History Literature / Mavericks

* WorldBuilding: Mavericks is heavily based on worldbuilding. Much of the story is dedicated to the lore of the city, and introducing [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters tons of characters who will be more important later.]]

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' was a WebSerialNovel written by a user named Joker. The series explored the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and BlackComedy.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Mavericks relies heavily on RealityEnsues and the tropes of the superhero genre being brought into a world where people react to them realistically.

* WorldBuilding: Blackburn is heavily based on worldbuilding. Much of the story is dedicated to the lore of the city, and introducing [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters tons of characters who will be more important later.]]

'''[[https://mavericksserial.wordpress.com// Mavericks]]''' is a WebSerialNovel written by a user named Joker. The series explores the superhero genre through a different lens that combines both {{deconstruction}} and {{reconstruction}}, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids story-telling aimed]] [[RealityEnsues at adults]] and BlackComedy.

The story follows a group of four unlikely heroes in the [[ViceCity crime-ridden]] Rust Belt city of Blackburn. The threats to the city are immense, and each of them will have to fight internal battles to find the strength to keep the city from falling into complete chaos. Along the way they’ll assemble a supporting cast and learn to work together to combat villains they wouldn’t be able to alone.

Mavericks launched in August 2018 and updates six times a month.

* CrapsackWorld: Blackburn is absolutely crawling with thugs and gangbangers, has one of if not the highest murder rate in the country and at the start of the series doesn't even have a [[SuperTeam superhero team.]]
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Skinnyman's operations would not have taken such a beating if he hadn't experimented on the wrong man's sister.]]

* DeathByOriginStory: Wilbur's parents were killed in a car accident five years before the story begins, leaving him to inherit Scholz Enterprises alone.
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals: Referred to as anomalies.
* DyingTown: Surprisingly somewhat averted. Blackburn was until the very recent past a [[IndustrialGhetto Rust Belt]] city that was a shell of its former self, but it recently has begun to stabilize in population and diversify its economy, cleaning out some of the blight. Some.
* ViceCity: Blackburn is crawling with criminals, with human traffickers more or less openly running [[WretchedHive Olympic City]].

* TheDreaded: Skinnyman. Dozens of Blackburners have been kidnapped by his gang, their bodies horrifically mangled by experiments. He evades capture by sticking to the shadows of Olympic City, yet he isn't afraid to attack cops or civilians in broad daylight.
** At one point, he even [[NoSell No Sells]] being shot and a ''grenade''.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Skinnyman has no qualms about employing women in his vile schemes, nor does he seem to a give a hoot about race.
* HerosFirstRescue: Wilbur saving Jessica from an ass-beating by the Mafia.
* HumanTraffickers: Skinnyman and his gang. Uniquely, they're not interested in sex or labor slavery, rather they conduct [[TheyWouldCutYouUp horrific experiments]] for an unknown reason.
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Superhumans have existed for eons, but that doesn't mean Skrillex doesn't exist.
** WeirdHistoricalWar: A glimpse of how the Germans used anomalies during the First World War is shown. The ultimate outcome didn't change.
* TheMafia: Show up a few times in Shortcircuit Volume 1, but they're a shell of their former selves and [[spoiler:half of them are unceremoniously offed by Blackout.]]
* NonLethalKO: Wilbur's gloves essentially function as overgrown tasers.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. Without Jeff's assistance, none of Wilbur's raids on Skinnyman's territory would have accomplished anything.
* PowerMisidentification: The public at large seems to think Wilbur is actually an electrokinetic and not using technology.