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* ConspiracyTheorist: Victor, to a jaw-droppingly crazy extent. Dr Yamada refused to treat him after one session which consisted almost entirely of him going off on his theory that all Aryans are descended from Hyperboreans, and non-Aryans are all of at least partially Jotun descent. And that is one of the ''saner'' "theories". She actually finds Sophia’s attitude easier to deal with.
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* LooseCanon: The author says that the Christmas interlude is optionally canon.
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* TheUnmasquedWorld: The Jotun invasion starts clueing the Earthlings in to the fact that not only are they not alone, but some legends are more than just that.
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* EnemyMine: In the backstory, the Asgardians and the Jotuns fought together against Malekith. In the present day, the whole world is treating the First Contact War as an extended Endbringer Truce.
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* ChainsawGood: Dragon's anti-Jotun suit has chainsaw teeth.
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* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: After Taylor ressurects herself with the full knowledge of being the living Aether, she's a lot stronger, and has the benefit of being fully healed]].
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* CoolStarship: Taylor's Harrow definitely qualifies [[spoiler:until it is lost fighting The Simurgh.]]
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* {{Pride}}: The fic's title refers to "vainglory, defined as "inordinate pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity.". Thus, a major theme in the fic is the viewpoint characters rising above their egos and vanity to true glory.
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** David/Eidolon is apparently going to become the Bet version of Dr. Strange, after losing his parahuman powers.
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* DiscardAndDraw: Eidolon loses his powers, but apparently is going to become a student of the Ancient One.
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[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/vainglorious-worm-thor.589593/ Vainglorious]] is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' crossover focusing on the ''Film/{{Thor}}'' elements.
In this universe, Annette is a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]], and Taylor a hybrid. After she's abducted by Loki and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Valkyrie]] for the Collector, Taylor is left alone. And then the Simurgh attacks Canberra...
!!Tropes:
* AmnesiacGod: There are hints that Brad/Hookwolf might be this universe's Thor, his memory wiped and dumped on Earth Bet.
* AnArmAndALeg: Taylor loses her arm when the Simurgh rips off the Harrow's blade and attacks the ship with it.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Dark Elves under Malekith are directly compared to Nazis more than once.
* ColdIron: Dark Elves are weak to it. It's also a component in Harrow Blades, with Taylor lampshading how whoever designed said blades was an idiot for using iron in it like that.
* CompositeCharacter:
** The Dark Elf in the Collector's museum is combined with Annette/Nylarka.
** Brad/Hookwolf is hinted to be an amnesiac version of Thor.
* FromBadToWorse: After Hela shows up and takes out Legend and Alexandria (apparently non-lethally), the Jotuns, led by Laufey, invade the city, somehow freezing the portal they used to get to Earth open to allow them to use the Casket of Ancient Winters to its full potential.
* FusionFic: Fuses the Wormverse and the [=MCU=], especially the Thor and cosmic-level aspects.
* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Taylor in this verse is half-human, half Dark Elf.
** In the first chapter of part 2 she meets an Asgardian who went native living in Canberra, and he has a young daughter with a human mother.
* HopeSpot: Taylor forces the Simurgh into space when she attacks Canberra... only for Hela to show up.
* ImmuneToFate: Apparently Taylor is at least partially resistant to precogs like the Simurgh.
* NighInvulnerable: Getting slammed into ''Jupiter at close to the speed of light'' didn't take out the Simurgh, and it takes an ''antimatter'' blast to dissuade her from chasing Taylor's escape pod. Before that, it took a sublight jump for the Harrow's blade to take a wing off, and a singularity bomb was the only other thing that really hurt her.
* PunchClockVillain: Hookwolf doesn't really like Kaiser or care for the Empire, he, Stormtiger and Cricket joined up because after Hookwolf triggered, he killed a piece of work parahuman fighter that had just nearly killed him himself. They went to the Empire to gain protection from his associates.
* ShownTheirWork: The author did their research on Norse Mythology while planning the fic.
* WhatTheHellHero: Several characters aware of Asgardians are wondering where the heck Odin is, and why Heimdall hasn't raised the alarm after the Jotuns invade Canberra.
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In this universe, Annette is a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]], and Taylor a hybrid. After she's abducted by Loki and [[Film/ThorRagnarok Valkyrie]] for the Collector, Taylor is left alone. And then the Simurgh attacks Canberra...
!!Tropes:
* AmnesiacGod: There are hints that Brad/Hookwolf might be this universe's Thor, his memory wiped and dumped on Earth Bet.
* AnArmAndALeg: Taylor loses her arm when the Simurgh rips off the Harrow's blade and attacks the ship with it.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Dark Elves under Malekith are directly compared to Nazis more than once.
* ColdIron: Dark Elves are weak to it. It's also a component in Harrow Blades, with Taylor lampshading how whoever designed said blades was an idiot for using iron in it like that.
* CompositeCharacter:
** The Dark Elf in the Collector's museum is combined with Annette/Nylarka.
** Brad/Hookwolf is hinted to be an amnesiac version of Thor.
* FromBadToWorse: After Hela shows up and takes out Legend and Alexandria (apparently non-lethally), the Jotuns, led by Laufey, invade the city, somehow freezing the portal they used to get to Earth open to allow them to use the Casket of Ancient Winters to its full potential.
* FusionFic: Fuses the Wormverse and the [=MCU=], especially the Thor and cosmic-level aspects.
* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Taylor in this verse is half-human, half Dark Elf.
** In the first chapter of part 2 she meets an Asgardian who went native living in Canberra, and he has a young daughter with a human mother.
* HopeSpot: Taylor forces the Simurgh into space when she attacks Canberra... only for Hela to show up.
* ImmuneToFate: Apparently Taylor is at least partially resistant to precogs like the Simurgh.
* NighInvulnerable: Getting slammed into ''Jupiter at close to the speed of light'' didn't take out the Simurgh, and it takes an ''antimatter'' blast to dissuade her from chasing Taylor's escape pod. Before that, it took a sublight jump for the Harrow's blade to take a wing off, and a singularity bomb was the only other thing that really hurt her.
* PunchClockVillain: Hookwolf doesn't really like Kaiser or care for the Empire, he, Stormtiger and Cricket joined up because after Hookwolf triggered, he killed a piece of work parahuman fighter that had just nearly killed him himself. They went to the Empire to gain protection from his associates.
* ShownTheirWork: The author did their research on Norse Mythology while planning the fic.
* WhatTheHellHero: Several characters aware of Asgardians are wondering where the heck Odin is, and why Heimdall hasn't raised the alarm after the Jotuns invade Canberra.
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