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{{quote|''“Being a supervillain means never having to say you’re sorry … Unless it’s to the judge or the parole board. Even then, you don’t really have to. It’s not like it’s going to change the outcome or anything.”''}} |
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Those are the words of Calvin Matthew Stringel, better known as Mechani-Cal. He’s a sarcastic, down |
Those are the words of Calvin Matthew Stringel, better known as Mechani-Cal. He’s a sarcastic, down-on-his-luck armored villain. Follow his exploits as he gets swept up in a world domination scheme gone wrong and ends up working for the weak-willed, mercy-loving heroes. Immerse yourself in his epic battles and see what it’s like to be an outsider looking in at a world that few have ever experienced. |
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''[[Confessions of a D-List Supervillain]]'' is an independent superhero fiction novel by Jim Bernheimer. It chronicles the efforts of a minor armored supervillain in his efforts to save the world from mind-controlling bugs lest he join the ranks of the Evil Overlord's many slaves. At the end of the day, we have to ask, what is heroism? |
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=== This book contains the following tropes: === |
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* [[After the End]]: A typical supervillain mind-control plot goes horribly, horribly, horribly wrong. |
* [[After the End]]: A typical supervillain mind-control plot goes horribly, horribly, horribly wrong. |
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** {{spoiler|It gets better.}} |
** {{spoiler|It gets better.}} |
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* [[Big Bad]]: The Evil Overlord. |
* [[Big Bad]]: The Evil Overlord. |
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** For Cal, it's {{spoiler|Ultraweapon.}} |
** For Cal, it's {{spoiler|Ultraweapon.}} |
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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Ultraweapon is one of the 'Iron Dick' |
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Ultraweapon is one of the 'Iron Dick' versions of Tony Stark. |
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** Mechani-Cal has some similarity to the Spiderman villain |
** Mechani-Cal has some similarity to the Spiderman villain The Beetle. Who, coincidentally or not, became a hero in the [[Thunderbolts]]. |
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* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Cal's deal with the Evil Overlord turns out to have no consequences whatsoever.}} |
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* [[Epic Fail]]: The accidental release of the mind-control bugs by |
* [[Epic Fail]]: The accidental release of the mind-control bugs by {{spoiler|Ultraweapon.}} |
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** Cal's first going as a supervillain. |
** Cal's first going as a supervillain. |
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* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Ultraweapon doesn't love Stacy because he can only view her as a possession. Likewise, the same for Wendy's stalker.}} |
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Ultraweapon doesn't love Stacy because he can only view her as a possession. Likewise, the same for Wendy's stalker.}} |
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* [[Rich Bitch]]: Subverted by Wendy. Despite being richer than God, she's the sweetest character in the books. |
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Subverted by Wendy. Despite being richer than God, she's the sweetest character in the books. |
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** Oddly, this seems to have been Aphrodite's old personality. |
** Oddly, this seems to have been Aphrodite's old personality. |
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* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Ultraweapon is apparently this. He made part of his original armor but used a |
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Ultraweapon is apparently this. He made part of his original armor but used a corps of engineers to make the rest of it and now coasts on the profits from his work. |
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 7 October 2016
“Being a supervillain means never having to say you’re sorry … Unless it’s to the judge or the parole board. Even then, you don’t really have to. It’s not like it’s going to change the outcome or anything.” |
Those are the words of Calvin Matthew Stringel, better known as Mechani-Cal. He’s a sarcastic, down-on-his-luck armored villain. Follow his exploits as he gets swept up in a world domination scheme gone wrong and ends up working for the weak-willed, mercy-loving heroes. Immerse yourself in his epic battles and see what it’s like to be an outsider looking in at a world that few have ever experienced.
Confessions of a D-List Supervillain is an independent superhero fiction novel by Jim Bernheimer. It chronicles the efforts of a minor armored supervillain in his efforts to save the world from mind-controlling bugs lest he join the ranks of the Evil Overlord's many slaves. At the end of the day, we have to ask, what is heroism?
- After the End: A typical supervillain mind-control plot goes horribly, horribly, horribly wrong.
- It gets better.
- Aliens Made Them Do It: Wendy and Cal have sex under the influence of a psychic empath. This torpedoes any developing attraction between them... or so it seems.
- Anti-Hero: Ultraweapon. The Olympians as a whole, it's soon obvious.
- Anti-Villain: Mechani-Cal.
- Badass Grandpa: The Bugler.
- Betty and Veronica: Aphrodite and Wendy.
- Big Bad: The Evil Overlord.
- For Cal, it's Ultraweapon.
- Captain Ersatz: Ultraweapon is one of the 'Iron Dick' versions of Tony Stark.
- Mechani-Cal has some similarity to the Spiderman villain The Beetle. Who, coincidentally or not, became a hero in the Thunderbolts.
- Deal with the Devil: Subverted. Cal's deal with the Evil Overlord turns out to have no consequences whatsoever.
- Epic Fail: The accidental release of the mind-control bugs by Ultraweapon.
- Cal's first going as a supervillain.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Subverted. Ultraweapon doesn't love Stacy because he can only view her as a possession. Likewise, the same for Wendy's stalker.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Subverted. Mechani-Cal is a villain but he's not evil by any stretch of the imagination.
- First Girl Wins: Aphrodite and Mechani-Cal are together at the end of the book.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Mechani-Cal seemingly gives his life to save the world from Ultraweapon.
- He gets better.
- Good People Have Good Sex: Deconstructed. The sex is better when Cal and his lovers genuinely care about one another.
- Karma Houdini: The Evil Overlord.
- Kick the Dog: Ultraweapon gets one when he brainwipes Aphrodite of her romance with Cal.
- Jerkass: Athena, Ultraweapon.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: Cal and Wendy conceive a kid during their mind-control.
- More Than Mind Control: A central premise of the book. The problem isn't the bugs which mind control people. It's the fact that the mind-control is more addictive than crack and heroin put together with great sex.
- Pay Evil Unto Evil: Only in a superhero universe does Cal's execution of Wendy's stalker end up evil after the man used his superpoers to force Cal and her to have sex.
- Pet the Dog: Mechani-Cal gets probably his single greatest moment of sympathy when he gives a starving mother some of his rations.
- Physical God: Played with. The Olympians are essentially mortals empowered with the personality and powers of the deities they represent.
- Athena is a jerk.
- Rich Bitch: Subverted by Wendy. Despite being richer than God, she's the sweetest character in the books.
- Oddly, this seems to have been Aphrodite's old personality.
- Rich Idiot With No Day Job: Ultraweapon is apparently this. He made part of his original armor but used a corps of engineers to make the rest of it and now coasts on the profits from his work.