1 | ->''"Still recovering from the loss of Maria Rambeau, Carol Danvers has a new mission: Defending the Mind Stone. Seeking out injustices across the universe that she can right in Maria's name, Carol discovers a new intergalactic threat: The robotic Phalanx, lead by none other than Ultron. Aided by Supergiant, James Rhodes, Talos, Monica Rambeau, and Goose, Carol will fight this threat."'' |
2 | -->-- '''The story summary attached to the fic''' |
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4 | !! Spoilers for all chapters of Avengers: Endgame are unmarked and Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 are unmarked. Spoilers for all chapters of Captain Marvel: Phalanx prior to Chapter 5 are unmarked. |
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6 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_marvel_phalanx_title_card_2.png]] |
7 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Earth's Mightiest Maiden versus Stark's Rogue AI.]]]] |
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9 | ''Captain Marvel: Phalanx'' is a fanfiction by Dragonis Prime first published on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn on June 24, 2019, and is the fourth story in his Marvel Cinematic Fanfiction Universe. It can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19287406/chapters/45872692 here]]. It is the direct sequel to his previous fanfiction, ''[[Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime Avengers: Endgame]]''. |
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15 | !!This story contains examples of: |
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19 | [[folder: Tropes #-F]] |
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22 | * AccidentalMisnaming: The Grandmaster has a habit of calling Cull 'Carl'. Overlaps with EmbarrassingNickname. |
23 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Carol and Maria were... Complicated. They weren't formally married due to the stigma against homosexuality at the time, but they were in love. |
24 | * AmazonChaser: The Grandmaster flirts with Carol, who is more horrified and confused than anything. |
25 | * AnArmAndALeg: Chapter 7's NightmareSequence sees [[spoiler: Steve Rogers]] lose an arm. |
26 | * AndThisIsFor: Carol says three in Chapter 7. |
27 | --> '''Carol:''' "That was for [[spoiler: my eye]]. That was for [[spoiler: Steve]]. And that was for [[spoiler: my wife]]. |
28 | * AntagonistTitle: Not the BigBad Ultron, but his Phalanx. |
29 | * AppropriatedAppellation: Carol steals Rhodey's call-sign 'Warbird' for use as the name of her undercover persona. |
30 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in Chapter 7's FlashbackNightmare. [[spoiler: Carol looses an eye and a tooth, gets a massive gash sliced into her face and arm, has her nose broken, and gets impaled.]] |
31 | * BigBad: Ultron, according to the story summary. |
32 | * BlatantLies: [[spoiler:Yon-Rogg]] asks Carol if she remembers walking in on a naked [[spoiler:Minn-Erva]]. One {{Flashback}} later and she tells him she doesn't. |
33 | * BrickJoke: A cross-story example occurs in Chapter 6. Corvus has a rock thrown at him because of Adam and Mantis. That same rock appears in Fanfic/MCFFUOneShots where it is brought to Earth by Corvus and Proxima. |
34 | * ClosingCredits: Following [=MCFFU=] standard. |
35 | ** AndStarring: With Creator/ChadwickBoseman, Creator/BenedictWong, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/MarkRuffalo, Creator/KeithDavid, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/VinDiesel, Creator/RamiMalek, Creator/JeremyRenner, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/ChrisEvans, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/JeffGoldblum, Creator/JudeLaw, and Creator/JamesSpader. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Reggie the Cat]] gets the 'And'. |
36 | ** InMemoriam: Creator/JackKirby, Creator/GeneColan, Creator/StanLee, Creator/JoeSimon, Creator/SteveDitko, Creator/DaveCockrum, and Creator/ChadwickBoseman get the treatment. |
37 | ** SpecialThanks: |
38 | *** Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Joe Simon, Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/SteveEpting, Creator/CraigKyle, Creator/ChristopherYost, Creator/RoyThomas, Creator/TonyIsabella, Creator/SalBuscema, Creator/ChrisClaremont, and Creator/DaveCockrum are all thanked for their characters. |
39 | *** [[https://artistanilu.tumblr.com/ ArtistAnilu]], a prominent artist in the Black Order fandom. |
40 | ** TheStinger: As is usual for the [=MCFFU=]. |
41 | *** The mid-credits scene features Stephen Strange, Wanda Maximoff, Vision, Wong, and Robbie Reyes discussing the weakening of dimensional barriers. |
42 | *** The post-credits scene is a rift to another dimension opening, followed by the emergence of Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy. |
43 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Grandmaster, just as he was in Film/ThorRagnarok. |
44 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: Chapter 6 reveals that [[spoiler: Maria]] has actually been [[spoiler: the alternate Supergiant]] from Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime. |
45 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Ultron's Skrull prisoner who refuses to give the AI any information. |
46 | * EmbarrassingNickname: The Grandmaster has a few. He calls Cull 'Carl' and Carol 'Twinkle Fists'. He calls Hulk by name, though. |
47 | * EyeScream: In Chapter 7, [[spoiler: Carol's]] eye is cut out during her NightmareSequence. |
48 | * FlashbackNightmare: |
49 | ** The majority of Chapter 7 is dedicated to one. Carol has a nightmare of [[Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime her battle against the alternate Thanos]], except far worse. Thanos kills [[spoiler: Maria Rambeau in front of Carol via beheading before engaging Carol and Steve Rogers in a long and brutal battle. Steve Rogers is killed, Thanos digs into Carol's psyche, and then kills her as well.]] Carol then wakes up. |
50 | ** Chapter 9 features Carol Danvers dreaming of her life as Vers and getting romantic with [[spoiler: Minn-Erva]]. She realizes what she's doing seconds before fully committing. |
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56 | [[folder: Tropes G-M]] |
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59 | * GladiatorGames: Carol pays a visit to Sakaar in pursuit of a group of enslaved Skrull. |
60 | * GraveMarkingScene: Carol and Rhodey both visit [[spoiler: Maria Rambeau's]] grave in Chapter 1. |
61 | * GraveRobbing: PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 10. [[spoiler: Gamora-842667]] travels to the Mojave Desert and pulls [[spoiler:Minn-Erva's]] semi-mummified corpse from her crashed ship. The damage to the body causes it to fall into a few pieces in the robber's hands. |
62 | * HideYourLesbians: Averted. Carol and Maria are very publicly a couple. |
63 | * IHaveAFamily: Ultron tries to get one of his Skrull prisoners to invoke this trope. [[DefiantToTheEnd The Skrull refuses]]. |
64 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Chapter 7's FlashbackNightmare sees '''three''' of these. [[spoiler: Carol, Steve, and the alternate Thanos]] are all impaled at various points with [[spoiler: Thanos' double bladed sword.]] |
65 | * ImportantHaircut: Carol receives one at the hands of the Watcher Informant. However, she takes it far better [[Film/ThorRagnarok than Thor did.]] |
66 | * InUniverseSoundtrack: The past Carol and Maria dance to [[Music/EltonJohn Elton John's]] 'Tiny Dancer' and 'Your Song'. |
67 | * IntimateHaircut: Carol relives a memory of Maria trimming her hair. |
68 | * InnocentSwearing: Both Morgan and James Stark quote their father's use of "Shit". Rhodey eggs them on by saying "Shitshow", which they parrot back. |
69 | * KickTheDog: Supergiant-842667's treatment of Carol. She impersonates [[spoiler: her dead wife]] in order to obtain the Mind Stone. |
70 | * LetsDuet: Carol and Maria sing 'Your Song' and 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight?' together. |
71 | * ManBitesMan: Warbringer puts his serrated teeth to good use against Carol, biting her bicep during their fight. |
72 | * MemoryJar: What the Mind Stone serves as to Carol. |
73 | * MentalHealthRecoveryArc: The fanfiction is one big one for Carol Danvers. She tackles her depression about Maria Rambeau's death with the help of their daughter, some anti-depressants and therapy from Vision, and the knowledge that Maria would want her to live on. |
74 | * MetronomicManMashing: Two examples. |
75 | ** In Chapter 7's NightmareSequence, the alternate Thanos executes one on Carol. |
76 | ** In Chapter 8, Carol executes one on Ulik, likely inspired by her dream from the night before. |
77 | * MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Carol's undercover suit is black, burgundy, and copper. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her standard colour scheme is rather recognizable, and it serves as a ShoutOut to her ComicBook/MsMarvel suit. |
78 | * MyGreatestFailure: Carol's recurring guilt over Maria Rambeau's death comes across as this. |
79 | * MythologyGag: |
80 | ** Scrapper-164's name is a reference to The Uncanny X-Men #164, the first appearance of Carol Danvers as Binary. |
81 | ** Cull Obsidian goes off to give a drink to Yabbat, a reference to their WillTheyOrWontThey in the comics. |
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84 | [[/folder]] |
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87 | [[folder: Tropes N-T]] |
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90 | * OffWithHisHead: |
91 | ** Carol uses her powers to remove Warbringer's head during their fight. |
92 | ** [[spoiler: Thanos]] decapitates [[spoiler: Maria]] during the NightmareSequence in Chapter 7. |
93 | ** Beta Ray Bill decapitates Supergiant-842667. |
94 | * [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield Only The Worthy May Wield]]: Chapter 7's FlashbackNightmare includes [[spoiler: Carol]] and [[spoiler: '''the alternate Thanos''']] wielding Mjolnir. However, [[spoiler: Thanos]] makes use of the Soul Stone to do so. |
95 | * TheReveal: |
96 | ** The woman Carol believes is [[spoiler: Maria Rambeau]] is actually Supergiant-842667. |
97 | ** Ultron is behind the missing Skrulls' capture. |
98 | ** The author posted a picture teasing a new Iron Man on his Tumblr. Chapter 10 reveals it to be none other than [[spoiler: Harley Keener]]. |
99 | * SoloDuet: Carol sings [[Music/EltonJohn Elton John's]] 'Tiny Dancer' with a memory of herself. |
100 | * SongsOfSolace: Carol sings 'Tiny Dancer' as she remembers dancing with the [[spoiler: now dead Maria]] to the song. |
101 | * StunnedSilence: Carol's reaction to seeing the Watcher Informant's haircutting device. |
102 | * SwordFight: Carol and Stardust engage in one that features both using [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Blades Below The Shoulder]]. |
103 | ** BarehandedBladeBlock: Starburst catches Carol's sword between her hands during their fight. It serves as the turning point in a fight that had, until that point, been a stalemate. |
104 | ** BladeLock: The two engage in multiple over the course of the fight. |
105 | ** LaserBlade: Carol's sword manifests as a photon blade. |
106 | * TalkingToTheDead: Carol talks to [[spoiler: Maria Rambeau's]] headstone. |
107 | * TeethFlying: [[spoiler: Carol]] spits out one of her teeth in Chapter 7's NightmareSequence. |
108 | * ToAbsentFriends: Carol, Supergiant, Monica, Talos, Rhodey, and Fury toast [[spoiler: Maria Rambeau]]. |
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111 | [[/folder]] |
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114 | [[folder: Tropes U-Z]] |
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117 | * VocalDissonance: Cull Obsidian, an alien larger than Hulk, still has his soft and measured way of speaking. |
118 | * WhamLine: Steve Rogers-842667 lists off a series of heroes that died to that world's Thanos and his forces. The list includes such powerhouses as [[{{ComicBook/Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]], [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]], [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]], [[{{ComicBook/Cyclops}} Scott Summers]], [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor von Doom]], [[ComicBook/CaptainBritain Brian Braddock]], and [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]]. |
119 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Supergiant-842667 describes the Mind Stone as "[[PrecisionFStrike kind of shit]]" as far as Infinity Stones go. |
120 | * WreckedWeapon: |
121 | ** Carol destroys Tel-Kar's hammer and suit in their battle. |
122 | ** She then destroys Warbringer's axes during their fight. |
123 | ** Chapter 7's NightmareSequence sees the destruction of [[spoiler: Captain America's shield]] and [[spoiler: Thanos' sword]]. |
124 | ** Carol's sword is broken during her fight with Stardust and used to impale her. |
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