History Tropers / Scionofgrace

"It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously—no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption. And our charity must be real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner—no mere tolerance or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment. Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."

Sitting on the other side of the screen is a youngish creature staring intently at a spot on a trope that could use another example, only she has too many words and not enough skill to make it zing like everybody else's, so she shrugs and goes to the next page, and discovers more things to waste time on.

The cat observes from his shelf.

Books tower up around her: fantasy, sci fi, theology, philosophy, and an astonishing number of hymnals.

And then she discovered that this was one site that the guardians of workplace productivity have never tagged for blocking. They must all be tropers.

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!!Scionofgrace is interested in:
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''[[BackToTheFuture Back to the Future]]''
* {{Muppets}}
* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou''
* {{Pixar}}
* ''ThePrincessBride''
* ''StarWars''
* ''TheSecretOfKells''
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles The Dresden Files]]''
* ''{{Discworld}}''
* ''[[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]]''
* ''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''
* [[CSLewis Anything by C.S. Lewis]]
* ''[[TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]]''
* ''[[ToKillAMockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''DoctorWho''
* ''{{Firefly}}''
* ''{{Leverage}}''
* ''[[StargateSG1 Stargate SG-1]]''
* ''StarTrek''
* ''{{Supernatural}}''
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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''[[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin and Hobbes]]''
* ''TheFarSide''
* ''[[HeartOfTheCity Heart of the City]]''
* ''{{Zits}}''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''GirlGenius''
* ''GunnerkriggCourt''
* ''[[TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''
* ''{{XKCD}}''
* ''Webcomics/{{Freefall}}''
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''{{Animaniacs}}''
* ''DarkwingDuck''
* ''LooneyTunes''
* ''TheSimpsons''
* ''MyLittlePony''
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[[folder:Music]]
* [[Creator/JohannSebastianBach J.S. Bach]]
* Choral music
* Four-part harmony in any form
* TheyMightBeGiants
* The {{Newsboys}} (Peter Furler era)
* TheBeatles
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Gardening
* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Music]]
* [[MindScrew Philosophy]]
* [[SpotOfTea Tea]]
* [[JesusWasWayCool Theology]]
* [[WalkingTheEarth Travel]]
* Writing
* Tuning/fixing pianos
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!!Scionofgrace provides examples of:

* AmericanAccents: "Newscaster English"
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Formally diagnosed with ADD: Inattentive type, leading to:
** {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: failure to notice topic shifts, may introduce new topics without warning
** TheUnfunny: failure to notice that a joke is a joke
** LateToThePunchline: failure to notice a joke entirely
** ObliviousToLove: failure to notice that interest is romantic
*** [[IncrediblyLamePun Did I miss anything?]]
* BlindWithoutEm: -8 and -8.75 dioptres, plus astigmatism. Whee...
* FlyoverCountry
* GoshDangItToHeck: Also {{Angrish}} and UnusualEuphemism
* IHaveBrothers: A psychological variant: difficult to shock or gross out.
* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Granddaughter]]
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* SpotOfTea: Black and two sugars
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tea and peppernuts

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* [[JohannSebastianBach J.S. Bach]]

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* ''[[Webcomic/Freefall Freefall]]''

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[[AC: Literature]]:

* ''HarryPotter''

[[AC: Live Action TV]]:

[[AC: Newspaper Comics]]

[[AC: Webcomics]]

[[AC: Western Animation]]

[[AC: Music]]

[[AC: Real Life]]

* BlindWithoutEm

* IHaveBrothers: Psychological variant: Difficult to shock or gross out

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Germanic type

* ''{{Equilibrium}}''
* ''HotFuzz''

* ''RobRoy''

* ''WatershipDown''

* ''{{Futurama}}''

* AmericanAccents: Decent example of "Newscaster English"; raspy "a"s and hard "r"s all the way.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Was one to her older brother, had one in her younger brother.

* BlindWithoutEm: Has worn glasses since age six.
* DaddysGirl: Less creepy, more OppositeSexClone.
* FiveManBand: with her immediate family
** TheHero: Dad (with a little of TheProfessor)
** TheLancer: Elder brother (DeadpanSnarker variety)
** TheSmartGuy: Her
** TheBigGuy: Younger brother (GeniusBruiser variety)
** TheChick: Mom (TheHeart & TeamMom variety)
* FlyoverCountry: Midwesterner and proud of it.
* GoodWithNumbers: Tracks inaccuracies and mistakes across thousands of hospital records. Daily. As a career.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Also {{Angrish}} and UnusualEuphemism.
* IHaveBrothers: Psychological variant: Difficult to shock or annoy, thanks to brotherly persecution.

* InTheBlood: Geekiness, musicality, and ADHD are traceable through the paternal line, going back at least four generations.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Averted, by the cunning plan of being the only girl.
* OneWomanWail: A lyric soprano. Also capable of ululation, which comes in handy at football games.
* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Germanic type.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Unequivocally.
* SpotOfTea: Every day, 3pm, without fail. Much to the amusement of her coworkers.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tea and peppernuts. The latter are something of a GRatedDrug among her friends and family.

* [[Newsboys The Newsboys]] (Peter Furler era)

* JSBach

* TheNewsboys (Peter Furler era)

Sitting on the other side of the laptop screen is a youngish creature staring intently at a spot on a trope that could use another example, only she has too many words and not enough skill to make it zing like everybody else's, so she shrugs and goes to the next page, and discovers more things to waste time on.

On the balcony grow strawberries, chamomile, and peppermint. The flapjacks aren't edible.

* ''TheBigBangTheory''

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny, Inattentive type, leading to:
** {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: fails to notice conversation topics and changes.
** TheUnfunny: fails to notice that a joke is a joke.
** LateToThePunchline: fails to notice a joke entirely.
** ObliviousToLove: fails to notice that interest is romantic.

** TheSixthRanger: Sister-in-law originally, now sharing [[TheChick Chick]] duties with Mom, and functions as TheLancer when Elder Brother is the hero.

* GoodWithNumbers: Tracks inaccuracies and mistakes across thousands of investment accounts. Daily. As a career.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Rooms with another female Christian geek. Inevitable, honestly.
* IHaveBrothers: Psychological variation. Difficult to shock or annoy, thanks to brotherly persecution.

* InTheBlood: Owns a copy of ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' that belonged to her great-grandmother. ([[CoolOldLady Who was also an accomplished musician and a missionary]].) Was introduced to Tolkien and ''Star Trek'' by her father.

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Common for her branch of German heritage.

*''[[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''

*AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Was one to her older brother, had one in her younger brother. Fortunately, all three get along quite well now.
*AttentionDeficitOohShiny
*BlindWithoutEm: Been wearin' glasses since age six.
*DaddysGirl: As close to an OppositeSexClone to her father as is possible; he once said, "You're my female twin."

*GoshDangItToHeck: Won't even say "heck". Usually uses {{Angrish}} instead.
*HeterosexualLifePartners: This is what happens when a single female geek meets another single female geek and they decide to be roommates.
*IHaveBrothers: Interesting variation: Unathletic and not much of a fighter. However, there is only one way she could have grown such a thick skin against teasing and baiting.

*InTheBlood: Owns a copy of ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' that belonged to her great-grandmother. ([[CoolOldLady Who was also an accomplished musician and a missionary]].) Was introduced to Tolkien and ''Star Trek'' by her father. About half her family are geeks.
*LateToThePunchline: Far, far too often.

*ObliviousToLove: Whoever actually manages to get her to go on a date will be a very persistent man.
*OneWomanWail: Lyric soprano, to be precise.

*RunningGag: Several. Miniature cows and snow falling up, in particular.
*SeriousBusiness: Her sense of humor is a learned trait.
*SesquipedalianLoquaciousness

*TheUnfunny: Related to AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Missing jokes 'cause she just isn't paying attention.