Hey, I'm Zanreo! For some basic info, I'm 29 years old, mostly female (she/they/ze pronouns), and from Norway.
I've been a troper since 2010, but only started becoming active on the forums again since August 2017 note . Forum-wise I mostly hang around Forum Games (in particular avatar games and HGS, and also murdergames before they moved) but can also be found in Yack Fest and occasionally video game threads.
One of my biggest hobbies are video games, and I especially love Nintendo and rhythm games - rhythm games are a really underrated genre! I'm also a bad translation enthusiast and fan of So Bad, It's Good works, and also like various strange works, weird memes, cosplaying, cooking (especially desserts and other snacks) and drawing.
Some of the fictional characters who best describe me are Chiaki Nanami, Osaka and Midori Asakusa.
(last updated: 13th November 2023)
Wiki stuff:
- Catlateral Damage
- Cho Chabudai Gaeshi
- Evoland 2 (wrote description and split from Evoland page)
- Gal Metal
- Is Love the Answer?
- Old School Musical
- Puzzle Bobble (split from Bubble Bobble)
- Suika Game
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Clay Anime
- Toumei Shounen Tantei Akira (Invisible Detective Akira)
About me:
This is by no means meant as an exhaustive list, if I listed every work I have experienced and enjoyed we'd be here forever. Any work represented in my avatar gallery is most likely something I like to some degree even if not listed here, so feel free to ask me about those in forum games when applicable
Video Games (at the top because I play a lot of games)
- Nintendo games in general
- Rhythm games in general, especially Japanese and other Asian rhythm games
- Ace Attorney
- Danganronpa
- Ghost Trick
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
- Katamari Damacy
- Kirby
- Neptunia: Love game-related personifications!
- Parodius: Only the shmup games, and mainly the three last shmups in the series
- Pokémon (mainly the main series, though I've played a bunch of the spinoffs too)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
- Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal: One of my favorite bootleg games
- pop'n music
- Rhythm Heaven
- Splatoon
- Super Mario Bros
- Super Smash Bros.: Favorite is Smash Ultimate, and other than Ultimate I only own the Wii U version of Smash 4 and Brawl. Only tried Melee a few times (and prefer the newer titles) and played the first game once.
- Taiko no Tatsujin
- Undertale
- Wario Land: Mainly Wario Land 4 and Wario Land: Shake It!. Hoping for a new game soon!
- WarioWare
- Yakuza: This serious crime drama kinda feels like my "odd one out" in game series I'm a fan of among all the cute and cartoony-looking games. It helps that it's full of wacky moments/sidequests and ridiculous over-the-top action.
- Zero Wing: while yes, partially for the memes, it's also a good and fun game with an amazing soundtrack
- Yoshi games, especially Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Woolly World
Anime and Manga:
- Assassination Classroom
- Azumanga Daioh
- Chargeman Ken!: Gotta love that So Bad, It's Good :3 I've actually been aware of this series for years thanks to Nico Nico Douga MADs and the KumikyokuNND channel, and knew of a lot of the memes but didn't actually start watching episodes before 2017
- Chi's Sweet Home
- Garzey's Wing: Another So Bad, It's Good classic
- Way of the House Husband
- Haré+Guu
- Heaven's Design Team
- Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Little Witch Academia
- Lucky Star
- New Game!
- Nichijou
- Pokémon Adventures
- Pop Team Epic
- Squid Girl
- Toumei Shounen Tantei Akira: Honestly, I'd have loved to see this become a full series if only for more QUALITY potential
- Zombieland Saga
Film:
- The LEGO Movie
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Street Fighter (So Bad, It's Good)
- Most Pixar movies and some Disney movies
- Various Ghibli movies
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Music:
TV shows:
(I rarely get into live-action shows, so don't expect this to change much)Web Video, Animation and other internet stuff:
- Animutation
- Backstroke of the West
- Epithet Erased
- Extra Credits
- H.Bomberguy
- A lot of Neil Cicierega's work
- Nico Nico Douga medleys and (oto)MADs (in general)
- Really, just memetic internet mashup stuff overall
- SiIvaGunner
- Translator Fails
- Unraveled
- Vinesauce, especially Vinny and Joel. (I'm more of a casual occasional watcher but I enjoy what I've seen)
- Youtube Poop (Don't really watch this as much as I used to, but still a fond internet memory)
- YTPMVs, more or less the same as MADs really
Western Animation:
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Looney Tunes (Classic cartoons and a childhood favorite)
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
- Street Fighter (So Bad, It's Good)
Web Comics:
- Awkward Zombie
- Brawl in the Family
- The GaMERCaT
- Wooden Plank Studios (mainly their Nintendo comics, especially the Smash Bros. ones)
Non-video games:
- 100% Completion: I'm a bit of a completionist and love going for all the trophies/achievements (even if just in-game achievement systems rather than account-based ones), 100% save files and similar. Usually what makes me try out extra challenges outside of the "regular" difficulty - generally I won't go for a super hard challenge unless I get something out of it (that "something" typically being a trophy). In fact, "play through game with an extra challenge" type trophies like speedruns, no damage runs and "play the entire game again on extra hard mode" tend to be some of my least favorite trophies/achievements, along with heavy grinds.
- Accidental Misnaming: It's not "Zanero", it's Zanreo. Somehow, people keep writing my name as Zanero?
- Adorkable, at least I like to think so
- Asexual
- Aromantic
- Autism: Diagnosed as a kid.
- Berserk Button: Well, downplayed as "berserk" isn't really the right word, but some things I can't stand:
- Cringe culture. I really do not care for cringe compilation videos, "bad art" blogs and similar types of mocking random people (often kids) on the internet for doing basically nothing wrong except daring to post something deemed "embarrassing" and "cringy". Just let people have their fun! Honestly, the word "cringe" in itself has almost been ruined for me at this point.
- "Autism/autistic" used as an insult. As an autistic person, I really hate seeing these words used like this
- Sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and other kinds of bigotry, pretty much an obvious one but listing it anyway
- Pokémon "genwunners" - people who claim the 1st gen are the only "real" Pokemon, and overall bias for gen 1 over later gens (In fact, 1st gen is overall one of my LEAST favorites design-wise.)
- Fandom elitists/gatekeepers, claiming you aren't a Real Fanâ„¢ if you don't know everything, don't have certain opinions about things, play a game in easy mode (or even ACCEPT the OPTION of doing so), or in some cases even if you haven't been there from the start. Just... shouldn't someone liking the thing be enough?
- Claiming internet friends aren't and can't be "real" friends, or that they can't be as important as offline, local ones. As someone who grew up with barely any friends at school or nearby for years, but found people to talk to on the internet, sometimes it can just be hard to find "irl" friends you get along with and share common interests with.
- Bespectacled Cutie: My glasses are an important part of my look, and I think they look pretty good on me.
- Boyish Short Hair: I like keeping my hair short, it looks good on me and is more convenient
- Chaotic Good: According to several tests, and it seems to fit me pretty well - I try to be a good person, but am not always too concerned about the rules. (And sometimes, "following the rules" and "doing the right thing" aren't the same...) Though I guess I might really be somewhere in the middle of Chaotic Good and Neutral Good?
- Cloudcuckoolander: I can be pretty weird and often have my head in the clouds.
- Color Motif: Purple and blue, my favorite colors
- Cosplay Otaku Girl: Cosplay is one of my big hobbies, and some of my costumes include Ken Izumi, Neptune, CATS and Shin Amon. It's especially fun to cosplay as more niche characters even if people don't recognize them
- The Ditherer: Yep... I often have a hard time making decisions, and I've been most of the types listed at some point.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: From many late nights staying up playing games or browsing the internet.
- Gamer Chick: I play a lot of video games, in particular I'm a big Nintendo fangirl and love rhythm games, though I will play a lot of different games, preferring more stylized and cartoony games to more "realistic", dark and gritty ones.
- Hates Wearing Dresses: Well, I'm fine with them if it's part of a cosplay, but outside of that you won't see me in a skirt or dress (including special/fancy occasions, where I'll wear a suit instead), they just aren't my style.
- Intentional Engrish for Funny: Along with quoting and referencing bad translations, I sometimes phrase things with incorrect grammar in more casual speech for a fun and silly effect..
- Ms. Imagination: I tend to spend a lot of time daydreaming and in my own world
- Never Gets Fat: I don't seem to gain much weight not matter what I eat or how little I exercise
- Nonconformist Dyed Hair: I've been dying my hair purple for a while now, and I guess I can be considered "nonconformist" in how I don't really care about being seen as "normal"?
- Older Than They Look: Due to me being short and somewhat young-looking, I'm sometimes assumed to be younger than I actually am.
- Opaque Lenses: I usually draw myself with these. Unfortunately averted in real life.
- Proud to Be a Geek: Despite... less pleasant parts of geek and gamer culture, I'm still very much this
- Ridiculous Procrastinator: I have way too many unfinished projects, a giant game backlog and often delay things to the last minute.
- Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: And combined with this, it's a wonder I get anything done...
- Save Scumming: I fully admit to doing this at times when possible, typically to beat That One Level or easier get an annoying trophy.
- Significant Anagram: My real name is an anagram of "Laser Linked", appropiate considering my fondness for lasers.
- Silly Rabbit, Cynicism Is for Losers!: Too much cynicism tends to just be exhausting, and I at least try my best to stay optimistic and hopeful despite everything. I also can't get into the "keep low expectations and you won't be disappointed" attitude - I usually have high hopes, but if they don't get fulfilled I rarely get really disappointed, my reaction is more likely to be "oh well, that's too bad"
- The Slacker: Yep.
- Sweet Tooth: I love candy, desserts and all kinds of sweet snacks!
- The Teetotaler: I don't drink despite being of legal age to do so, mainly because I hate the taste of alcohol.
- Viewer Gender Confusion: Several people online have assumed I'm a guy (especially in more male-dominated forums), possibly because of my ambiguous-sounding nickname.
- Achievements in Ignorance: Especially when Played For Laughs
- Adorkable: Especially since these characters tend to be relatable
- Affectionate Parody of stuff I like
- Amazing Technicolor World
- Anime Hair: Pretty fond of ridiculous hairstyles. (Except when I'm trying to style cosplay wigs...)
- Anthropomorphic Personification, especially of the Moe Anthropomorphism type. Especially when the character design finds creative uses to represent whatever they're based on
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking and Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
- Ascended Glitch: I find these pretty interesting
- Bait-and-Switch jokes: Can be pretty funny sometimes
- Band Land: Bonus points for instruments making sounds when you interact with them!
- Bioluminescence Is Cool
- "Blind Idiot" Translation/Translation Train Wreck
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Cool, but Stupid
- Crazy Awesome
- Dark Is Not Evil and Light Is Not Good: Some subversions I really like
- Expressive Accessory
- Funny Background Event
- Glowing Flora
- Good Bad Bugs
- Good Bad Translation
- Harmless Villain and Laughably Evil: Especially of the more hammy kind. What can I say, I love me some ridiculous villains
- Hurricane of Puns
- Joke Level
- Large Ham: Over-the-top ridiculous characters and situations? Yes please!
- Level Ate: Food-themed levels are fun
- Meganekko: Glasses = good
- Minus World
- Mundane Made Awesome
- Ninja Prop
- Ominous Visual Glitch: I just like glitch effects/aesthetics
- Post-Modern Magik, Magic from Technology and Magitek - why have only magic or technology? Mixes are fun!
- Specs of Awesome
- Stealth Pun
- Stylistic Suck at times, as a result of my love for So Bad, It's Good
- Tron Lines
- Rhythm versions of Unexpected Gameplay Change
- Unsound Effect
- Word-Salad Humor
- World of Chaos
- Accidental Pervert: Often just comes across as cheap excuse to have characters creeped on/groped/ect.
- Black Comedy Rape: Rape jokes as a whole are very much Dude, Not Funny! for me.
- Comedic Lolicon
- Continuing is Painful
- Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy: If something is just too dark and hopeless, I'm likely to lose interest.
- Easy-Mode Mockery: mainly the "humiliating" type that outright insults the player for it (Silliness Switch-type stuff is... better but as someone who loves Silliness Switch it would be better as an actual option for anyone who wants it rather than just part of easy mode). Just let people play the difficulty they want without mocking them for it! As for the kind that locks you out of content like the final levels/chapters, that's not great either (though certain extra content, extra hard Bonus Bosses ect. being exclusive to harder difficulties is fine)
- Escort Mission: While the concept itself is fine, it's rarely done well and I can't remember ever playing one of these I actually liked.
- Fan Hater/Hate Dumb: A lot of the time, hatedoms are even more annoying than so-called "bad fandoms". Especially when their main complaints are based around about how "cringy" and annoying the fandom is - as long as they're not hurting anyone, just let them have fun! While some fandoms do have their less pleasant parts (and I'm talking more about "attack and harass people in the name of fandom" rather than "make "~*cRiNgY*~" fanworks oh noooo" because honestly I don't really care about the latter) those are just Vocal Minorities and I try my very best to not let that affect my opinion on the work itself.
- The Glasses Gotta Go: As a proud glasses-wearer who think people often look good wearing glasses, the implication that glasses are inherently "ugly" annoys me.
- Girls vs. Boys Plot
- Gratuitous Rape
- Gross-Up Close-Up
- New Media Are Evil
- Not Wanting Kids Is Weird
- Permanently Missable Content: The bane of every completionist, and a reason I often look up if there are any missables (mainly collectible/achievement-related ones) before starting a game.
- Point-and-Laugh Show, most of the time
- Romanticized Abuse
- Romantic Plot Tumor
- Certain audio-based kinds of Sensory Abuse, as someone sensitive to certain types of sounds it can get really grating and unpleasant. Notably, this includes what's known as "ear rape"note - it's just annoying (which I guess is part of the point, but...)
- Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!
- "Stop Having Fun" Guys
- Straw Feminist: And really, most strawman characters in general but this one tends to be especially annoying and often seems to completely misunderstand what feminism is actually about
- True Art Is Angsty
- Unnecessary Makeover in many cases
Misc. other stuff:
- Glitches (especially game glitches) and glitch visuals/effects
- Hi-bit/"16-bit"note and higher pixel art. In particular, I like the pixel art of many GBA and DS games. While I also like simpler pixel art, I prefer the more "complex"-looking styles. (In addition, I believe pixel art is a fully "legitimate" and good art style by itself and valid for more than just "retro nostalgia")
- Actually, just cool 2D game artwork in general
- Lasers
- Glowy stuff in general, especially electronic but also other kinds
- Weird bootlegs, especially bootleg games. Bonus points for bad translations!
- Cool eyewear
- Gijinkas/personifications, especially of the Moe Anthropomorphism kind.
- Early-to-mid-2000s internet
- This Thread Goes Backwards
- Your avatar is wearing a cosplay of the above avatar
- Click Random Trope to determine your avatar's superpower
- What is the above troper's Ultimate talent?
- What is the above avatar's Ultimate talent?
- You and the random avatar from your gallery...
- Write a haiku about the above avatar
- The Insane Troll Logic game
- What would the above avatar's Spirit Battle be like?
- 3 things you have/don't have in common with the character the below poster selects
- Which of two random avatars from your gallery would win?
- Tumblr (where I'm most active social-media wise)
- PSNProfiles (look at my collection of trophies and stuff, whoo)
- Twitter (kinda on-and-off though)
More to be added... later?