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Tropers: Arise To Burn At Dawn
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My nerds.
Geeks, dorks, otaku. Whatever you prefer, whatever name you are called - we all stand united. We are all one people - many interests, but one calling.
There are many of us - many who fall under the same categorization we do. There are some who can quote general relativity and particle physics like it was nothing. There are those of us who remember Toonami, and all the amazingness it had before it was unrighteously struck down before its time. There are otaku, who watch anime religiously and bow down at the altar of all that is Japanese animation (and cosplay). There are gamers, such as I, who are seen as socially awkward introverts and yet wipe the floor with Sephiroth using a 14 year old boy with a giant key for a weapon ( or a certain spiky-haired former SOLDIER with sixteen hits with a BFS).
There are those whose minds and hearts reside in Middle Earth with the such greats as Boromir and Gandalf. Others attend Hogwarts and still mourn the tragic fate of Severus Snape and Dumbledore, and those of the Order of the Phoenix. There are also those who fight The Empire in the name of restoring the Old Republic with hearts of Jedi and devotion more powerful than the lightsabers they hold - as well as there are Sith, hearts dark and intentions evil.
But we are inaccurately named. They call us socially awkward - they call us weird and strange. They call us eccentric. Most of this is true. However, they leave out one specific word; one word that spells out what we truly are in this world -
Awesome.
Come forth, my bretheren. Come forth, graduates of Starfleet Academy! Come forth, masters of Magic cards! Come forth Pokémon masters and aficianados of comic books! Come forth, and claim your place! For regardless of what you might hear, regardless of what our detractors might claim! WE! ARE! AWESOME!
Tropes that apply to me:
- Accidental Pervert - Oh, Jesus Christ...
- Be Careful What You Wish For - Ninth grade, I once made the statement that it was impossible to make me blush. I was sitting with several girls who took that as a challenge, and proceeded to cover me with kisses, hugs, and attempts to find my "hot spot.", which was actually found a month later completely by accident. Turns out I was very wrong about that blushing thing.
- Bi the Way - which has led to a few very heated religious debates. With people in my own religion. So much for tolerance, eh?
- Being Good Sucks - My Heel Face Turn more or less brought me a world of hurt. Wouldn't change it for the world.
- Berserk Button - Just a few. A Quiet One like myself tends to become very vocal (and angry) around several things.
- People who say homosexuality (or bisexuality) is a choice and gay marriage should not be allowed. I had better have misheard you.
- People who abuse their children or the children around them.
- People who tolerate, endorse, or participate in discrimination and prejudice. Including my own mother. We got into a discussion about this once before. It ended with an argument. We haven't had it since.
- People who bully other people.
- Beware the Nice Ones - I'm a calm person, and it takes a lot to cause me true anger. But it can happen. The last time it happened, I snapped, and reduced a girl (who admittedly kind of deserved it) to tears and heartbreak.
- Also, when something angers me enough to snap, like racism (ignorant racism at that), it takes visible control of myself to keep me from reducing that person to tears.
- Big Beautiful Woman - My personal preference in women. Why have a twig when I can climb the whole tree?
- Challenge Gamer - Just recently starting becoming this. Battletoads, anyone?
- Dance Dance Revolution - I'm not good enough at this game to beat any song, but I'm pretty darn skilled at it.
- Cuddle Bug - not to the extremes as most examples of the trope, but I really like hugs and cuddling with people. I got it from my high school friends, especially the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Many high-velocity tackle hugs and much Marshmallow Hell ensued.
- Brilliant, but Lazy - I am actually very intelligent. But my grade point average doesn't show it. Stupid homework. Getting in the way of my gaming.
- Coming Out Story - As a rule, most LGBT people have one. Usually, the lucky ones have short stories. Mine.... isn't. But it's not all bad.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome - A lot of the time, I don't feel like helping people with their problems, sitting and listening to them wax eloquent on their bad days, or even stepping in to resolve a hostile situation between friends. Sometimes, the people I care about just piss me off. On some days, being altruistic and caring can really suck. But I keep doing it, even when I don't get why.
- Consummate Liar - I am very, very good at deceit. It's not something I'm at all proud of.
- Crowning Music of Awesome
- Dandere - I'm usually really quiet around people I don't know. I'm trying to break out of this shell, and I've been really successful, but this still kind of counts.
- Dark Is Not Evil - I'm a nice person, really. I hand out quarters to little kids to toss in fountains, hold doors open for the elderly, and am a general sweet person. I just really like the color black.
- Deadpan Snarker - I love sarcasm. People don't find it nearly as attractive as they used to.
- Double Entendre - Oh, for the love of heaven, and how. I and my friends are veritable innuendo masters.
- Drugs Are Bad - Yes. Yes they are.
- Fantastic Arousal - The aforementioned hot spot. I mean, WTF.
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - She really didn't. But once she realized exactly what she found, she had endless amounts of fun teasing me with it. And so did everyone else, when they found out about it.
- Friend To All Children - I just love the little tykes. Little bundles of purity in human form. I tend to believe that innocence is something that should be preserved as long as humanly possible. Which is why someone had damn well not fucking hurt one in my presence.
- Friend to All Living Things - And how. Back when I was a kid, I talked to trees, and fed anthills. What? Trees can get lonely, and ants can get hungry. Don't look at me like that.
- God Is Good - What I think, being Christian and all.
- Good Is Not Nice - Subverted, most of the time, but occasionally played straight. I try to be a good person, and if I can do it by being nice, I do so. But sometimes, it means having to verbally go upside someone's head.
- Good With Numbers - I'm a physics major. It kind of requires it.
- Heel Face Turn - I was a real asshole once upon a time, but now I'm a lot nicer.
- Knight in Shining Armor - What I keep trying to be, but I don't succeed at it very well. And when I have a serious lapse in moral judgement, it stays with me for a long time. See The Snark Knight below.
- Knight in Sour Armor - A weird combination of both Knight tropes. I believe whole-heartedly that all human beings have a chance for redemption, no matter what they've done, but I'm also aware that many people don't want it, don't think they need it, and exploit those that do. But they're worth giving a chance. We all are.
- Lolicon - Not just averted, but disembowled with a dull spoon. I find it (and most of the people who enjoy hentai of it) utterly disgusting.
- Mama Bear - Do not harm children in my presence.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl - I didn't stay a Shrinking Violet after running into my group of friends, some of which served as this somewhat, but one girl just took the cake.
- Martial Pacifist - I usually resort to violence as a last resort, partially due to my build (I'm pretty skinny). That won't stop me from hurting someone who tries to hurt my friends, or kick the asses of anyone who dares to hurt or threaten children in my presence.
- The McCoy - I am highly empathetic, to say the least.
- Morality Pet - Numerous, all in the form of younger children. I had a few back when I was... unwell..., but I always tried to keep them from going the way I did.
- My Greatest Failure - Several, in fact. The biggest of which involves a girl I had a relationship with that ended badly.
- Neutral Good - Alignment-wise, this is where I fit best.
- Nerds Are Virgins - Somehow, played straight, averted, and subverted, all at the same time. It's complicated.
- Never Hurt an Innocent - One of my core beliefs. Which is why other people had better not try. Not in my presence. This troper does not tolerate that.
- Not So Harmless - One person I knew, and really wish I didn't, decided to play mind games with some friends of mine. I put a stop to it, by openly threatening her with death if her antics hurt their child, which they very nearly did. I'm not proud of it, but the fact remains that I very much would've gone through with it. One does not hurt this troper's friends. Or kids.
- OOC Is Serious Business - I'm usually very nice and kind to others, even to people who annoy me. When that changes, in the words of a friend, shit just got real.
- Only Sane Man - For heaven's sakes, yes...
- Otaku - You'd better believe it.
- Pay Evil unto Evil - Averted. Utterly. People who use evil methods against evil people are no better than the people they hurt with them. Besides, I"m a Christian. "Do not fight evil with evil, but overcome evil with good."
- Perky Goth
- Person of Mass Destruction - I don't mean to! I'm just really clumsy.
- Perverse Sexual Lust - Don't ask. Okay, you can, but its probably not a good idea.
- The Power of Friendship - You'd be surprised how many difficult times this got me through.
- The Power of Love - Saved my life. Literally. It apparently helped me and my friends save each other's lives more than once.
- The Power of Rock - I had to do it.
- Precocious Crush - A childsitter's frequent occupational hazard. I was also no stranger to them when I was a kid as well.
- Punch Clock Hero - When I was younger, I told the truth a lot simply because I sucked at lying, and helping people with their problems and fixing them stopped them from annoying me with them... and then I found that Good Feels Good.
- Shrinking Violet - I'm a very shy person around people I don't know, usually, unless I'm hopped up on caffeine or I'm in a large impersonal group. But once I am out of my shell, hoo boy.
- Tenchi Solution - Averted, every time. Several past girlfriends once offered me the chance to be in an open relationship. I was annoyed with that, and I refused. Strongly.
- Thanks for the Mammary - happened all the time in high school. Wacky hijinks ensued when I (and usually the girl) freaked out as a result.
- That Came Out Wrong - Happens to me all the time with people I'm attracted to. All the time.
- The Quiet One - Part of being a Shrinking Violet. Unless there's really something that sparks me to speak, or unless I'm around people I know well and am comfortable with, of course.
- Tsundere - Oddly enough, a certain female acquaintance of mine acted this way, although they were just mean at the time. I didn't appreciate it.... at first. Awkwardness ensued. Really ensued.
- Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right - Usually, I try to avoid this method, but can fly straight towards it if my Berserk Button gets pressed. This includes ethical codes, federal and state laws, and even rules of politeness at a dinner table.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend - Doesn't stop my friends from saying it ad nauseum, especially when they can tell I really want her to be. And since I am totally awesome at lying, I really don't help things along.
- The Snark Knight - I'm a Wide-Eyed Idealist, and I take it very badly when I don't live up to my own moral code.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech - I write them, in fact, in the form of impersonal rants that don't mention the people who angered me enough to do so, and let anyone read them who cares to. Its basically a way of saying "You need to stop doing this. You know who you are."
- What The Hell, Hero? - Several of my friends see me as the closest thing to a saint they've met. They're mistaken, but it doesn't stop them from thinking so. So whenever my moral judgment suffers a serious lapse, they do not disappoint with telling me how badly I screwed up.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist - I generally believe Rousseau Was Right, and that anyone can make a change for the better.
- Wise Beyond Their Years - Myself, and other people I know. Makes for a wonderful support group!
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds - Almost was, once upon a time. No, you do not get details.
- Would Not Shoot a Good Guy - not literally. More like, "Would not defame the name of a decent guy but would instead come to his defense in a trying time even though he and I thoroughly depise each other over personality differences."
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