handedly and quickly. Superman XXI takes him down in the tenth chapter.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Kath takes martial arts classes after getting beaten by Sybilla Kent.
* CainAndAbel:
** Adam and Alan. Adam claims he doesn't hate his brother and is no threat to him, but he can't stand the fact that both his father and Kath chose Alan over him. He holds a huge grudge.
** Klar and George. George also resented his older brother becoming Superman. Unlike Adam, he gets over it and makes amends with Klar.
* CatFight: Kath and Sybilla have a rather brutal fight over Alan.
* CooldownHug: Klar hugs his brother when George gets upset due to his mess of a family.
* CurbstompBattle: Sybilla bashes Kath when they fight. Later Lorile squashes her like a bug.
* DeathGlare: Sybilla throws one at Lorile after the latter beats her.
-->Beams of hate as hot as heat-vision went from Sy’s eyes to Lori’s as she lay there, gasping, on the floor.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Lorile belongs to an urban tribe whose philosophy comes down to "As long as no one gets hurt, I don't give a damn". Fin-El romances her by pretending he doesn't care either.
* DomesticAbuse:
** First day in the job, Alan stops a wife-beater. Kath also saves another woman from her "partner".
** George Kent's wife publicly and constantly disparages and openly treats him as a brainless moron until he becomes fed up with this treatment and leaves.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the first chapter, Adam and Alan stop some bank robbers. Alan gets upset because some persons got killed. Adam is just happy that they stopped a bunch of crooks.
* FalseReassurance: Before leaving Earth, Adam assures his brother he's no threat to him. Unflappably, Alan asks who he's threatening, then.
* FutureFoodIsArtificial: Most people use artificial food generator units. At one point Kath eats an apple and is shocked by the taste.
* HomeBase: Superman's original Fortress of Solitude has long since been discovered and turned into a museum. The current Superman's Fortress is hidden within the asteroid Ceres.
* HostageSituation: Muto, an enemy of the twentieth Superman, takes over Atlantis and holds the whole Atlantean population hostage.
* KissingCousins:
** Alan and Kath are twenty-second cousins, so no one objects to their relationship.
** On the other hand, Adam and Sybilla are first cousins. Neither of their parents is comfortable with their getting together.
* LegacyCharacter:
** Alan Kent is Superman's heir. Katherine is descendant of Kara Zor-El and heiress of the Supergirl's name.
** Deconstructed with Hi Jenk, an utterly harmless solicitor brutally murdered by the Joker because he just happened to be a descendant of [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] and her father Commissioner Gordon.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Kryptonians aren't squeamish as to where they get it on. Adam and Sybilla screw up floating in midair. In the thirtieth chapter, Alan and Kath make love underwater.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Brought up when Klar's wife Lyra states Kryptonians can control themselves; otherwise, she'd have no children.
* {{Masquerade}}: The House of El goes to considerable lengths to hide their existence in the belief humans would never accept the existence of several hundreds of superpersons living among them.
* NeverMyFault: According Sybilla, it's always Katherine's blame, whatever “it” is. Her mother gets angry because she pummeled Kath? Kath's fault.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Subverted. Muto has no intention to give Superman a fair fight. He wants him dead as soon and quick as possible. However Superman gets him talk long enough to find a way to defeat him.
* NoodleIncident:
** Klar states that a number of relatives moved to other worlds and funded other Superman dynasties.
** Kath mentions in passing two cousins fought over the right to the Supergirl name in the past.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Kath turns Adam down in favor of his brother. Alan takes this not well at all. He is glad when Sybilla beats Kath up.
-->What was to be done with the Six? They’d have to learn that when you dealt with Adam Kent, even if he wore a mask, you’d damned well better give him what he asked for.\\
And if you didn’t...
* OfficialCouple: Alan and Kath.
* OriginalCharacter: Klar Ken, Lyra, Bron Wayn and Muto are DC-owned characters. The rest of the cast are original characters.
* ParentsAsPeople: Klar clearly cares and does his best, but his failure to discipline Adam properly when his son brutalized a crook and reach him out afterwards leads to Alan's becoming more twisted.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Reinforced. Per tradition, Kal-El's costume passes from father to son. Kara Zor-El's costume wasn't inherited but all Supergirls wore a blue, red and yellow outfit anyway.
-->The costume she wore was red, blue, and yellow. She was not wearing a cape, and she had a headmask that covered all but her eyes, nose, and mouth, with an opening at the back for part of her blonde hair to hang through. She wore red boots and gloves and a yellow belt. There was some yellow trim on the boots and gloves, but otherwise the outfit was all blue.\\
Except for the shield on her chest, which bore a familiar S-shape.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Reinforced. Kath's brother Zor-El got crippled because he's super-strong but lacks the necessary invulnerability to endure his own strength.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Lorile's job changes twice.
** The Family’s weakness to saltwater, originally stemming from pollution, was retconned to be caused by a hex put on them by Hecate.
* RetiredBadass: Batman XX resolves to quit after taking down the Joker. Yet still he trains the new "Justice League".
* ShutUpHannibal: Said by Superman to a fundamentalist:
-->“Julius Morton,” said Superman. “Industrialist. Double-plus seated, super-secure. One question: why?”\\
“You would have to ask why,” grated Morton. “You worship Rao, not Christ.”\\
“I have a feeling both of Them would be as disgusted with you as I am,” said Superman. “It’s over.”
* SiblingTriangle: Both Alan and Adam love Kath. Kath finds Adam attractive but she chooses Alan. Adam doesn't take her choice well ''at all''.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kath chooses Alan over his brother because Alan is sensitive and kind as opposite to Adam who is adventurous but sinister and over-domineering.
* StartOfDarkness: When Adam as Superboy broke a crook's hand smilingly, Klar took him aside, reprimanded him and punished him by giving his brother the Superboy outfit for four months. Adam felt his own father had turned on him and taken his birthright away, and started developing his "I WILL have my way or else" mindset.
* SuperheroesWearCapes: Subverted. Although Supergirls traditionally wear capes, Kath decides against wearing one.
* SuperheroPrevalenceStages: Played with. After five centuries, there're no super-heroes operating other than the heirs of Superman and Batman. Muto and the descendants of the Joker are the only super-villains around. Then Kath reclaims the Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} mantle. And a new Franchise/GreenLantern is appointed. And an Amazon travels to the Man’s World...
* ThouShaltNotKill: Discussed. The Family holds steadfast to the rule. So, when Klar suspects one of his sons murdered a man, he's aghast. Lyra points out the Family killed the Anti-Monitor five centuries ago, and Klar replies he refuses to believe any of his sons couldn’t contain a Terran without killing him.
* TitleDrop: In chapter 17:
-->“We think there’s a breakup coming in the Family,” said Fin. “Klar on one side, George, Irinia, Sy, and, yes, Adam on the other. I don’t know when it’s coming, but I’m afraid we’re headed for a confrontation. A very, very great confrontation.”
* TookALevelInBadass: After being brutally beaten down by Sybilla and learning about the Family rift, Kath decides the world needs Supergirl and takes martial arts classes.
* TheUnSmile: When Alan and his uncle George argue after Alan's appointment, his uncle smiles... creepily.
-->His uncle George, by contrast, was smiling. Uncle George. Good old George... who was always smiling. The quintessence of a reasonable man; forever pointing out the obvious. Good old Uncle George...\\
Whose bright smiles never quite seemed to reach the icy depths of his startling blue eyes.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Several generations ago, Lady Hecate put a hex on the Family so exposure to saltwater would kill them.
* YouKilledMyFather: The Joker murdered the current Batman's father. Batman XX wants to bring him to justice, but he suspects he's his butler Aelfric, which obviously complicates matters.
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->“We think there’s a breakup coming in the Family,” said Fin. “Klar on one side, George, Irinia, Sy, and, yes, Adam on the other. I don’t know when it’s coming, but I’m afraid we’re headed for a confrontation. A very, very great confrontation.”
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