I'm an aspiring actor, writer and filmmaker living in England. Everything else is purely conjecture.
Tropes that apply to moi
- Agent Peacock: Always dress to impress and am trained in self-defense.
- A God Am I: I think I might be mildly bipolar and when I'm particularly pleased with myself, I'll get into this mindset.
- A Glass of Chianti: A glass of Chardonnay tends to be my favourite tipple actually. Sometimes I wonder if I might have a slight problem... Naaaaaaaah.
- Attention Whore: I certainly like the limelight.
- Awesome Ego: Well, I think so anyway.
- Badass Boast: The badassery of my boasts would make Odin Himself quake in fear.
- Badass Bookworm: Learned to read before I learned to walk according to some accounts. Currently making my way through Gormenghast book two.
- Badass Longcoat: Own two of these, one a black and purple overcoat, the other a dark green trench coat.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: A three-piece suit is my go-to outfit for the day, to the point that a lot of people mistake me for a banker. I'd be no good at that, I might be to English lit what Steven Hawking was to astrophysics but I am to Maths what he is to Rugby. In restaurants, people often come up to me when I'm going to the toilet asking me questions because they think I'm the manager. Now that I'd be good at.
- Berserk Button: Bad grammar, trashing my dress sense, leaving doors open, hurting animals or children, bashing capitalism, anything that suppresses free speech or individual autonomy, collectivism in general, particularly racism and totalitarianism, obvious stuff that would cause anyone to blow up like misogyny and bigotry, being touched without permission, sandals with socks, sandals without socks, red wine with fish, The Guardian. Quite a few come to think of it.
- What? You have a trope for Capitalism Is Bad but not Capitalism Is Good? Why, I oughtta...
- Byronic Hero: I'll just let this one speak for itself.
- Camp Straight: Well, asexual but heteroromantic. Doesn't stop me often being Mistaken for Gay.
- The Casanova: Had this reputation in my uni days. I'll neither confirm nor deny.
- The Chessmaster: A literal example.
- Cultured Badass: Well-read, well-dressed, and well-versed in classical literature, poetry, theatre, history and cuisine, with a taste for life's finer things.
- The Dandy: As you'd probably already realised.
- Dangerously Genre-Savvy: Aren't all tropers?
- Deadpan Snarker: Because no tropers think they're this at all do they?
- Death Glare: Practice these in the mirror. It usually cracks, so I must be doing something right.
- Distracted by My Own Sexy: Much to my ex-girlfriend's frequent annoyance.
- Does Not Like Shoes: I generally walk around barefoot when I'm home alone.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: I'm all three!
- Fascinating Eyebrow: I could probably play a young Vetinari.
- Evil Laugh: It is quite alarming.
- Forgets to Eat: I'm autistic, it comes with the territory.
- Grammar Nazi: The trench coat enhances the effect.
- Hairtrigger Temper: Though it usually manifests itself through snarky remarks and tranquil fury.
- The Hedonist: Not as much as in my uni days but it's definitely still there.
- I Am Very British: I am indeed, but a big fan of The US of A as well.
- Icy Blue Eyes: Are they hypnotic? Take a look and find out!
- Incoming Ham: You know when I'm in the room.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: Inferiority? Don't know what you're talking about.
- It's All About Me: Innit though.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maaaaaybe.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: Kindhearted? I will hunt you down if you suggest it! But the cat-lover part is definitely salient. I even used to have a Right-Hand Cat. How I miss dear Martha.
- Large Ham: Comes with being a former theatre kid.
- Lean and Mean: Sometimes mean, always lean.
- Looks Like Cesare: Minus the beard and moustache.
- Magnificent Bastard: On his good days.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: Taste certainly, wealth, one day...
- Mistaken for Gay: I can't tell you how many women I've thought are coming on to me when they start opening up, only to realise they want a gay best friend.
- Mood-Swinger: Comes with depression, anxiety and Asperger's syndrome.
- Narcissist: Nonsense, I'm scrupulously modest, I don't talk about how great I am nearly as much as I could do.
- No Indoor Voice: To the point that when I was onstage at the age of thirteen, I was the only actor in the entire cast including the adults who didn't need a mic on my chest. Tends to get on people's nerves in restaurants.
- The One Who Wears Shoes: As part of my Sharp-Dressed Man persona, if I'm at the beach or a pool party, there's one thing you can count on, I'll always be the one wearing shoes, invariably leather boots. At home on my own, I'm more of a Does Not Like Shoes person however. And I get a pedicure once a month.
- Pet the Dog: Although hardly a Friend to All Living Things, I'm an animal lover.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Often this in most jobs I've held down.
- Pretty Boy: My usually shoulder-length hair enhances this image.
- Purple Is Powerful: It's why it's my favourite colour, and why I always wear it!
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: More like brown hair ivory skin.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: As I say, I always wear a suit and tie. I just take the blazer off indoors. I sometimes wear a leather jacket instead of a blazer.
- Sophisticated as Hell: My Twitter bio speaks for itself. ''Irrumator praetor matris malum.” Thank God for Elon Musk.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Why others so frequently find me vexatious is a source of perennial bewilderment to me.
- Smart People Speak the Queen's English: Well this one does. Quite character building in school.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: I used to. They got broken in a fight. Which wasn't very smart of me. Hey, he was threatening his girlfriend in public, I had to do something.
- Smug Snake: On his bad days.
- Smoking Is Glamorous: Well at least it is when I do it.
- The Snark Knight: Was very much this in my schooldays and in any job I hold, my role in the team is part this, part Plucky Comic Relief.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Big ice warning, low sugar content.
- Upper-Class Wit: More of a Middle-Class Wit but the Wildean vibe is still there.
- Waistcoat of Style: Always wear one of these.
- Wicked Cultured: Sometimes wicked, always cultured.
- Villainous Cheekbones: My villainy may be questionable but my cheekbones are not.
