History PlayingWith / TheSpock

** "We're filming Star Trek."

* '''Deconstructed''': Steven's stoic attitude leads to people calling him cold and ruthless, despite the fact that he's supposed to be the good guy.

* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, though, the people that matter in the story respect him as intelligent and a needed logical facet to the group.

'''Basic Trope''': An [[TheSmartGuy intelligent]] , [[TheStoic stoic person]] , generally rounding out the PowerTrio.

'''Basic Trope''': An intelligent, stoic person, generally rounding out the PowerTrio.

** Steven doesn't just hide his emotions, he obliterates them from his existence and focuses on logic and objectvitity.

** Despite Steven's stoic nature and coldness, he surprises everyone by considering emotion, ethics and instinct into his rational viewpoint. After all, those are all important factors that are to be considered when making decisions and neglecting them would be irrational. This makes his decisions more meaningful while also being more insightful.

** Steven is TheSociopath with a [[MoralSociopathy moral]] [[SociopathicHero code]] but a LackOfEmpathy and mostly makes decisions based on pure logic as a result.

* '''Justified''': Steven comes from a culture where pure logic is emphasized, and emotions demonized.

* '''Exaggerated''': Steven has absolutely no emotions and does nothing before calculating all of the possible outcomes.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Steven has above average intelligence & is less emotional(ly expressive) than the other characters. But he still shows emotion, just not as much as the others.

* '''Justified''': Steven comes from a race where pure logic is emphasized, and emotions demonized.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Invoked''': The BigBad uses his knowledge of Steven's method of solving problems to give him a situation with an extreme moral dilemma where all the sides are equally logical.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Steven manages to look on all sides of the issue, both emotional and logical.

* '''Downplayed''': Steven has above average intelligence & is less emotional(ly expressive) than the other characters. But he still shows emotion, just not as much as the others..

* '''Downplayed''': Steven has above average intelligence & is less emotional(ly expressive) than the other characters, but ''not'' to the point where one would consider him TheStoic.

* '''Downplayed''': Steven is slightly smarter & less emotional(ly expressive) than the other characters, but ''not'' to the point where one would consider him TheStoic.

* '''Downplayed''': Steven is smarter & less emotional(ly expressive) than the other characters, but to the point where one would consider him TheStoic.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Steven's stoic attitude leads to people calling him cold and ruthless, despite the fact that he's supposed to be the good guy.
* '''Reconstructed''': Eventually, though, the people that matter in the story respect him as intelligent and a needed logical facet to the group.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Steven is the PowerTrio in the form of one person, due to either being a MoodSwinger or having a SplitPersonality.

* '''Enforced''': "We're filming Star Trek."

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** "We need a character to be the other side - we already have one who's emotional and one that's sort of in-between."

* '''Exaggerated''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ...But it turns out that Steven was roleplaying as someone less intelligent/more emotional than himself.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???