I'm a 38-year-old male, born and grown and still living in Jamaica, in the West Indies. I frequented the TV Tropes website for several months upon first learning about it, but only joined up as a user on October 18, 2010.

I currently work as a freelance reporter at the Western Bureau of The Gleaner, a popular newspaper in Jamaica which was founded in 1834 and has its home office in Jamaica's capitol city of Kingston. The branch office is in my home parish of St. James, in parish capitol Montego Bay.

I like reading, watching anime and some movies, going to church, listening to music, talking on the phone with friends, eating, and sleeping.

I also have accounts at Website/FanfictionDotNet (where I have stories posted under my username of Neon Majestic) and [=FictionPress.com=], with trope-pages for some of the works posted there available on this site. I am also now an official published author, with two books currently available on Amazon; a poetry book, "[[https://www.amazon.com/Verses-Rhymes-Across-Christopher-Thomas-ebook/dp/B08C4ZZ8L2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=verses+and+rhymes+christopher+a+thomas&qid=1599493557&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Verses and Rhymes Across the Times]]," and a novel, "[[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HL5HJVP?fbclid=IwAR3OvGf5nNo1-dukmXiWGPmM7j3SPWFNhegZf81WUHZN9Pe1ALe6m9EuEbo The Crosses-Boy's Counselor]]" (both available in paperback and e-book formats).

I've contributed much to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}} Useful Notes: Jamaica]] page, though I didn't originally create the page myself.

A recent SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment caused by Tropers/JusticeReaper: a certain [[{{Tropers/Isabel}} Troper]] finding a page on JustForFun/FredTheRedRubberBall after a long absence.

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[[folder:My Top 10 Favorite Tropes (in order of favor)]]
* RoguesGallery
* TrademarkFavoriteFood
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* MoralEventHorizon
* CallingTheOldManOut
* BerserkButton
* TheResenter
* PowerPerversionPotential
* WhatTheHellHero
* WellDoneSonGuy
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[[folder:The 10 Tropes I Hate the Most (no specific order)]]
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
* WronglyAccused
* JerkJock
* DesignatedMonkey
* YankTheDogsChain
* DidNotGetTheGirl
* RomanticRunnerUp
* OvershadowedByAwesome
* NiceGuysFinishLast
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[[folder:Tropes created by me]]
* BeforeIChangeMyMind
* BewareOfViciousDog
* ComicalAngryFace
* DreadlockRasta
* EagleEyeDetection
* FootsieUnderTheTable
* ForeseeingMyDeath
* HopelessWithTech
* JohnnyMcCoolname (which has since been absorbed into the general AwesomeMcCoolname trope)
* JuryAndWitnessTampering
* KillTheCreditor
* MeatVersusVeggies
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren
* ThePlayerIsTheMostImportantResource
* SleepingWithTheBoss
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt
* UniqueMomentRuined
* VillainRespect
* YellowBrickRoad
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[[folder:Pages created by me]]
* Creator/AnthonyWinkler
** ''Literature/GoingHomeToTeach''
** ''Literature/TheDuppy''
** ''Literature/TheGreatYachtRace''
** ''Literature/TheLunatic''
** ''Literature/ThePaintedCanoe''
** ''Literature/DogWar''
* ''Literature/ABrighterSun''
* ''Literature/AnHonestThief''
* ''Literature/BlackMidas''
* Music/BobMarley (TropeNamer for DreadlockRasta)
* ''VideoGame/BudokanTheMartialSpirit''
* Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa
* ''Literature/TheChrysalids''
* ''Film/ClassOf73''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip''
* ''VideoGame/CriminalCase''
* ''Literature/TheCrossesBoysCounselor''
* ''VideoGame/DarkwingDuckTheLastActionDuck''
* ''Literature/DelroyInTheMarogKingdom''
* ''VideoGame/EagleEyeMysteries'' (TropeNamer for EagleEyeDetection)
* ''Series/TheFlash1990'' (the 1990 TV series based on the comic book character)
* ''FanFic/FlashByNorthwest''
* JustForFun/FredTheRedRubberBall
* ''VisualNovel/TheHauntingOfBraidwoodManor''
* ''Fanfic/HelpMeHoldOntoYou''
* ''Film/InHell'' (2003 movie starring JeanClaudeVanDamme)
* Characters/JusticeLeague character trope page
* ''Anime/KaiketsuZorro''
* ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox''
* ''ComicBook/TheLifeStoryOfTheFlash''
* ''Film/LoveAndBasketball''
* ''Literature/NightOfTheIndigo''
* ''Film/NinjaTerminator''
* Creator/OliverSamuels
* ''Film/OnlyTheStrong''
* ''Literature/OverOurWay''
* ''Film/ThePaperboy''
* Literature/TheRamiJohnsonTrilogy
* ''Series/{{Renegade}}'' (the 1992 TV series)
* Creator/SanaaLathan
* ''JustForFun/ShadowFox''
* ''Literature/{{Shane}}'' Literature page
* ''Literature/SharlosStrangeBargain''
* ''Anime/ShippuKonohaGakuenDen''
* ''WebVideo/SlugStreetScrappers''
* ''Film/SoldierBoyz''
* ''Literature/SonnysBlues''
* ''Literature/SpratMorrison''
* ''WebVideo/StreetFighterHigh''
* ''Series/StreetJustice''
* ''FanFic/StreetsOfRageSaga''
* ''WesternAnimation/Superbook2011''
* ''VideoGame/SuperheroCity''
* ''Fanfic/{{Swordsmen}}''
* ''Literature/{{Timeswimmer}}''
* ''Literature/ToSirWithLove''
* Music/TwinOfTwins
* ''Fanfic/TheUnofficialMKVsSFSaga''
* ''ComicBook/TheUntoldLegendOfTheBatman''
* ''JustForFun/TheUsoppAndSanjiShow''
* ComicBook/VandalSavage
* Music/VerticalHorizon
* ''Literature/TheVillageWasher''
* ''Literature/WhatHappened''
* ''Myth/TheWhiteWitchOfRoseHall''
* ''Literature/TheWooingOfBeppoTate''
* ''Literature/TheYoungWarriors''
* ''Fanfic/YuGiOhForever''
* ''WesternAnimation/ZorroTheChronicles''
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[[folder:Tropes that apply DIRECTLY to me]]
* AngstWhatAngst: Adopted this mindset more than once. Its effectiveness has varied.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: I admit, I was this. Most especially during my university days, to the point of being a major JerkAss at times. I got some CharacterDevelopment. (However, my brother still tends to see me as this.)
* TheAtoner: Ever since I made a HeroicVow to behave more like a Christian.
* BadAss: I was a pretty downplayed one of these, whenever I played any ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' or ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' games in competition with my brother or old friends from college.
* BerserkButton: Well, I have quite a few.
** Do not, ''do not'', ''' ''DO NOT'' ''' use the Bible in an attempt to make or support claims that are clearly not based on Scripture, especially when I've read the Bible enough times to know that said claims are not Biblical. And if I ''don't'' know for sure, [[ShownTheirWork I will research it]], and if it doesn't add up...watch out.
*** And if you show yourself to be willfully ignorant and unwilling to research a topic thoroughly for yourself instead of sticking to your own (WRONG) view, there is a good chance I will get unpleasant. More so if this is ''after'' I've shown you why you're wrong.
** The AllGirlsWantBadBoys trope being played straight also serves as this for me, due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot it having played a major role in screwing with my high school social life.]]
** Do not lie to me or call me a liar.
** January 10, 2011, I discovered a new Berserk Button: [[AbusiveParents parents who abuse their children in]] ''[[AbusiveParents any]]'' [[AbusiveParents way.]] I discovered it after reading the latest commentary on the ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' manga series, which I'm currently reading online. I expressed the power of that particular button on that series' Headscratchers page.
** February 18, 2011: [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking radio commercials with stilted or poorly-read scripting]] will result in the offending radio risking being smashed. Hasn't happened yet, but it may only be a matter of time.
** April 20, 2011: The ButtMonkey, DudeWheresMyRespect and TheWoobie tropes being constantly used as a RunningGag without any sympathy for the affected characters, whether in real life or fiction. GIVE THEM A BREAK, DAMMIT!!!
** Do not criticize how I do my job, more so if you yourself have had no experience in that field yourself. Please do not do it. My father and I almost came to blows over it one night.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* BigEater: I've tried to tone it down in recent years, though, due to weight issues.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Right is right, wrong is wrong.
* BreakTheCutie: My parents' messy divorce did this to me. Time heals most wounds, though. ''Most'' wounds.
* BrutalHonesty: Either tell the truth straight up, or else I'll never trust you.
* CelibateHero: Trying to be, but admittedly it isn't easy.
* CharacterDevelopment: Still in progress.
* ChekhovsGun: On several occasions, with many of them involving [[spoiler:pens]].
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted; I'm a Seventh-day Adventist.
* ComingOfAgeStory: The story of my life.
* CovertPervert: Eventually became TheAtoner and took a HeroicVow in order to subvert this.
* CrazyPrepared: Trying to be this. You never can tell what might happen, after all.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Achieved one when I was in Grade 11, back in 2001. I got the highest score in English Language in all of Jamaica, beating out four other students for the top position.
** My father got one by beating colon cancer a few years ago. [[TearJerker Unfortunately, it didn't stick, and he died in July 2019]].
** I pulled off a video-game-related CMOA when I was at university. It happened while I was playing the ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' fighting game and was fighting [[BigBad Dio]] on Story Mode. [[spoiler:I unlocked the stage secret "I stopped time" by using Jotaro's freeze-time special move and defeating Dio with three normal attacks, while still having a sliver of life left for myself]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Becoming this over time. Hey, as a reporter and a Christian watching current-day events and matching them up to Bible prophecy, one has to be.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes. Paraphrasing an example which took place on May 30, 2011:
--> '''Co-worker:''' ''(talking about child-bearing)'' The mother says, "Oh, look at this bundle of joy!"
--> '''Me:''' "...who'll be a source of heartache for the next 18 years."
** Another one that was [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome flawlessly pulled]] in the wake of [[HarsherInHindsight Whitney Houston's death from overdosing on pills]]:
--> '''Office supervisor:''' Don't you see Whitney's dead?
--> '''Me:''' It was a delayed reaction.
* DespairEventHorizon: Following my parents' very messy split.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: During my FaithHeelTurn.
* TheDeterminator
* DidNotGetTheGirl: A lot of times...then subverted with my last two ex-girlfriends, the first of whom I met [[ArrangedMarriage through my mother]].
* DitzyGenius: [[TheAce My brother]] has had this opinion of me.
--> '''Brother:''' You are the stupidest smart person I know.
* DrivenToSuicide: Considered this for a time. I got over it.
** My dad had a moment of this too, during his illness. He got better. [[TearJerker Until he eventually didn't]].
* DoggedNiceGuy
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* TheDutifulSon: But evidently with [[WellDoneSonGuy that man]], NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished. Also, see the two tropes immediately above this one.
* FaithHeelTurn: Following my parents' break-up, I was [[UnderStatement VERY]] angry with God and dropped out of church, doing my own thing during my university days. I eventually pulled a HeelFaithTurn and am currently trying to keep it that way.
* TheFettered
* FootFocus: Yes, I love good-looking female feet.
* FreakOut: Immediately before my FaithHeelTurn.
* FreudianExcuse: My parents lived in quiet, simmering-under-the-surface hostility toward each other. Then Mom abandoned us; Dad turned to alcohol and gambling and was a financial abuser with serious anger issues; my brother is an AloofBigBrother; and I was made into TheDutifulSon.
* AFriendInNeed
* GentlemanAndAScholar
* GracefulLoser: Used to avert this, but currently playing it straight.
* HeelFaithTurn: See FaithHeelTurn.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Both played straight and subverted--I see dogs as useful in terms of providing companionship and security, but will not hesitate to [[KickTheDog put my foot to a dog's rear]] if said dog tries to bite or jump on me.
* HeroicBSOD: Accompanying the aforementioned FreakOut.
* HeroicVow: To abstain from porn permanently, abstain from sex until marriage, and [[HeelFaithTurn go back to church and practice true Christian principles in my life]]. The second one has been mostly successful; the first one...I'm still working on it.
* HolierThanThou: Doing my best to avert this, as I know I'm no better than anybody else just because I'm a Christian. However, my father (among others) used to accuse me of being this simply because I've been trying to live the best I know how according to Literature/TheBible.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Before and during my FaithHeelTurn. Following my HeelFaithTurn, I've been working to subvert and eventually avert this. It's still a work in progress.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Used to play it straight, but nowadays it's averted.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: During the early years of high school. Subverted by the time I got to university.
* IneffectualLoner
* IronWoobie: As of recent times.
* JadeColoredGlasses
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KindheartedCatLover: Both my brother and I qualify. I once owned a cat adopted from my brother, named Obi. [[DontExplainTheJoke As in, short for]] [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan]]. And now I currently have five cats, two young ones and three fully-grown adults.
* KnightInSourArmor
* LoserGuy: Yeah...I often thought so of myself.
* LovableNerd: My ex-girlfriend, KC, thought so, at least.
* LoveHurts: I've experienced this [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and risen above it]].
* AManIsNotAVirgin: I was brought up in a Christian home, so I expected to avert this trope. I ended up playing it straight at age 16 and during the next few years...but see TheAtoner and HeelFaithTurn.
* MayDecemberRomance: A mild case with me and one of my ex-girlfriends--I was 26, she was 18. It was a factor in our breaking up.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:My real first name, Christopher, means "Christ-bearer." [[TheAtoner I'm trying to live up to it now]]]].
* MismatchedEyes: Both eyes are brown, but one is a slightly lighter shade than the other. It's not readily apparent unless you're actually looking for it.
* MoralityPet: I try to remember that I'm a role model for the children at church. "Would I want them to take part in this activity? Would I want them to know that I'm doing this? If the answer is no, then why am I doing it in the first place?" As well, my last two ex-girlfriends served as this for me when we were together.
* MrExposition: [[WhyDidntYouJustSaySo I tend to get flak from others for this]].
* MrImagination
* MyGreatestFailure: I still feel a little sore about being unable to save my parents' marriage.
* NiceGuysFinishLast: I certainly believed this during high school. Nowadays I'm trying hard not to accept this as true.
* NonActionGuy: Usually.
* NotAMorningPerson: Averted or played straight, depending on the day or occasion.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Played straight during high school.
* NeutralGood
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Refusing lunch at church two weeks in a row, when said food refusals aren't part of a scheduled church fast? That would be because I'm going through something of a HeroicBSOD. A while back, however, the church sisters who usually offer me lunch would not put up with it, and dished out a plate for me anyway.
* PerpetualFrowner: Smiling doesn't come naturally for me. Don't force me to put on one. You will not like my response.
* PrinciplesZealot
* ProperlyParanoid
* TheQuietOne
* TheResenter: Towards my brother, especially during university, though this has lessened with time. I also had some...ill feelings toward my father for his hypocrisy in denying me my right to live my life independent of ''his'' way of doing things despite his claims that he wanted me to become independent, as well as how he would insult and manipulate me and then expect me to be there for him when his health was going on the low end.
* RomanticRunnerUp: A number of times.
* ScarsAreForever: I have some small scars on my hand from a cat-scratch, and one on my foot from a cut from years before.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: I once said basically this to my bosses, regarding a directive that would require me to [[AgainstMyReligion compromise my religious beliefs]].
* SecretKeeper: I know how to keep a confidence.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: I'm somewhere in the middle, though leaning more toward idealism.
* StepfordSmiler: I have to maintain an appearance of tranquility in the face of all the craziness that happens around me. Unfortunately, on more than one occasion that facade has cracked.
* TeamChef: During the latter half of my time at university, I was the one who did most of the cooking for myself and my group of housemates.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ackee and saltfish, Jamaica's national dish, accompanied by boiled bananas, fried breadfruit slices, fried dumplings, Irish potatoes, and slices of pear (avocado).
** I also like corned beef with rice, fried dumplings, or fried or roasted breadfruit.
** And chicken (baked, fried or stewed) with rice and peas.
** And on the fast food side, cheeseburgers with fries, chicken and cheese pizzas, and fried chicken.
** I enjoy lemonade and fruit punch too. Regarding the latter drink, I have recently discovered a weakness for blended fruit punch.
** As of late I'm slowly easing into a vegetarian lifestyle, and as such I like to eat tofu and gluten (both soy products). I'm also thinking of giving up dairy products altogether in conjunction with this.
* TranquilFury: I usually exhibit this in place of an explosive temper, for which I was known back in high school.
* UnluckyEverydude
* VitriolicBestBuds: With my brother.
* WhosLaughingNow: Subverted, despite my atrocious high school experiences.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: I'm deathly scared of rats. No matter what their size, shape or color.
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[[folder:Tropes that apply INDIRECTLY to me]]
* TheAce: My older brother. A whiz with computers, well known by just about everyone in our circle of friends and the wider community, a video-gaming genius...
* AmicablyDivorced: Averted by my parents.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: During high school, I had a major crush on a number of sexy and popular girls...and ended up looking like a fool in front of them, and being snubbed by the first one, in fact.
* AloofBigBrother: My brother.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: So, Dad doesn't believe in the veracity and enduring relevance of the Bible. Yet he believes in the existence of aliens. ''And'' [[{{Hypocrite}} he reads the Bible sometimes too]]. [[FlatWhat What]].
* BadBoss: I've had ''two.''
* BadDreams: I have a couple of these from time to time, with some bordering on NightmareFuel or being {{Foreshadowing}}.
* TheBible: I try to read it at least every day. I consider it not just a good book, but the genuine WordOfGod.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: On my father's side of the family, without a doubt. Just recently my cousin's wife/baby-mother called the police on him for [[DomesticAbuse reportedly threatening to]] [[MoralEventHorizon shoot her]], my ''other'' cousin (both of them from the same aunt and uncle) had a major FreakOut following her mother's [[TearJerker death from cancer]], my unmarried aunt is a JerkAss bordering on EvilMatriarch, my uncle (husband of the aunt who died) [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer belongs to a questionable society,]] my step-grandfather is domineered over by the aforementioned JerkAss aunt, and my father (the StraightMan in all of this) is himself a JerkAss and [[TheAlcoholic a drinker]] ''despite'' having had colon cancer.
* BlindDate: Met one of my ex-girlfriends on one of these.
* BrokenPedestal: Both of my parents.
* BullyingADragon: My father has tried to do this with me verbally and psychologically, as recently as last night (July 22, 2012). This is the same man who is a cancer survivor, who recently got his legs and back injured when a car hit him and he had to use a cane while he recovered; by contrast, I'm physically stronger than him and, if I were not adhering to the commandment to honor father and mother, I'd have flattened him a long time ago.
* CallingTheOldManOut: I've had to do this with both parents. It succeeded somewhat with Mom. With Dad...not so much, since he evidently suffers a chronic case of AesopAmnesia.
* CanineCompanion: My father, my late aunt, and my grandparents have had these. We used to have a dog named [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Bowser]]. Presently, we have three grown dogs and five (six?) puppies.
* CoolBigSis: One of my church sisters, a longtime family friend, used to serve as this for me. I'm something of a Cool Big Bro to some of the other little kids there, as well.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: I had a moment with one of my exes when we were together--she and I had a slight tiff, and I went to bed. Moments later she showed up at my bedroom door, whispered "I'm sorry" and fell into my arms.
** Achieved with my last girlfriend, after assuring her I accepted her, warts and all.
** Achieved with KC, after we accepted each other, warts and all.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: So she claims, but anyone who knows her and knows the full story of what happened knows better.
* DeadSparks: My parents, before their divorce. Of course, being a [[ChildrenAreInnocent child]] at the time, [[WideEyedIdealist I didn't notice]].
* DysfunctionalFamily: My own family counts, [[DarkAndTroubledPast as has been outlined elsewhere on this page]].
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Oh, I know ''I'' do. In fact, it was among my worst subjects in high school.
* EverythingsBetterWithMotorcycles: For a while, I believed so.
* EvilMatriarch: One of my paternal aunts seems to be shaping up to be this.
* FeudingFamilies: My mother vs. my father's sisters. Even before the divorce.
* FinancialAbuse: Being perpetrated by my father, in the form of not caring about how I'm going to manage my taxes yet borrowing money from my monthly paycheck to finance business ventures that don't show any returns. (Maybe that's why the very thought of [[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate's]] parents acts as a BerserkButton for me.) [[spoiler:That is going to change, consequences be damned]].
* ForbiddenFruit: For me, it's sex and porn. Especially more so because I'm TheAtoner. (For the record, I do not subscribe to the currently-toted idea that sex was the ''[[TropeNamer original]]'' Forbidden Fruit.)
* {{Forgiveness}}: I'm learning to practice this, as part of my ongoing CharacterDevelopment. Considering my father, though, it's a hard lesson to swallow and apply.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: KC was this for me, as I had never even interacted with her during our primary-school years together, but back then she had a crush on me from afar.
** VictoriousChildhoodFriend: She's been very, ''very'' victorious in spite of the above trope.
* GodIsGood: I believe this.
* GrowingUpSucks
* HopelessWithTech: While I may not know how to fix a computer, I at least know how to use one. My father? Nope. And it gets utterly frustrating trying to explain simple things as right-clicking or opening browser window tabs. Lampshaded this morning (July 19, 2013):
--> '''Dad:''' I'm a fool with computers.
--> '''Me:''' Lots of people are fools with computers. ''You're'' frustrating!
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: My most recent love interest, KC, intimated that she'd had a crush on me back when we were in primary school, but at the time she hadn't thought a person like me would ever notice someone like her. [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Fast-forward 20 years later]]...
* IKnowKungFu: Made this claim during high school to intimidate bullies. [[CurbStompBattle They]] [[TeensAreMonsters didn't]] [[JerkJock fall]] [[TheWorfEffect for]] [[OhCrap it]].
* InsultBackfire: Once tried to flip off a bully in high school--except I used the ring finger instead of the middle finger proper. [[KidsAreCruel Cue jeering from schoolmates]].
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Impatience, self-centered-ness, and obsession over money (apparently) on my father's side of the family. Appreciation of family, on my mother's side.
** Also on my dad's side, there's the issue of cancer...probably, because one of my aunts died from cancer and my father is a cancer survivor, but cancer is ''not'' what claimed my grandmother (it was old age coupled with health issues related to a bypass surgery). ...[[DeadpanSnarker boy, all sorts of crap comes from my dad's side of the tree]].
* JerkAss: A common trait among the male members of my immediate family, with my father being the worst offender.
* JerkJock: I put up with a LOT of these in high school.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: My father tends to be this. A lot.
* MeddlingParents: My father is The Agent, and inverts the role of The Banker and The Bodyguard. My mother plays the role of The Banker straight, and during my earlier years she may have had traces of The Black Hawk's traits.
* MissingMom: She's not dead, though. Just married now to the same guy who [[YourCheatingHeart caused her marriage to be destroyed]] and who was the cause of her hiring a moving company to send a truck on a rainy night to move out everything from the house that could be moved while my dad was out of town, leaving me and my brother behind in the process.
* MixedMarriage: My mother is a Christian, but my father is largely non-religious. Considering [[SarcasmMode how well that union went]], I'm determined to avert this trope for when I get married.
* {{Nakama}}: Had some during high school and university days. I still have them.
* NeverLiveItDown: There are some moments in my high school years that [[DisContinuity I would rather forget ever happened,]] thank you very much.
* OverEnthusiasticParents: My father is constantly encouraging me to "go out more," "be more outgoing," and tells me how he feels I should do my job.
* OverprotectiveDad: My father.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: I've always felt so regarding my [[TheAce older brother]].
* ParentalAbandonment: By my mother, physically. By my father, [[GreyAndGrayMorality morally]].
* ParentalBetrayal: For a long while, I considered my mother's abandonment of her family in order to be with another man as a major MoralEventHorizon. [[CharacterDevelopment Though I've managed to forgive her recently and don't blame her as much anymore]].
* ParentalSubstitute: I consider one of the elders at my church as a second father.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: KC has said that what attracted her to me, when we got back in touch and started talking, was my desire to grow closer to God. Incidentally, I myself was the gender-flipped version of this trope prior to getting back in contact with her.
* SupremeChef: Both of my parents are this, and I've acquired tutelage directly from my father.
* TakingTheKids: Simultaneously and cruelly played straight and subverted. My mother did leave while Dad was absent, but she didn't consider her kids' feelings about the matter.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Suffered from this in high school, in that I relied on my so-called "friends" to help me become pop culture-savvy, but at the same time they treated me like the group's ButtMonkey.
* WellDoneSonGuy: My father has been this regarding my current job.
--> '''Dad:''' I don't see you making it as a reporter.
* WhatTheHellHero: Had to do this to my brother on August 2, 2011, when he requested our family's land title to borrow money on it. His borrowing of the money would impact heavily on me and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption my efforts to save cash for myself]], and considering he's never contributed to the house budget on the home front...coupled with the fact that he moved into a house he and his wife inherited and were renovating (a project both Dad and Mom did not entirely approve of)...when he spoke of it to us via phone last night, I ''had'' to chew him a new one.
** Updated November 7, 2011: One of my longtime friends from university days called me out last week for my JerkAss behavior toward my brother during those years, prompting me to try and mend fences.
** December 19, 2011: This past Sabbath, a church sister who acts like a real sister to me (not the same as the CoolBigSis above) harshly criticized me for not asserting myself more strongly or often, especially in regards to my [[TheDutifulSon dutiful attitude toward my father]] even when said obedience might clash with my religious convictions.
** August 31, 2012: My last ex-girlfriend's words to me after I mentioned that some persons have said I don't deal very well with stress (for context, on that particular day I'd gotten aggravated about my father's JerkAss tendencies and was complaining bitterly about it - not the first time - and my girlfriend was getting tired of it):
--> ''Whoever said that to you was right! You're not open-minded, you don't allow for nothing outside of what's planned, you're stubborn and a bit conceited! You fuss, whine, complain, are arrogant, and you swear! Write this on paper and keep it ever before you and gird it about your neck: "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools" ([[TheBible Ecclesiastes 7:9]])!''
** September 24, 2014: Two nights ago, KC had to give me one of these concerning [[TheResenter my feelings toward my father]]:
--> '''KC:''' You have held on to so much of the hurt of your parents and it is making you become insensitive and bitter. I get it, he is annoying, purposeful, manipulative and all that, but I think you need to change your mindset, don't let your circumstances change you. For your sake, mine and our relationship, start doing something about it. Honestly, I love you, but I don't want to be in a relationship where my husband is not very forgiving, is insensitive and easily ticked off. You may think and say you won't display that behavior towards me, but you have gotten so used to it, you won't even notice that you are doing it.
* WorthyOpponent: I see my brother as this where video games are concerned.
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