Line #23 Literature/Heroics


1	->''You can call us Heroics.''
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3	A series of young adult {{Superhero}} novels by [[JustForFun/OneOfUs Alex Kost]] that follows a team of vigilantes living in a CityOfAdventure that might just be a little bit [[CrapsackWorld awful]] too, depending on your interpretation.
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5	The series is set to have four books in it, with the confirmed titles so far being:
6	* ''Heroics'', in which all of the main character vigilantes are [[ChildSoldier teens]] dealing with anti-vigilante [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Corporate Executives]].
7	* ''Vigilance'', [[TimeSkip set several years later]], in which the main vigilantes are all adults and the public is starting to turn against heroes due to a SerialKiller.
8	* ''Legion'', [[TimeSkip a few more years after]] ''Vigilance'', in which animosity between hero teams and disappearing empowereds makes the hero community start to fall apart.
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10	The CharacterSheet can be found [[Characters/{{Heroics}} here]].
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12	!!Tropes Featured in the Series as a Whole:
13	* AbusiveParents: [[BigBad Wechsler]] absolutely is. Alice is as well if you consider the clones to be her children. Stephanie is at least emotionally abusive, getting worse as of ''Vigilance'' [[spoiler: when it's revealed what she [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown let John do to Casey]]]].
14	** [[spoiler: Rowan's]] mother is mentally ill, but she also is verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive towards her daughter. And the kid has clearly just been accepting it for a long, long time.
15	* ActionGirl: Too many to list. It's a series full of female superheroes and [[BadassNormal Badass Normals]].
16	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: It almost burns down in ''Heroics'', and [[spoiler: Alice]] infiltrates it easily in ''Vigilance''.
17	* KidHero: All of the Heroics heroes are between 13 and 17 years old. This changes in ''Vigilance'' when they've all grown up, though judging by the existence of their children, ''Legion'' will probably feature Kid Heroes again.
18	* OnePersonOnePower: Everyone has only one power except for Kara (who has both flight and strength). Jay has both speed and endurance, but that endurance might just be a [[RequiredSecondaryPowers Required Secondary Power]]. WordOfGod states that a person can only have a power their parent actively had, and even if two parents had different powers, it's rare for both to pass down.
19	* ShoutOut: All of the Alumni and Heroics field team members are named after comic book superheroes with similar powers. [[spoiler: This was done on purpose in-universe.]]
20	** Casey and Stephanie Cabot are named after Casey Novak and Alex Cabot (played by Stephanie March), both of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''. [[spoiler: This was also done on purpose in-universe.]]
21	** Tess Cassidy is named after Tess Mercer (as played by Creator/CassidyFreeman) from ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. [[WordOfGod Alex Kost]] has been adamant that [[{{Expy}} similarities]] between the characters themselves were completely coincidental, in fact the character was created nameless and then given the name long before Kost even realized how many things they had in common.
22	* {{Superhero}}
23	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Arguably the whole point of the series, even if the good guys do still win and come out relatively unscathed in the long run.
24	* WorldOfSnark
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26	!!Tropes Featured in ''Heroics''
27	* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. The kids complain about the adult team of heroes not helping them enough, but it's pretty clear that they ''are'' still out fighting crime. Also, while not all that great at mediating the team, the adults who are a part of Heroics do both help and put effort into helping the children in their care.
28	* BelligerentSexualTension: Casey and Zach have it in spades. ''Vigilance'' shows that they were [[IntroductionByHookup introduced by hookup]] before Zach became the liaison.
29	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: What happens to anyone with a control band put on them by Wechsler and Cage. The worst part is that [[AndIMustScream they're perfectly aware of the fact that they're trying to kill fellow heroes, but they can't stop themselves]].
30	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Pretty much everyone in Heroics is an orphan. All of the kids are. That's how they all ended up together.
31	* ItIsDehumanizing: Alix takes offense when Justin refers to her as 'it,' which is completely understandable especially considering the fact that he's basically accusing her of being evil simply for being a clone.
32	* ShipperOnDeck: Literally everyone for [[OfficialCouple Cass/AJ]], who [[SecretRelationship won't admit that they're already together]].
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34	!!Tropes Featured in ''Vigilance''
35	* CareerEndingInjury: Both [[spoiler: Justin]] and [[spoiler: Kara]] suffer these during the story.
36	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Several happen throughout the book, and [[spoiler: Jay]] is killed by one.
37	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Casey]] is [[spoiler: John Wechsler's]] daughter.
38	* SerialKiller: The main group of bad guys is a trio of serial killers targeting people without powers.
39	* ShipperOnDeck: Several characters try to talk Casey into admitting how much she actually cares about Zach.
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41	!!Tropes Featured in ''Legion''
42	* CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler: Rowan]], who is tortured into [[spoiler: a permanent heart injury]].
43	* WhamEpisode: The book completely resets the board by [[spoiler: merging Heroics and the Legion]].
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