| 1 | First off, [[{{Alucard}} don't mistake me for the trope]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | By my count, I've been troping for some 7-8 years. Took the name of the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Gunslinging, King-of-Vampires, WWII vet]] from a nickname in highschool thanks to an ability to impersonate said [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire's]] [[VoiceActors Voice Actor]] CrispinFreeman ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor and not much else]]). |
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| 5 | '''To know about me''': I'm a Canadian, long-haired, straight-edge, vegan, philosopher, minority, singer and poet with a distrust for authority (do I qualify as a cliche yet?) |
| 6 | |
| 7 | If I ever come off as terribly smug to you, don't take it personally because I certainly don't mean it personally.[[note]]No, I'm not trying to absolve myself of blame for that; I'm just really bad at tiptoeing around people's feelings[[/note]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | likes: |
| 10 | |
| 11 | {{Anime}} and {{Manga}} (prefer slice-of-life, fantasy and the occasional love-comedy) |
| 12 | * AssassinationClassroom |
| 13 | * BloodyMonday |
| 14 | * {{Bakuman}} |
| 15 | * Anime/{{Beyblade}} |
| 16 | * BlackButler |
| 17 | * DaphneInTheBrilliantBlue |
| 18 | * DeathNote |
| 19 | * TheDevilIsAPartTimer |
| 20 | * Franchise/{{Digimon}} |
| 21 | * {{Dokkoida}} |
| 22 | * DragonBall |
| 23 | * {{Durarara}} |
| 24 | * FairyTail |
| 25 | * FullMetalPanic |
| 26 | * GakuenAlice |
| 27 | * GetBackers |
| 28 | * GhostHunt |
| 29 | * Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex |
| 30 | * GundamSeed |
| 31 | * HeIsMyMaster |
| 32 | * {{Hellsing}} |
| 33 | * HighschoolOfTheDead |
| 34 | * Manga/KodomoNoOmocha |
| 35 | * Anime/{{K}} |
| 36 | * KOn |
| 37 | * KonoSuba |
| 38 | * MyHeroAcademia |
| 39 | * Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai |
| 40 | * {{Negima}} / UQHolder |
| 41 | * PsychoPass |
| 42 | * SchoolRumble |
| 43 | * SkullMan |
| 44 | * TheSlayers |
| 45 | * SoulEater |
| 46 | * SpecialA |
| 47 | * SteinsGate |
| 48 | * TearsToTiara |
| 49 | * Anime/YuGiOh |
| 50 | * VampireKnight |
| 51 | * Anime/ZoidsNewCentury |
| 52 | |
| 53 | {{Music}} (mostly hard pop-rock, 80's metal and AlternativeMetal) |
| 54 | |
| 55 | My top 25: |
| 56 | |
| 57 | # Music/IronMaiden |
| 58 | # Music/{{Disturbed}} (I could probably fan over them here, but I think the article speaks for itself; I made it and wrote 90% of its content) |
| 59 | # Music/FaithNoMore |
| 60 | # Music/GunsNRoses (including the nu-guns stuff; I actually liked Chinese Democracy, thankyouverymuch) |
| 61 | # Music/{{Anthrax}} |
| 62 | # Music/BlackSabbath |
| 63 | # Music/JudasPriest |
| 64 | # Music/{{Queen}} |
| 65 | # Music/{{Slayer}} |
| 66 | # Music/{{Megadeth}} |
| 67 | # Music/{{ACDC}} (does anyone ever need justification to like Acca Dacca? They are what they are, you may or may not like them) |
| 68 | # Music/{{Testament}} |
| 69 | # Music/MotleyCrue (for the same reason for AC/DC being listed: They're rockin') |
| 70 | # {{Pantera}} |
| 71 | # Music/AlterBridge |
| 72 | # Music/AliceInChains |
| 73 | # Music/LedZeppelin |
| 74 | # Music/MachineHead |
| 75 | # Music/LambOfGod |
| 76 | # Music/{{Dokken}} |
| 77 | # Music/BlackLabelSociety |
| 78 | # Music/DefLeppard |
| 79 | # Music/{{Dio}} |
| 80 | # Music/DeepPurple |
| 81 | # Music/{{Rush}} |
| 82 | |
| 83 | |
| 84 | The rest: |
| 85 | * {{Accept}} |
| 86 | * {{Aerosmith}} |
| 87 | * Music/{{Airbourne}} (not as good as AC/DC, but a good substitute) |
| 88 | * AliceCooper |
| 89 | * Music/AmonAmarth |
| 90 | * AnarchyClub |
| 91 | * {{Annihilator}} |
| 92 | * ArtOfDying |
| 93 | * {{Audioslave}} |
| 94 | * BadReligion |
| 95 | * TheBeatles |
| 96 | * Music/{{Beck}} |
| 97 | * BillyTalent |
| 98 | * Music/TheBlackCrowes |
| 99 | * Music/BlueOysterCult |
| 100 | * Music/BonJovi |
| 101 | * Music/ChildrenOfBodom |
| 102 | * TheClash |
| 103 | * Music/{{Clutch}} |
| 104 | * Music/CradleOfFilth |
| 105 | * CreedenceClearwaterRevival |
| 106 | * Damageplan (for similar reasons as with Pantera) |
| 107 | * {{Danzig}} |
| 108 | * DavidBowie |
| 109 | * Music/{{Death}} |
| 110 | * Music/DeathAngel |
| 111 | * {{Deftones}} |
| 112 | * Music/{{Device}} |
| 113 | * TheDoors |
| 114 | * Music/{{Dope}} |
| 115 | * Music/{{Down}} |
| 116 | * Music/{{Eagles}} |
| 117 | * [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] |
| 118 | * Music/FearFactory |
| 119 | * Music/FightOrFlight [[http://fightorflightofficial.com/]] |
| 120 | * Music/FoxyShazam |
| 121 | * Music/FleetwoodMac |
| 122 | * {{Flyleaf}} |
| 123 | * Music/{{fun}}. |
| 124 | * GratefulDead |
| 125 | * GreenDay (I've found them catchy; unlike most pop groups you see today, they can actually write a song) |
| 126 | * Music/{{Halestorm}} |
| 127 | * Music/IcedEarth |
| 128 | * Music/{{Incubus}} |
| 129 | * Music/JanesAddiction |
| 130 | * Music/JimiHendrix |
| 131 | * JohnnyCash |
| 132 | * KingDiamond |
| 133 | * Music/{{KISS}} |
| 134 | * Music/{{Korn}} |
| 135 | * MarilynManson |
| 136 | * Music/MelissaEtheridge [[https://www.melissaetheridge.com]] |
| 137 | * MinorThreat |
| 138 | * Music/TheMisfits |
| 139 | * {{Motorhead}} |
| 140 | * {{Mudvayne}} (In particular, Ryan Martinie. Also Hellyeah) |
| 141 | * Music/MrBungle |
| 142 | * Music/NineInchNails |
| 143 | * {{Nirvana}} |
| 144 | * {{Negima}} JPop |
| 145 | * [[Music/JasonNewsted Newsted]] |
| 146 | * TheOffspring |
| 147 | * Music/OurLadyPeace |
| 148 | * OzzyOsbourne |
| 149 | * Music/{{Overkill}} |
| 150 | * PearlJam |
| 151 | * Music/{{Poison}} |
| 152 | * ThePolice |
| 153 | * Music/{{Primus}} |
| 154 | * {{Queensryche}} |
| 155 | * Music/QuietRiot |
| 156 | * Music/RageAgainstTheMachine |
| 157 | * TheRamones |
| 158 | * Music/{{Ratt}} |
| 159 | * RobZombie |
| 160 | * {{Radiohead}} |
| 161 | * Music/{{Rainbow}} |
| 162 | * {{Rancid}} |
| 163 | * Music/{{Riot}} [[http://www.areyoureadytoriot.com/news]] |
| 164 | * Music/RivalSons [[http://www.rivalsons.com/]] |
| 165 | * Music/TheRollingStones |
| 166 | * Music/{{Saxon}} |
| 167 | * {{Scorpions}} |
| 168 | * Music/SexPistols |
| 169 | * SkidRow |
| 170 | * Music/{{Slash}} |
| 171 | * {{Slipknot}} (the death of their bassist and regular listens to Iowa made me realize, they're actually pretty good. Besides, their haters are much dumber than their fanbase) |
| 172 | * TheSmashingPumpkins |
| 173 | * SocialDistortion [[http://www.socialdistortion.com/]] |
| 174 | * {{Soundgarden}} |
| 175 | * Music/{{Staind}} |
| 176 | * Music/{{Steppenwolf}} |
| 177 | * Music/StevieRayVaughan [[http://www.srvofficial.com]] |
| 178 | * Music/StoneSour (they're definitely more than just an extension of Slipknot. I probably like them more; Corey Taylor's talent-level seems to jump with this band) |
| 179 | * Music/TheStooges |
| 180 | * SuicidalTendencies |
| 181 | * SystemOfADown |
| 182 | ** [[FanDumb The fans can get annoying...]] |
| 183 | ** I'm going to reiterate that and say this is quite possibly the dumbest fanbase I've ever encountered. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous And I spend my time on the internet]]. |
| 184 | * ThreeDaysGrace (catchy pop riffs, Gontier has a good voice, and they're a post-grunge band who doesn't sound like {{Creed}}) |
| 185 | * Music/TheTragicallyHip |
| 186 | * Music/{{Trivium}} |
| 187 | * TwistedSister |
| 188 | * Music/{{U2}} |
| 189 | * Music/UriahHeep |
| 190 | * Music/VanHalen |
| 191 | * Music/{{Volbeat}} |
| 192 | * Music/{{Warrant}} |
| 193 | * Music/{{Whitesnake}} |
| 194 | * Music/TheWhiteStripes |
| 195 | * TheWho |
| 196 | * Music/ZZTop |
| 197 | * [[Music/ThreeDoorsDown 3 Doors Down]] (first rock group I got into, so they get a mention) |
| 198 | |
| 199 | VideoGames (partial to action/adventure and fighting, but I tend to get easily addicted to [=RPGs=]) |
| 200 | * [[AssassinsCreed Assassin's Creed]] (particularly 2) |
| 201 | * {{Bayonetta}} |
| 202 | * {{Bioshock}} |
| 203 | * BrutalLegend |
| 204 | * NaughtyDog's CrashBandicoot |
| 205 | * Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} |
| 206 | * DevilMayCry (excluding that travesty of a reboot) |
| 207 | * ElderScrolls (particularly Skyrim) |
| 208 | * VideoGame/{{Folklore}} |
| 209 | * GodOfWar |
| 210 | * GravityRush |
| 211 | * VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon (haven't played the others) |
| 212 | * VideoGame/{{Journey}} |
| 213 | * JakAndDaxter |
| 214 | * TheKingOfFighters |
| 215 | * TheLastOfUs |
| 216 | * LegendOfDragoon |
| 217 | * TheLegendOfZelda series (particularly Ocarina) |
| 218 | * MarvelVsCapcom |
| 219 | * {{Okami}} |
| 220 | * VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies |
| 221 | * VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale |
| 222 | * {{Pokemon}} (during my childhood, but I haven't bought a Nintendo portable in years, so I've fallen behind since Gen 3; Ruby was pretty disappointing, for that matter). |
| 223 | * {{Resistance}} (particularly the first one) |
| 224 | * RockBand |
| 225 | * SNKVsCapcom (particularly Mark of the Millennium) |
| 226 | * SonicTheHedgehog |
| 227 | * Insomniac's SpyroTheDragon |
| 228 | * StarOcean |
| 229 | * VideoGame/TeamFortress2 |
| 230 | * {{Tekken}} |
| 231 | * {{Uncharted}} (particularly 2) |
| 232 | * ValkyriaChronicles |
| 233 | * VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward |
| 234 | * A few licensed games in my youth (DragonBall, SpiderMan, HarryPotter, YuGiOh) |
| 235 | |
| 236 | As you may be able to tell, I own more than a few the PlayStation products and generally prefer Sony's games. I own a Wii as well, but don't own or plan to buy many titles from it [[note]]I suppose there was this notion in the back of my head that Wii games were never good and that my money would be wasted buying them. I could easily disprove that notion with simple logic, but at the end of the day, Playstation games always got priority for what little disposable income I had[[/note]]. I'm on Steam too, and more-or-less retired as a TF2 player. I can't really get used to mouse and keyboard controls. |
| 237 | |
| 238 | I'm also quite good at Solitaire. |
| 239 | |
| 240 | New Media |
| 241 | * TheAngryJoeShow |
| 242 | * WebVideo/AlphaOmegaSin (m/_m/) |
| 243 | * AskANinja |
| 244 | * {{Caddicarus}} |
| 245 | * WebVideo/ExtraCredits |
| 246 | * GameGrumps |
| 247 | * WebVideo/GameTheory |
| 248 | * {{Jimquisition}} |
| 249 | * NeuroticallyYours |
| 250 | * Revision3 |
| 251 | * TotalBiscuit |
| 252 | |
| 253 | Western Cartoons (from when I was a kid, anyway) |
| 254 | * WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} |
| 255 | * WesternAnimation/BeastWars |
| 256 | * WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}} |
| 257 | * WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory |
| 258 | * WesternAnimation/HeyArnold |
| 259 | * TheMagicSchoolBus |
| 260 | * WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive |
| 261 | * WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain |
| 262 | * WesternAnimation/ReBoot |
| 263 | * WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} |
| 264 | * WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons |
| 265 | * WesternAnimation/TeenTitans |
| 266 | * WesternAnimation/TheTick |
| 267 | |
| 268 | Other (I don't read, watch TV or see movies very much. What you see here I find significantly good) |
| 269 | * Film/AlmostFamous |
| 270 | * Film/{{Avatar}} |
| 271 | * TheBoondockSaints |
| 272 | * BreakingBad |
| 273 | * CriminalMinds |
| 274 | * CSIMiami |
| 275 | * TheCuriousIncidentOfTheDogInTheNighttime |
| 276 | * TheDeparted |
| 277 | * {{Dexter}} (TV series) |
| 278 | * FoodNetwork: By proxy; a friend happens to be chef-in-training, so I see this one quite a bit. |
| 279 | * {{House}} |
| 280 | * LawAbidingCitizen |
| 281 | * OBrotherWhereArtThou |
| 282 | * Film/PacificRim |
| 283 | * RushHour |
| 284 | * SonsOfAnarchy |
| 285 | * {{Spider-Man}} multimedia |
| 286 | * {{Watchmen}} |
| 287 | |
| 288 | !!Suggested and/or launched: |
| 289 | * Music/{{Abigail}} |
| 290 | ** [[YMMV/{{Abigail}} YMMV: Abigail]] |
| 291 | * ApocalypseMaiden: Probably my favorite trope I've launched; during YKTTW, Tropers/{{Earnest}} suggested the title because [[AGoodNameForARockBand it would make a great]] [[TropeNamesForABand metal band name]]. |
| 292 | ** I'm deeply overjoyed at Phoenix being the page image. I intended to speak up over that ridiculous {{Touhou}} image, but the discussion was closed long before I'd found out. |
| 293 | * ArrowCatch: I didn't write this one unfortunately (but I supplied the picture). |
| 294 | * ArtOfDying |
| 295 | * BadassLongRobe |
| 296 | * BladeAcrossTheShoulder |
| 297 | * CameraFiend ([[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kodk/hd_kodk.htm apparently the title is a historical term]]. I frankly had no idea about that when naming it; it just sounded like a good title) |
| 298 | * CircusIndex (funnily, I intended to YKTTW an index about clowns, but there weren't very many clown tropes at the time, so I went ahead and made this instead. It didn't take long for the tropes to pile up and now the ClownTropes index is even bigger) |
| 299 | * [[FanWorks/{{Danganronpa}} Fan Works: Dangan Ronpa]] |
| 300 | * [[WMG/DanganRonpaAbridgedThing WMG: Dangan Ronpa Abridged Thing]] |
| 301 | * WebVideo/DanganronpaParody |
| 302 | ** [[YMMV/DanganronpaParody YMMV: Danganronpa Parody]] |
| 303 | * DemonSlaying |
| 304 | * {{Disturbed}} |
| 305 | ** [[YMMV/{{Disturbed}} YMMV: Disturbed]] |
| 306 | ** [[WMG/{{Disturbed}} WMG: Disturbed]] |
| 307 | ** [[Quotes/{{Disturbed}} Quotes: Disturbed]] |
| 308 | ** [[Trivia/{{Disturbed}} Trivia: Disturbed]] |
| 309 | ** [[Laconic/{{Disturbed}} Laconic: Disturbed]] |
| 310 | ** [[Characters/{{Disturbed}} Characters: Disturbed]] |
| 311 | ** [[ImageLinks/{{Disturbed}} Image Links: Disturbed]] |
| 312 | *** Yes, I made all of those (but I wasn't responsible for the [[Haiku/{{Disturbed}} Haiku section]]), and I genuinely believe they can all serve a purpose to the article. Find it gratuitous? I'm sure most do. I'd also like to point that, since I've seen and read with thorough detail every single artist's page in the {{Musicians}} index (as you'll read about below), I can say with confidence that Disturbed has the very best article of them all. |
| 313 | * {{Dokken}} |
| 314 | * GeffenRecords |
| 315 | * {{Knighting}}: I had quite a bit of help with the research on that one. |
| 316 | * LostFoodGrievance |
| 317 | * MagicDance |
| 318 | * TheMarsVolta: [[{{Hatedom}} I hate the band]], so this is [[{{Irony}} rather ironic]]; [[YouFailLogicForever I created the page out of hatred for the band]]. [[ChewbaccaDefense The ultimate revenge, really]] * ''EvilLaugh''* . |
| 319 | * MichaelBuble: I don't care for his music, but the CanadianMusic section (and the Jazz section in {{Musicians}}) needed this. Two birds with one stone, really. |
| 320 | * MotleyCrue |
| 321 | * Music/JasonNewsted |
| 322 | ** [[YMMV/JasonNewsted YMMV: Jason Newsted]] |
| 323 | * Music/TheNumberOfTheBeast (album) |
| 324 | ** [[Trivia/TheNumberOfTheBeast Trivia: The Number of the Beast]] |
| 325 | ** [[YMMV/TheNumberOfTheBeast YMMV: The Number of the Beast]] (the album section, anyway; it was already launched when I got there, focusing on the novel) |
| 326 | * OneHitKill: My first and most popular trope... except I didn't even write it. |
| 327 | * OneLastSmoke: This is such an extensively well-known and old trope that I almost feel honored to have been the one to YKTTW it. |
| 328 | * I indirectly helped to shape PerishingAltRockVoice, but unfortunately its sister trope StutteringWail and EmoWhisper never got launched. And yet we have NoseYodeling... |
| 329 | * PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale: Sort of; someone else created the page for Title Fight before the game had gotten its official name, which I turned into a redirect in favor of the page I'd written. I didn't directly lift anything from the old article, but I kept the main point. |
| 330 | ** [[Characters/PlaystationAllstarsBattleRoyale Characters: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale]] |
| 331 | * PostGrunge |
| 332 | * RepriseRecords |
| 333 | * {{Rockumentary}} |
| 334 | * SlideAttack |
| 335 | * {{Slipknot}}: To be honest, I intended that one as SnarkBait; I was hoping to get a laugh out of watching it get flamed to hell, but it seems to have developed a small pool of editors... and I've grown to care for it (the article, not the band). |
| 336 | ** I take that back. I've grown to care for the band. |
| 337 | * SniperRifle: I didn't write this one either, and I've always found it unsatisfactory. |
| 338 | * {{Soundgarden}} |
| 339 | * SkirtsAndLadders |
| 340 | * StanceSystem |
| 341 | * StrokeTheBeard |
| 342 | * ThisIndexIsOnFire: My other favorite. |
| 343 | ** LavaTropes |
| 344 | * ThreeDaysGrace |
| 345 | * Anime/ValkyriaChronicles (anime) |
| 346 | * Fanfic/TheUltimateHope |
| 347 | ** [[YMMV/TheUltimateHope YMMV: The Ultimate Hope]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !!Stuff I did: |
| 350 | * I'm responsible for the massive genre-folderization overhaul in the {{Musicians}} section (which took nearly a week straight of research). Jazz, Blues and Reggae got added later by others. Credit also goes to Tropers/{{Xaris}} for initiating it and making several further contributions afterwards, and Tropers/DraculaOnABike a contribution. No one else helped. |
| 351 | ** To this day I still monitor the thing like a hawk. I don't think there's a page on it I haven't at least visited yet. |
| 352 | * I created TheOceanGroup section on UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} (along with the notable films section), but Tropers/OmegaMetroid split it off into its own page. |
| 353 | * I categorized the CanadianMusic index by Province. |
| 354 | * I started a few trends with Musicians articles: |
| 355 | ** I came up with using hot tips to take note of related groups. The system we had before would have a single artist under a bullet, then a secondary artist beneath them in another bullet. Obviously that does nothing for types like MikePatton and Dave Grohl, who have multiple side projects (unless you want to list TenaciousD or {{Queens of the Stone Age}} under Nirvana). As far as I'm concerned, we should abandon that bullets system entirely, except for rare cases of band members without any kind of solo career getting pages to themselves (XJapan for instance). |
| 356 | ** I'm the one who started making floatboxes on the side to list a band's influences (ThatOtherWiki doesn't do that, so we one-upped them in that field). I first did it on Disturbed's article, them moved onto {{Metallica}}, IronMaiden and {{Slipknot}}. Take a look around; you'll probably see other articles doing the same ({{Tool}}, LinkinPark, {{Mudvayne}}). |
| 357 | *** You might notice that I did this with PSASBR's character-page too. I can't really understand why more people don't (mis)use floatboxes this way. |
| 358 | ** I used the same logic in making floatboxes on the side of articles to list related acts, since the hot tips system explains nothing. This one isn't as popular, but I did do it for about a dozen pages, with others occasionally popping up using the same idea. |
| 359 | ** I didn't start this, but I kind-of popularized folderizing Musicians pages. Again something I did first with Disturbed, I did it later with Metallica and {{Slipknot}}. The most common categories are Music, Videos, the band members personal lives and sometimes lyrical concepts split from music. I first saw this being done on the {{Coldplay}} article (but someone seems to have reverted it, sadly). |
| 360 | * When the mood strikes me, I like to casually name-space certain articles around the wiki as I come across them. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | ([[SchmuckBait You probably don't want to read these. Go ahead and move along]]) |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Pet-peeves]] |
| 365 | * [[HypocriticalHumor People who rant on the internet]]. |
| 366 | * I find trouble with people who didn't [[CompletelyMissingThePoint "get"]] [[WordOfGod the meaning]] behind stuff ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Bloom Like this song]]). See all those long DeathNote discussions? Those. |
| 367 | * Any troper who refers to themself as BookDumb, a BunnyEarsLawyer, a GeniusDitz, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} an InsufferableGenius, using ObfuscatingStupidity, being BrilliantButLazy, to be FeigningIntelligence, a [[LonersAreFreaks freakish loner]], or any other trope pertaining to intelligence (covering for their failings) or oddness (the self-important need to stand out from the crowd). Notice how there are no TroperTales for TheUrkel, none for BasementDweller ([[MostTropersAreYoungNerds ironic, really]]) and very few for TedBaxter? (the ones that are there are directed at others). |
| 368 | ** Yes, [[LampshadeHanging I'm aware that saying these things puts me squarely in the same league is these people]]. I regret nothing. |
| 369 | * Needless experimentation in music: In my experience, most bands attempt experimentation for the sake of experimentation (read: stroking their egos), not for the sake of the music itself (hoping to breath non-existent air into their otherwise limited sound). If your scope of musical ability is so narrow that you need to sacrifice the quality of the product to stay interesting, you deserve to be forgotten. |
| 370 | ** By extension, fans who assume that heavy experimentation (or just quirky, anti-formulatic weirdness) equals quality. This is a HypeBacklash for me. |
| 371 | ** On the other hand, bands who have a musical itch they can't satisfy with their current style get a pass. Experimentation more along the lines of a natural evolution than a [[MoodWhiplash jarring face turn]], expanding the bubble rather than breaking it. |
| 372 | * Musical elitism: '''All''' music is pop music. Whether it has the worst production quality, the [[ContemptibleCover most unpleasant artwork]] or the most [[MoralGuardians Moral Guardian]]-offending lyrics (or anything else suggesting indy-cred), there's a market to pimp it somewhere. By this logic, fame and success are at direct odds with musical value (still managing to declare their undying love for TheBeatles and LedZeppelin in the same breath). This kind of snobbery is self-destructive, conservative by nature, harms the industry and retards the growth in music... the very things they accuse pop music of doing. |
| 373 | * Metal-heads who attack the other genres. This is counter-productive to metal's basic ideas. |
| 374 | ** Metal-heads who attack eachother. This is counter-productive to metal itself. |
| 375 | * People who use higher vocabulary words [[{{Irony}} gratuitously]]; using "concur" when "agree" [[{{Minimalism}} would have suited]]. These defeat the basic purpose of language: being concise. |
| 376 | ** [[PurpleProse If you read this far...]] |
| 377 | * [[GrammarNazi Bad grammar]] |
| 378 | ** [[SelfDeprecation Yes, I know...]] |
| 379 | * This grating lyric: |
| 380 | -->"''I'm just a bastard / but at least I admit it''" |
| 381 | -->-{{Slipknot}}, ''My Plague'' |
| 382 | ** As LampshadeHanging says "If you point out your own flaws, you deprive your critics of their ammunition". The whole concept is inherently a fallacy. And it works. |
| 383 | * People who use "Me", "Myself" or "I" when speaking (ThisTroper is a good way to lessen this). Using these more than necessary speaks worlds about the person. |
| 384 | * The subversive, hipster culture we currently live in. |
| 385 | * On this very wiki: bad writers. If you can't be bothered to make an example look witty and interesting, you should leave. This is fun for the reader, not you; the finished product is all that matters. For some specifics: |
| 386 | ** Those people who say "And don't forget...". No one forgot a thing, you're just making {{Natter}}. Which ties into... |
| 387 | ** Those people who list ''every single instance'' of the trope within the show. It happened once, it's on the page now, say nothing more. |
| 388 | ** Those people who swear too much, adding nothing. A good cuss can help, but be classy when using them. |
| 389 | ** Emoticons. This isn't prevalent here, but it happens. You need to worry about affecting the reader's emotions, they don't need to know your's. |
| 390 | ** Those people who add an entire summary of the show. A casual reader doesn't need to know any of this. |
| 391 | ** In general, anyone who makes the reader work. If you're linking to {{YouTube}}, send them to the correct time in the video; if you're linking to ThatOtherWiki, send them to the correct spot on the page; if you're linking to a forum thread, send them to the post in question. Don't tell them, "Go here". |
| 392 | ** FanMyopia: It does nothing for the example and a casual reader probably isn't in the know. You should be adjusting for their convenience. |
| 393 | ** SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: We're supposed to make this look clever and elegant. Showing your fanboy-tendencies looks neither clever nor elegant. |
| 394 | ** AuthorTract: Throwing in the issues close to your soul make an example look whiny and scares readers away. Bias is inescapable, but a good troper hides it away. |
| 395 | * In general I'm pretty much a bitter, rage-filled misanthrope. The fact that most reading this probably aren't partially validates my distrust for people. |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | [[folder:Vandalism]] |
| 399 | Everybody does this[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke makes these sections and vandalizes]][[/note]], so you may as well too. Have at'er[[note]]God, am I desperate for contact...[[/note]] |
| 400 | * [[CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest What a horrible night to have a curse]], eh? - @/{{X2X}} |
| 401 | ** Sorry guy, wrong {{Alucard}}. |
| 402 | * You sound angry and ranty. I like that. @/{{Alrune}} |
| 403 | ** I'm a pretty cynical fellow. I won't argue that. - Alucard |
| 404 | * It seems to me you're ''heavy'' on the ''metal'' thing. (I know, it's horrible, and maybe even mistaken)... - @/AmusedTroperGuy |
| 405 | ** No, that's pretty accurate. - Alucard |
| 406 | * Alucard, do you despise your [[{{Twilight}} sparkling vampire]] relatives? - @/{{MagcargoMan}} |
| 407 | ** I don't keep track of the things I despise: the list is far too long (see above). - Alucard |
| 408 | * Ever heard the soundtrack to ''BlazBlue''? It's pretty good. - @/{{Vgm2}} |
| 409 | ** Don't think I've ever played anything by ArcSystemWorks. Are they good? |
| 410 | *** I recommend them. Although, I've only ever played BlazBlue so I can't say anything about GuiltyGear or PersonaFourArena. |
| 411 | *** I'll be sure to check'em out. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
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