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And then I will go on a hiatus for exams.

In this chapter, I have four battles at once.

Virago gets her lightsaber (or tries to), Tabo encounters Alix, Finn and Jannah have a rematch with Lightning and Shaina, and Engarde's plan is going to hurt someone before he stops.

Can you guess how this will end?

For those who read my new update, I spoil nothing. I all but spelled it out. So yeah, I made a composite character of two sociopaths, the self-destructive and overly egoistical Talon Ted and the paranoid, murderous, two-faced Matt Engarde. Or basically the latter posing as the former.

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As the battle between Virago and Stone Heart reaches a climax, Pan and Kallie do their best to help her.

Meanwhile, Starfleet gets a nasty wake-up call as Ainzul is under attack.

Can our heroes stop Stone Heart's madness?

Pan: Hello there and welcome with another episode of Starfleet Magic. Of course, the usual guests will be with us.

All: What did we do to deserve this?

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Hello there! Today I am going to spork one of the worst Starfleet chapters. Finn, Poe and Jannah return, as well as Ace Ray!

All: Hi!

Pan: Let's begin!


( At least the stereotypes aren't named Chinkos )

In "Hell Hath No Fury" neither of the final challenges was a true villain. They were simply Rey Skywalker and Lightning Dawn. They might be arrogant jerks, but have a good heart. Finn spares Lightning because he sees Rey in him, but how accurate is he?

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Shaina, the Captain of the Royal Guard working for the despotic Grand Ruler. She is very loyal to her king, and I buffed her with an emerald armor, spear and shield. She was more than a match for Jannah and would win if Jannah did not discover she has the Force.

She is powerful, but beatable. Who can take her on?

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Power: 8.5/10 (he actually has a handicap against his allies, being unable to use actual magic, but he is still able to use super spechul abilities)

Influence: 9/10 (Perceived wrongly as a paragon of virtue and gets a lot of attention, not always earned, but he also gets outshined by worse Stus... somethimes.)

Vileness: 7/10 (He is horrid at being a hero, but his heart is in the right place. Anti-hero at best, though he is supposed to be a paragon of virtue.)

Lightning Dawn, the main hero of Starfleet. He is... deep breath... a Space Anthropomorphic Unicorn Nazi Admiral! Yeah, you see one of these words and wonder how he can be a hero.

This guy is a complete jerk. He basically finishes off monsters weakened by his allies and takes all the credit. He also can push away those who could be his friends and say he can do everything by himself, while he excuses everything the abusive Grand Ruler does... pure good of heart alright. He is arrogant and charges head first into fights, mostly using brute force. If he can't beat someone, the pussy doesn't even try to stand up to them. Before he gains confidence (and bravo for actually developing a little) he COWERED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT BECAUSE HE HAD NO POWERS. Chicken!

He mostly helps other races not because it's right, but because his race is superior and it's the White Man's burden to help them find enlightenment. Ugh, I want to puke. Also, this arrogance and scorn of friends? If he meets a cocky woman who pushes away her friends and gets power handed to her like himself, he will hate her and see her as a cocky bitch, because she is a wahman and has to learn her place. Then again, if a woman tries to be feminine, he will still hate her. Or just a heroine, threatening to outshine him. He often belittles female heroes, but not always.

When a human version of his girlfriend was denied a role in a school play, Lightning went to the principal, mocked the death of her pet, beat her up and threw hot coffee at her. I have seen criminals less petty than this. He also makes a lot of things about himself, and used his own tragedy, that he lost his parents, to justify not giving a shit about someone else's suffering and torture. Because if you are sad, you try to make everyone else as miserable as you.

His main weapon is the Rainbow Rod. Because his blind obedience to his male master and the way he views women weren't suggestive enough. He could use it as a melee weapon, but nope, punch, punch, kick, and the rod is just for beams until he can muster his inner strength, which comes from hate, but mostly from belief in himself. There is nothing wrong with believing in yourself, but it can't undermine friendship, which he looks down on. And believing in your friends is friendship, keep loopholes elsewhere.

Which allows Lightning to show his ultimate skill. The cheesily-named and always announced UNIFORCE! Which releases an extremely powerful beam of energy, capable of defeating powerful creatures, but leaves the user exhausted afterwards. Risky, because if it hits, you win, if you miss, you lose. Something that removes Stu points is that all his abilities have significant limitations and he ends up a bit like Deku in fighting style, as he struggles to control his great power and actually has to earn the way to control it. And his physical strength? Training. Already we found something that makes him more bearable!

Plus, he is not smart, and rushes head first into fights. For most Stus, no consequences. Lightning gets beat up a lot before he wins, some victories are by the skin of his teeth. He is a moron, but still, that makes him less of a Stu. Already he is more likable than Harrymort or Sterk for that.

One of his worst moments is when he waits orders to go save his girlfriend. He cares more about obeying Grand Ruler than to save his fucking girlfriend. While this is one of his worst actions, it also shows what's to blame for his attitude. Grand Ruler groomed him since a young age, acting as a father figure, for him to become the ideal soldier, warrior, hero of Starfleet and protect the lesser races. He genuinely believes he does the right thing, while he basically follows the orders of the tyrannical Grand Ruler.

In other words, he is a victim of manipulation.

He also is willing to protect those close to him when not hindered by stupid orders, and rushes into action thinking of the civilians. Also, when one of his allies acts actually heroic and tries to stop an assassin, Lightning tries to separate them, not help his ally, because of Grand Ruler's orders. He mourns his friend when she dies, and rightfully blames himself. However, the Ruler blames the victim instead.

Lightning also prefers to fight actual monsters and villains. And when he is not enough, Grand Ruler steals the spotlight from him, sometimes making him feel useless.

Is he a paragon of virtue, like he is supposed to be? NO. Is he irredeemable, like some other Sues? No. He has some redeeming traits, and his worst ones can be blamed on another character.

Overall, not the worst Stu I have seen; but still a Stu.

Starfleet sounds like a nice name, right? Right? I am speaking about the militaristic force from the hate fic "Starfleet Magic". Now, review for that fic will be one of the next posts, as well as Sue profiles to return to the journal's roots, but let's talk a little about Starfleet. Their basic troops are nonentities, and their core members are capable, but are mostly suited for the big monsters when they attack individually. And for bringing down friendship and their own allies.

Even though Starfleet specializes in fighting one strong monster at a time and defense, there are some of my villains too strong or competent for the team. Here are five examples. (Because Starfleet is a team, the baddies are allowed to use armies but only if they can summon them)

1. Ten of Swords. He ultimately lost to Stormwolf, but Stormwolf did not use Starfleet tactics. This swordsman, as his name suggests, has one mind but ten bodies, and they are all very good at swordfighting, able to cut bullets easily. Starfleet can focus on only one monster at a time and blindly charge at them, and always require Lightning Dawn, their leader, for the final blow. However, here they are even outnumbered, and due to not having strong bonds unlike the Ten's hivemind, plus all Ten being skilled in melee combat, the Ten will triumph.

2. Armilla. The Vampire Lady is better known for fanservice and her interactions with Finn and Leah, but she is actually pretty competent in a fight too. For starters, she managed to outsmart and kidnap Finn after a fight. She can spam teleport and is immune to the Sun, but that's not all. Due to being a woman, Starfleet would think she is obsessed with beauty, but she isn't. She can drag others to Limbo and do something that will even the numbers, which is summoning all three types of Stygians. And the Elite ones are a legit challenge to Padawan Finn. She can also just trap others to Limbo while she escapes with the teleport, raise legitimate points that will question the enemy team's dynamic and use the environment to her advantage.

3. The Hammer of Abyss. He and Armilla are close, and actually have some friendship, but I will not put them simultaneously because I don't have to! The Hammer is actually even stronger than his partner, his hammer can create earthquakes and he can destroy a big city. He has the power of shadows and dark crystals and knows how to use it, even giving Finn's then alive mentor the fight of his life. Like Armilla, he can send all Starfleet to Limbo and summon lesser demons to swarm them, though his summons are even more potent and he can and has used them to murder civilians. He is also good at gaslighting, which is useful against a team with no strong bonds.

4. The Loyalist. Unlike all the above, he does not summon minions or have many bodies to outnumber his foes. However, Finn only escaped him the first two times because of his friends, and Starfleet sees friendship as something wrong and stupid. Also they hate change, which is a problem, because the Loyalist does improve himself between encounters and Finn had to do the same to kill him by the skin of his teeth. The Loyalist would use the Limbo trick and wits and outsmart the Starfleet members one by one with his balanced fighting style.

5. Alastor. The Big Bad of Stormwolf Timeline and Archdemon of Wrath, he is far more of a threat than anyone would think. He is disguised as an ordinary human who spreads propaganda for his god-king, and is too strong for even Finn or Leah at full power to take on. He is big and, for his league, slow, but has a lot of attacks that have a devastating power and range, can teleport others away from him and summon monsters to aid him, knows a lot of secrets and can expose Starfleet's atrocities, ruining them for good, and he is actually tough even when his enemies are using effective teamwork, with strong bonds.