Maxwell Lord
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Maxwell Lord |
| Occupation: | CEO of Lord Technologies (Supergirl) |
| Relationships: | Albert Lord (father) |
| Fandom: | DC Comics, Justice League, Booster Gold, Justice League Unlimited, Smallville, Supergirl (TV series) |
| Other: | Portrayed by Peter Facinelli (Supergirl), Gil Bellows (Smallville) and Pedro Pascal (Wonder Woman 1984), Voiced by Tim Matheson |
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Maxwell Lord is a DC Comics character and a main character on Supergirl.
Canon
Maxwell Lord first appeared in Justice League #1 (May 1987).
Maxwell Lord was later confirmed as a metahuman with the ability to telepathically influence peoples' minds.
Fandom
Most of the fandom surrounding Maxwell Lord deals with the DC comics and Supergirl universes. Maxwell Lord often appears as a secondary or a background character in fanworks. Only 9 works list "Maxwell Lord" in the summary at FFN under the DC comics categories[1].
Tumblr often posts images or picspams of the DC Comics version, either relating to him or his death.
Smallville
Like the DC Comics fandom, the Smallville Maxwell Lord is not a main character in fanworks, he only appears as a secondary/background character in fanworks - only 2 works listed Maxwell Lord in summary at FFN [2].
Supergirl
Within the Supergirl fandom, Maxwell's character has mixed reaction the fans of the series - some like him, others do not. Tumblr's search/tag for Maxwell often catch both sets of comments. Fanworks focused on or around Maxwell are located on Tumblr, FanFiction.Net, and Archive of Our Own. Some videos have appeared on YouTube.
Fanfiction for Maxwell Lord is rare, mostly focused on other characters, thus he often appears as a secondary or a background character. There have been a few shipping related fanfiction.
Maxwell is mainly shipped with Alex Danvers, Kara Danvers, and Cat Grant.
DC Extended Universe
Maxwell Lord is played by Pedro Pascal in the DCEU film Wonder Woman 1984, and most of the fanworks centered on Maxwell are connected to the fact that he is played by Pedro Pascal.
A large part of the Pedro Pascal fandom consists of Reader-Insert fics which feature different characters that he has played. Often times these works will include multiple Pedro Pascal played characters interacting with each other and the Reader. As of February 2023 there are 142 works on Archive of Our Own tagged with both DCEU and Maxwell Lord, and there are 123 works tagged Maxwell Lord/You (which is a metatag of Maxwell Lord/Reader).
Fanworks
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Archives & Fannish Links
- Maxwell Lord works at AO3
- Maxwell Lord works at FFN (under the Supergirl category)
- Tumblr tags: Maxwell Lord, maxwelllordedit
Resources
- Maxwell Lord at Wikipedia
- Maxwell Lord at Smallville Wiki
- Maxwell Lord at Arrowverse Wiki
- Maxwell Lord at DCAU Wiki
- Maxwell Lord at DC Database
References
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