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1	I made my account on this site right after I got out of college. I was addicted to TV Tropes ever since I graduated high school, so it seemed kind of poetic.
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3	My title of "Signore [=McSchneider=]" reflects my German, Italian, and Scottish ancestry.
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5	I write fanfics, poetry, some comics (nothing I'd be willing to see printed...yet), and I used to be a journalist.
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7	So far I have only created two trope pages: TheSevenWesternPlots and HybridGenre.
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9	[[folder: Tropes that apply to me]]
10	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: More like [[UpToEleven Attention Deficit Hyperacti-SQUIRREL!!]] I get ''so'' distracted by things it loops back around into hyper-focus...[[EpicFail on anything but what I'm supposed to focus on.]]
11	* AutobotsRockOut: I listen to punk rock when cooking, progressive rock when reading, glam rock when getting dressed, and generic hard rock or heavy metal when doing anything else.
12	* AudienceParticipation: I play the Pillar Men's various theme songs any time I'm watching ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' and the titular monsters show up.
13	** I also regularly make jokes about Doc from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' having pee-pee cancer after hearing one mention of him wearing asbestos underwear.
14	** See GagDub below for ''another'' thing I like to do....
15	* BerserkButton:
16	** Don't say "fair" around me. The F-word has no place in the real world.
17	** The binary nature of America's political system. When will people learn that a two-party system is the most reductive form of government known to man?
18	** Any work that endorses a Superman/Wonder Woman pairing, with the sole exception of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction''.
19	** Offering me food I don't want will result in a [[BigNo very loud "No"]] bordering on ParentheticalSwearing.
20	** The Coronavirus has been a ''huge'' one for me. Not only did it cancel a lot of events I wanted to go to and make it impossible to eat out, but I don't know how much more social distancing I can take.
21	* CallToAgriculture: After I graduated. Not by choice, mind you. I need the money.
22	* CatchPhrase: I've started 70 percent of my sentences with "In these dark times" ever since the Coronavirus quarantines started popping up.
23	* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: I ''very strongly'' believe that a vaccine for the Coronavirus will be made by June 2020, and we'll all be able to move past the quarantines, for exactly this reason.
24	* DeadpanSnarker: I get it from my dad. It pops up when I'm speaking more often than in writing, though.
25	* DoesNotLikeSpam: I wrote a song about it!
26	--> Zucchini, cold roast beef and mashed potatoes\
27	Iced coffee, mayo, non-seedless tomatoes\
28	Butter and jam on the same slice of wheat\
29	These are a few of my most hated eats!
30	* FanOfTheUnderdog: I like a lot of things most people don't think too fondly of or forget about. [[Franchise/StarWars The prequel trilogy]], Creator/FourKidsEntertainment, [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan the Mega Man cartoon]], ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise,'' ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue,'' ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed''....it's a long list.
31	** It's DoubleSubverted when it comes to ''Series/{{Sliders}}.'' I don't hate seasons 3 and 4 like most fans do....but I '''despise''' season 5.
32	* FourIsDeath: In my opinion, if you haven't planned out a franchise to be a long-runner in advance, the fourth film will ''always'' be this.
33	* GagDub: I have a habit of doing this with the monster scenes of any and all ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movies I watch. Recurring characterizations in those include:
34	** Godzilla as a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Barney Gumble]]-voiced GrumpyBear.
35	** Rodan as a WebAnimation/HomestarRunner-voiced, [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall-breaking]] pterodactyl who loves rubbing his solo debit in people's faces.
36	** Mothra as a GrannyClassic.
37	** King Ghidora's left head as a death metal-voiced SophisticatedAsHell nihilist egomaniac, his right head as a CampGay CardCarryingVillain, and his middle head [[NothingIsScarier completely silent.]]
38	* InsaneTrollLogic: My answer to the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox paradox of the stone]] is a HUGE example of this: Yes, God ''can'' create a stone so heavy He cannot lift it, because absolute omnipotence implies he can perform paradoxical actions, including ''[[BeyondTheImpossible lifting]]'' [[MindScrew a rock He cannot lift]].
39	* {{Irony}}: I'm agoraphobic, yet I spent most if not all of my formative years in the country and currently work on a farm. Also, all the social distancing and quarantine have made me ''desperate'' for an end to it all and a chance to go outside again.
40	* LazyBum: I have had a few phases of this. It's why I hate the Coronavirus so much--before the government-mandated social distancing started, I was on the fast track to finally getting over this problem, and then I was forced to stay home, everything I was using to get my butt out of bed and out into the world was forbidden, and I quickly degenerated back into the apathetic bum I was before I started to turn my life around.
41	* MisaimedFandom: Occasionally I've fallen into this. I used to see [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]] as this grim-and-gritty NinetiesAntiHero and KnightInSourArmor, but now I realize he only appeared as such compared to other squeaky-clean shonen protagonists.
42	* MustHaveCaffeine: Back in college, I drank a ''lot'' of energy drinks trying to work up enough motivation to get stuff done. I've come clean since then, though.
43	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: I'm always aghast when I realize that I've [[VideoGame/Borderlands3 misgendered FL4K]] or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking made a grammatically-incorrect edit]].
44	* PunkPunk: I eagerly await the day [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanopunk nanopunk]] becomes prominent enough to get a page on ThisVeryWiki.
45	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Wasps. Ever since a bee stung me on the neck and I learned wasps can do that multiple times.
46	* WarriorPoet: I write, I practice martial arts.
47	* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: I keep a bokuto in my closet. I practice with it on weekends.
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50	[[folder: Tropes I like to use in my writing]]
51	* CreatorThumbprint: Whenever I italicize a part in a linked text, I always [[SelfDemonstratingArticle put something]] ''[[EasterEgg different]]'' [[SelfDemonstratingArticle in the italicized spot]].
52	* ChandlersLaw: When in doubt? Plot twist! [[OldShame I kinda feel bad about abusing this, though.]]
53	* {{Flanderization}}: An unfortunate trend of my high school fanfic-writing days. Even now, I be have to be careful writing stuff for [[SelfDemonstrating/CharacterPages self-demonstrating character pages]] lest I write them as caricatures of themselves.
54	* NinetiesAntiHero: One aspect of my high school fanfiction I'm ''not'' ashamed of was my valiant attempt at {{reconstruct\|ion}}ing this trope.
55	* OldShame: I wrote most of the ''JustForFun/TwoPiece'' page as being a series that would have an ''extremely'' AudienceAlienatingPremise to One Piece fans because I knew nothing of ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''.
56	* RandomEventsPlot: This was another unfortunate trend in the fanfiction I wrote in high school. I basically just strung together events I thought would be cool into a story without considering if it fit a cohesive narrative.
57	* SurrealHumor: Pops up in my poetry. When I tried to pass it off in my writing classes in school nobody got it.
58	* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: I had to learn the hard way this ''isn't'' the case. The fanfiction I wrote in high school was a jumbled mess of plot twists and attempts to messily shoehorn tropes I liked into stories that didn't necessarily need them. Even my surrealist poetry fell into this in college, as it wasn't exactly suited for the structured form of examination we were expected to give each other's work. These experiences taught me that if your work seems incomprehensible to others, ''you probably have no idea what you're doing''.
59	* UltimateUniverse: I'm currently working on a fanfic that reconciles the new parts of canon brought on by the 2011 revival of ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' with ''Anime/UltimateMuscle''. I should be done with the first chapter...eventually...
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62	[[folder: Anime and Manga I like]]
63	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
64	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''
65	* ''Anime/KillLaKill''
66	* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}''
67	* ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket''
68	* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''
69	* ''Manga/SoulEater''
70	* ''Anime/SpaceDandy''
71	* ''Anime/UltimateMuscle''
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74	[[folder: Comic Books I like]]
75	* Anything by Creator/StanLee or Creator/GrantMorrison
76	* Pretty much most if not all of Creator/DCComics's work.
77	* An awful lot of Creator/MarvelComics's work too.
78	* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''
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81	[[folder: Live-Action Films I like]]
82	* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''
83	* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
84	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', with the exception of the ''Film/AntMan'' ones (not that I dislike the movies themselves, I just think it was a mistake to go straight to Scott Lang and make Henry Pym an old guy)
85	* ''Film/MenInBlack''
86	* ''Film/PacificRim'': The first one. I dunno how I feel about the second one.
87	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
88	* ''Franchise/StarWars'', especially ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''
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91	[[folder: Live-Action TV Shows I like]]
92	* ''Series/TheATeam''
93	* I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''. On the one hand, I don't like its darker tones, but on the other, it's ''extremely'' well-written.
94	* ''Series/{{Bones}}''
95	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
96	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''
97	* ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel''
98	* ''Series/{{Monk}}''
99	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
100	* ''Series/{{Psych}}''
101	* ''Series/{{Sliders}}''
102	* ''Series/StargateSG1''
103	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
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106	[[folder: Video Games I like]]
107	* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance''
108	* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''
109	* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'': The NES ones, at least. The Game Boy ones, ''7'' through ''11'', I could take or leave. Especially since they didn't get the voice actors from [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan the cartoon]] for ''11'' like I was hoping.
110	* ''VideoGame/SummonNightSwordcraftStory''
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113	[[folder: Webcomics I like]]
114	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''
115	* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDoctorMcNinja''
116	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
117	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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120	[[folder: Web Originals I like]]
121	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
122	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''
123	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The first few seasons, at first. I don't rightly know if I like the direction it's going in now....
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126	[[folder: Western Animation I like]]
127	* ''Franchise/TheDCAU''. Just...all of it.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''
129	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''
130	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''
131	* ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''

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