John Ridley: Difference between revisions

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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Soledad customized an [[Rare Guns|O'Dwyer VLe]] to fire [[Abnormal Ammo]] she designs herself. Most shots target the [[Achilles Heel]] of a specific enemy type, though [[Made of Explodium|Semtex bullets]] can be used against anything.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: where to begin?

* [[Holding Out for A Hero]]: [[Lampshaded]] and [[Subverted]] in the background. Soledad, at least, seems to think that normal humans were just sitting around whenever a villain popped up, waiting for a hero to save them, but we're also told that the mayor of San Fransisco dropped everything to try and help.

* [[Holding Out for a Hero]]: [[Lampshaded]] and [[Subverted]] in the background. Soledad, at least, seems to think that normal humans were just sitting around whenever a villain popped up, waiting for a hero to save them, but we're also told that the mayor of San Fransisco dropped everything to try and help.

* [[Like You Would Really Do It]]: subverted ''in backstory'' with the destruction of San Francisco.

{{quote| "Bludlust... was holding the whole city hostage. Again... And at the last moment Pharos raced to the rescue. Again. And then something happened that had never happened before. The thing, the device, the weapon: it went off."}}

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* [[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]]}}.)

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* [[Stock Super Powers]]

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Strictly speaking, this is the ability to communicate with the planet and talk it into shifting itself. Users of this ability are [[Always Lawful Good]], and tend to [[Actual Pacifist|hate fighting]]. [[Kick the Dog|Not that this stops MTac from killing them]] ...

** [[Extra Ore Dinary]]: Almost a straight copy of [[X Men|Magneto]], but can create [[Golem]]-like allies.

** [[Extra Ore Dinary]]: Almost a straight copy of [[X-Men|Magneto]], but can create [[Golem]]-like allies.

** [[Eye Beams]]: invisible eye beams, no less.

** [[Healing Factor]]

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** [[Intangible Man]]: on-and-off, fully voluntary, and can affect both objects and other people. Incidentally, that last part is [[Chekhov's Gun]].

** [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: Well, it's an invulnerable exterior. These mutants can be killed either by poisoning them, or by overloading their pain nerves.

** [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]: Some varieties can start fires, others can simply control them.

** [[Playing with Fire]]: Some varieties can start fires, others can simply control them.

** [[Shock and Awe]]: of the blast-from-the-hands variety. Can be stressed into a [[Superpower Meltdown]].

** [[Size Shifting]]: actually two abilities; shrinking and growing. The latter is self-explanatory. The former is only used once (to pass through an enemy's skin, then explode outwards.)