Ronfar
Since: Jan, 2001
06/07/2015 00:00:00
Did you have to have unmarked spoilers for the ending?
Bastard1
Since: Nov, 2010
06/07/2015 00:00:00
who writes like this?
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M for mature,murder but not mediocre
Superhero comics, movies and cartoons are exceptionally abhorrent to this troper due to a constantand unyielding exposure to aforementioned content.
This work of Superman fanfiction, or derivative literature, happily bucks the trend.
Firstly, it was found by happy coincidence on the Rationalist Fiction page and not shoved into the face, emblazoned with graphic acts of violence or overtly sexaulized mannequins scantily clad in lingerie. Another win for discreet mature content, which can be widely ignored.
Secondly, the author delivers on his promise of a perfect good (alien) guy against evil incorporatenote , with one pretty much holding onto the Idiot Ball with all of his super strength and the other busy indulging in his normal homicidal and psycho urges but with rationalist thought processes. The execution is near flawless but for that one little annoyingly implausible plot point which will be further elaborated later on. All of Luthor's preparations and crime boss activities are lovingly described here, which gives me strange ideas about something. Or one can simply look the other way and take it that the author has done his homework and has certain sources. Other than that, nothing else in this fic can break your rationalist trance. Anyways, the deconstruction of Superman is thorough and engrossing, with Lois Lane less enchanted with the Man of Steel and more freaked out by his stalker-like tendencies.
Thirdly,the superhero dies. Don't you just love death scenes? Like in the Star Wars the Clone Wars animated series season 2 episode 13 when they crash landed on some outer rim planet and Anakin was severely wounded? Ahsoka, his Padawan, was like master!!!!!. Or in A Series of Unfortunate Events when Dewy Denouncement was harpooned. In short,Luthor wins. Sort of. The ending is realistically creepy- a thug who Superman captured futilely awaits rescue in a deep hole near the Arctic Circle. In the end, Metropolis does not need saving- a baddie does.
This is overall not too badly written. I quite enjoyed this even though super[whatever] is not my cup of tea.