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{{quote|''"They say that heroes have been dead for years now . . . they were wrong."''
|'''DE's tagline.'''}}
[[Villain World|Arcadia,]] the city where [[The Bad Guy Wins|the villains won.]]
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But there is a ray of hope. A group of self-styled heroes, [[La Résistance|the Messiah Complex,]] are fighting against all odds to take down the Wise Men. Whose side will you be on?<ref>Feel free to apply and join us anytime!</ref>
A [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142053/http://s13.zetaboards.com/DestineEnormity/index/ Play-By-Post forum rpg] with some MSN chat roleplaying to spice things up - they're always accepting new members!
They also have a [http://arcadianart.tumblr.com/ tumblr] for their art and [[Crack Pairing|various short stories focused on shipping.]]
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* [[Academy of Evil]]: SIN Academy
* [[Affably Evil]] and [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Most of the villains
* [[A Glass of Chianti]]: Gabriel.
* [[A Lighter Shade of Grey]]
* [[Alternate Universe]]: The out-of-continuity threads [
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]
* [[Bad Future]]: The second generation Arcadia AU in Another School Life et cetera.
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* [[Differently-Powered Individual]]: In this case, the term is "Power Users" -although the nature of the setting is such that more commonly they're called "people" or "us," as opposed to the powerless [[What Measure Is a Non Super|Normals.]]
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: Done by the heroes in [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OV8aPR260jvacKN8GAHguOgvvGUOBeKBkBQ4D0EPZv8/edit?hl=en_US Lights, Camera, Action]
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Done in [
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: The Elysian Citadel for the Wisemen
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Against the Normals
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* [[Metaphorgotten]]: In [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OV8aPR260jvacKN8GAHguOgvvGUOBeKBkBQ4D0EPZv8/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1 Lights, Camera, ACTION!]
{{quote|'''Aidric:''' The vents... *gestures dramatically* OF JUSTICE ...wait, that... doesn't work because it's a building of evil, so I guess it's... more like vents of sodomy and villiany and... *pause* ...okay, this is getting away from me now.}}
* [[Mistaken for An Imposter]]: [
* [[Morality Kitchen Sink]]: On the one hand, the government boasts such characters as [[Complete Monster|Arco,]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Valentine]] [[Knight Templar|Svarc]] and [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Anya]] [[Punch Clock Villain|Mori.]] On the other hand, the [[La Résistance|rebel forces]] feature such characters as [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|Aidric]] and [[Token Evil Teammate|Ackerly.]]
* [[Mundane Utility]]: When you live in a society where the entire upper class has superpowers, this is a given.
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: Hitler Duck.
** [[All There in the Manual]]: [[Word of God|The tale was told by Digi]] in a livestream.
* [[Not So Different]]: [
* [[Not Wearing Tights]]: But [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Longcoats]] are all the fashion
* [[Police State]]
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* [[Secret Police]]: The Elite
* [[School of Hard Knocks]]: SIN Academy again
* [[Sleep Cute]]: Hector and Anya in [
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Aidric, Arco, and James most often, Hector and Isaac less often.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Every time Aidric meets Val. Every time.
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