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1'''BEHOLD!!!!!'''...It's my contributer's page. Nothing special, really. Yeah, I suck when it comes to writing intros, so sue me...
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4Anyway, where to begin...My name's Gary, one which I wouldn't mind swapping out for a [[AwesomeMcCoolname better name]], preferably a few more letters but for convenience's sake it's stayed put (I have never liked short names or nicknames.) My last name's worse-hardly anyone can spell it right 'cause it's [[GratuitousGerman German]].
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6Okay, getting back on topic...I am the husband of fellow troper and lovely {{Cloudcuckoolander}} {{@/Mamanerd}}, father to our wonderful four-year old son Nicholas. I'm a 26-year old retail drone who's lived in New Hampshire, California, Hawaii and Colorado, having worked in bookstores, department stores, movie theaters, retirement home kitchens, fast food...yeah, haven't really found anything that sticks career wise. May get to college one day and I'd like to think I'd get through it all right-alas, I am BrilliantButLazy and it may be a while before anything significant happens (sorry, {{@/Mamanerd}}, my love.)
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8Been a lurker here for a long time, driven here by TheWheelOfTime re-read thread on Tor.com. TvTropes really has ruined our lives-been late to work a few times because we forget to look away from the screen and towards that tiny clock right next to it. [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife Stupid Tv Tropes]]...grrr...
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10Various fandoms are likely to be listed here, underneath personal stuff and the like. I've collected quite a few over the years, from casual to die-hard interest, and my wife, mother and the rest of the family have often lead me astray and brought me to fandom pastures new plenty of times. DoctorWho was my first fandom, seen off and on as a kid, firmly cemented as my all-time favorite after watching the TVMovie back in 1996 (I was 11, thought it was cool, still have a soft spot for it, {{Discontinuity}} be damned), followed by PBS viewings every Friday and obsessive purchasing of videos, DVD's and the books of the expanded universe. Will always love that one above all others...
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12By the way,before further reading: '''BEWARE'''-if you haven't figured it out already, I can wax on about things for hours on end if I want to. Usually quiet, no good in social situations, yet I have a love for words and ranting...it makes for some weird results at times.
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14Sorry about the WallOfText style of writing, by the way. I tend to speak like that as well-how my wonderful wife puts up with me, I'll never know...
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16!!'''LORD_FENRIC'S PERSONAL TROPES'''
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18* {{Nerd}}- My wife describes it as the InsufferableGenius type.
19* {{Meganekko}}-I'm 6 foot, 6 inches tall, have worn glasses since I was eight, only member of the family not to go for contact lenses at some point (I'd look ridiculous, that's why...)
20* DeadpanSnarker-No, really...
21* PapaBear-Don't mess with my son. Stop glaring at his handwaving and loud noises, too, please-he has autism, it can't be helped. I know none of you here on TvTropes would, but still...''glares''
22* RedOniBlueOni-I'm Blue to my wife's red, so I've been told.
23* VictoriousChildhoodFriend-Victoria and I met in 3rd Grade, hated each other at first (we were both the school geniuses and I was very competitive when it came to grades and spelling/geography bees-I always came in first, much to her annoyance), eventually fell in love and became HappilyMarried three days after high school graduation.
24* HugeGuyTinyGirl-Sort of. Victoria's 5'8, not a bad height for a woman. However, I'm 6'6, weigh quite a bit, have American size 16 shoes...yeah, I very much dwarf her, so this trope's sort of in effect.
25* BadassBookworm-Well, my wife thinks I'm one. I suppose I can be. I'm very much the bookish type yet I'm strong enough to lift a washing machine up two flights of stairs and in and out the back of a van by myself. I also destroyed my parents' kitchen ceiling fans by walking into them too much-I claim they're too low down, they would tell me I needed to be shrunk a couple inches. Stupid short people rule everything, grr...
26* HollywoodNerd-Type I, the stereotypical. Says my wife, again,. She wrote much of this list for me, by the way, if you can't tell...I'm just adding my take on it.
27* NerdsAreVirgins-Averted. And thank God it was...
28* {{Asperger Syndrome}}- Unofficially diagnosed. My mother, a medical transcriptionist, has read many books on the subject and claims I have it. I have taken tests that say so, my son has autism which is a link. So Yeah...
29* GentleGiant-I am quite passive to the point of indolence at times. Get me angry, though, and you'll see the results soon enough...
30* TechnicolorEyes-They're bluish-gray. My wife says there are bits of green and gold floating about in there.
31* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
32* OohMeAccentsSlipping-A sort of inversion, I think. I'm American, have a tendency to sound British at times, likely due to Anglophile nature and hanging around my British grandfather a lot as a kid.
33* StrawmanPolitical-Very much a die-hard conservative as a teenager. Softened a bit- I support environmental measures and gay rights nearly as much as I do pro-guns, pro-life, pro-small government and anti-tax measures these days. Still can't stand most of the Democrats, though (not saying I like all the Republicans either, mind you...)
34* BerserkButton-Money. Working retail, there is never enough of it. Also, lack of driver's license-I get twitches and panic attacks when attemtping to drive and have terrible sense of direction and the like. Messing with my family and property will likewise set me off.
35* TheUnfavorite-As a kid, it sure felt like it. 3rd son of five kids with huge age difference between each pair of siblings, always ignored 'cause I was the quiet kid who did well in school and never made any trouble, was insulted and yelled at by my oft-ungrateful grandmother repeatedly and behind my parents backs, always given hand-me-downs and forced to share practically everything as a kid (and always had the good stuff taken by older jerkass brothers)-hell, even forgotten at church by my parents a couple times. Now I seem to be the favorite and such (being the only kid to give my parents a grandson helps.)Love my family to bits, but yeah, I have plenty of resentment issues.
36* JerkWithAHeartOfGold-Once again, so says my wife. I can be a jerk at times, true, but heart of gold? Are you certain? Eh, whatever...love you , dear, glad to know someone thinks highly of me...
37* NerdsAreSexy-So says my wife(who really is a sexy nerd). Being 6'6 and weighing about 300 pounds (I've weighed as much as 400), having crooked glasses and stupid ears plus goofy plain brown hair....yeah, I tend to disagree.
38* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Bees?]]
39* GratuitousGerman-Took it in high school, a bit has stuck around, use it every now and then...
40* GushingAboutShowsYouLike-As well as books and movies and generally anything I become a fan of. Not as bad as my lovely hyperactive wife, however...
41* {{Fanboy}}- As you are about to see here in a minute...
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43!!'''FANDOMS'''
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45* '''TV SHOWS-'''
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47* DoctorWho-Always No. 1 fandom for me! Can't wait for Series 6 (or is it Fnarg 2.0?)
48* BuffyTheVampireSlayer
49* {{Firefly}}
50* BabylonFive-The first of all these shows that I actually watched on a regular basis, still a favorite
51* {{Farscape}}
52* {{NCIS}}
53* {{Lost}}
54* {{Scrubs}}
55* {{Torchwood}}
56* TheDailyShow
57* TheColbertReport
58* StarTrek (Well, some of the times...)
59* {{Stargate}}-I've seen some, like what I watched
60* AvatarTheLastAirbender
61* TheSimpsons-Well, the older seasons and the movie, anyway...
62* MontyPythonsFlyingCircus
63* GoodEats
64* IronChefAmerica
65* InvaderZim
66* SouthPark
67* {{Futurama}}
68* RedDwarf
69* TheVicarOfDibley
70* {{Blackadder}}
71* KeepingUpAppearances
72* WhoseLineIsItAnyway?
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74* '''BOOKS-'''
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76* TheLordOfTheRings
77* HarryPotter
78* TheWheelOfTime
79* ASongOfIceAndFire
80* TheDresdenFiles
81* CodexAlera
82* KushielsLegacy
83* TheVorkosiganSaga
84* TheNameOfTheWind
85* {{Temeraire}}
86* The works of BrandonSanderson
87* {{Discworld}}
88* GoodOmens
89* TheChroniclesOfNarnia
90* The works of NeilGaiman
91* {{Dune}}
92* HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy
93* EndersGame
94* TufVoyaging
95* BraveNewWorld
96* The works of HGWells, JulesVerne, RobertHeinlein, ArthurCClarke, ArthurConanDoyle, HPLovecraft, etc.
97* The short stories of GeorgeRRMartin as well...
98* Non-fiction wise, I love biographies, historical texts, books on symbols and art, atlases and encyclopedias
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101* '''ANIME'''-
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103* CowboyBebop-Excellent GatewaySeries, love any and all music-Tank! is up there with the Doctor Who theme as all-time favorite theme music...
104* FullmetalAlchemist-Seen both animes (prefer Brotherhood, love both, though), read some of the manga. Likewise love this series. Probably my favorite of all the anime we've watched so far-we've watched Brotherhood three times already, holding off again until the dub's finished, though (we think)
105* {{Baccano}}- Excellent anime, behind Fullmetal as my favorite, need to view it all in the dub...
106* DeathNote-Loved it. [[MemeticMutation Exactly as planned]]
107* {{Trigun}}- My brother let me watch this one as a kid, only anime I really saw for years. Re-watching it now, love it as much as I did then.
108* SpiritedAway-Great movie, need to see other works by HayaoMiyazaki...
109* {{Bleach}}- Read the first volume of the manga so far. Like what I've read.
110* DragonballZ-Loved it as a kid, not so enamored of it now save for nostalgia's sake
111* {{Kekkaishi}}- Another interesting one, seen a few episodes, need to view from the beginning...
112* SamuraiChamploo-The first few episodes are very, very good, need to get back to watching this...
113* NeonGenesisEvangelion-Despite the mind screw and some other things that made me go WTF, this was actually quite an enjoyable show. I've seen the first Rebuild movie, too, was even better despite being essentially 90-something percent the same as the first six episodes only with really, really good animation-especially the bits with Ramiel, the bizarre tetrahedron-shaped Angel.
114* TengenToppaGurrenLagann-Quite good so far, even the stuff after episode eight, despite the claims of some. Wasn't expecting to like it, surprised.
115* {{FLCL}} -I seem to be the only one who isn't gushing over this show. It's all right but rather difficult to get into, perhaps a little too madcap manic for me. Perhaps a second viewing and re-appraisal are needed (my wife loves it, though)
116* CodeGeass-Very good, quite fun to watch, reminds me of GundamWing (which I haven't seen in years, will have to look for that again some time)
117* TsubasaReservoirChronicle-Reading the manga, primarily, but liked the few episodes of the anime that I've seen. Will need to get into xxxHolic some time as well to get the complete story.
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120* '''VIDEO/PC GAMES'''-Not too many of these, but there's a few...
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122* FinalFantasy- VI and VII I've played a bit, loved watching it as a kid (my brothers only ever let me watch, never play. Never have had the money or time to develop a big gaming hobby.)
123* Various Mario games as a kid
124* ShiningForce
125* LordsOfTheRealmII-It's an old medieval conquest Sim type game, loved it as a kid...
126* {{Halo}}
127* Left4Dead
128* TeamFortress2
129* {{Portal}}
130* TheSims
131* {{Tropico}}
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133* '''COMICS (WEB OR DEAD TREE KIND)'''
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135* {{Watchmen}}
136* GirlGenius
137* OrderOfTheStick
138* ScottPilgrim
139* TheSandman
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141-As for hobbies and the like, well, I draw, read, study the obscure and the arcane, attempt to write my own novel (wall of text writing style+writer's block=no book so far. Sigh...) I happen to have a soft spot for animals, too-they are delicious (* gets smacked by wife) Okay, okay, I like cats and dogs and ferrets and pretty much any fuzzy, adorable pet you can think of. I also love to play with my son and try to raise him to be a proper little nerd (he loves Doctor Who as much as I do!). Conventions are also fun whenever I can afford to go...
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143!!'''POTENTIAL FANDOMS'''
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145* My wife has a list of animes we need to see/read/whatever on her page. If anyone is actually reading this and happens to be curious, you may check her page. If you wish, you may suggest new fandoms in the space below.
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147!! Beneath this bar, you may write what you wish. It is wise not to incur the wrath of the Lord_Fenric, however. If one does so, he may get very upset and likely not respond. Or something. Yeah...
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149* I'm the first to write here. I hope you're having a good time, because I certainly am. ~ @/AlirozTheConfused.
150* Yep, definitely having a great time so far, thanks for writing!
151* ... Do I know you from somewhere? You seem vaguely familiar... '''OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND ME!!!!!!!''' * Faints* -{{@/Mamanerd}} (ya think? ;)
152* [[strike:Baron]] Lord Fenric, I hereby welcome you with a poorly constructed sentence with bad grammar! Enjoy. -- @/{{jcruz}}

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