Line #179 Tropers/AlexSora89


1	--> ''In [[NiceGuy nicest guy]], in [[KnifeNut nuttiest knife]],''
2	--> ''[[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife Tv Tropes will ruin my life]],''
3	--> ''since I [[NonstandardGameOver first browsed]] the site,''
4	--> ''[[{{JustForFun/RuinedForever}} these lame changes]] I will fight,[[note]](until I found out about TheSecondGoogleIncident, anyway. Some of them, like a more "serious/respectable" image, are for the best.)[[/note]]''
5	--> ''and will keep this wiki fine:''
6	--> ''I am... Alex/Sora Eighty-Nine!''
7	---> Alex Sora 89's [[GreenLantern oath]]
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9	Gateway article: '''NonstandardGameOver'''[[note]](courtesy of the "Bad Ending" article on TheOtherWiki)[[/note]]
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15	Sure thing.
16	G'd evening, gentlemen and ladies. This is Alex/Sora 89, the Italian troper who brought you, among other things, [[{{It/CarburantePerIncubi}} the Italian page for]] NightmareFuel, the various page-images that now decorate some of the pages (including panels from the [[CrackFic 34th issue]] of WhatIf) and even ''created'' some of the articles (see: {{Powerless}} and BulletPoints). Oh, and those quotes by Italian comedian Omar Fantini about TheEighties? My doing! [[note]] Actually my opening quote for RoseOfVersailles got deleted, but maybe it's better that way - Omar Fantini's book about the eighties properly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] anything from that decade by giving it a humorous impact on today's society. [[GIJoe And now you know]]! [[/note]] My most recent work, as of this edit, is the article for the just-announced ''TheatrhythmFinalFantasy'': feel free to help with it!
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18	And, given the ''MiniMarvels'' article needs both [[NeedsMoreLove More Love]] and [[NeedsWikiMagicLove Wiki Magic Love]] as well, feel free to help with both.
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20	But please, take a seat, and -- ya know what? Now that you're here, have some tea while I talk about, uh, myself.
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22	You may have thought that such an introduction that you're reading about your typical SmallNameBigEgo guy, but it's actually quite the opposite - not only there's a ridiculous amount of SelfDeprecation when talking about either my skills or my flaws, but my tendency to apologise for even the least significant of mistakes makes me a male example of [[strike: YamatoNadeshiko]] ShrinkingViolet, too - believe it or not.
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24	I used to be a ButtMonkey at school, but somehow IGotBetter and now I'm done with books. [[BookDumb Thankfully.]] However, my last school year has been made rougher by a textbook example of the JerkJock to the point I nicknamed him the "quintessential jerk". However, after [[NeedsMoreLove years]] of [[LoveHurts waiti]][[AllLoveIsUnrequited ng for]] a girlfriend (because of [[{{Gonk}} my looks]]), I finally received my first, TrueLovesKiss. ''[[BeyondTheImpossible When I was almost nineteen.]]''
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26	Still, now things are going nicely between me and, [[{{Woolseyism}} for lack of a better English name]], Faith. Our dates tend to border on SickeninglySweethearts, reaching TastesLikeDiabetes levels.
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28	Given that, for me, now school's out ''for real'', I think it's time for me to look for a job - despite my dream is to start my own webcomic and make a living out of it (à la [[QuestionableContent Jeph Jacques]]/PennyArcade), since [[{{Otaku}} the-stuff-you-are-likely-to-find-at-comic-cons]] has been my passion since my very birth and I've drawn stuff since I was a 4th-grader. The tentative title of its webcomic (as I'm currently imagining it, anyway) is a ZeroWingrish mix of GratuitousEnglish, GratuitousSpanish and GratuitousItalian, resulting in ''"El Webcomico Italiano"''.
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30	I've been anonymously lurking the site since, on that fateful day, [[TheOtherWiki Wikipedia]] brought me here through an external link. After [[NonstandardGameOver the first page]] of this website I browsed... [[WikiWalk well,]] [[TheTetrisEffect you know...]] [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife nothing has ever been the same anymore]].[[note]] "the first page I browsed linking to "Nonstandard Game Over" ''doesn't mean'' the fact I'm now addicted to the site represents a [[NonstandardGameOver NGO]] for my life, but that it was ''really'' the first page I browsed: [[TheOtherWiki Wikipedia]] [[NotableReferencesToTvTropes introduced me]] [[TvTropesInOtherWikis to the site]] as an external link when I was reading their "BadEnding" article. You know the rest: [[{{Irony}} I browse TvTropes a lot more than Wikipedia now.]] [[/note]]
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32	I've now become a (self-appointed) member of the SocietyToPreventOverlyOriginalNames, or [[FunWithAcronyms SPOON]] for short, the key word being ''[[{{Understatement}} "overly"]]'' in terms of [[NonindicativeName nonindicative trope names.]] [[note]] Simply put, "AllTheMyriadWays" (which, when I found it on a work's article, forced me to browse my way to the laconic entry to find out it was about how AnyoneCanDieInOtherUniverses!) was where I decided that ''[[SamuelLJackson ENOUGH IS ENOUGH]]'' (in fact I created quite a bunch of useful redirects for that trope) in terms of [[{{Understatement}} nonindicative]] trope names and that, combined with a statement by a member of {{FORKS}} (for those curious, it was, [[{{DarthWiki/WallBanger}} "That's what the f***ing articles are for"]]), convinced me to join this group instead. Also convinced that [[PeopleLettingAllTropeTitlesExistRelishably Most Trope Titles Should Exist Relishably]], but only if those titles are ''both'' original (read: they have a TropeNamer in a certain work) and '''''clear.''''' [[/note]]
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34	As you might have noticed at the top of this page, I've recently created a [[JustBugsMe Just-Bugs-Me]] article for ''this very page'' meant for those who feel annoyed by my hatred towards most of this site's "updates", as listed in [[{{DarthWiki/RuinedForever}} this article.]] If you want to defend them, you need to look no further than [[{{JustBugsMe/AlexSora89}} the article I just made.]] [[{{Irony}} [EDIT: It's redlinked now.]]]
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36	However, following a brief suspension of my account in April 2012, and after finding out about TheSecondGoogleIncident, I realised some of the site's changes actually are for the best, like the perma-redlink for NaughtyTentacles. While my inner, formerly {{natter}}-loving self sees this as a FaceHeelTurn, most of the tropers' community is likely to think it's actually a HeelFaceTurn instead. That's why you'll find instances of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=NightmareFuel.DonkeyKongCountry&more=t me actually REMOVING natter,]] as you can see in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13356185020A27903600 the Nightmare Fuel cleanup thread.]] (Just in case you're curious, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13356185020A27903600&page=21#521 this]] is my current track record.)
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38	However, the site's lost pages are still a touchy subject to me, which is why I created the article for '''WaybackMachine''' and is the reason behind my interest in - [[SincerityMode and great respect for]] - the site's unofficial archivist, '''@/{{Korodzik}}.''' Check both pages out.
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40	"I'm currently planning to use the new 'Quest editor' - or whatever it was called - in ''[[DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy]]'' to create some {{fan fic}}s in playable form"... but I noticed that everything after that sentence was just getting [[WallOfText too long]], even considering I'm on "my" page now[[note]]that is, one on which some standard Tv Tropes rules don't apply, such as PleaseNoNatter and YMMV tropes not being allowed, just to name two[[/note]], so this section of the page has evolved into my very first TroperWorks page ever, which you can find '''[[{{DarthWiki/AlexSora89sDissidia012FinalFantasyOriginalQuests}} here]]'''.
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42	Also, I saved un-launched YKTTW drafts of mine, "potentially risque edits" (nothing NSFW, though) on '''[[TroperSandBox/AlexSora89 the Alex Sora 89 Sandbox page,]]''' where this kind of things is supposed to be shown as in a museum of sorts: the edits are displayed there, in a frozen state, for everyone to see. [[FridgeLogic Provided you feel the need to see something hidden in a different namespace to begin with, anyway.]]
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44	As of other stuff I've created, for those curious, I've recently downloaded ''"MarioVsDonkeyKong: Minis March Again!"'' on my recently-bought {{Nintendo3DS}}. Why am I telling you that? Because I used the editor to create, so far, the following bunch of levels. You're more than encouraged to try out...
45	* '''Headache:''' first attempt at using the editor. It turned out to be way better than expected, mostly thanks to one ''hell'' of an user-friendly level editor, and called as such because [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I found out to be good at creating]] NintendoHard levels (on the average ThatOneLevel standards, between BreatherLevel and PlatformHell). Currently online and approved by the staff.
46	* '''Brothers:''' a linear level, slightly easier than ''Headache''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As the title suggests]], it's meant to "feel" like a linear SuperMarioBros level. Currently online and approved by the staff.
47	* '''Kong:''' third level I designed. As with ''Brothers'', the level accomplishes the same feat by using the original ''DonkeyKong'' game as a basis this time around, turning out to be a lot more NintendoHard than ''Brothers'' in the process. Requires either excellent timing or [[LuckBasedMission a fairly blatant amount of luck.]] Currently online and approved by the staff.
48	* '''[=ShyTower=]:''' fourth level. Originally supposed to be a totem made out of Shy Guys, the concept was ultimately scrapped when I found out Shy Guys can't stand on one another because if one falls on the other, the result is a GoombaStomp between the two. So I scrapped the [[TheWarSequence epic battle]] idea entirely and simply created a tower for the {{Mook}}s instead, with purple blocks being the only thing keeping them from harming the two Minis. The same purple blocks must be used to create a stairway to the top of the titular tower, without ever getting hit by the Shy Guys that get inevitably freed in the process. Requires even more timing than ''Kong'' but may turn out to be incredibly tedious once players get the hang of it... [[SureWhyNot although actual fatigue resulting from boredom is also a key element.]] Currently online and approved by the staff.
49	* '''[=PipeTrap=]:''' fifth level and first key level, where a key-wielding Mini-Mario has to save the others, trapped in a prison surrounded by a pipe - hence the title. ThatOneLevel, just like the others. Currently online and approved by the staff.
50	* '''[=ShyGhoul=]:''' sixth level, with the level design based on the flying ghost Shy Guy enemies. While simpler than other levels, it requires the player to follow the Minimarios constantly. There's also one last Minimario next to the final door, but purposefully placed in the worst way possible. Currently online and approved by the staff; it's also the first level that has been rated, with a 4/5 rating as of early May 2012.
51	* '''[=BothWays=]:''' seventh level, based on the magnet levels, the exit can be reached either by going left or right, hence the level's name. Currently online and approved by the staff, with a 4/5 rating as of early May 2012.
52	* '''[=HardMaze=]:''' eighth level, with a lot of content crammed into the smallest a level can get in the game. It lacks any enemies, just eight Mini-Marios on red girders, with purple blocks that can be either removed or filled at will, and ladders. Don't let this fool you: given the time limit rule that forces Minimarios to get out of the level all in a row, this level easily becomes ''the most sadistically designed level of mine''. Good luck if you find and download it. Currently online and approved by the staff, with a 4/5 rating as of early May 2012.
53	* '''[=KongRise=]:''' ninth level. A pretty basic one, as the Minimario at the bottom is only required to make it to the exit alongside the other two in the stage; however, it needs a lot of timing. Currently online and approved by the staff, with a 4/5 rating as of early May 2012.
54	* '''[=KongJail=]:''' tenth level, and the second with a key-wielding Minimario. While not as small as the aforementioned [=HardMaze=], this one has a lot of risky elements, such a red Shy Ghoul, a Kong that can throw you on spikes, and the need of timing as required in a level with a locked door. Currently online and approved by the staff, ''[[MomentOfAwesome but this time with a 5/5 rating]]'' as of early May 2012.
55	* '''[=DropDown=]:''' mostly made for the hell of it. As small as [=HardMaze=], it's just an excuse for giving the newly-unlocked Mini-Peach and Mini-Toad a try. Basically, a Mario opens the yellow gate-thing the others are standing on, resulting in a very quick non-stop barrage of woo-hoos from the toys entering the door. Currently online, not yet approved.
56	* '''[=Anatomy=]:''' ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a level shaped like a human being seen frontally. The exit is accessed after a short free-fall, and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar is placed between the feet.]] Currently online, not yet approved.
57	* '''[=HardStep=]:''' while [=HardMaze=] was already sadistic, this SpiritualSuccessor is even worse in every aspect. [[UnpublishedWorks Not yet uploaded.]]
58	* '''[=Rescuers=]:''' based on both the underground and castle levels of the first ''Super Mario Bros.'', this one is the SpiritualSuccessor to my previous level "Brothers". Here, Mario and Toad must rescue Peach. [[UnpublishedWorks Not yet uploaded.]]
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60	You can find me on various sites:
61	* [[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000568252254&ref=search my Facebook account]] (if you ask my friendship without having ever met me in person, then just send me a message in order to tell me [[SophisticatedAsHell who the hel]][[LastSecondWordSwap -lo you are]]);
62	* [[http://www.brawlsnapshots.com/users/2943 my Brawl Snapshots]] account, that sadly [[ScheduleSlip I'm not updating for now]] [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife (for]] [[SuperMarioGalaxy2 some]] [[NewSuperMarioBrosWii reason)]].
63	** Due to Site Existence Failure, the above outside link is now a deadlink; WaybackMachine [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090413143105/http://www.brawlsnapshots.com/users/2943 to the rescue!]]
64	* [[http://alex-sora-89.deviantart.com/ my currently-empty DevianTART account]], though only time will tell if my Webcomic will start there;
65	* Italian-speaking folks may also have seen "AlexSora89" on the Italian ''Forumcommunity'' fora, or on the Italian Playstation Blog (where I usually rant about [[NoExportForYou the status]] of the European [[PlaystationNetwork PlayStation Store]].
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69	!! This Troper [[TruthInTelevision actually shows]] the following Tropes (among others):
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71	* {{Adorkable}} and LovableNerd: subverted, in that such a trope ''never'' got me a girlfriend. [[IGotBetter Then Faith arrived...]]
72	* TheAce: my friend Lawrence may count, being somewhat of a DarkerAndEdgier counterpart of this very troper. The fact he ''actually [[{{Cosplay}} cosplayed]]'' [[EstrogenBrigadeBait a]][[WalkingShirtlessScene s]] [[OnePiece Ace]] may count.
73	* ApologisesALot: yep. Sorry.
74	** ApologeticAttacker: when I'm on the tatami - the rubber-carpet our Krav Maga group uses during lessons - I turn into this, ''especially'' when I train with Faith.
75	* ArtEvolution: my drawings have become way better across the years.
76	* AudioErotica: playing with small action figures, inside any CrackFic my mind could have generated when I was a child playing with his toys, as time passes, made me somewhat of a ManOfAThousandVoices - one of which can get ''[[{{Understatement}} very, very deep]]'' sometimes.
77	* AuthorAppeal: several.
78	** InkblotCartoonStyle, mostly due to the {{retraux}} {{homage}} known as [[TheFairlyOddParents "The Good Old Days"]], [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13079869630A00000200&page=138#3444 as seen here.]]
79	* BerserkButton: while usually [[TakeThat Horoscopes are nothing but a load of bunk]], sometimes they're right, such as the statement about Taurus being the most peaceful sign in the zodiac ''[[OhCrap until you piss him]]''. To actually ''piss'' me, you really need to put all of your effort - and even then, I can still be as calm as ever; however, there are things that make me angry. Examples:
80	** The NoExportForYou trope in general, and its tendency to hit Europe [[{{Understatement}} a bit more]] than other regions.
81	** The JumpScare trope and its abundance in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin screamer pranks]] and [[ShockSite shock sites]]. One of my fondest dreams is a world without such things.
82	** Getting interrupted while I'm doing anything, ''especially'' playing videogames.
83	*** On that note, having to restart anything counts even more - and then again, ''especially'' about games, and even more when the having-to-restart thing is a direct consequence of being interrupted.
84	** ViralMarketing in general. Whenever I see a commercial that doesn't say the name of the product at all (since the explicit version always shows up about a week later), [[GetOnWithItAlready my reaction is usually the same.]]
85	** While usually more like an annoyance, as said in my intro, [[NoExportForYou the number of avilable PSOne Classics in the European]] PlaystationNetwork is actually... [[{{Understatement}} pretty]] infuriating.
86	** [[OneMoreDay Something else I'm not the only one to bitch about.]]
87	** I also have a BerserkButton about ''this very site'', but it's a relatively minor one - that is, the various obnoxious changes made recently to TvTropes. Most of them (read: the disabling of strikeouts and YMMV tropes getting their own [[strike: ghetto]] separate tab are the worst ones to me) are summed up in '''[[{{DarthWiki/RuinedForever}} this]]''' page. Now, it's not like I "loathe" those changes, but I hope you may understand me if [[{{Understatement}} I don't quite rejoice for them.]]
88	*** On that note, I'm changing my mind. See HeelFaceTurn below.
89	* BluenoseBowdleriser: [[AvertedTrope averted.]] I ''do'' in fact censor swear words [[PrecisionFStrike (most of the time anyway)]], but only ''[[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad mine.]]''
90	* BullyHunter: [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]] Yeah, [[ButtMonkey the]] [[FreudianExcuse setup]] [[{{Understatement}} is there]], but... revenge isn't exactly my thing, really.
91	* BunnyEarsLawyer: although more of a...
92	* ... CloudCuckoolander: holy wow. Sometimes my actual sanity is questioned - and for good reason.
93	* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: well, everyone gets his or her own, with RealLife being as long as it is, and I have had my share, too. There's one, in particular, that was ''also'' a Dethroning Moment Of Suck. To elaborate: does anybody (among the Italian tropers, that is) remember the Disney Club show? Okay. Does anybody remember the "let's-see-who-sent-us-some-e-mails" section? Good. Does anybody remember an episode in which an e-mail containing a drawing by a sixth-grader Alessandro Bozzi? '''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Yep, that was me.]]''' Too bad ''[[DethroningMomentOfSuck nobody in my school watched the program on that fateful Saturday afternoon.]]''
94	** A real one occurred in early February 2011: [[http://www.rpgsite.net/news/981/dissidia-012-duodecim-final-fantasy-prologue-confirmed-for-the-west.html this article]] about the DissidiaFinalFantasy sequel (prequel at that) alludes to "a fan question". Said question was asked on the European Playstation Blog by an user, "Alex PSN 89", that is, none other than ''me''. Somehow, indirectly, I managed to get famous.
95	* DeadpanSnarker: sometimes. Unfortunately, [[DeconstructedTrope it doesn't always work in real life]], as often it falls into "DudeNotFunny" territory and [[WhatTheHellHero I therefore happen to be chewed out on it.]]
96	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: annoying pretty much everyone, to everyone's annoyed annoyance.
97	* TheDogBitesBack: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1345118977095926800&page=1#1 yep.]] ([[AC: Disclaimer:]] if you think the linked-to TakeThat is aimed towards @/{{Fighteer}}, well, sucks for you - it isn't! That's not the point, really. The TakeThat is below Fighty's quote.)
98	* DrivesLikeCrazy: [[CaptainObvious this has been a problem for me.]] [[ParanoiaFuel Just hope I'm not driving anywhere near you.]] Actually, [[IGotBetter I'm gradually getting better at driving]], much to engineers' and coachbuilders' chagrin.
99	* EntryPimp: more like ''Entry Pimp Disorder''. [[ItsWhatIDo I'm only human after all...]] [[note]] [[SincerityMode Note that this does not justify my behavior on this wiki in any way.]] [[/note]]
100	* ExtremeDoormat: sometimes I ''have'' opinions and even happen to defend them, but my personality is usually as close to this trope as it gets.
101	* GameMod: currently looking for some.
102	** ''KingdomHearts358DaysOver2:'' a hack that adds three questions in the Character Select Menu of the single-player Mission Mode, namely if the player wants CPU allies, how many, and which ones.
103	** ''YoshisIslandDS:'' "press X while not launching eggs to change baby", anyone?
104	* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: aside from what I do with my own works, I also did this on TvTropes itself. [[CaptainObvious Saying what I did would result in that being undone]], and that would kind of [[DontExplainTheJoke defeat the purpose]]. I can only say it's an ExpospeakGag.
105	** [[spoiler: Also, [[CaptainObvious this very page]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke You do realise]] [[RefugeInAudacity this trope list]] is actually a list of [[TroperTales anecdotes]], right?]]
106	* GiveGeeksAChance: once again, me and Faith. Bear in mind that it means the female gender first gave me a chance when I was almost nineteen and not only I was still a virgin, but also I still had to receive my first kiss. Go figure.
107	* HeelFaceTurn: as noted above, I'm {{natter}}ing less and less as time goes by, mainly because of my suspension following excessive complaining about the site's policy. Finding out NaughtyTentacles joined the PermanentRedLinkClub had me muttering, "there goes another one", until the article about TheSecondGoogleIncident convinced me that some changes actually ''are'' for the best. However, my inner, former natter-loving self sees this as [[FaceHeelTurn a huge sellout.]]
108	* HeroicBSOD: when seeing "[[OhCrap NOT ALLOWED TO NEXT CLASS]]" during 2007, my face was quite like this.
109	* HilariousInHindsight: as part of my SelfDeprecation, when a friend of mine posted as her personal message on MSN Messenger a quote by ''{{Sappho}}'' about love and the fact there's for everyone, I quite lost it. However, the next day, I met Faith for the second time, and, [[TrueLovesKiss well...]]
110	* InsaneTrollLogic: my mom is the all-time ''master'' of this.
111	* LastNameBasis: as a quick reminder to former schoolmates - [[MyNameIsNotDurwood my name is Alex.]] Capeesh?
112	* ManOfAThousandVoices: playing with action figures [[LargeHam and doing your best to give a soul to the characters of your story]] shows, really.
113	* MythologyGag: like @/FairyRed always chooses [[PlayingWithFire the fire-element]] starters in her {{Pokemon}} games, my choice is always the [[MakingASplash water-element]] starter. However, starting with ''PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', all my water-type starters have been named "Number One" (and spelled exactly like that, without the quotation marks). There's a deeper reason behind that: my (initial) party in ''Ruby And Sapphire'' had all of its members named after the main cast of the ''AlanFord'' comics; however, said ThemeNaming was eventually dropped as soon as I caught more powerful pogeys, legendaries and whatnot, so in later games I only use "Number One" as a kind of LegacyCharacter and as the only nod to that theme naming, in that both the water starters and Numero Uno from the comics [[FridgeBrilliance are both founding members.]]
114	** [[FanonDiscontinuity Fanon Disco]][[DiscontinuityNod ntinuity Nod]]: I don't quite acknowledge the Hoenn region as a legitimate part of the Pokémon world otherwise.
115	* NerdsAreSexy: well, I'm more of an {{Otaku}} than an actual {{Nerd}}, but there you go - that, alongside my already mentioned [[strike: [[YamatoNadeshiko male-Yamato-Nadeshiko]]]] [[ShrinkingViolet male-shrinking-violet]] (with a bit of TheWoobie thrown in) status may or may not have been what made Faith fall in love with me.
116	* [[NotATrollJustStupid Not A Troll, Just Stupid]]: because of my admitted nostalgia for Tv Tropes as it was back in its Golden Age (read: when strikeouts were allowed, and FetishFuel and TroperTales weren't loathed yet), some tropers see my behavior on the wiki as trolling. It isn't.
117	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[OrIsIt sometimes]].
118	* ProudToBeAGeek: '''''YOU CAN BET YOUR BALLS.'''''
119	* {{Reconstruction}}: the bottom of this very page is ThreadMode done ''right''.
120	* SelfDeprecation
121	** TheEeyore: when my Self-Deprecation is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs, it falls deep in ''[[DeconstructedTrope depression]]'' territory.
122	* SerialTweaker: I just don't like to have to click on the "preview" button, and even then, I tend to notice mistakes later than I should anyway.
123	* ShoutOut: a trope I love to pull off in my drawn works. Here are some examples.
124	** my own MarvelUniverse has characters with... interesting character designs. Namely:
125	*** [[SpiderMan Doc-Ock]] being based on [[{{Film/SpiderMan}} his movie incarnation]] (since watching the second movie for the third time inspired me to create my version of the Marvel Universe as a whole in the first place).
126	*** [[TheIncredibleHulk General Ross]] looking like an old [[SuperMarioBros Mario]].
127	*** TheMightyThor looking like [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker To]][[TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass on]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Li]][[SuperSmashBros nk]].
128	*** [[SpiderMan Green Goblin]]'s glider uses [[SuperMarioBros Bullet Bills]] as engines.
129	*** GhostRider looking like [[OnePiece Brook]], going as far as having the flames around the skull shaped like Brook's afro.
130	*** [[SpiderMan Hammerhead]] having a [[MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory cube-shaped head]], and [[TheSpectacularSpiderMan wearing brass knuckles]] as his weapon of choice.
131	*** [[CaptainAmerica The Red Skull]] looking like a [[{{Oddworld}} Glukkon]].
132	*** {{Morbius}}, the living vampire, having a... uh, [[{{Twilight}} certain hairdo]].
133	*** TheJuggernaut's head looking like a [[SuperMarioBros Goomba]] (with an X across the face).
134	*** [[TheWatcher Uatu]] [[SuperMarioBros sitting on a smiling cloud]].
135	*** Namor not only resembling [[DragonBall Vegeta]], but also being able to fly due to his control of the water element as a propulsion of sorts; his flying stance makes him [[{{Superman}} keep his arms on the sides while donning a cape]] made of water.
136	*** My upcoming version of War Machine has part the design of his armor inspired by both [[{{Halo}} Master Chief]] and [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran.]]
137	** That last one got sidetracked as I started giving the same treatment to the DCUniverse and the AmalgamUniverse as well. Shout Outs (and I'm listing just a few of them) are present even there:
138	*** Robin has a more ninja-esque outfit, that even has a [[{{Naruto}} headband]].
139	*** TheJoker has the same pose as [[FinalFantasyVI Kefka Palazzo]] in his ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' official artwork.
140	*** Superman has become a superhero way earlier in this universe - imagine [[{{Series/Smallville}} the young Clark Kent]] wearing [[CivvieSpandex jeans, shoes, a T-Shirt with the classic]] ChestInsignia, and a torn red bedsheet for the cape. Yeah.
141	*** The Scarecrow looks like [[LittleBigPlanet a Sackboy]] wielding [[ImprobableWeaponUser a giant syringe]]. The Sackboy look is just because YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm due to the syringe's needle constantly dripping Scarecrow's "fear drug" (or "illusory serum") and therefore giving bystanders that kind of hallucinations.
142	*** Poison Ivy, like the Joker, uses ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' as inspiration: she's modeled after [[FinalFantasyIII Cloud Of Darkness]], with [[SuperMarioBros Piranha Plant heads]] taking the snake-things' place.
143	*** Lobo is just Wario with a Lobo makeup.
144	* [[strike: YamatoNadeshiko]] ShrinkingViolet: a male example! But I already said that in my introduction... sorry! <:\|-}
145	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: me and Faith. Then again, we both like anime, games and the like. [[GeekyTurnOn And we first met at a comic-con.]]
146	* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: if there's ''one'' thing I may boast about, that's this. English itself was the only subject where my grades have rarely been below eight out of ten, ''at least''. Then again, would any other troper ever have guessed I was Italian if I didn't say so?
147	* TakeThat: aside from my own snarking, there's a lot of other sources of snarks that I'm fond of. One of those is {{Cracked}} summing up my defense of Nintendo and games that rely more on overall quality than just graphics, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_the-7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey_p7.html as seen here.]] Suck it, grim 'n' gritty game industry.
148	* TvTropesDrinkingGame: while '''I'm abstemious,''' there's one for ''you''. Step 1: look for any article where I added an image. [[SelfDeprecation Step 2: see if my image was replaced.]] Step 3: ''drink''. Here are some good starting points: {{HighOctaneNightmareFuel/Metroid}}, {{MindScrew/VideoGames}}, AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome, DangerouslyGenreSavvy, BambiMeetsGodzilla, BrutalBonusLevel, WalkingTheEarth. Sorry, [[DontExplainTheJoke but my images get changed all the time,]] so I can't quite keep track of all of them.
149	* [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife Tv Tropes Ruined My Life]]: well, more like "screwed up my sleep cycle" yawn than "ruined my life", [[TemptingFate but...]] [[ViolationOfCommonSense still...]] [[CriticalExistenceFailure goes limp]]
150	* VitriolicBestBuds: aside from bullies who were more than willing to state that [[BlatantLies "me and Alex are pals, really!"]] in front of teachers or parents right after either arguing with me or outright beating me up, I also have actual friends behaving like that. Vittorio (Victor) is a good example of this, and some of you may even know him by his internet moniker, "Baboy" (especially when it comes to ''TrackMania'').
151	* TheWoobie: if you consider my past at school, sometimes you may want to hug me. Then, either if you're a dude or a chick, you'll ask yourself why you're hugging such a {{Gonk}}.
152	* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: a staple of ''everything'' I create, it may be a comic or another kind of story.
153	* YouAreGrounded: [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed.]] Once, during the 2006-2007 school year, my grades were pretty low. So, despite I got grounded every now and then before, my mom came out with the ultimate punishment: forbidding me to access any consoles, regardless of my grades going up, ''until the end of that year'', and threatening '''[[BeyondTheImpossible to sell them if I happened to be failed.]]''' Too bad this resulted only in further {{dismotivation}} and, when I - inevitably - had to repeat that school year, IGotBetter thanks to [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt my consoles not being actually sold]] and to not getting grounded again (the 2007-2008 year was just about as difficult as the previous one, the big difference was that I wasn't grounded). This was enough to make my mother realise [[NeverMyFault (but not admit)]] she made a mistake, and as a result I never got grounded again. She was almost about to be at it again for the last year, so I got around the problem by stopping showing my parents any grades of mine '''[[ComesGreatResponsibility and]]''' by choosing to carry the rest of that year on my own shoulders. [[HeroicResolve If my diploma is anything to go by, it worked.]]
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157	!!Welcome to Troper Talk! It's like a chalkboard where you can write - by editing - whatever the hell you want, and maybe I might even answer. [[note]] Just remember that, if you're going for harsh criticism, '''[[{{JustBugsMe/AlexSora89}} this]]''' is the right page, or at least it would have if it didn't join the PermanentRedLinkClub. [[/note]] Give it a try!
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159	* [[{{Tropers/Richie}} Richie]]: I'd personally consider that unfortunate Disney Club incident more of a MissedMomentOfAwesome than a DethroningMomentOfSuck...
160	...But hey, it's good to know that, years later, [[EarnYourHappyEnding everything was compensated]]!
161	** AlexSora89: if you mean Faith, I wholeheartedly agree: fame might have gotten me a girlfriend early, sure, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming but I prefer Faith because she loves me for the loser I am.]]
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163	* {{Tropers/Alexlayer}}: Hi, Alex Sora. This is about your neglected edits in the Dissidia Articles later. I thought I'd try to talk with you about the reasons. You see, it's not that your oppinions aren't valid. In fact, I can perfectly see where most of your complains come from. Thing is, when you go and put them around the main article or the character page, well... you're just being ''too'' negative about it, mostly in ways people won't relate to, let alone agree. To put an example, when you mentioned Tifa being TheWesley, you made it sound like she could have been blamed if the game would have not been made. Not to mention, that which you pointed out may go with the "Author's favorite character" of TheWesley, but not with its other half, that is that fans usually hate this character, while Tifa isn't widely hated (I know some do, like with EVERYONE in the FinalFantasy series, but she's hardly a prominent example). See what I mean? It comes off like you just want to rant and complain, not actually contribute to the article.
164	** AlexSora89: no problem, bro. I'm more than open to being corrected whenever I do anything wrong. The only thing that kinda pisses me is that the "put YMMV tropes into separate pages" is actually pretty darn confusing, given the sheer number of subjective tropes (not that sheer, but still hard to remember). And since everything is relative, we could even argue whether a character is LawfulGood or whatever. The subtle trope differences are a bit ''too'' subtle at times, remembering them is even harder and tropes tend to overlap pretty much all the time. Do you think you can put up with my long learning times about this? I apologise in advance for everything... and until I get used to how tropes actually work, I'll be happy if you just undo my edits if they are wrong.
165	*** {{Tropers/Alexlayer}}: Alright. Don't worry then. ^_^
166	*** Tropers/{{Kerrah}}: About LawfulGood, you should check out this article: TheGreatCharacterAlignmentDebate
167	* Thing is, my advice is that anytime you think of adding a Trope that it's gonna come off as a rant, you should really take it to the YMMV page. If there's a reason for the trope, nobody will delete it. But even then, I think you should try to be more tactful. Think about it, okay?
168	** @/MrDeath: To add to this, I'd just say to think twice about edits you're about to make if you're putting in "adding a [[DarthWiki.WallBanger wallbangery]] detail" in the edit reasons or something similar. And if you're not sure, just check the page of the trope you're looking to add. If it's not allowed on a main page, it says so right on the top.
169	*** AlexSora89: same as above! And if I recall correctly, I think I have also apologised to you in the DissidiaFinalFantasyOther page (page history at that).
170	* @/{{Kerrah}}: Could you please stop editing main-and-character-namespace articles to "add Wall bangery details"? When you're using a YMMV trope to ''define'' what you want said, you can be pretty sure that your message is YMMV material.
171	** AlexSora89: not really. Don't get me wrong - I'm trying not to put subjective tropes in Main articles, but I can't really promise to do the same with Character pages, given that characters are not immune to YMMV tropes, which can also apply to them. Besides, there aren't any YMMV pages ''for Character articles'' yet, so as of now the situation isn't likely to change.
172	** @/MrDeath: Wall Bangers don't go on character or YMMV pages either. YMMV's for characters go on the work's YMMV page. By now you've gotta be seeing the pattern that nearly every time you "add a wall bangery detail" it has to be fixed by someone else. Rule of thumb, if you're posting mainly because you're pissed off about something, maybe you just shouldn't post.
173	*** AlexSora89: I'm gradually learning this lesson. Especially today, given the oh-so-by-surprise announcement that a certain demo for a certain software got delayed for a week. [[{{Understatement}} I've quite had a field day with that.]] [[note]] For those curious, it's ''[[DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia Duodecim Prologus Final Fantasy]]'', and as you can see in [[http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/03/16/heads-up-game-store-update-16th-march-2011/ these]] [[https://member.eu.square-enix.com/en/blogs/dissidia-duodecim-prologus-final-fantasy-coming-soon-psn links]], I - thankfully - haven't been the only one pissed off. [[/note]]
174	* {{Tropers/Belfagor}}: Hi, Alex. Finally another Italian troper who works on the English pages! I also liked the work you did with {{It/CarburantePerIncubi}}.
175	** [[GratuitousItalian Oh, un altro troper italiano! Non ci speravo più nemmeno io, così tanto che sarei io a dover dire "finalmente"! Sai, scrivere tutta quella pagina è stata una faticaccia, ma ne è valsa la pena.]] [[note]] [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything For those curious,]] [[GenreSavvy because I know you are:]] "Huh, another Italian troper! I wasn't hoping for it anymore either, so much that I should be the one to say "finally"! You know, writing [[NightmareFuel that whole page]] was tremendously tiresome, but it was WorthIt." [[/note]] Uh, sorry for my gratuitous Italian. Anyway, I've been writing some stuff in Italian language in this wiki (including the aforementioned Italian page for NightmareFuel [[note]] that I originally titled with a [[{{Woolseyism}} pragmatic]] "Carbura Incubi", by the way [[/note]]), but I've also done the same thing in reverse: I've written stuff about obscure things from Italy such as GinoTheChicken and, one evening when I was horribly bored, even about the infamous BattyAndGay porn comic book. If you know it, you can read the article and have a chuckle, provided you're not laughing already. Given the presence of articles about politicians (BarackObama just to name one), I'm planning to write an article for Silvio Berlusconi but, given how controversial the figure is, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment it might actually be tricky to pull off.]] And ever since I discovered I'm good at writing [[HaikuWiki haiku]] (something I could never have suspected myself to be capable of), [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife Tv Tropes]] [[BeyondTheImpossible has become even more of a drug for me.]] [[SkywardScream I've gotta go to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!]] Anyway, seriously, it's been nice seeing there are other actual Italian tropers around here, so... catch ya around!
176	* {{Tropers/FairyRed}}: Hey there~ 8D Dropping a random hello on your page! You've done a lot of great work, haven't you?
177	** @/AlexSora89: Oh, hey! Sorry if I moved your quote from here to [[Quotes/AlexSora89 the quotes tab]], but it started to take an awful lot of space here. Anyway, yeah. Just look at the Nightmare Fuel cleanup thread linked above and see for yourself. Anyway, I still have to give you my sincerest congratulation for your post on the forum when we were struggling to save the StockPhrases: it takes balls to post a comment like that. Lately [[ExamplesAreNotRecent (early 2012, that is)]] I've started dealing with some of the site's most controversial changes like we tropers are supposed to, and I must say it isn't as bad as I'd have imagined it. I hope you feel more or less the same, because I do my best to be as nice as I can towards tropers and mods alike.
178	* {{Tropers/BlakeDiamond}}: [[{{Borderlands}} Heyoo!]] Thank you for "humbly bowing down" before my [[WildMassGuessing WMG]] for [[WMG/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2/White 2]]. That took me a while to put together, and I had to fight a couple people to keep it pure. It's unfortunate that it wont happen, but I appreciate the support ^_^
179	** @/AlexSora89: No need to thank me. I don't quite recall exactly which one it was, but if your theory was the one I'm thinking of, then ''duh'', no wonder I bowed down to it. That theory is ''[[SincerityMode made of awesome.]]''
180	*** @/BlakeDiamond: My WMG was the "Travel to all 5 regions and battle everyone" one. I forgot to mention that there would be an expanded Badge holder for the Trainer Card, and ribbons for beating each League, the Sevii Islands, and Mt. Silver. Would make it more interesting, showing who your team was in each League. But alas, all my effort is for naught. [[AngstWhatAngst Oh well!!!]] ^_^
181	* @/{{Telcontar}}: Good morning/afternoon/evening/youshouldbeinbed! I noticed that in a recent IP thread, you described yourself as the "resident annoying troper". Jes' so's ye ken, you're not; you do a lot of good stuff on the wiki and it's fun to have you around in the forums. :D

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