History Fanfic / ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton

* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: In general, this is averted, as Earth is a backwater planet in a backwater galaxy that has only recently become relevant on the larger scale. [[spoiler: However, Doom and Reed reveal that on the Celestials' multiversal level, Earth is vital -- it exists in every universe, with humanity always living on it, and if it's destroyed, the universe as a whole suffers.]] [[spoiler:Verdona and Max confirm that this is the case in ''Just Another Day at the Office'', telling Shepard that it'll be easier to pinpoint the universe of her origins on Earth.]]

* HostileTerraforming: According to the notes in ''Eternity In Promise'', the First One's terraforming of Etheria wiped out the indigenous people of the planet at the time. It wasn't even intentional, their changes to the planet simply caused it to change in ways that they couldn't survive.

* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth ''was'' this, and in general the Milky Way as a whole is a bit on the backwater side compared to galactic-scale empires like the Galra's or Gemkind's, but things are changing after the Chitauri invasion made the higher powers look in Earth's direction. That said, ''The Royal We'' reveals that Earth is known to xeno-biologists as having one of the most ''wildly'' diverse biospheres and environments in the known galaxy (to say nothing of how it's apparently ranked up rather high for it's beauty). In addition, the Sol system as a whole is notable for having ''nine'' planets when the average solar system in the galaxy has only two or three.

** In the timeline that Clockwork helped Danny avert, Vlad helped the Guys in White capture and experiment on Ellie...and they were all horrified to realize too late that being half human meant that she could still feel pain.

* BewareTheSuperman: Discussed by Tony and Professor Xavier in Chapter 4 of "That Which Drives Nerds to Change the World", the latter pointing out that the only force capable of policing enhanced individuals is ''other'' enhanced individuals, and that governments are worried at the possibility of this happening. Tony even mentally lampshades that just by himself he could take over half the planet in a ''week'', assuming that the other Avengers aren't helping.

* QuantityVsQuality: The dynamic between the Galra and Gem Empires, respectively. The Gem Empire has control of much less total space than the Galra Empire does, but they have a presence in ''every'' star system that they control in their home dwarf galaxy, Cassiopeia, while the Galra can only sustain bases on roughly 7% of the star systems in the average galaxy. The Galra Empire has also expanded a lot more than the Gem Empire has done in the last 10,000 years, but only because the Gem Empire actually takes the time to extract all the valuable resources from a system before moving on, with Moonstone outright saying that if the Diamonds weren't as thorough they'd probably have conquered the ''entire universe'' by now. And that's not even going into how Gem soldiers have none of the limitations of organic beings and can reform their bodies unless their Gemstones are destroyed, along with their specialized abilities and how they are BornAsAnAdult without needing decades to mature and train only to die of old age (which [[TheAgeless doesn't happen to Gems]]), or how Gem technology and warships are more advanced than the Galra versions. Early on in ''Close Encounters of the Gem Kind'', even ''before'' Yellow Diamond gets personally involved in the Gem/Galra battle the Gem forces clearly have the advantage, with their ships being only lightly damaged while the more numerous and significantly larger Galra ships are more heavily damaged or even destroyed.

** In ''Vespa Major'', the secular versions of Heaven and Hell introduced are based on the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' versions.

** The author notes in Chapter 13 of ''From His Vantage Upon the Moon'' state that Tremorton is in Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh and in the location of real world Templeton.

* WorldsSmartestMan: Tony regards Victor von Doom as this. Considering ''Tony Stark'''s the one saying it, that should say quiet a bit.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: InUniverse example. Tulip changed her game based off her experiences in the train. So it went from a knockoff of ''Space Invaders'' to a point-and-click CYOA game exploring an infinite space station.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After Chloe [[spoiler:discovers that Ladybug is Marinette and Adrien is Cat Noir]], she starts to have a FreakOut, believing that they were just being nice to her so she'd give up the Bee Miraculous until they set her straight with this trope.

** [[spoiler: Abagail was ordered by the World Security Council to either dismantle Jenny or send her off world in order to remove Vexus' desire to invade Earth for her. Instead, Abagail decides to recruit Jenny as part of S.W.O.R.D.'s own superhero program.]]

* SpitTake: [[spoiler: Ms. Bustier]] has one when Chloe mentions having re-lived Cat Noir's kiss with Ladybug during the temporary PsychicLink her Hive Mind ability gave the three heroes during the fight with Robocop.
* StartOfDarkness: Chapter 9 of ''From His Vantage Upon the Moon'' explores in more detail how [[spoiler: Doom and his Reed]] were set down their villainous path, which previously had just been discussed as an InfoDump in ''The Girl Who Could Knock Out the Hulk''.

* BewareTheSuperman: Discussed by Tony and Professor Xavier in Chapter 4 of "That Which Drives Nerds to Change the World", the latter pointing out that the only force capable of policing enhanced individuals is ''other'' enhanced individuals.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: ''Thanatos Scowled'' establishes Amity Park as being in Minnesota, near both the Great Lakes and the Canadian border.