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* [[Insult Backfire]]: |
* [[Insult Backfire]]: |
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{{quote|Jack pretended to sniff like he was crying. “You’ve become sneaky and underhanded, just like me! I’m so proud!” |
{{quote|Jack pretended to sniff like he was crying. “You’ve become sneaky and underhanded, just like me! I’m so proud!” |
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Willow fussed, “Oh stop it. And nobody’s as bad about this stuff as you are.” |
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Jack beamed, “Thanks!”}} |
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* [[Invisibility]]: Klar's only real power. |
* [[Invisibility]]: Klar's only real power. |
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* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Shar's primary powerset, along a smattering of classic psychic powers. |
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Shar's primary powerset, along a smattering of classic psychic powers. |
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** "Can I firebend them?" |
** "Can I firebend them?" |
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** Shar overhearing private conversations from two floors away, through closed doors. And commenting loudly. |
** Shar overhearing private conversations from two floors away, through closed doors. And commenting loudly. |
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* [[Secret Identity]]: |
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** After returning from her extradimensional adventure in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Women]]'', Alex designs a superhero identity for herself. The story is basically about what happens once she begins using it in public. The story also [[Deconstructed Trope|''deconstructs'' the trope]] by showing how difficult it is to maintain a comic-book-style secret identity even with a government agency and a genius hacker helping cover for her -- and even then at least two people ''still'' put together all the details available to the public and work out who she is. |
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*** In addition to Terawatt, Alex has several other identities, including Lt. Annie Farrell, Jack's quietly competent hacker/adjutant and a teenaged version of Annie Farrell. |
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** Shar chooses a hero identity -- "Pyre" -- and makes her own costume in imitation of Alex's. |
** Shar chooses a hero identity -- "Pyre" -- and makes her own costume in imitation of Alex's. |
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** Hanna ends up wearing a mask and her hair differently when on operations to protect her privacy. |
** Hanna ends up wearing a mask and her hair differently when on operations to protect her privacy. |