A Legatus was the ancient Roman equivalent of a general. This article, however, does not describe ancient generals, but a certain Finnish troper who chose the pseudonym for him a pretty long time ago. Also known as Legatus Legionis (colloquially 'Leg', which he has learned not to mind) and Vivaldi Matteus around the internet.
The author and host of the
Rune Of Shadows forum roleplay.
He is/has been a fan of...
Tropes describing himself.
- Aesop Amnesia (Suffers from this
occasionally.)
- Affably Evil
- A God Am I (He has a slight god complex and likes talking about how he could create a better world.)
- And just look at how much he likes to talk about himself.
- Angst (He can get very philosophical at his worst.)
- The Atoner (More than once.)
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! (And it took a while to remember to add this. For further proof, just check the frequency and amount of edits.)
- Badass Beard
- Badass Bookworm (Don't mess with him.)
- Being Good Sucks AND Being Evil Sucks
- Brilliant, but Lazy
- Butt Monkey (Before high school.)
- Can Not Tell A Lie (An outright lie, that is.)
- Card-Carrying Villain (Played for laughs.)
- Chaotic Good (Currently. The initial state was pure Lawful Good.)
- Combat Pragmatist
- Determinator (Although he sometimes forgets what his goal was and goes off to do something else, like to read This Wiki.)
- Deus Angst Machina (At one point of his life.)
- Earn Your Happy Ending (The crux of what he believes in.)
- The Engineer (He's a trained combat engineer squad leader. Don't anger him or he might blow your house up.)
- Evil Overlord (His dream job. More specifically, as a Dark Messiah.)
- Face Heel Revolving Door
- For Science!
- Friend to All Living Things (What he wanted to be.)
- Game Master (Being one is one of his favorite hobbies.)
- Grammar Nazi (Mostly just a spelling nazi, as his own grammar is often too broken to justify the status of a complete Grammar Nazi.)
- Growing the Beard (Literally and figuratively.)
- Ham-to-Ham Combat (Whenever he meets someone else interested in world domination.)
- Heroic BSOD
- Heroic Self-Deprecation (Well, to some extent.)
- Hypocrite (He admits it and sees it as one of his greatest flaws.)
- He dislikes people placing themselves above himself, but is too eager to declare others 'inferior', despite advocating equality.
- Immune to Fate ("I dare you, fate. Bring it on!")
- "In your face, world!" (Actual quote.)
- Curiously, things just started getting better for him after adding this trope. Something really bad must be coming. Wait for it...
- I Work Alone
- Jade-Colored Glasses
- Knight in Sour Armor (Despite being Chaotic Good, he finds himself defending order and discipline more often than he'd like..)
- Kuudere
- Large Ham (Played for laughs.)
- Little No (Used often.)
- Loners Are Freaks
- Lurker
- Manipulative Bastard (He has a lot of insight into emotions in Real Life, which makes this rather easy for him. He loathes using it to harm others, however, making its primary function escaping trouble and other unwanted things.)
- The Mario
- Memetic Mutation (Responsible for a few local memes, much to his embarrassment.)
- Mohs Scale Of Scifi Hardness (He prefers around 3 to 5, although he can enjoy and even write as soft as 1. 0 is out of question for him, though.)
- Nerd (Subverted. He couldn't care less about fashion, but after Growing the Beard he's also a Badass Bookworm and less socially awkward, having received leadership training.)
- Nice Guy ("Basically, a nice person (if a bit silent)." pretty much sums up what people often say about him IRL.)
- No. Just... No (Suffice to say his friends have pretty stupid ideas sometimes. Often combined with a Face Palm of embarrassment and denouncing of any association.)
- Not so Above It All
- Not So Stoic
- Only Sane Man (Feels this way very often. In reality, he can get just as idiotic as the others.)
- Pet Peeve Trope (Anachronism Stew.)
- Power Trio (He and his two closest friends. He's the Ego of the bunch.)
- Precision F-Strike (Although he has become a bit foulmouthed as of late, the general view in the past was that if he cursed, something was terribly wrong.)
- Proud to Be a Geek (Knowledge is power.)
- The Quiet One
- Screw Destiny (He has successfully not only tempted but also defied fate.)
- Slasher Smile (Occasionally played for laughs.)
- Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism (He slid all the way from one extreme to another.)
- Spock Speak
- Stoic Woobie
- Technical Pacifist (Despite military training, he's adverse to the idea of actually killing people if it can be helped. He's not afraid to defend himself if under a serious threat, however, and can resort to extreme measures in order to survive.)
- Third-Person Person (Blame This Wiki.)
- Tv Tropes Will Enhance Your Life (Initially he thought that Tv Tropes Will Ruin Your Life, but then he figured how much it had actually helped him.)
- Viewers Are Geniuses (What he assumes and would like to believe when he writes his stuff.)
- Viewers Are Morons (His conclusion.)
- Well-Intentioned Extremist (Although he is held back from actually trying anything by his status as Knight in Sour Armor.)
- What The Hell, Hero? (Whenever he tries a Face Heel Turn, he is met by this just when he thinks he's getting away with it. Triggers The Atoner and/or Talking Your Way Out.)
- Wide-Eyed Idealist (When he was younger.)
- Wiki Walk (A few to several hours a day.)
