Umbramatic here!
I'm a huge fan of all sorts of stories across all forms of media. In particular, I like any decent fantasy and sci-fi, as long as it doesn't use too many of my
pet peeve tropes, or use them too prominently. (In some cases, if the story is interesting enough,
I may just ignore the pet peeve tropes and enjoy myself anyway.) I'm an aspiring author and hope someday to write comics, but I'll settle with nearly any form of storytelling to let my ideas loose. Unfortunately, I have a hard time putting my ideas into writing.
After going through what can best be described as a mental breakdown, I actually emerged on the idealistic side of the
sliding scale of idealism vs cynicism, as hard as it can be. My new perspective is that
being depressed sucks, so I''m continually disgusted with the way Holywood, critics, etc.
glorify the depressing. As a result, I'm something of an
angst avoider, though, again, if the work is interesting enough
I may just watch/read /play it anyway. Additionally, the cynicism of cynical works can occasionally be far more tolerable when the work is funny. I like funny.
The rest of the page is broken up into sections for whatever stuff I want to put on here.
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Pet Peeve and Favorite Tropes
Let's get the negative stuff out of they way first. My pet peeve tropes, both major and minor (Not in alphabetical order yet, since I'm adding them as I think of them.) Be warned that spoilered tropes touch on very... touchy subjects:
- God is Evil, in many cases. Like a couple other tropers have said, it would be more subversive to show God as a genuinely nice guy.
- Many particularly nasty Take Thats, especially the nastier ones against religion. Yes, I believe in a superpowerful cosmic being whose existence is not verifiable by science. Stop making fun of me for it.
- To be fair, Hollywood Atheist. The only one that's Truth in Television (and the only one that deserves take thats) is the kind that makes a sport of mocking religious people, and those are (hopefully) a Vocal Minority.
- Bad Writing tropes, of course, especially Double Standard. Girl abusing guy is just as bad as guy abusing girl.
- All tropes that present rape as an OK thing. Or uses it for cheap drama.
- Always Chaotic Evil/Always Lawful Good - minor. An exception can be made for angels and demons, but even then I prefer seeing it subverted/averted.
- All Censorship Tropes, except for Disneyfication, since I like Disney movies somewhat better than the original fairy tales. I don't know why. Perhaps because I don't like Gorn or Scare em Straight. Then again...
- Reptiles are Abhorrent - minor. I love snakes, lizards, gators and turtles.
- As mentioned above, Gorn. Except when it Crosses the Line Twice and becomes either a Crowning Moment of Awesome or a Crowning Moment of Funny, but that's rare.
- Most ghetto tropes, especially Animation Age Ghetto, Sci fi Ghetto, and Comedy Ghetto. If all creative writing classes in college are as hostile to science fiction/fantasy as some people say, I'm majoring in something else.
- Fan Haters. This should be obvious.
- Accentuate the Negative - The reason I hate people like Yahtzee and the Nostalgia Critic. And part of the reason I hate Scott Ramsoomair. And the reason I mildly dislike Limyaael.
- Deconstruction - I'm of the minority who thinks it's nothing but an extended, maliciously Genre Savvy form of Take That (except in cases where it's genuinely a non-malicious psychoanalysis of the genre, as with Watchmen and possibly Neon Genesis Evangelion). That, and people keep promoting things as deconstructions without realizing what a deconstruction is.
- Cerebus Syndrome - When it feels like an unfair bait-and-switch, and it usually does.
- True Art tropes, especially True Art is Angsty and True Art Sticks It To The Man.
- Wangst, Deus Angst Machina, Diabolus ex Machina, and such.
- Ship-to-Ship Combat, Die for Our Ship, etc. I don't hate shipping like some other tropers do - I support some couples myself. But fighting over it is ridiculous.
- By contrast, Ship Sinking, especially when it's mean spirited or used to deliver a pretentious Aesop. (I'm looking at YOU, Teen Titans. Though the fanbase was split over that one...)
- Hatedom - I can understand really hating a work. We all do. But having an entire forum dedicated to how much it sucks, like Twilight? That's overkill, even if it is So Bad Its Horrible... like Twilight.
- "Stop Having Fun" Guys. I've had bad experiences with competitive Smashers and competitive Pokémon players. I'm inferring the rest suck too.
- I also hate when people try to betray me in the last few seconds of a Halo game just because our team lost. Then again, that could be a Scrub trait...
- Draco in Leather Pants: Liking a villain as a villain is one thing. Liking the villain as a person and defending his actions? No way.
- Grey and Grey Morality, Black And Black Morality, Black and Grey Morality- Only when it makes the main characters mostly unsympathetic. (cough Animorphs cough.)
- The extreme ends of the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism - More so the cynical end, but I hate both sides for being...well, too extreme. (High School Musical and Glee are perfect examples - one is an over-idealized, childish view of high school life, while the other is an overly-cynical, mostly spiteful view of high school life.)
Unfortunately, right now my Favorite Tropes list is
Vapor Ware. For now, let's just say I like any trope that's not a pet peeve trope as long as it's played well.
Pokedex Articles
I'm a huge fan of
Pokémon, and I've been so since its inception. So, it's only natural that I help with
The Pokédex - Extended Fanon Edition . For the sake of keeping track (as well as blatant self-promotion), here's all the articles I've written (or rewritten) in order by National Dex number:
WIP: I'm planning on doing the Kami Trio when their episodes come out.
Vandalism
Vandalism and such goes here:
Good evening, High Priest of Giratina
NEEDS MOAR VANDALISM -
Ari
Don't worry man! I also believe in a superpowerful cosmic being whose existence is not verifiable by science! -
Wacky Pancake
