Line #33 Fanfic/TheSupermen


1	''The Supermen'' is a ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' crossover fanfic that follows on from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. It was written by [= EvilToTheCore13 =] and published on Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13312456/1/The-Supermen here]] and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19224067/chapters/45708079 here]].
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3	The story starts at the end of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' and will apparently become a prequel to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.
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5	The summary states: "Wesker drags himself out of the volcano, barely alive. He has not given up on his plan to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]] and he is more determined than ever to get revenge on Chris. Then something even Wesker couldn't plan for happens, and he finds himself in the DC Universe. But Wesker is sure he can [[OpportunisticBastard turn the situation to his advantage]] and conquer both worlds."
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7	The story is a Work In Progress but the writer has stated it will not be abandoned.
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9	[= EvilToTheCore13 =] also provides [[WordOfGod extra information]] occasionally on their Tumblr. This information is listed on the Trivia page.
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11	!!''The Supermen'' contains examples of:
12	* AGodAmI: Wesker, naturally. As in canon, he calls himself a god multiple times. He remains completely convinced of this, even when crawling across the ground, blind and semi-conscious, hardly able to think clearly. He isn't quite sure what the presence of actual mythological gods in the DC Universe means for him, though.
13	* AlienGeometries: The portal (leading to the DC universe) that Wesker's plane falls into in Chapter 2 is described as changing shape in impossible ways that defy the laws of physics. Wesker even thinks that "[[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]] would have been proud."
14	* AntiRegeneration: The PhlebotinumOverdose poisoning means that Wesker's healing factor isn't working for the first chapter, and only starts working again once he takes an antidote for the poison.
15	* ARareSentence: In Chapter 2. "The plane had flown out of the wormhole—not a phrase he'd ever thought he'd need to use—at a dangerous angle."
16	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted. Wesker, as a scientist, is ''very'' uncomfortable with the idea of magic existing in the DC universe, but he doesn't try and deny its existence. And he adapts to the science-fiction technology very easily.
17	* ClothingConcealedInjury: Wesker attempts this in Chapter 2 before trying to get to another Tricell base, since [[NoHonourAmongThieves he is very aware that his "allies" as Tricell would]] [[TheStarscream turn on him]] if they realised he was seriously injured. It would probably be less obvious than most examples of the trope, since he isn't dressed [[ConspicuousGloves any differently]] [[SunglassesAtNight to usual]]. It ends up partially deconstructed, since putting clothes on over unhealed third-degree burns is incredibly painful (including quite a bit of skin coming off.)
18	* DeadpanSnarker: Wesker remains snarky (in his head, at least) even when dragging himself out of a volcano.
19	-->Despite being unable to see anything, he had the sensation that the world was spinning. [[LiteralistSnarking Which of course it technically was, at about 1000 miles per hour, but he wasn't generally so aware of it.]]
20	** There's also his reaction to hallucinating Will later in that scene.
21	-->Of all the things to see in a hallucination, it had to be Will. He hadn't even told Wesker anything useful. What was the good of seeing dead people if they couldn't help you out?
22	** Batman has some quite snarky moments, too. For instance, after Wesker's ListOfExperiencesSpeech: "You could have made all that up. All we know at the moment is you can talk for a long time without breathing. That's not a useful superpower."
23	* {{Determinator}}: Wesker drags himself out of a volcano while poisoned and blind in the very first chapter, and then crawls for over 100 miles to get back to his lab.
24	* DiabolicalMastermind: Wesker isn't quite there yet, as he arrived in the DC universe with no allies and none of the resources he had in the games, but he's certainly getting there. He's already [[spoiler: taken over the Bludhaven branch of The 1000 and made an alliance with Ra's al Ghul, as well as stealing weapons from S.T.A.R. Labs both to sell and to use himself, all under a false name. Meanwhile, under his real name, he's rapidly becoming a trusted member of the Justice League.]]
25	** In Chapter 7 he pretends to be a more genuine example, claiming to be head of a criminal organisation, but it's a bluff as at that point the "organisation" consists only of him.
26	* FantasticallyIndifferent: The unnamed woman at the newsstand who Wesker speaks to right after arriving in the DC universe. Wesker has just fallen out of the sky, and she just attempts to make small talk with him as he buys a newspaper. She also accepts the events described by the newspaper (articles about Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/TheJoker, for instance) as everyday and uneventful.
27	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Wesker spends the first chapter and a half poisoned, concussed, blinded by an explosion, and with serious burns from lava. He needs an antidote for the poison, but the other injuries heal after a couple of hours' sleep on the floor of a plane (after getting the antidote, since the poisoning was [[AntiRegeneration stopping his healing factor working properly.]])
28	* {{Hallucinations}}: In the first chapter, Wesker hallucinates William Birkin at one point. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he is concussed, [[PhlebotinumOverdose poisoned]], and semi-conscious.
29	* LastNameBasis: Wesker is generally called by his surname, and is annoyed by Superman constantly calling him "Albert". Considering the narration is in third person and usually from Wesker's point of view, it comes across as if Wesker is on LastNameBasis with himself.
30	* ListOfExperiencesSpeech: When asked what powers and skills he has [[spoiler: while trying to join the Justice League as part of his EvilPlan]], Wesker, arrogant as he is, decides to list all his skills in quite a long monologue. Batman just points out that they have no way of knowing that any of this is true.
31	* MagicAntidote: Justified. Most of the effects of the poisoning (hallucinations, pain, difficulty breathing, general weakness) do disappear once Wesker takes the antidote, but only because Wesker has a healing factor (which the poison was suppressing). Also, he's still seriously injured from the volcano, and tired enough to fall asleep on the floor of a plane soon afterwards.
32	* NoHonourAmongThieves: Mentioned in Chapter 2. Wesker knows that there are people at Tricell who would be very willing to take advantage of how seriously injured he is to betray him and seize power.
33	* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Wesker's plane flies into a wormhole at the end of Chapter 2. It's a SwirlyEnergyThingy of several {{FictionalColour}}s, and Wesker can't look straight at it because of its AlienGeometries. Wesker points out in his internal monologue that wormholes are only theoretical and that the whole situation is scientifically unlikely, but it doesn't do him much good.
34	* PlayingBothSides: Wesker is now (under different names) [[spoiler: a member of both the Justice League and [[TheSyndicate The 1000]], and is working with the League of Assassins as well.]]
35	* PsychicBlockDefense: The Martian Manhunter can't read Wesker's mind, although Wesker is unaware of this. It's suggested it might be caused by his SuperSpeed, although InsanityImmunity is also brought up as a possibility.
36	* SelfDestructMechanism: After Wesker has to try and program the plane's autopilot while blind, he steps back and waits for a few minutes just in case he's somehow managed to activate the self-destruct. (Of course the plane has a self-destruct. It's Resident Evil.)
37	* ShoutOut: As well as obviously referencing the fact that the fic is about superheroes (including Superman), and Wesker (who has superpowers and sees himself as an {{Ubermensch}}), the title is a ShoutOut to Creator/DavidBowie.
38	** Also one to either [[Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries the Resident Evil films]] or VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica: when Wesker is planning to break into STAR Labs and is researching their security, he thinks "No laser hallway. Amateurs."
39	* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: it appears Wesker is planning on being this to the Justice League. As of Chapter 7, they don't suspect.]]
40	* SomeNuttyPublicityStunt: Played with. Wesker has this reaction to seeing the newspaper after arriving in the DC universe.
41	-->"Very funny. Am I to assume DC Comics are promoting a new film? Do you sell real newspapers?"
42	** However, he also assumes that the bystanders' lack of reaction to him is an example of this trope, thinking that they might have assumed he was an actor in said superhero film, when actually they're just used to superhumans.
43	* TemporaryBlindness: At the start of the story, Wesker ducks just in time to avoid being killed by the rockets, but is blinded by the explosion. He remains blind for the first chapter and half of the second before recovering, although as of the end of the second chapter his vision is still blurred. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he has a HealingFactor. In fact, the blindness probably wouldn't even have lasted that long if it hadn't been for the PhlebotinumOverdose and other injuries.
44	* TemptingFate: The story opens with Hal Jordan commenting that things have been quiet recently. Batman [[GenreSavvy tells him he should know not to say that by now]], but Hal laughs it off.
45	* TheFightingNarcissist: Aside from the whole [[AGodAmI god complex thing]], Wesker apparently takes quite a bit of care over his appearance. For instance, when he thinks the FantasticallyIndifferent bystanders have mistaken him for an actor in a superhero film, he thinks "he had the good looks for it, after all", as well as thinking of himself as "taller, better-looking, and better-dressed" than most people in a later scene. He also occasionally complains about getting blood on his clothes or his boots, although mostly not out loud.
46	** As for the fighting part, he shows off his superhuman abilities and martial arts expertise at the slightest opportunity. He's very confident in his fighting abilities, to the point of thinking that "no matter how powerful his opponent was, Wesker was always better", and thinks of killing normal humans as too easy to be interesting to him.
47	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In Chapter 3, Wesker arrives in the DC universe by flying a plane through a wormhole, jumps out of the plane, and lands in the middle of a busy street in Washington DC, while the plane crashes into the river behind him. People just step out of his way, then go on with their lives like nothing happened. Wesker is quite confused by this.
48	* VillainProtagonist: Most of the story is from Wesker's point of view, although there are also scenes from the point of view of members of the Justice League. Wesker tried to kill 6 billion people in VideoGame/ResidentEvil5, and is now trying to take over the DC universe.
49	* VillainTeamUp: Wesker and Ra's al Ghul.

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