Line #35 Fanfic/CaptainMarvelPhalanx


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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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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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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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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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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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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