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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Bebe CannotSpitItOut that [[spoiler: Quartz's secret identity is Eve's crush, Damien out of fear that Eve would think she's just jealous. When Mercedes and AJ find out, they explain to her that Eve wouldn't care and would have believed her.]]



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Double subverted. They formulate a plan, but then ''immediately'' forget about it and charge into battle for the sake of RuleOfCool.
'''--> Mercedes:''' Wait, weren't we supposed to, like, attack from the sides?



** Eve and her friends nearly fall apart over the [[EpicFail absolutely horrendous battle.]] They get better, but there are still some hurt feelings among the group.
** NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup? No way! And being that Eve didn't discover them (or try to stop them) when they first started, they're completely finished with the project before the girls can have time to get ready.



* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Eve and Damien, though it's moe apparent when they're [[spoiler: Quartz and Eve.]]

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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Eve and Damien, though it's moe more apparent when they're [[spoiler: Quartz and Eve.]]
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Lovebird slowly realizes that [[spoiler: Damien tipped off Weathervane at the end, [[StealthPun seconds after her shoe drops.]]]]


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* StealthPun: Lovebird offhandedly mentions she's missing a shoe after [[spoiler: Midnight Crawler saves her. When she finds out that Damien was TheMole, it finally lands.]]


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* WhatTheHellHero: Eve gets two of these, one from Fawaz and the other from Mercedes.
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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: "Super" for superheroes and "Baddies" for villains.

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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: "Super" "Supers" for superheroes and "Baddies" for villains.
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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: "Super" for superheroes and "Baddies" for villains.
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* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: Most likely to avoid MyNameIsNotShazam.
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* LateForSchool: At the beginning, Eve and Felix think that it's in the middle of the night. [[OhCrap Then they look at the clock.]]


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* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Eve, Mercedes, and AJ. Bebe [[AmbiguouslyHuman attempts to be this.]]
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Eve asks this twice, once in a to [[spoiler: Quartz, and once to his father.]]

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Eve asks this twice, once in a to [[spoiler: Quartz, and once to his father.]]
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** RuleOfFunny justifies [[[spoiler: the destroyed blimp careening across the sky like a popped balloon, despite the viewer being shown it has a metal frame.]]

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** RuleOfFunny justifies [[[spoiler: [[spoiler: the destroyed blimp careening across the sky like a popped balloon, despite the viewer being shown it has a metal frame.]]
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** RuleOfFunny justifies [[[spoiler: the destroyed blimp careening across the sky like a popped balloon, despite the viewer being shown it has a metal frame.]]


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* DistinctionWithoutADifference:
--> '''Leslie:''' Are you calling about the anonymous manila folder of candids, ''ma’am?''
--> '''Lovebird:''' No, I’m talking about all the pictures I sent you. They’re in like, this big orange envelope.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Xander is knocked unconscious by a blast of electricity, and the discharge makes [[LockedIntoStrangeness AJ's hair stand on end.]] Somehow, he's totally okay a few paragraphs later, potentially making this instance a variant of TapOnTheHead.

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Xander is thrown into a wall and knocked unconscious by a blast of electricity, and the discharge makes [[LockedIntoStrangeness AJ's hair stand on end.]] Somehow, he's totally okay a few paragraphs later, potentially making this instance a variant of TapOnTheHead.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Eve asks [[spoiler: Crystal Caer why he doesn't just kill her, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt instead of just talking about it.]]]] He refuses to answer, and [[HypocriticalHumor then accuses her of stalling.]]



* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Eve asks [[spoiler: Crystal Caer why he doesn't just kill her, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt instead of just talking about it.]]]] He refuses to answer, and [[HypocriticalHumor then accuses her of stalling.]]
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Gwen's arm was broken, but it wasn't a fracture. The description implied it was ripped out of her socket, which would mean it was not only dislocated, but it was her ''shoulder'' and not her forearm.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Xander is knocked unconscious by a blast of electricity, and the discharge makes [[LockedIntoStrangeness AJ's hair stand on end.]] Somehow, he's totally okay a few paragraphs later, potentially making this instance a variant of TapOnTheHead.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fawaz gives one to The Sisterhood after their first failed battle.
** Eve gives one to [[spoiler: Quartz, chastising him for refusing to kill her at every given moment. He counters with ''another one,'' explaining to her his side of the situation.]]


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fawaz gives one to The Sisterhood after their first failed battle.
** Eve gives one to [[spoiler: Quartz, chastising him for refusing to kill her at every given moment. He counters with ''another one,'' explaining to her his side of the situation.]]
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** Eve claims that she'll [[spoiler: get over Damien upon finding out his true allegiance. The second she finds out he's okay, she rushes over to him and [[{{Glomp}} glomps]] him.]]

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** Eve claims tells her friends that she'll [[spoiler: get over Damien upon finding out his true allegiance. The second she finds out he's okay, she rushes over to him and [[{{Glomp}} glomps]] him.]]]]
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* GilliganCut: Two in a row. Eve says that they'll be given advice for their next battle if they come clean. Cut to Fawaz screaming at them for being irresponsible. She then grumbles that the other kids got off easy. Cut to ''Crystal Caer'' [[IronicEcho screaming at them for being irresponsible.]]

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* GilliganCut: Two in a row. Eve says that they'll be given advice for their next battle if they come clean. Cut to Fawaz screaming at them for being irresponsible. She then grumbles that the other kids got off easy. Cut to ''Crystal Caer'' [[IronicEcho [[IronicEchoCut screaming at them for being irresponsible.]]



** Eve claism that she'll [[spoiler: get over Damien. The second she finds out he's okay, she rushes over to him and [[{{Glomp}} glomps]] him.]]

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** Eve claism claims that she'll [[spoiler: get over Damien.Damien upon finding out his true allegiance. The second she finds out he's okay, she rushes over to him and [[{{Glomp}} glomps]] him.]]

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-->-- Eve Excelsior

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-->-- Eve Excelsior'''Eve Excelsior'''


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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Eve asks [[spoiler: Crystal Caer why he doesn't just kill her, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt instead of just talking about it.]]]] He refuses to answer, and [[HypocriticalHumor then accuses her of stalling.]]


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* BadassBoast: The page quote.


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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Bebe.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with [[spoiler: Quartz.]]
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The opening scene involves three unnamed superheroes fighting a giant hulk of a supervillain. The female hero gets tossed through a window... and then immediately apologizes to the couple inside, asks if everyone's okay, and offers to pay for the damages as she jumps back into battle. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The wife then gets a broom and dustpan for the husband to clean up.]]


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* HypocriticalHumor: Crystal Caer [[spoiler: claims Eve was stalling for Weathervane and Midnight Crawler to show up, despite he himself stalling to kill her.]]
** Eve claism that she'll [[spoiler: get over Damien. The second she finds out he's okay, she rushes over to him and [[{{Glomp}} glomps]] him.]]


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Bebe refuses to tell Eve or (anyone else) that [[spoiler: Quartz is Damien because she's afraid of looking jealous.]]


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fawaz gives one to The Sisterhood after their first failed battle.
** Eve gives one to [[spoiler: Quartz, chastising him for refusing to kill her at every given moment. He counters with ''another one,'' explaining to her his side of the situation.]]

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* BlackComedy:

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* BlackComedy: Crystal Caer strangles a guy for speaking out of turn, then immediately drops him and whines about how his latte is late.
** There's also this line.

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* GilliganCut: Two in a row. Eve says that they'll be given advice for their next battle if they come clean. Cut to Fawaz screaming at them for being irresponsible. She then grumbles that the other kids got off easy. Cut to ''Crystal Caer'' [[IronicEcho screaming at them for being irresponsible.]]



* TheLoad: Sadly, Gwen doesn't do much after rescuing the rest of the members of the Sisterhood. It's even lampshaded when she begs Weathervane not to tell her mom because all she did was "look cute".

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* TheLoad: Sadly, Gwen doesn't do much after rescuing the rest of the members of the Sisterhood. It's even lampshaded when she begs Weathervane not to tell her mom because all "all she did was "look look cute".



* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: The Sisterhood and the teenage henchmen.



* TeenagersWithAttitude: The Sisterhood and the teenage henchmen.

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* TeenagersWithAttitude: The Sisterhood and SuddenlyShouting: Crystal Caer, all the teenage henchmen.time.
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* AdultFear: Oh, I don't know, how about your kids running off [[WouldHurtAChild to fight supervillains?]]
** It's further elaborated on when Gwen's mom is horrified when she sees her daughter with a broken arm, and Eve having an unspoken MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction to a bedraggled Felix.

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* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: "See, this is why I only work with - [[spoiler: [[WhamLine Damien!]]]]"



* IdiotBall: For all of his PragmaticVillainy, Quartz grabs onto the ball for a minute when he tries to grab Lovebird. He gets a foot to the face for this attempt.
* InternalReveal: And [[TheUnreveal Internal Unreveal.]] While the reader already knows that [[spoiler: Quartz is Damien, Lovebird and the rest of the girls don't know until they're specifically shown.]]
* TheLoad: Sadly, Gwen doesn't do much after rescuing the rest of the members of the Sisterhood. It's even lampshaded when she begs Weathervane not to tell her mom because all she did was "look cute".



* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Subverted ''hard.'' Crystal Caer made tons of starter remotes in the case of one being stolen or broken.



* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Eve asks this twice, once to [[spoiler: Quartz, and once to his father.]]

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* TeenagersWithAttitude: The Sisterhood and the teenage henchmen.
* WhamLine: "Eve found Liv's mask."
** "See, this I why I only work with- [[spoiler: [[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption Damien!]]]]"
** "Because Crystal Caer [[spoiler: is my dad!]]"
* WhamShot: Quartz's mask being removed. [[spoiler: Both times.]]
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Eve asks this twice, once in a to [[spoiler: Quartz, and once to his father.]]



** One from Quartz: [[spoiler: he gets Bebe to hack into the control box and get the blimp to land. She's immediately thrown out of the system before she can finish, and sends the ship int a tailspin.]]

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** One from Quartz: [[spoiler: he gets Bebe to hack into the control box and get the blimp to land. She's immediately thrown out of the system before she can finish, and sends the ship int into a tailspin.]]

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* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.]]

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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Eve and Damien, though it's moe apparent when they're [[spoiler: Quartz and Eve.]]
* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.]]
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Eve asks this twice, once to [[spoiler: Quartz, and once to his father.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Let us count the ways.
** After visiting the Mirza Institute, Eve thinks that having Lovebird's mask will immediately make her better at catching crime. Yeah, no. She freaks out upon being spotted and nearly gets caught upon messing up her attack.
** The next night, she tries again, this time with a team. They do a little better than the first attempt, but it still ends badly.
*** Adding onto this, she assumes that she'll be EasilyForgiven by Fawaz. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech She's... not.]]
** [[RuleOfThree Eve tries to destroy the remote]] to Crystal Caer's scheme, [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup thinking it's the only one.]] Cue about a dozen other remotes popping up. [[RunningGag Seeing a trend here?]]
** One from Quartz: [[spoiler: he gets Bebe to hack into the control box and get the blimp to land. She's immediately thrown out of the system before she can finish, and sends the ship int a tailspin.
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* BondVillainStupidity: A rare exploited case. Quartz pretends to let Lovebird get away so that she won't get hurt. Played straight when [[spoiler: Crystal Caer locks her in a room after a minor VillainousBreakdown.]]



* {{Expy}}: ''Loads.''
** Lovbird is Spiderman, with a few hints of Green Lantern.
** Beluga is Aqualad/Mera.
** Miss EMP is Cosmic Boy.
** Beautyfly is Bumblebee.
** Bebe is Martian Manhunter.
** Crystal Caer is Mr. Freeze.
** Quartz is Black Cat.

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* {{Expy}}: ''Loads.''
** Lovbird is Spiderman, with a few hints of Green Lantern.
** Beluga is Aqualad/Mera.
** Miss EMP is Cosmic Boy.
** Beautyfly is Bumblebee.
** Bebe is Martian Manhunter.
** Crystal Caer is Mr. Freeze.
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NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sure, Weathervane. Go ahead and over-compliment the very impressionable teenager. That won't backfire!
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
Quartz is Black Cat.[[spoiler: tries to sabotage the plane into landing early, only for it to horribly fail. This leads to the poor kid snapping three ribs and falling out of a hole.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Downplayed with [[Damien. He's still a nice guy, he's just a bit ruder after TheReveal.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Downplayed with [[Damien. He's still a nice guy, he's just a bit ruder after TheReveal.]]

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* RealityEnsues: On their first 'night patrol', Mercedes' little sister gets her arm broken, and they spend the vast majority of the actual battle running around in terror. This broken arm also puts her out of commission for at least a week, averting SnapBack.

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* PunchClockVillain: Quartz, Duplica, and Scales.
* RealityEnsues: On their first 'night patrol', Mercedes' little sister Beautyfly gets her arm broken, and they the rest of the girls spend the vast majority of the actual battle running around in terror. This broken arm also puts her out of commission for at least a week, averting SnapBack.SnapBack.
** Quartz suffers a similar fate when he gets both a black eye from Lovbird kicking him in the face, and [[spoiler: cracking a few ribs when he falls out of the blimp.]]
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* {{Expy}}: ''Loads.''
** Lovbird is Spiderman, with a few hints of Green Lantern.
** Beluga is Aqualad/Mera.
** Miss EMP is Cosmic Boy.
** Beautyfly is Bumblebee.
** Bebe is Martian Manhunter.
** Crystal Caer is Mr. Freeze.
** Quartz is Black Cat.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Judging by Felix's pep talk at the beginning, the series takes place [[TheNewTens in either 2010 or 2011.]]



* DeconstructorFleet: To a vast swath of SuperheroTropes, and a handful of others. It dips a bit into DeconReconSwitch at times.



* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.]]
* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Judging by Felix's pep talk at the beginning, the series takes place in either 2010 or 2011.

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* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.]]
* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Judging by Felix's pep talk at the beginning, the series takes place in either 2010 or 2011.
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* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.]]

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* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.]]]]
* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Judging by Felix's pep talk at the beginning, the series takes place in either 2010 or 2011.
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* RealityEnsues: On their first 'night patrol', Mercedes' little sister gets her arm broken, and they spend the vast majority of the actual battle running around in terror.
** The Mirzas are so grateful to have found someone that can actually get the mask to work that they shower Eve with compliments and praise for nothing. She immediately banks off this ego trip and tries to become a hero overnight, leading to her nearly getting caught by Crystal Caer.

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* RealityEnsues: On their first 'night patrol', Mercedes' little sister gets her arm broken, and they spend the vast majority of the actual battle running around in terror. \n This broken arm also puts her out of commission for at least a week, averting SnapBack.
** The Mirzas are so grateful to have found someone that can actually get the mask to work that they shower Eve with compliments and praise for nothing. She immediately banks off this ego trip and tries to become a hero overnight, leading to her nearly getting caught by Crystal Caer.
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Currently, three 'chapters' are available [[https://solemnveloci.tumblr.com/chapters here.]]

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Currently, three 'chapters' are available [[https://solemnveloci.tumblr.com/chapters here.]]
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* BlackComedy:
--> '''AJ:''' We're not trying to ''kill'' him!
--> '''Bebe:''' Then what is the point of all this, really?
* RealityEnsues: On their first 'night patrol', Mercedes' little sister gets her arm broken, and they spend the vast majority of the actual battle running around in terror.
** The Mirzas are so grateful to have found someone that can actually get the mask to work that they shower Eve with compliments and praise for nothing. She immediately banks off this ego trip and tries to become a hero overnight, leading to her nearly getting caught by Crystal Caer.
* ShoutOut: Midnight Crawler not so subtly compares Eve to [[Series/TheNanny Fran Fine.
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Lovbird is a WebSerialNovel and AffectionateParody of the superhero genre, primarily lampooning the idea of the HypercompetentSidekick.

Eve Excelsior is an average teenage girl living in Essex County with her eccentric Uncle Felix, who just wants to get more out of life, figure out a plan for her future, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and confess her feelings to her crush.]]

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Lovbird is a WebSerialNovel and AffectionateParody of the superhero genre, primarily lampooning the idea of the HypercompetentSidekick.HypercompetentSidekick and the HeroOfAnotherStory.

Eve Excelsior is an average teenage girl living in Essex County with her eccentric Uncle Felix, who just wants to get more out of life, figure out a plan for her future, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and confess her feelings to her crush.]] By sheer luck one day, she finds a magical mask that can transform her into a superheroine with top notch fighting skills and HardLight ropes. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Well, two outta three ain't bad.]] That's not all, though. The mask itself is considered highly dangerous, and belonged to the long-dead ''previous'' Lovebird, who's got her own past which [[DarkSecret nobody seems to keen on sharing with Eve.]]

So obviously, it's time for some night patrol!

Currently, three 'chapters' are available [[https://solemnveloci.tumblr.com/chapters here.
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->''[[BadassBoast "My name's Lovebird! And I'm here to keep this garbage scour of a town from getting any worse!"]]''
-->-- Eve Excelsior
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[IdiotHero Not nearly as classy]] [[CoversAlwaysLie as the logo makes her out to be.]]]]
Lovbird is a WebSerialNovel and AffectionateParody of the superhero genre, primarily lampooning the idea of the HypercompetentSidekick.

Eve Excelsior is an average teenage girl living in Essex County with her eccentric Uncle Felix, who just wants to get more out of life, figure out a plan for her future, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and confess her feelings to her crush.]]

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