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Chapters: 8/? Fandom: Parahumans Series - Wildbow Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Additional Tags: Parahumans (Parahumans Series), Trigger Events (Parahumans), Endbringer Fight (Parahumans), Cluster Triggers (Parahumans), Case 53s (Parahumans), Inspired by Parahumans Series - Wildbow, hopecore, Trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Gender Dysphoria, Gender Identity, Gender Issues, Identity Issues, Homelessness, Racism, Sexism, Polyamory, Oklahoma, Tulsa - Freeform, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Dysfunctional Family, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, No Scion (Parahumans), Alternate Universe - Parahumans, Transphobia, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Violence, POV First Person Summary:
When the system turns a blind eye, the broken have to support each other.
By day, Alex Caldwell is just another queer kid trying to get by. By night, he’s Mantis - a vigilante with a healing factor, a cracked helmet, and more heart than sense.
Every fight blurs the line between hero and victim, love and violence, redemption and revenge.
Rebel Rebel — because sometimes the only way to stay human is to stop pretending to be one.
















