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** Incidentally, this marked the beginning of anti-mutant hysteria.

* [[Love It or Hate It]]: Soledad's personality is rather [[Jerkass|an acquired taste]].

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Soledad sinks below one after an [[Et Tu, Brute?]], complete with [[Heroic BSOD]] and [[Freak Out]].}}

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Soledad sinks below one after an [[Et Tu, Brute?]], complete with [[Heroic BSOD]] and [[Freak-Out]].}}

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The first book's [[Big Bad]] became a villain specifically because Soledad {{spoiler|[[It's Personal|killed his wife]].}}

* [[Noble Bigot With a Badge]]: Almost everyone in MTac to some degree. A significant portion barely earn the Noble part, and some of the normal cops make it to [[Bad Cop Incompetent Cop]].

* [[Noble Bigot With a Badge]]: Almost everyone in MTac to some degree. A significant portion barely earn the Noble part, and some of the normal cops make it to [[Bad Cop, Incompetent Cop]].

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: over and over, along with [[Faking the Dead]]. At least it subverts [[Instant Death Bullets]] ...

* [[One Person One Power]]: for the most part--see [[I Believe I Can Fly]]. Also, the super-hunting serial killer in the second book seemingly had multiple powers (he turned out to just have {{spoiler|a suit of [[Powered Armor]]}}.)

* [[One Person, One Power]]: for the most part--see [[I Believe I Can Fly]]. Also, the super-hunting serial killer in the second book seemingly had multiple powers (he turned out to just have {{spoiler|a suit of [[Powered Armor]]}}.)

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Regardless of how you interpret the first book, there is one. Either [[Villain Protagonist|Soledad's]] unfettered [[Fantastic Racism]], or Vaughn's abusive mind control and vicious dislike of the mentally disabled Aubrey.

** Or both.

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** [[Telepathy]]: this is what you get if you win the [[Superpower Lottery]], since you can also use [[People Puppets]]. Virtually impossible to beat in a fair fight.

** [[Unstoppable Rage]]: A power of its own, and quite effective.

** [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: virtually unlimited changes to shape and appearance, sometimes including a [[Shapeshifter Weapon]], but no mass-changing abilities. Goes into a [[~~Shape Shifter~~ Swan Song]] when electrocuted, but dying by any other means makes them look human again.

** [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: virtually unlimited changes to shape and appearance, sometimes including a [[Shapeshifter Weapon]], but no mass-changing abilities. Goes into a [[Shapeshifter Swan Song]] when electrocuted, but dying by any other means makes them look human again.

* [[Super Registration Act]]: they're way beyond that now, at least in America. Any time a mutant is identified, they're ordered to surrender. Compliance results in "a life of sedation in a cell" if you're lucky, [[Theyd Cut You Up|medical experimentation]] if you're not. Failure to comply is punishable by immediate death.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Not the [[Combat Pragmatist|main character]], obviously, [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|who will just shoot her opponents]]. The remaining powered heroes stick to this rule and will try to stop or rat out anyone that violates it, though.

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