History Tropers / FringeBenefits

[[{{Tropers.FringeBenefits}} Fringe Benefits]], also known variously as [[http://tasakeru.com BHS]], [[http://bhsdesk.deviantart.com bhsdesk]], and Socko the Happy Turtle (only on Tuesdays), is a geek, NightmareFetishist, and Japanese culture enthusiast with a weird sense of humor who lives somewhere in Virginia. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes has ruined his life on more than one occasion.]] He's an absolutely hopeless SerialTweaker, for one thing. He created the pages ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}'', [[ComicStrip/{{Kudzu}} Kudzu]], ThatOneAchievement, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]'', ''Literature/{{Nil}}'', ''[[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn My Little Unicorn]]'', ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', ''FanFic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard'', and ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights''.

* Film/TheTrumanShow
* Film/StarTrekFirstContact
* [[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek (2009)]]
* {{Film/Casablanca}}
* Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail
* Film/HotFuzz
* [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Misérables (2012)]]
* Film/{{Airplane}}
* Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce

* TheMuppetShow and its spinoffs

* The [[WesternAnimation/{{DCAU}} DCAU]]
* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse
* WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil

* Franchise/{{Drakengard}} [=/=] Franchise/{{Nier}} series

* Literature/GoodOmens

* Film/{{Airplane!}}

He wants to make this perfectly clear, with no possibility of misunderstanding: '''BHS ''' '''''loves''''' '''[[Anime/PrettyCure Precure'''. BHS has been a devoted follower of the franchise for over a decade, has an extensive collection of Precure merchandise, and eagerly watches new episodes every week. What happens to Precure in BHS's stories happens because of the RuleOfDrama, not because of a personal vendetta.

Important links are found here: '''http://wlo.link/@bhsdesk'''

* ''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates''
* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan''

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba''
* ''LightNovel/RascalDoesNotDreamOfBunnyGirlSenpai''

In 2017, he began a YouTube review series called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvXaLTIONlEwFDJ0mwk8GUHWwoztfVe46 Silent InvenTOYry]]'', covering Japanese action figures, model kits, and collectables. [[CaptainObvious As its title implies]], the series is completely dialogue-free, and the reviews are done via captions, music, sound effects, and snark. The series lasted slightly over two years.

* ''Franchise/Digimon'', especially ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' and ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame''.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' (especially ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', and ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'')

* WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty

* All StarTrek series

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In Fall 2011, he entered the wonderful and terrifying world of FanFiction ([=*=]'''[[ScareChord DRAMATIC CHORD]]'''[=*=]) with his first serious effort, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]''. Co-written by fellow Onioneer and co-conspirator {{@/Forzare}} and loosely based on a long-running RP hosted on the TVTropes forums, ''Stars Above'' is a Franchise/MadokaMagica / Manga/LuckyStar CrossOver fic, the first of its kind, and is [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[RuleOfCool awesome]], in his [[BlatantLies totally unbiased]] opinion. He also wrote another CrossOver called ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', and a third called ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights''. His FF.net page can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3237916/ here]], while his [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]] page is [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/BHS here]].

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He writes the fantasy series ''{{Literature/Tasakeru}}'', an attempt to tell a really deep, engaging, mature story for young adults with a cast of [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic animals.]] '''Leave feedback if you read it, please.'''

In Fall 2011, he entered the wonderful and terrifying world of FanFiction ([=*=]'''[[ScareChord DRAMATIC CHORD]]'''[=*=]) with his first serious effort, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]''. Co-written by fellow Onioneer and co-conspirator {{@/Forzare}}, ''Stars Above'' is a Franchise/MadokaMagica / Manga/LuckyStar CrossOver fic, the first of its kind, and is [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[RuleOfCool awesome]], in his [[BlatantLies totally unbiased]] opinion. He also wrote another CrossOver called ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', and a third called ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights''. His FF.net page can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3237916/ here.]]

In 2017, he began a YouTube review series called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvXaLTIONlEwFDJ0mwk8GUHWwoztfVe46 Silent InvenTOYry]]'', covering Japanese action figures, model kits, and collectables. [[CaptainObvious As its title implies]], the series is completely dialogue-free, and the reviews are done via captions, music, sound effects, and snark.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar''* Anything by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, especially ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''

* [[{{Series/Firefly}} Serenity]]

* [[Film/TheAvengers The Avengers]]

* [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} Zootopia]]

* Anything by JossWhedon

* {{Series/Spaced}}

* Playing acoustic guitar

* Debating philosophy, as long as it's not Nietzchean or Randian

[[folder:Tropes That Describe Me]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A moderate case of holy crap there's a ''bird'' outside my window
* CelebrityResemblance: I can pull off a pretty impressive NeilPatrickHarris as DrHorrible on Halloween (see the picture), but I have a scary resemblance to [[TheOffice Mackenzie]] [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Crook]] without even trying.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Geek}}
* GeekPhysiques: The skinny version, to the point where I can stand still and be mistaken for a coat rack.
* GeekyTurnOn: Fair warning, I have ''tons''.
* {{Nerd}}
* NerdsAreSexy: ... hopefully?
* '''NightmareFetishist'''
* ProudToBeAGeek: [[RunningGag Sensing a pattern here?]]
* PungeonMaster
* RousseauWasRight: Included here not necessarily because it describes me, but because it's the one belief I cling to above all else.
* SerialTweaker: See TVTropesWillRuinYourLife below...
* ThirdPersonPerson: [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Fringe Benefits knows you're reading this.]]
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife
[[/folder]]

His interests also encompass multiple sci-fi, fantasy, and comedy series, anything by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki or Creator/JossWhedon, and [[ThirdPersonPerson writing about himself in third person.]]

He is an unofficial member of the [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Evil League of Evil]] in his spare time, operating under the alias "The Hamsterminator". ALL HAIL BAD HORSE.

* Franchise/HarryPotter

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[[{{Tropers.FringeBenefits}} Fringe Benefits]], also known variously as [[http://tasakeru.com BHS]], [[http://bhsdesk.deviantart.com bhsdesk]], and Socko the Happy Turtle (only on Tuesdays), is a geek, NightmareFetishist, and Japanese culture enthusiast with a weird sense of humor who lives somewhere in Virginia. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes has ruined his life on more than one occasion.]] He's an absolutely hopeless SerialTweaker, for one thing. He created the pages ''{{Tasakeru}}'', [[{{Kudzu}} Kudzu]], ThatOneAchievement, ToplessRobot, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]'', ''Literature/{{Nil}}'', ''[[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn My Little Unicorn]]'', ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', ''FanFic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard'', and [[SelfDemonstrating/TheEvilMidnightBomberWhatBombsAtMidnight the Self Demonstrating page]] for [[WesternAnimation/TheTick The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]].

He writes the fantasy series ''{{Tasakeru}}'', an attempt to tell a really deep, engaging, mature story for young adults with a cast of [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic animals.]] '''Leave feedback if you read it, please.'''

He also dabbles in short fiction and poetry, which can be found [[http://fourthwallstories.wordpress.com/ here.]] Of note here is the infamous short story [[http://fourthwallstories.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/the-fourth-wall/ "The Fourth Wall"]], a self-described "bad short story about bad short stories."

In Fall 2011, he entered the wonderful and terrifying world of FanFiction ([=*=]'''[[ScareChord DRAMATIC CHORD]]'''[=*=]) with his first serious effort, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]''. Co-written by fellow Onioneer and co-conspirator {{@/Forzare}}, ''Stars Above'' is a PuellaMagiMadokaMagica / LuckyStar CrossOver fic, the first of its kind, and is [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[RuleOfCool awesome]], in his [[BlatantLies totally unbiased]] opinion. He also wrote another CrossOver called ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', and a third called ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights''. His FF.net page can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3237916/ here.]]

His interests also encompass multiple sci-fi, fantasy, and comedy series, anything by HayaoMiyazaki or JossWhedon, and [[ThirdPersonPerson writing about himself in third person.]]

He is an unofficial member of the [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Evil League of Evil]] in his spare time, operating under the alias "The Hamsterminator". ALL HAIL BAD HORSE.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar''
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', particularly ''Anime/DigimonTamers''
* Anything by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, especially ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''

* ''Anime/SummerWars''
* ''[[LightNovel/{{Nyarko-san}} Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos]]''
* ''Anime/KillLaKill''

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' (especially ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', and ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'')

* {{Ghostbusters}}, along with all the sequels and spin-offs
* TheTrumanShow
* StarTrekFirstContact
* [[StarTrekXI Star Trek (2009)]]
* [[{{Firefly}} Serenity]]
* {{Casablanca}}
* MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail
* Kenneth Branagh's {{Hamlet}}
* HotFuzz
* [[{{Terminator}} Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]
* TheSevenSamurai and anything else by AkiraKurosawa

* {{Shakespeare}}, {{Hamlet}} in particular
* HarryPotter
* The YoungWizards series
* {{Redwall}}
* TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy
* Anything by Bruce Coville
* RobertFrost poetry
* DaveBarry

* ToKillAMockingbird
* Anything by StephenKing
* GoodOmens

* {{Fringe}}
* [[TheSarahConnorChronicles Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]
* TheOffice (both versions)
* [[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]
* {{Seinfeld}}
* {{Spaced}}
* MontyPythonsFlyingCircus
* FawltyTowers
* SamuraiSentaiShinkenger
* KaizokuSentaiGokaiger
* HikoninSentaiAkibaranger
* TheDailyShow
* {{Farscape}}
* ArrestedDevelopment
* ParksAndRecreation
* AgentsOfSHIELD
* UnbreakableKimmySchmidt
* KamenRiderGaim
* TheGoodPlace

* GarthBrooks
* TheBeatles
* BobDylan
* MichaelGiacchino
* JerryGoldsmith
* YukiKajiura
* JohnWilliams ([[CaptainObvious natch]])
* WeirdAlYankovic

* RocketKnightAdventures
* SkiesOfArcadia
* BlazBlue series
* TheLegendOfZelda series
* SuperSmashBros series
* {{Okami}}
* MarvelVsCapcom series
* MassEffect series

* {{Franchise/Bioshock}} series
* TheWonderful101
* {{VideoGame/Overwatch}}

* BeastWars
* TransformersAnimated
* AvatarTheLastAirbender
* {{Futurama}}
* WallE and everything else by Pixar
* LooneyTunes
* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic
* PhineasAndFerb
* SamuraiJack
* SouthPark
* The entire {{DCAU}}
* GravityFalls
* AdventureTime
* StevenUniverse
* StarVsTheForcesOfEvil
* RickAndMorty
* WanderOverYonder

In Fall 2011, he entered the wonderful and terrifying world of FanFiction ([=*=]'''[[ScareChord DRAMATIC CHORD]]'''[=*=]) with his first serious effort, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]''. Co-written by fellow Onioneer and co-conspirator {{@/Forzare}}, ''Stars Above'' is a PuellaMagiMadokaMagica / LuckyStar CrossOver fic, the first of its kind, and is [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[RuleOfCool awesome]], in his [[BlatantLies totally unbiased]] opinion. He also wrote another CrossOver called ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', and a third called ''FanFic/ShatteredSkies''. His FF.net page can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3237916/ here.]]

* DoctorWho

[[{{Tropers.FringeBenefits}} Fringe Benefits]], also known variously as [[http://tasakeru828.deviantart.com tasakeru828]], [[http://tasakeru.com BHS]], and Socko the Happy Turtle (only on Tuesdays), is a geek, NightmareFetishist, and Japanese culture enthusiast with a weird sense of humor who lives somewhere in Virginia. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TVTropes has ruined his life on more than one occasion.]] He's an absolutely hopeless SerialTweaker, for one thing. He created the pages ''{{Tasakeru}}'', [[{{Kudzu}} Kudzu]], ThatOneAchievement, ToplessRobot, ''[[FanFic/StarsAbove Stars Above]]'', ''Literature/{{Nil}}'', ''[[FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn My Little Unicorn]]'', ''FanFic/{{Respect}}'', ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', ''FanFic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard'', and [[SelfDemonstrating/TheEvilMidnightBomberWhatBombsAtMidnight the Self Demonstrating page]] for [[WesternAnimation/TheTick The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]].