Etheru - Television Tropes & Idioms

Etheru is a troper, desires a bit too much attention, but knows the world doesn't revolve around him.

Creator of the Smashtasm page, but other people contributed, showing he isn't that good at finding Tropes for some things (Other Tropers contributed, not Etheru).

Fan of several things.

Tropes Associated with Etheru.

Acceptable Breaks from Reality: I just play games to have fun, not to be the best of every single gamer in the world or be an asshole about Gamebreakers and competitiveness, I just want to play a game, beating it if I feel like it.
Alternative Character Interpretation: I tend to interpret myself in different, usually self-deprecatory manners.
Apologises Way Too Much: ...Sorry.
Author Appeal: Loves Magic, Science, and the Rule Of Cool in one setting.
- Also adores robots.
Berserk Button: If you have a criticism, tell me. I hate when people don't tell me certain things until it's at a boiling point, it pisses me off and makes it feel like nobody is being honest with me.
Characterization Marches On: I set up a bunch of redundant/bad threads several times when I was a troper for the first time. I'm more or less infrequent on the fora nowadays.
Cloud Cuckoolander: When I want to be.
Crossplayer: In Roleplaying games and video games, if there's an option to play as a lady, I'm going to play as them.
Fan Dumb: I try to avoid this. It varies.
Grammar Nazi: Ironically, I tend to make many mistakes with "its" and "it's", and so on. Otherwise, I'm very picky about spelling and formatting.
Hypocrite: Has happened a few times. Don't wish to be reminded of it.
Memetic Mutation: Due to bad wording, "Chicken Trees" is sort of a meme.
Never Live It Down: Ignoring my various issues, I usually don't forget particularly bad moments from some other people.
Nightmare Fetishist
- I do admit that Story of the Blanks was one of the first games I lost sleep over, though. I have made it my goal to never check out Friendship Is Magic Creepypasta again. I've failed. Repeatedly.
Old Shame: Lots of things. From old habits to volatile and/or stupid behavior.
Proud to Be a Geek: Played Straight and Averted, at the same time.
Running Gag: My obsession with the Mega Man series, so expect a joke or two to be made about my obsession.
Self-Deprecation: I seem to not be able to decide whether or not I hate myself. I do try not to take it to obnoxious, painful levels, though.
Shown Their Work: Despite the fact that I sometimes have a research failure, I at least try to show my work when it comes to fiction.
- Also, ask me about the classic Mega Man series, I'll probably give a semi-accurate answer.

Liked Tropes

Anti-Villain
Complete Monster: To the point that, if he ever writes an original work (Not a fanfic), the main villain will pretty much be one, with a hint of small irony...
- Somewhat distasteful to this trope, nowadays, because of most having flat characterization.
Dangerously Genre Savvy: Because I like smart villains.
Doctor Who: CURSE YOU SHININGKNIGHT! CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURSE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU
Eldritch Abomination
Evil Counterpart: Because fights with these guys tend to be some of the best in a series.
Heroman
Irregular Webcomic!: I'm a fan of the comic, while the science interests me, I actually do like the bad puns the comic does. Also, Draak, he's one of my favorite characters.
LEGO Crossover Game: Guilty Pleasures... They're Lego Games! They're incredibly fun! But they really need to release the Lego Batman sequel already!
Mega Man: ...Do I have to explain?
Moral Event Horizon: Can't explain it, I guess I like seeing how a villain can truly cross the line.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Yes.
Nightmare Fuel: Usually when it's unintentional, it's rare for me to like High Octane Nightmare Fuel, but when I do, I do.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword: It's become my forthmost example of my favorite Zelda game, though the motion controls are a bit annoying. It's along the lines of Wind Waker in how good it is to me. Oh, and Ghirahim.
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: I think it's Ironic or weird when you look at my other interests.
Planet Eris: So many different possibilities.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Everybody pretty much knows this, as you see me very frequently go on rants about the show.
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
From Nobody to Nightmare
Knight of Cerebus: Just a fascinating trope, to me.
FLCL

Disliked Tropes:

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Now, the game is good, but I don't like because it was created to appease an Unpleasable Fanbase that wanted Ocarina Of Time on steroids.
Unpleasable Fanbase
Nostalgia Filter: Because the people who speak crap about the newer generations constantly insist that they had everything better, always completely ignoring that their generation had some incredibly bad crap too.
Viewers Are Morons: ...Do I need to explain this?
Author Filibuster/Writer on Board: Because it essentially uses a character as a mouthpiece, regardless of consistency or characterization. And I am fully aware I'm doing it right now.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: For particular reasons, but the main reason I hate this trope is that they sometimes play the fact of being aware they're in a fictional work too much to the point it gets stale, and awareness of being in a work is not inherently funny.
Fanservice: Mostly when it's obnoxious.
Awesome Moments: Only in certain situations, where it's pretty clear that it's pretentious and doesn't do anything but help the ego of whoever is doing the moment, that said, I like it in fiction where the character isn't a blatantly controlled Author Avatar or is attempted to be proven better than everyone.
Hypocrisy: My issues aside, I really hate Hypocrisy, and will make sure to point out Hypocritical actions when I think I see 'em.
Self-Deprecation: Potshots at yourself and awarity of your problems don't fix the problems at hand. I am dead fucking serious about this.
Revenge Of The Fallen: Possibly the worst film I have ever seen. About the only part I liked in the film was:
Optimus Prime: You'll never stop at one!
(Turns his other arm into another sword, and charges Megatron, Grindor, and Starscream)
Optimus Prime: I'll take you ALL on!
- Liked Dark of the Moon, however.
Capcom: Not just for cancelling the third Mega Man Legends installment, but for constantly releasing rerelease after rerelease, or sequels that are barely different from the game before. I was generally fanatical and willing to ignore their faults until Legends 3 was canceled.
BEN Drowned: Mostly because I'm getting really sick of "You shouldn't have done that..." being used many, many times.