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* FanPreferredCouple: Most readers were hoping Clark would get together with Annie since they are both superpowered beings who have some chemistry. Clark's romance with Lois is considered by some to be disappointing and shoehorned.

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* FanPreferredCouple: Most readers were initially hoping Clark would get together with Annie since they are both superpowered beings who have some chemistry. Some considered Clark's romance with Lois is considered by some to be disappointing and shoehorned.shoehorned, but those comments have died down somewhat as she was [[spoiler:revealed to be part of The Boys,]] becoming more integrated into the story.

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let's give this its own page. I have plenty of other things to add


* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** Clark manages to spook [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Stillwell]] over A-Train's manslaughter of an innocent civilian.
** This Lois Lane is ''[[AdaptationalBadass not]]'' a DamselInDistress. [[spoiler:She manages to execute Mesmer and does so in a way that she can maintain deniability]].
** Superman, [[spoiler:after a false-start against the supe-terrorists, manages to beat them all basically single-handedly. Showing everyone why he's still ''[[TropeMaker the]]'' [[StrongAndSkilled superhero]].]]
** Stan Edgar gets one when [[spoiler:he reveals he knows about Superman's extraterrestrial origins and subtly indicates he'll use that to keep him under his thumb]].
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* GatewaySeries: For those not impressed with ShallowParody or [[TooBleakStoppedCaring relentlessly bleak]] nature of [[Series/TheBoys2019 the show]] or [[ComicBook/TheBoys the comic]] it was based off of, this fic could be seen as a LighterAndSofter adaptation that keeps the biting satire and dark tone without sacrificing clear heroes you can root for.

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* GatewaySeries: For those not impressed with the ShallowParody or [[TooBleakStoppedCaring relentlessly bleak]] nature of [[Series/TheBoys2019 the show]] or [[ComicBook/TheBoys the comic]] it was based off of, this fic could be seen as a LighterAndSofter adaptation that keeps the biting satire and dark tone without sacrificing clear heroes you can root for.
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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't intended to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract onto a much more [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped interesting and complex subject]].

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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't intended to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract onto a much more [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped interesting and complex subject]].subject.
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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't intended to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.

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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't intended to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.AuthorTract onto a much more [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped interesting and complex subject]].
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* UnexpectedCharacter: Auntie Sis and the Superdupers originate from the comics, but were excluded from the TV show (from which this fic takes a majority of inspiration), and [[spoiler:Sis is revealed to be the ''Wonder Woman'' of this universe.]]

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* UnexpectedCharacter: Auntie Sis and the Superdupers originate from the comics, but were excluded from the TV show (from which this fic takes a majority of inspiration), and so their presence came as a bit of a shock. [[spoiler:Sis is being revealed to be the ''Wonder Woman'' of this universe.universe was even greater of one, understandably.]]
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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't indented to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.

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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't indented intended to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.

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* SugarWiki/BetterThanCanon: While this isn't indented to be a FixFic, it does manage to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem that Vought created, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.



* GatewaySeries: For those not impressed with ShallowParody or [[TooBleakStoppedCaring relentlessly bleak]] nature of [[Series/TheBoys2019 the show]] or [[ComicBook/TheBoys the comic]] it was based off of, this fic could be seen as a LighterAndSofter adaptation that keeps the biting satire and dark tone without sacrificing clear heroes you can root for. It also manages to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.

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* GatewaySeries: For those not impressed with ShallowParody or [[TooBleakStoppedCaring relentlessly bleak]] nature of [[Series/TheBoys2019 the show]] or [[ComicBook/TheBoys the comic]] it was based off of, this fic could be seen as a LighterAndSofter adaptation that keeps the biting satire and dark tone without sacrificing clear heroes you can root for. It also manages to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.
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* GatewaySeries: For those not impressed with ShallowParody or [[TooBleakStoppedCaring relentlessly bleak]] nature of [[Series/TheBoys2019 the show]] or [[ComicBook/TheBoys the comic]] it was based off of, this fic could be seen as a LighterAndSofter adaptation that keeps the biting satire and dark tone without sacrificing clear heroes you can root for.

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* GatewaySeries: For those not impressed with ShallowParody or [[TooBleakStoppedCaring relentlessly bleak]] nature of [[Series/TheBoys2019 the show]] or [[ComicBook/TheBoys the comic]] it was based off of, this fic could be seen as a LighterAndSofter adaptation that keeps the biting satire and dark tone without sacrificing clear heroes you can root for. It also manages to reconstruct the CapePunk genre by recontextualizing the superheroes as simply symptoms of a larger problem InherentInTheSystem, which deftly shifts the story away from the “superheroes are stupid” AuthorTract.

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