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'''''[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20190928055257/https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2890015/1/In_a_World_Like_Ours In A World Like Ours]''''', by [[Tropers/Karl Kadaver|Karl Kadaver]] is a work in progress on FictionPress.com about a young man named Kenneth Conners, who happens to have super powers that he [[Superpowerful Genetics|inherited from his parents.]] The story follows Kenneth as he tries to [[Part-Time Hero|balance his "civilian" life with his superheroic one.]] He is joined by Charles Atlas, the man who gave Kenneth's father his start in superheroics and Sunburst, a young woman who has powers of her own. The story follows a [[Monster of the Week|Villain of the Week]] formula with a romantic subplot between Kenneth and Allison, a girl who recently moved into the city and yet another subplot wherein seeming random people are given doses of a [[Super Serum]] for an unknown purpose. Just{{when}} concluded its sixth "Issue." It's become a victim of the dreaded [[Schedule Slip]], as Karl hasn't updated the story in weeks.
 
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* [[Brand X]]: Wally's World Superstore (where Kenneth works), Primary Insurance Company Inc. (where Kenneth's father works)
* [[Cartwright Curse]]: Kenneth believes that superheroes have this
{{quote|'''''Narrator:''' He liked Allison, but he doubted he could burden her with that kind of information [being a superhero]. After all, in his comic books, any love interest that isn’t a superhero themselves end up…up... [[Stuffed in The Fridge|in a word, dead.'']]''}}
* [[City of Adventure]]: New Sharden
* [[Day in the Life]]: How the story begins.
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* [[Evil Knockoff]]: Super Nova's first super-powered foe, "Hellstorm." {{spoiler|It doesn't end well}} [[Extreme Melee Revenge|for him.]] ]]
* [[Expy]]: The story is chock-full of them: (As far as power sets are concerned)
** ''Super Nova'' - [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Starfire]] ''Sunburst'' - [[Watchmen (comics)|Silk Spectre]] or [[Nightwing]] ''Chop Shop'' - [[Iron Man]] ''Miss Amazing/Lady Iron'' - [[Ms. Marvel]] ''Plasma Man'' - [[Green Lantern]] ''Charles Atlas'' - Good![[Vandal Savage]]
* [[Fan Girl]]: Allison is a mild version of one for Super Nova.
** Surprisingly, it doesn't seem like a case of [[Loves My Alter Ego]].
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'''Kenneth:''' “Have you ever seen Super Nova and ''me'' in the same place together? For that matter, I’ve never seen you and Sunburst in the same place together. How do I know you’re not Sunburst just trying to throw me off?” }}
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[DC Comics]] heroes. The names of the bank robbers ([[Superman|Calvin Elliot]], [[Wonder Woman|Dwayne Troy]], and [[Batman|Wayne Bates]]) and a guest writer for ''Captain Magnificent'', [[Green Lantern|Jordan Halverson]]
** Claire's "Mask" is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Re BootReBoot]]'s Hexadecimal.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Nicholas Trent again. He even named his spiders after Cassie and Stacy.
* [[Stock Superhero Day Jobs]]: Super Nova works as a stock clerk, Sunburst is a college student.
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* [[Uncanny Valley]]: In the [[All There in the Manual|Thoughtspace]], Claire's face becomes something like an [[Expressive Mask]].
 
 
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