I don't remember when I started contributing, only that I cannot remember all the tropes I helped. So I'll try to rehash them here.
I am a Martial Artist, a Rower, a Percussionist, and a writer of Fanfiction. More of an editor/critic really. I like reading Naruto fanfiction to see how a creative author can change things. I also really enjoy Warhammer 40k, but I play Dawn of War 2, not the original table-top game. You will find contributions by me on Fanfic Rec pages, as well as several of the Badass pages.
Avid player of Video Games.
Avid Reader/Watcher of Fanfiction and other Internet Originals, along with writing a few to the penname of
Xeno Major.
Reluctant political commentator. Have become publicly neutral after spending four years in Canada.
Lover of Fight Scenes and the
Science of Fighting, as odd as that sounds, it is perfectly reasonable if you understand sparring and fighting.
Deeply Faithful person, yet that does not mean I am intolerant of other religions.
Contemplator of philosophy on the most basic level, a la
Calvin and Hobbes.
The following tropes apply to USA Bobcat:
- Author Filibuster: A few minor ones.
- Born Lucky / Born Unlucky: My luck is horrendous at times, and ridiculously good at others. It's noticeable enough that people comment on it all the time. My luck also appears to be sentient, as I can predict a lot of long odds either very well, or very wrongly. By this point, I simply refer to it as the Devil's Luck whenever it is brought up in conversation.
- Common Sense: Hilariously zig-zagged, as I can point out the flaws in other's logic and occasionally correct my own, but am subject to Epic Fail once in a while. (Different from a Cloud Cuckoolander because after the event I recognize that I was being stupid.)
- Notable examples:
Correcting someone (wrongly) about what hat I am wearing, while I am wearing it. For extra points, the hat I thought I was wearing was white, while the hat I was actually wearing was purple.
Numerous instances of showing up to rowing practice wearing every article of clothing (except shoes) backwards.
- Conversational Troping: To the point that I introduced my family to Tropes simply by naming or trope dropping, as I call it, in casual conversation. After two years of doing this, my family finally began finding mention of Tropes outside of my interactions.
- Fan Fiction: Read a lot, everyday, and have written a few.
- Minored in Ass Kicking: I've gotten into more than a few fights where the aggressor did not realize that I've studied Karate for several years until he was on the ground clutching at either his throat or his groin in pain. However...
- Martial Pacifist: Enforced and Justified. As an Karate instructor, I try to practice what I preach, as violence always creates more problems than it solves. The fact that a court may or may not judge me differently than a normal person because of Karate changing my moral or social obligations has a major part in that.
- To clarify, while the urban legend of Black Belts being regarded as deadly weapons is not true, as a martial artist the legal definition of "minimum necessary force" is altered to reflect the fact that martial artists know exactly how far they can go, and must limit themselves. For example, a normal person might get away with breaking an aggressor's arm in self-defense, whereas a martial artist will be questioned a little more about it, as breaking a man's arm for a martial artist is a calculated and conscious decision, thus above minimum necessary force.
- More Dakka: As a (somewhat) conservative American, more guns are always welcome. Always.
- Self Insert Fic: One for Mass Effect, inspired by Inf3tionz's Masses To Masses
- Younger than They Look: I was once asked to buy someone cigarettes because they forgot their wallet, and I had to tell them that I was only sixteen (at the time). Mostly due to the full beard I grew during the summer vacation.
