Line #31 Literature/TheNewHumans


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newhumanslogo.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:A tale of young superhumans in the 1960s]]
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4	->"Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem."
5	->"As long as we are among humans, let us be humane,"
6	-->--'''Herbert Lawrence, headmaster of the New Human Institute'''
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8	''[[https://newhumanssite.wordpress.com/ The New Humans.]]''
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10	An original web serial story by The Wizard of Woah, starting in 2016.
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12	Allison Kinsey is an eight-year-old girl incarcerated at the [=McClare=] Demi-Human Containment Center for study of her power, copying the skills of others by listening to their "song." If the researchers had any idea what she could really do, it's unlikely they would have ever put her there. Fortunately, she is taken from that place to the New Humans Institute, a school for superhuman children like her.
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14	!!''The New Humans'' contains examples of:
15	* AcidAttack: Basilisk sweats acid that can't seriously harm people but does tend to destroy his clothing and any paper he handles.
16	* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: The Flying Man.
17	* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Zigzagged with Billy. He has tiger-fur, a tail, sharp claws and teeth, and a powerful roar, but his other two superpowers aren't particularly tiger themed.
18	* ArtInitiatesLife: Mabel's "tridimensional enhancement". She doesn't even need to be the one to draw the object. Doesn't work with photographs.
19	* BewareTheSuperman: A very mild example, but among all the unambiguously good things the Flying Man did his [[spoiler: global nuclear disarmament]] really freaked people out.
20	* ByNoIMeanYes: Happens a few times as children are speaking to each other. Mabel is particularly prone to this.
21	* CannotCrossRunningWater: A panicking teen tries this to escape Melusine. Given she's a powerful [[MakingASplash hydrokinetic]] it doesn't go well.
22	* CapePunk: Definitely fits the genre, as the story examines the logical consequences of supers.
23	* ChestInsignia: The Flying Man has one, in the shape of a diamond. No one is sure of its significance, if there's one.
24	* ChildProdigy: Allison attracted attention by being ''too'' good, even for a prodigy.
25	* CodeName: Oddly enough, Dr. Lawrence not only assigns an appropriate name to all of his students but insists they use it on an every day basis.
26	* DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals: The official term is "demi-humans". Dr Lawrence finds it insulting and prefers "new humans" or "posthumans". "Supers" and "demis" are common shorthand slang.
27	* ElementalShapeshifter: Maelstrom and Melusine. As the names imply, it's of the watery flavour.
28	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Guess what the Physician's job at the Institute is. The Flying Man also falls in this category.
29	* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Melusine is French and very beautiful. The narration even cracks a [[Film/Titanic1997 Titanic]] joke when describing her.
30	* FantasticRacism: Sprinkled with some good ol' fashioned racism (and sexism, and classism) for flavor.
31	%%* FlyingBrick: Naturally, the Flying Man.
32	* FootnoteFever: In every chapter [[spoiler: until "The Battle of Avon Valley"]]. From silly jokes to quick character sketches to extra worldbuilding info.
33	* GooGooGodlike: Around half of the child characters thus far, with special mention given to Joe and Ophelia, both of whom are introduced as magic babies capable of making people witness space-time.
34	* HandshakeRefusal: Basilisk won't shake anyone's hand when introduced. Turns out there's a good reason for that...
35	%%* HealingHands: Żywie's power.
36	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: New Kelly is referenced once, though only to emphasis the infamy of the supervillain AU.
37	* HumanAliens: According to Lawrence and the Physician, several planets are thus populated. The Physician himself may or may not apply.
38	** The Physician ultimately [[spoiler: subverts this trope. He ''is'' an alien but his human form is really a disguise used to hide something [[StarfishAlien much worse]].]]
39	* IAmVeryBritish: Lawrence self-deprecatively explains to a surprised Allison that the Australian upper class likes to makes themselves as British as possible.
40	%%* AnIcePerson: Part of Melusine and Maelstroms's power.%%Is?
41	* LandDownunder: Averted thus far. The story takes place in Australia, but it may as well be anywhere. There is a refreshing lack of stereotypes.
42	* LastNameBasis: Lawrence. He prefers it to [[EmbarrassingFirstName Herbert]].
43	* MakeMeWannaShout: One of Billy's [[ComboPlatterPowers abilities]].
44	* MakingASplash: The core of Melusine and her son Maelstrom's powerset.
45	* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: Maybe, a lot it still unknown about how and why people get powers.
46	* MugglePower: Demi-humans make up a tiny percentage of the population, but are feared and hated because of the highhanded acts of a few.
47	* MutantDraftBoard: The DDHA, the Department of Demi Human Affairs. They can detain a suspect for eighteen months without proof of powers and are not above barging in an elementary classroom with guns.
48	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Maelstrom, Basilisk, the Physician and every one of the younger Institute students except Allison, Mabel and Arnold.
49	* PowerCopying: Allison's power. Mundane abilities are permanently retained, but superpowers fade once out of range.
50	* PunchClockVillain: The researchers at [=McClare=] really just want to get through the day, collect their check and go home.
51	* ShoutOut: To Superman, and several obscure Australian superhero comics, among others.
52	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Physician.
53	* SuperheroSchool: The New Human Institute. Like [[ComicBook/XMen Xavier's]], it offers safe harbour and training to persecuted young supers. [[spoiler: Of course, its actual purpose is much more sinister.]]
54	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Maelstrom has inherited all his [[MakingASplash mother's]] powers. The jury's still out on whether he's also inherited his father's [[BlessedWithSuck dubiously useful]] power.
55	* TeleportersAndTransporters: Arnold, without many of the usual restrictions, but with the drawback that he can only teleport things other than himself. The New Human Institute also has a couple more conventional examples as students.

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