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Well, here I am. Rather than try and describe myself like this, I think I'll just let the tropes speak for themselves...
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- Aloof Big Brother - Me sometimes, to my half-brother, who's the only sibling I have and nearly 16 years my junior.
- Annoying Younger Sibling - see above.
- Attention Deficit...Oo, Shiny! - Sometimes funny, sometimes problematic, but I do have an actual disorder in the area. 'S not a variant of ADD, though.
- Berserk Button - Do not mess with the hair. It took me several seconds even to agree to let my first love to put a small amount of temporary dye in it.
- Big Eater - For my size, at least.
- Book Worm - Not so much anymore, but back inna day...
- Brilliant, but Lazy - At least I think so...
- Catch Phrase - Primarily:
- Chivalrous Pervert, specifically the Ethical Slut + For Happiness variant. I tend to relate a lot to Miroku, for obvious reasons.
- Companion Cube - my electronics, particularly my consoles and computer.
- Cool Big Bro - when I'm not being the Aloof Big Brother. Also my stepdad often feels more like this to me.
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon - Generally reserved whom I genuninely despise, whether it's real people or characters.
- Deadpan Snarker - As often as I possibly can. Unfortunately, my stature disallows me from being Tall, Dark and Snarky... (see below)
- Embarrassing First Name - Well...not really; I just don't relate to it so I never use it (and prefer not to give it out) online.
- Everybody Hates Mathematics - Cheerfully subverted; I don't exactly like math, but I find it difficult to hate something I'm good at. Math classes, on the other hand... (same with English)
- Furry Fandom
- Gotta Catch 'Em All - I'm a collector. For instance, my Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword modpack had to include every leader who'd ever been in mainline Civ up to that point.
- Grammar Nazi - Though in my own writing I intentionally do odd things like using more hyphens than you're supposed to, because I find it makes things clearer.
- The Insomniac - I often get to bed late for various reasons.
- It Is Pronounced Tro PAY - Back when I was using my stepdad's surname, "Heavysege". Though subverted in that its exact pronunciation isn't even certain to him, though he thought it was for a while.
- Also, my original personal character, in his first incarnation on Ragnarok MUD, kept getting his name (Stephen) mispronounced (people kept shortening it to "Steve") that I finally had him change the "common" version to Stef.
- Jerkass - Something of which my parents have been accusing me more and more of late...
- Large Ham - I actively try to be, when I get the chance, mostly for laughs. Though I often do feel like all the world's a stage and I'm just a character in some massive Role-Playing Game.
- Leitmotif - I consider three different popular tunes to be my theme-songs for various purposes:
- Eagles - Take it Easy: Sorta my general philosophy on life.
- Duran Duran - Ordinary World: Pretty self-explanatory if you know the lyrics.
- ...And I've somehow managed to forget the third. Dammit.
- Minored In Asskicking - Planning to, at any rate; hard to find anything besides karate, kung-fu (though, remarkably, one of the kung-fu dojos is wing-chun), or kenpo around here. What I really want is aikido; or, failing that, t'ai-chi.
- Megane - The specs sometimes double as Nerd Glasses or Scary Shiny Glasses (or, very rarely, Stoic Glasses), depending on my current mood and preoccupation. Not Blind Without 'Em, though.
- Mistaken for Junkie - Have had this happen a couple of times, primarily due to one of my trademark accessories having since highschool been a camouflage jacket (as a Badass Longcoat when I can find one long enough, which sadly isn't very often). It plus a pair of matching trousers once even got me cast as a Death Hippy in an Amtgard session.
- Though since I started wearing ballcaps regularly, it's become more often "Mistaken For Trucker". O.o
- Nakama - If life really is an RPG...well, I could do okay as a Lone Wolf, but it's better not to if you can avoid it.
- I just realized that we might qualify as a Five-Man Band, particularly if I can figure out a fifth member:
- Myself - The Heart, sometimes The Smart Guy.
- Heather/Nonamei - The Big Guy (Class 2, Mighty Glacier variant) in Meganekko form, with the Most Common Superpower and occasional Mad Scientist tendencies, making her a candidate for Genius Bruiser status. Yes, ''really''. She's over 6' tall (IIRC), built like a brick, and prone to Cheshire-Cat grins. And believe it or not, we went out for a while. Currently on a bus, having been semi-forcibly relocated to middle-of-nowhere California, while the rest of us are in southwestern Utah.
- David/Blade - Another big mutha, this time Class 4. Not a full-blown berserker, but prone to occasional fits of Unstoppable Rage and generally aggressive. Probably the least-intelligent of us, but that's not saying much - consider that he's the only one of us who doesn't wear specs, and that's just because he prefers contacts; he's also usually the one telling me The Glasses Gotta Go. Ironically, also a Chef of Iron, having graduated recently from Le Cordon Bleu, Las Vegas.
- Jay - Big Fun, The Smart Guy when I'm not, most likely Mission Control, also occasionaly a Deadpan Snarker. Prone to Epileptic Trees and the occasional Crack Pairing. Currently writing a Mega Crossover.
- Potholes - Gotta love'm.
- Sarcastic Clapping
- Self-Deprecation - Often for laughs.
- Self Insert Fic - Two in the works, one using Stef in the main Final Fantasy VII plot, the other using an Ink Suit Actor in Love Hina. In neither do I replace any characters, and I don't mess with the main Love Hina plot, such as it is.
- Shameless Self Promoter - Hey, at least I have something at-least-vaguely worth promoting
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- Shipping, though I don't go down with my Ship. Primarily:
- Shipping Goggles - I don't always roll with what I discover, but I always look...
- The Short Guy with Glasses - Played with (subverted somehow?) in that I'm older than most of my contemporary friends, and rarely wear green aside from camo. Like I said, my stature doesn't exactly allow Tall, Dark and Snarky...
- The Smart Guy
- So Yeah - Gradually becoming another Catch Phrase.
- Platonic Life Partners - Subverted with myself and Heather, as stated above.
- Yuri Fanboy - Yeah...
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Works this contributor finds awesome:
- Bleach
- Chrono Trigger - Mundane (if well-executed) gameplay, but awesome storytelling.
- Civilization
- Diablo
- Dominic Deegan
- Faux Pas
- Final Fantasy VII
- Inu Yasha
- Love Hina
- Marvel vs. Capcom - The entire series, particularly 2. Super-hyped for 3!
- Maison Ikkoku
- The Matrix (mostly the first)
- MUGEN (RIP Reu) - Currently have a roster of something like 500 characters, variants, and edits.
- Mulan - Gotta love female Bas Ass-ery.
- Questionable Content
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights - It took me literally years and suddenly wondering why he decided to spell Robin's surname with an X (Loxley instead of the usual Lockesley) to catch one of Mel Brooks' Jewish jokes: "...I mean, what a combination - Loxley and Baguelle! Can't miss!" For those who may not know, a favourite munchy among Jews (and a few others) is lox on a bagel, often with cream-cheese - lox is a particular form of smoked salmon.
- Seiken Densetsu 3
- Sister Act - Whoopi Goldberg, Dame Maggie, and singing nuns!!! Can't miss!
- Street Fighter - The entire series, particularly Third Strike. Haven't played 4 yet.
- TRON - I'm so psyched for TRON: Legacy.
- Wayne's World - No, the second one did not suck, though it definitely wasn't as good as the first.
Diverse enough for ya?
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