History Tropers / SignalFirefly

* BiggerIsBetterInBed - Tallak may not actually be the God of Thunder, but they have a few things in common. Vian is well above average, to Darlindon's frustration. (He doesn't ''use'' it to its full potential, is the general complaint. Comparisons to peacocks have been made.)
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] (so to speak) with Zhenya. On the one hand, he’s on the small side for a troll. On the other hand, he’s still a troll. (Zhenya and Tallak are roughly the same size.)

* BiggerIsBetterInBed - Tallak is pretty big, being an expy of Thor and all. Vian’s not huge, but he’s definitely above average. Darlindon was not happy when he found out Vian was bigger than him. Comparisons to peacocks were made.

* WrongNameOutburst - To be fair to Helunir, it's inevitable with partners named Sif and Sigyn. All the guys have undoubtedly done it.

* NotRightInTheBed - Zhenya was the first to figure out something was wrong, when the imposter was [[TheImmodestOrgasm too quiet.]]
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay - Sereglin trapped the imposter with a trick question about her childhood. Vian had no trouble reminding Yourself what he did after [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Vian slapped the Lich King.]]

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Tropers/SignalFirefly is an aspiring fanfiction writer who really only created this page to catalog tropes she's used in her own work. Her current obsessions include MetalGear, WorldOfWarcraft, DoctorWho and {{Homestuck}}. Most of her stories are centered around one of those series ([[IntercontinuityCrossover or some combination thereof]]). For better or for worse, however, most of it never makes it to the Internet. She also created the Fanfic/GroznyjGradLivingNovel trope page, and is absurdly proud of it.

Name is in no way related to {{Firefly}}, although she is a fan.

!!Characters
[[folder:World of Warcraft characters]]
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/vian/simple Vian Sunweaver]] - Blood Elf priest. Very, very gay, and more than a little promiscuous, but wholly devoted to the Light.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/zhenya/simple Zhenya]] - Troll death knight, formerly a warrior. [[LoverNotAFighter More of a lover than a fighter]] both before and even after his death, and despite his death knight bloodlust is actually a really nice guy. He'll happily sleep with [[AnythingThatMoves just about anyone]] and is one of Vian's [[FriendsWithBenefits best friends.]]
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/volenka/simple Volenka Brightwater]] - Undead rogue. Drowned herself after being infected with the plague to escape being raised by the Scourge. (It actually worked, sort of - the Forsaken found her first, and not until several years later. She takes great pride in the fact that she was never Scourge and never lost her free will.)
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/krelik/simple Krelik]] - Orc warlock.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/natkata/simple Natkata Swiftwind]] - Tauren druid.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/zarla/simple Zarla]] - Draenei shaman.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/adamska/simple Adamska]] - Night Elf hunter (probably). A deliberately {{Flanderized}} version of [[MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]], he's a compulsive liar with a bit of an obsession with cats. And snakes.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/draenor/enan/simple Enan]] - Draenei death knight. Initially refusing to accept that he was no longer a paladin, it took a good smack upside the head from A'dal himself to get him off his knees and on the battlefield where he belonged. He's now [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife Desperately Looking For A Purpose In...uh...Death.]]
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/cenarion-circle/devonny/simple Devonny Locke]] - Human priest.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/kechalo/simple Kechalo Swiftwind]] - Tauren shaman. Manager of What The Fel's cloth bank and Natkata's little brother.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/pylene/simple Pylene]] - Goblin mage.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/cenarion-circle/silvestry/simple Edward Silvestry]] - Worgen rogue.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/cenarion-circle/haldon/simple Haldon Locke]] - Human hunter. Devonny's older brother.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/linnare/simple Linnare Sunglade]] - [[InsistentTerminology Blood Elf]] rogue.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/draenor/nephriel/simple Nephriel]] - Blood Elf paladin.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/darrowmere/rafiki/simple Rafiki]] - Troll shaman (of course).
* Anariel - A high elf priest and Vian's former teacher.
* Ardin - Anariel's current apprentice, who has a huge crush on Tirion Fordring.
* Adric - Vian's first love, killed by the Scourge in the invasion of Quel'Thalas. Eventually broke free of the Scourge with Sylvanas and her Dark Rangers.
* Tharian - Adric's boyfriend and one of the few male Dark Rangers.
* Vian's drakes:
** Mayagosa - Albino drake. Doesn't like to call attention to the fact that she belongs to the blue dragonflight, and so usually goes by the name Maya.
** Relarastrasz - Red drake. Hot-tempered and irritable much of the time, but a nice guy overall. Being in a relationship with Avidormu helps.
** Avidormu - Bronze drake. Bears a striking resemblance to a young DavidTennant.
** Letharion - Black drake. Locked in a [[TheMasochismTango Masochism Tango]] of sorts with Darlindon - the kid just can't get enough.

Other people's WoW characters:
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/sereglin/simple Sereglin]] - Undead mage. Vian's best friend (they've known each other since she was a child). Guild leader of What The Fel.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/darlindon/simple Darlindon]] - Blood Elf warlock. Where to even begin? A raging arcane addict, an AnythingThatMoves DepravedBisexual, and Vian's StalkerWithACrush. That at least covers a few of the major points.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/lindon/simple Lindon]] - Blood Elf rogue.
* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/cenarion-circle/tuunak/simple Tuunak]] - Draenei priest.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Metal Gear fan characters]]
* [[http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Ivan_Raidenovitch_Raikov Ivan Raikov]] - OlderAndWiser, not to mention obscenely rich due to Volgin's surprisingly careful management of the [[AMacGuffinFullOfMoney Philosopher's Legacy]]. He's also [[IdenticalGrandson Raiden's grandfather]]. ([[ItsALongStory It's complicated.]])
* Pavel Borozdin - Ivan's partner of 30 years, and way too normal for his own good. He also happens to be a moderately successful author and a fantastic cook.
* Vyacheslav Raikov - Ivan's favorite great-nephew (read: the gay one). A college sophomore and [[MostTropersAreYoungNerds troper-grade nerd]] (though not actually a troper).
* Nikanor Malahov - The AscendedExtra boyfriend of an AscendedExtra with way more characterization than he has any right to. Also known as Vyacheslav's boyfriend.

Metal Gear extended verse:
* The Wellesley family - a wealthy upper-class family in VictorianLondon, extending through the 20th century and into the 21st and spreading over much of the world.
** Jeremiah/Lily Bonney, a male-to-female crossdressing prostitute
** David Charles Wellesley III, the head of the family in 1888, who rescues Lily from JackTheRipper
** Rose Parker, an old friend of Jeremiah's mother
* [=UMich=] kids - students at the University of Michigan, where Nika spent his junior year.
** Tom Buchanan, a deaf paraplegic and Nika's closest friend in America
** Dave Buchanan, Tom's older brother. He and Tom are Lily and David Wellesley's great-great-great-grandsons.
** Natasha Valentine, Tom's best friend. A photophobic albino with a garlic allergy who is ActuallyNotAVampire.
** Renée "Rae" [=LaPorte=], a male-to-female {{Transsexual}} with dreams of being the next {{Beyonce}}[[/folder]]

!!Tropes:

[[folder:WoW Tropes]]
* AlwaysCamp - Vian's father was a florist (and 100% straight).
* AdventurerArchaeologist - Haldon and Natkata.
* [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Anti Hero]] - Darlindon is a Type IV.
* AnythingThatMoves - Zhenya and Darlindon.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny - Most of the time Edward can keep his animal instincts in check, but if he sees a [[{{Film/Up}} squirrel,]] all bets are off.
* BetterAsFriends - Zhenya and his first girlfriend grew up together, dated briefly as teenagers, but broke up when [[LikeBrotherAndSister it got awkward]]. And they did stay friends afterward.
* BigBrotherInstinct - Vian's two older children tease their little brother mercilessly about being "scrawny" (by orc standards; he's half blood elf), but if anyone ''else'' dares to pick on him... Haldon is also very protective of little sister Devonny, and even Zhenya has his moments.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed - Semi-inverted with Zhenya. On the one hand, he's on the small side for a troll. On the other hand, he's still a troll.
* BiTheWay - Zarla, arguably.
* BodyHorror - [[http://yaoi.y-gallery.net/view/738024/ Rise of the Silithid]] (NSFW) was published in a book of short stories Vian unwittingly picked up in a Silvermoon bookshop. He had nightmares for weeks afterward.
* CanonImmigrant - Ardin originally appeared in TheSims2 before eventually being incorporated into the main storyline.
* CharacterDevelopment - Vian started out as an {{Expy}} of Raikov before developing a personality and backstory all his own.
* ChildByRape - Linnare, whose mother was raped by an Amani troll during the Second War.
* ChivalrousPervert - Zhenya is somewhere between this and HandsomeLech.
* DaddysGirl - Nephriel.
* DepravedBisexual - Darlindon.
* DoNotCallMePaul - Pylene's real name is Molly Propylene. Its only purpose is to rhyme with her [[ThemeTwinNaming twin sister's]] PunnyName, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene Polly.]] Is it any wonder she hates it?
* EmoTeen - Letharion dresses like one, but averts the rest of the trope. Most of the time.
* EroticEating - Vian can eat a sausage suggestively without making men wince. Now ''that'' takes skill.
* EthicalSlut - Vian.
* [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Even The Lesbians Want Him]]/IfItsYouItsOkay - Natkata will freely admit to being straight for Baine Bloodhoof.
* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex - What The Fel has a (somewhat exaggerated) reputation for this.
* FashionDissonance - Just ''where'' did Letharion get blue jeans and Converse? Does it really matter?
* FemmeFatalons - Black drake Letharion has these in his otherwise weak and defenseless human form.
* GoodAngelBadAngel - Vian can (and has) been described as Ivan Raikov's shoulder angel; Zhenya is Volgin's.
* {{Guyliner}} - Letharion, as part of his EmoTeen image.
* HonoraryUncle - Most members of What The Fel, once people start having kids.
* HotForPreacher - A large part of what made Darlindon become obsessed with Vian was his apparent IncorruptiblePurePureness. Whether it was a desire to simply be close to that or to [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt it]] is anyone's guess.
** Of course, another reason was that Vian [[SleepsWithEveryoneButYou Sleeps With Everyone But Him.]] Purity is relative.
* [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Orc Tiny Elf]] - Vian and the majority of the men he's attracted to, most notably his eventual husband Broktan.
** HugeGuyTinyGirl - Devonny, a human, and Tuunak, a draenei.
* TheImmodestOrgasm - Vian. Merely embarrassing when he first realizes he's doing it; {{Squick}}-inducing when he [[RightThroughTheWall finds out]] [[TooMuchInformation he inherited that particular habit from his grandmother.]]
** Tharian is even louder. Of course, he's a [[OurBansheesAreLouder banshee.]] Adric likes 'em loud.
* InformedDeformity - Edward has a nasty scar on his left leg and walks with a limp in human form, both of which are impossible to convey in-game.
* InsistentTerminology - Linnare is a blood elf. Even though she looks just like a Darkspear troll. Totally an elf. Don't argue.
* InterspeciesRomance - Vian and Broktan (A blood elf and an orc), Vian and Zhenya (a troll), and Zhenya and Volenka (undead human) are just a few examples.
* {{Keet}} - Enan had elements of this before he became a Death Knight. [[PsychopathicManchild And it didn't stop then, either.]]
* KissingInATree - Not quite the trope. Vian broke his arm as a teenager playing this one a bit too literally.
* LanguageOfLove - Vian and draenei. Zhenya with [[AnythingThatMoves just about anyone.]]
* TheMasochismTango - Darlindon and Letharion are caught up in one of these. Letharion insists he hates Darlindon and wants nothing to do with him (and he often means it), but he just keeps crawling back...
* MassiveNumberedSiblings - Volenka is the third of seven children. New guildmate Pylene trumps that with eleven (including a twin sister).
* MayflyDecemberRomance - Vian and Broktan.
* MementoMacGuffin - Vian's bracelet, which belonged to his mother.
* MentorShip - Vian and his mentor Anariel.
* MyGirlIsASlut - Broktan is surprisingly comfortable with Vian's sexual history. That doesn't mean it's okay for Vian to sleep around after they're together, though.
* {{Nakama}} - What The Fel.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid - Vian's youngest son Dron is actually the half orc, half blood elf child of Darlindon and Krelik. Linnare is the child of a high elf and an Amani troll.
* NotRightInTheBed - In an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] in which Vian is impersonated by a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Darkfallen]], Zhenya is the first to realize something's up... because the impostor is [[TheImmodestOrgasm too quiet in bed.]]
* {{Omniglot}} - Vian is fluent in Thalassian, Darnassian, Orcish and Common. He eventually learns Gutterspeak as well.
* OneHeadTaller - non-romantic example in Vian and best friend Sereglin.
* OrificeInvasion - The reason Vian refuses to go to Silithus alone - see Body Horror above.
* OverprotectiveDad - Though not actually a father, Haldon assumed this role after his father died when Devonny was just a baby.
* PlatonicLifePartners - Vian and Sereglin. Sereglin's had a crush on Vian since she was a child, but has long since accepted that it's not going to happen; aside from [[IncompatibleOrientation the fact that he's gay]], he thinks of her as [[LikeBrotherAndSister a little sister]].
* PromotionToParent - Volenka, briefly, after her parents and older siblings were the first to die of the plague.
* PsychopathicManchild - As a servant of the Lich King, Enan was driven by a desperate, childish desire to please his master. "Lookit all the Crusader skulls I got! Can we put them up on the fridge please please please?"
* RescueSex - Adamska fell off Nordrassil as a teenager and was rescued by a red dragon. Yes, [[SarcasticConfession believe it or not,]] Adamska actually ''did'' lose his virginity to a dragon.
* RightThroughTheWall - Vian, generally overheard by Sereglin. [[YaoiFangirl Not that she was listening or anything.]]
* RomancingTheWidow - To nobody's surprise, Zhenya was more or less planning to do this from the day Vian married Broktan. It's only practical when your [[FriendsWithBenefits best-friend-with-benefits]] marries someone he'll outlive by a few hundred years. Ivan and Pavel might also be an example.
* SexyPriest - Vian.
* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou - There are a lot of people Vian will sleep with, but he does not count warlocks among them. Much to Darlindon's frustration.
* [[{{Crunchtastic}} Sluttastic]] - Often used to describe Vian. Used in-universe by Letharion.
* StickyFingers - Lindon habitually filches jewelry and the like to "get a closer look". He can't help it - he just likes shiny things. And he always gives them back. (Okay, usually. ...Sometimes.)
* StraightGay - Broktan.
* TeamChef - Sereglin. Vian eventually learned to cook as well, but she's still the best by a long shot.
* TransparentCloset - Letharion vehemently insists he likes women, but everyone knows he's not actually ''attracted'' to them. He just likes to use and manipulate them [[ForTheLulz for the]] [[ForTheEvulz hell of it]].
* SubordinateExcuse - Vian eventually ends up working directly for Thrall as his messenger/secretary/general-purpose gofer. Thrall, however, is by this point aware of Vian's crush on him and mostly just ignores it.
* ThemeNaming - Zarla and her family are named after MetalGear fanartists.
* {{Twincest}} - Polly and Pylene aren't ''really'' into each other (or girls, period), but they're perfectly willing to play it up for the sake of fanservice. Their older twin brothers, on the other hand, are the real deal.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance - Tharian and his cousin Linaren, whose mothers were identical twins.
* UnusualEuphemism - "Thalassian poetry".
* TheWoobie - Vian gets this treatment a lot, mostly but not always in non-canon AlternateUniverse scenarios specifically designed for that purpose. This includes the aforementioned Darkfallen incident and pretty much anything involving silithids.
* YaoiFangirl - Sereglin. As well as Firefly herself, but that should go without saying at this point.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Metal Gear Tropes]]
* AscendedExtra - Vyacheslav was just another one of Ivan's many relatives, until he turned out to be gay. [[YaoiFangirl Apparently that's all it takes to make a character more interesting.]]
* AfraidOfNeedles - Vyacheslav.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous - Possibly. Vyacheslav went through a bit of a "slut" phase during his temporary break from Nika while the latter was in America for a year. Another possible explanation - he's a ''college student''. They do that.
** On opposite ends of the spectrum, Justin is a shameless slut, while Adam is a virgin (by choice).
* AmbiguouslyBrown - Natasha's biological father was this, while her mother was a medium-dark-skinned European mix. Natasha would be ambiguously brown [[HeroicAlbino if she had any color at all.]]
* {{Asexuality}} - Natasha
* BiTheWay - Rae, though she tends to prefer men, and Dave, though he has no interest in actually having sex with a man, has a hard time resisting a strong, manly chest.
* ChickMagnet - Most (if not all) of Tom's friends are female or gay, and most of them are or have been attracted to him.
* ClubKid - Justin, although he at least has enough sense not to do drugs and to use protection.
* {{Deadpool}} - Tom's a big fan.
* DeepSouth - Where Rae grew up.
* {{Defictionalization}} - In a weird way, the Wellesleys themselves. They were originally fictional characters in a historical novel written by Pavel. Then Nika happened to meet some of their descendants. They were eventually retconned into actual historical figures, but it was kinda [[MindScrew mind-screwy]] for a while.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay - Kevin is straight and doesn't put much effort into his appearance, while Justin is a bleach-blond {{Twink}}.
* DisabledHottie - Tom. 7+ years in a manual wheelchair will do wonders for one's chest and arm muscles. The fact that he's also a dedicated swimmer doesn't hurt, either.
* EmoTeen - Rae (then known as Ray) used this as a crutch when she was still living as a boy, as it allowed her to have long hair and wear makeup and girly clothes while still being seen as male. That, and she had plenty of {{Angst}} to work with.
* EpilepticTrees - The story was originally conceived to explore the connection between Raiden and Raikov. It eventually snowballed to the point that Raikov became a [[OutOfFocus minor character]] and Raiden was DemotedToExtra.
* EverythingsBetterWithChocolate - Nika's TrademarkFavoriteFood. Dave, tragically, is allergic.
* ExperimentedInCollege - Dave
* FanficChopSuey - Two basic rules: author-like traits are spread out among various characters, and all are plausible in context (LadyGaga and AdamLambert are [[http://adamlamberttv.blogspot.com/2011/01/adam-lambert-trails-only-lady-gaga-on.html popular in Russia]]; {{Firefly}}, probably less so.)
* FlyingUnderTheGaydar - Shockingly, Ivan's family had ''no idea'' he was gay until he came out in his late teens. No small amount of denial was undoubtedly involved. That, and it was TheFifties.
* TheGlassesGottaGo - Inverted: Dave's future wife Lydia originally wore contacts, until he convinced her she [[{{Meganekko}} looked better in glasses.]]
* {{Goth}} - Natasha played this to the hilt in high school, milking her vampiric traits for all they were worth. [[OldShame Better not to mention it now.]]
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave - Pavel, and (of course) Ivan.
* HairOfGold - Lily.
* HomosexualReproduction - Nika and Vyacheslav eventually have twins, using Vyacheslav's sperm and eggs donated by Nika's sister.
* HappilyAdopted - Natasha and Adam
* HasTwoDaddies - Natasha
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - Lily, Rose, Lily's mother Mary, and Evangeline Lovett.
* IfItsYouItsOkay - David fell in love with Lily as a woman (and had a habit of visiting prostitutes before he met her), but wasn't especially perturbed when he [[DroppedABridgetOnHim found out the truth]]. It's likely his interest in women is mainly aesthetic, rather than precisely anatomical. BiTheWay is also a possibility.
* LipstickLesbian - Mandy
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters - The Wellesley family. The ENTIRE family, from Lily and David's eleven children through to the present day.
* NobodyOver50IsGay - Averted with Ivan and Pavel, who are in their late seventies.
* OneSteveLimit - Averted with Ivan's family. Most of the names were taken from the same (very limited) source (specifically, school yearbooks), so there are a lot of repeats. The Wellesley family frequently reuses David and Lillian.
* PlatonicLifePartners - Tom and Natasha.
* PleaseDumpMe - Ivan was afraid of falling for Pavel, so he tried everything he could think of to drive him away. It didn't work.
* RescueRomance - David saves Lily from JackTheRipper and, since she has nowhere else to go, takes her home with him.
* SameFaceDifferentName - Pavel publishes most of his work under his own name, but writes gay-themed romance novels under the pen name Pyotr Martynov. (Necessary in his case as when he started writing, homosexuality was still illegal in Russia.)
* SelfMadeOrphan - Rose's sister Violet, who killed their [[AbusiveParents father]] after he [[ParentalIncest raped Rose]]. (Their mother had [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to Rose.]])
* StraightGay - Pavel and Vyacheslav.
* SupremeChef - Pavel.
* ThemeNaming - [[JohnLennon Ivan]] and [[PaulMcCartney Pavel]] are friends with another couple named [[GeorgeHarrison Yuri]] and [[ThePeteBest Pyotr]] [[RingoStarr Richardovich]].
* TheVJDayKiss - Although Tristan and Agatha (Lily and David's grandson, and Tom and Dave's great-grandparents) were not the couple photographed, they met in the same way.
* ThisBedOfRoses - Evangeline Lovett takes Lily home with her for a few days, resulting in a child, Esther, who Lily and David later adopt.
* {{Transsexual}} - Rae, as previously mentioned. Conversely, Jeremiah/Lily is ''not'' trans; he still considers himself male, and lives as a woman only because he sees it as a safer and more practical alternative to being gay in 19th century England.
* TheTwink - Justin
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** Reneé "Rae" [=LaPorte=], a male-to-female {{Transsexual}} with dreams of being the next {{Beyonce}}[[/folder]]

** Natasha Valentine, Tom's best friend. A photophobic albino with a garlic allergy who is ActuallyNotAVampiree.

** Natasha Valentine, Tom's best friend. A photophobic albino with a garlic allergy who is absolutely not a vampire.
** Rachel "Rae" [=LaPorte=], a male-to-female {{Transsexual}} with dreams of being the next {{Beyonce}}[[/folder]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown - Natasha's biological mother never knew exactly what ethnicity her baby's father was. She herself was a European mix who identified as {{Romani}}. (Not that it ''really'' matters that much, since Natasha [[HeroicAlbino came out pretty white anyway.]]

* [[http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/shuhalo/linnare/simple Linnare Sunglade]] - [[strike: Troll]] [[InsistentTerminology Blood Elf]] rogue.

** On both ends of the spectrum, Justin is a shameless slut, while Adam is a virgin (by choice).

* ChickMagnet - All of Tom's female and gay friends seem to be attracted to him, with the exceptions of Adam and [[PlatonicLifePartners platonic life partner]] Natasha.

* Vyacheslav Raikov - Ivan's favorite great-nephew (read: the gay one). A college sophomore and [[MostTropersAreYoungNerds troper-grade nerd]] (although he does not actually read TVTropes).

** Jeremiah/Lily Bonney, a male-to-female crossdressing prostitute who marries into the family

* FanficChopSuey / AuthorAvatar - Trying hard to avert this with Vyacheslav, a nerdy 20 year old college student from Russia. No, he has never even heard of TVTropes.

* OneSteveLimit - Averted with Ivan's family. Most of the names were taken from the same (very limited) source (specifically, school yearbooks), so there are a lot of repeats. The Wellesley family frequently uses David and Lillian.

* EpilepticTrees - The connection between Raiden from [[MetalGear MGS2]] and his doppelganger Raikov from [=MGS3=], and the whole reason this fanverse exists in the first place.