Tropers / Bway Bound Loser 16

I am Broadway Bound Loser 16. I am a student studying Media & Communications. I love literature, movies, and theatre. I hope to become a novelist and playwright one day.

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Welcome to My Mind

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

• Favorite Films: The Dark Knight, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Kill Bill, Inception, Les Miserables, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Avengers, Fight Club, Casino Royale, Skyfall, V for Vendetta, The Social Network, The Town, The Help, The Fighter, Across the Universe, The Kings Speech, Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist, Juno, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Up, Kickass, and Sherlock Holmes

• Favorite Performers: Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Downey Jr, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Rooney Mara, Edward Norton, Andrew Garfield, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Sarah Silverman, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Rickman, Megan Mullally, Tina Fey, Emma Watson, Hugh Jackman, Neil Patrick Harris

• Favorite TV Shows: Glee, Friends, Will And Grace, Family Guy, Futurama, Bojack Horseman, Ugly Americans, Daria, Doctor Who, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Sherlock, Firefly, How I Met Your Mother, Code Lyoko, 30 Rock, Archer, The Big Bang Theory, The Golden Girls, Animaniacs, American Dad, Drawn Together, House MD, MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, Samurai Jack, Raising Hope, Parks and Recreation,BatmanTheAnimatedSeries

• Favorite Books: Harry Potter, Scott Pilgrim, The Hunger Games, Eragon, Alice in Wonderland, A Wrinkle in Time, The Chronicles of Narnia, Peter Pan, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Thief Lord, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Wicked, Les Miserables, Inkheart

• Favorite Games: Jak and Daxter, Kingdom Hearts, Psychonauts, Sly Cooper, Spyro the Dragon, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, Batman Arkham Asylum, Assassins Creed, Halo

• Favorite Plays: Wicked, Next to Normal, Chicago, Cabaret, Memphis, Into The Woods, Company, A Little Night Music, Aida, Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Evita, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Follies, Matilda, Hamlet, Macbeth, and The 39 Steps

Tropes That Are Prevalent in My Life

• Tropes That Apply to Me:
  • Snark Knight / Tall, Dark, and Snarky
  • Creepy Awesome / Creepy Good / Dark Is Not Evil
  • Forgets to Eat / Lean and Mean
  • Awesomeness by Analysis
  • It's All About Me / Small Name, Big Ego / Attention Whore
  • Camp Straight / Agent Peacock
  • Absent-Minded Professor / Mr. Imagination
  • Brilliant, but Lazy / Allergic to Routine
  • The Perfectionist
  • Proud to Be a Geek
  • Ignored Expert / Only Sane Man
  • Brutal Honesty / Innocently Insensitive
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold
  • Black Comedy / The Gadfly / Dude, Not Funny!

Tropes in My Own Writing

Originals:

• ''The Dystoria Chronicles'
  • Rachel Page-Reading - The protagonist.
    • Fish out of Water / Trapped in Another World
    • Action Girl / Guile Hero / Badass Bookworm
    • Stepford Snarker / The Gadfly
    • Tell Me About My Father
    • This Is Reality / All Just a Dream / Sanity Slippage
    • Your Mind Makes It Real / Adventures in Comaland / Vision Quest
    • Little Hero, Big War
    • Alice Allusion
  • Cromwell Freeman
    • My Parents Are Dead
    • Good Is Not Nice / Jerk with a Heart of Gold / Snark Knight / Knight in Sour Armor
    • Action Hero / Good Is Not Soft / Combat Pragmatist
    • Grease Monkey / Badass Biker
    • Bad Dreams / Recurring Dreams / Talking in Your Sleep
    • Friend to All Children
    • Not so Different
    • One of Us
  • Felix Chesterton
    • The Charmer
    • Classy Cat-Burglar / Gentleman Thief / Phantom Thief
    • Dirty Coward / Combat Pragmatist
    • Cheshire Cat Grin
  • Bianca Hackett
    • Wrench Wench / Teen Genius
    • Intelligence Equals Isolation / Reluctant Psycho / Cute but Psycho / Ambiguous Disorder
    • Room Full of Crazy
    • The Mentally Disturbed
    • The Wonka / Bunny-Ears Lawyer
    • Meganekko / Nerd Glasses / Blind Without 'Em / Smart People Wear Glasses
  • Victoria Rodgers
    • Rich Bitch
    • White-Dwarf Starlet
    • Defrosting Ice Queen
    • Big Ego, Hidden Depths
    • "Well Done, Son" Guy / Abusive Parents
  • Evelyn Hoarfrost
    • With Great Power Comes Great Insanity / Above Good and Evil
    • Woman in White / Light Is Not Good
    • An Ice Person / Evil Is Deathly Cold / Winter Royal Lady
    • Villain with Good Publicity

Adaptations:

• The Wizard of Oz
  • Alternate Character Interpretation / Took a Level in Jerkass - Being heartless, the Tin Man acts like quite a jerk at times until he really shows how much of heart he really has.
  • Alternate Character Interpretation - Dorothy initially doesn't want to go home. Her character development is her learning that Kansas is the place she ought to be. Her journey to the Wizard is to register as the new sorceress after the demise of the Wicked Witch of the East, believing that Oz is the world over the rainbow her parents told her about.
  • Adaptation Expansion - Dorothy is given much more character in my adaptation, rather than just being an Audience Surrogate.

• Alice in Wonderland
  • Adaptation Expansion - Alice's home life is given more examination to contextualize her journey through Wonderland.
  • Composite Character - The Queen of Hearts has some Red Queen qualities. The Duchess has both Red Queen and White Queen qualities. The Knave of Hearts is merged with the White Knight.
  • Death by Adaptation - The Mock Turtle is going to be made into soup. Alice listens to his life story because it was his last request.
  • Fridge Horror - In-universe, Alice reminds herself that Wonderland flowers are sentient. The flowers being painted by the Queen's gardeners are going to die.

• Cinderella
  • Adaptation Expansion - Cinderella's shoes were actually presents from her father that she hid from the Stepmother. That's why they don't disappear at midnight. Cinderella's father was a merchant who disappeared on a trade expedition.
  • Alternate Character Interpretation - Cinderella wants to go to the ball to show up her stepfamily, who tell her that she's coarse and common. She doesn't know the man she met at the ball is the Prince. The Stepmother wants her daughters to marry the Prince to save themselves from bankruptcy after she wasted her husband's money. Cinderella's father has gone missing, but he returns and disowns the Stepmother. The Fairy Godmother is a beggar woman who would much rather use her powers to help others than help herself.
  • Getting Crap Past the Radar - The Stepmother is implied to be having an affair with the Duke, who is helping the Stepsisters get an audience with the Prince.
  • Laser-Guided Karma - The Stepmother is punished when Cinderella's father returns and properly divorces her and the Stepsisters shun her after making amends with Cinderella.
  • {{Superhero Movies Don't Use Codenames}} - Cinderella is generally referred to as Ella until she embraces her nickname towards the end.