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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#26: Mar 12th 2011 at 5:22:37 PM

Now, for the Big Bad of my story. Half, really.

N/Juniichi Kazehama

edited 12th Mar '11 5:24:32 PM by dRoy

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Voltech44 The Electric Eccentric from The Smash Ultimate Salt Mines Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
The Electric Eccentric
#27: Mar 12th 2011 at 8:44:19 PM

Okay, here's another one for your reading pleasure. I plan to make a new topic about this character sooner or later (since she needs some work, IMO), so this may not be the last you see of her. So let's get right to it:

Ursa Artume

A 26-year-old farm hand and single mother to her young son, Canis. Despite her kind nature, the inhuman qualities she and her son possess isolate them from the “naturals” of the world of Levantine. But Ursa’s life is turned upside-down when she wakes up as a combatant in Dominus’ coliseum…and she’s suddenly 210 feet tall. Forced to cope with her newfound size and strength in a world that wants her dead, Ursa goes on a quest to find her son — and she’s more than willing to crush anything that tries to stop her…

  • Kaiju: She keeps her humanoid shape, but she’s more or less classified as this in-universe. She gets a Fun Size of 21 feet fairly early, but…well, that’s still frickin’ damn huge.
  • David Versus Goliath: Inverted; she’s the goliath in virtually every fight she’s in. Of course, we all know how that turned out…
  • Mighty Glacier: Her strength and defense are virtually unrivaled. Her speed? A legless turtle could beat her in a race.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: Normal physical attacks barely do anything to her; magic attacks, on the other hand, hurt her more than they do the average human. And she lives in a world where 90% of her enemies are magic aces.
  • Bare-Fisted Monk
  • Wrestler in All of Us Uses power bombs, clotheslines, drop kicks, and splashes. Justified (kinda) in that it IS a faux-Grecian universe so...it's totally not like I'm doing it for the lulz.
  • Gentle Giant: A genuinely nice person; despite her situation, she acts polite and motherly to plenty of people, even though she’s the butt of a lot of jokes. You don’t want to piss her off, though.
  • Meaningful Name: Played with. Ursa = bear, which makes sense in some regard. However, she’s got more in common with a certain other animal. To wit:
    • Little Bit Beastly: She’s got horns and a tail, which makes her a prime target for ridicule; being anything less than human is largely frowned upon in Levantine.
    • Hollywood Pudgy: She’s far from fat, but some characters jump at the opportunity to call her “fatass”. It probably has something to do with her…
    • Boobs Of Steel: Even when she was normal sized, Ursa had some ‘’serious’’ tracts of land. Now she’s got udders the size of houses. That’s…awesome?
    • Memetic Outfit: When she woke up, her new clothes were covered in cow spots; she wears the same general costume throughout the story. Lampshaded oh so many times.
  • Hair of Gold
  • Green Eyes
  • Hartman Hips
  • Statuesque Stunner: Yeah, no shit.
  • Yamato Nadeshiko: Has a few elements of this, but she screws up regularly, and has a fair number of caveats. Among them…
  • Covert Pervert: Though the “covert” is debatable; everyone generally knows she’s got a hyperactive libido. Prone to the regular Nosebleed. It certainly doesn’t help that she’s regularly trailed by rugged, handsome and sometimes downright beautiful men…
  • Big Breasts Big Deal: Acts like a Type 1, but is secretly (or not) a Type 4. Over time, she drops the embarrassment part entirely, and makes jokes/teases at her own expense and leisure.
  • Bottle Fairy: She’s no stranger to “the creature”. When she drinks, her personality flip-flops; she’s rude, crass, openly perverted, and just plain mean. Also hilarious.
  • Mama Bear: Has an almost freakish devotion to her son’s well-being, which leads to a few problems. Chief among them…
    • Fantastic Racism: People hate her, but she hates pretty much everyone else in turn. She’s just really good about hiding it.
    • Person of Mass Destruction: Oh god. You pissed her off, didn’t you?
    • Well-Intentioned Extremist: With full knowledge that the life of her son is in jeopardy (and her own, by extension), Ursa decides to destroy Dominus’ empire, and build a new, hate-free country from its remains.
    • The Power of Hate: The only one who really matters to her — pre-character development — is her son. Everyone else is just an ant that, despite her size and strength, looks down on her. So underneath that kind exterior, she’s much more dangerous than she lets on. However…
  • The Power of Love: Post-character development, she shwitches over to this. And it is good.

A rough start, but there's lots of fun to be had with this one. Not literally, I hasten to add.

edited 12th Mar '11 8:45:23 PM by Voltech44

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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#28: Mar 12th 2011 at 11:02:00 PM

Everyone Else

Lexie Ivanov

Anthony Vis Leihart

  • Knight Templar Big Brother: His own words on the subject are: "A big brother's duty...is to defend his sister. Even if I have to kill you guys, I'll protect her from anyone who might hurt her!" He is twelve. She is ten
  • Creepy Child: has a habit of being a Knife Nut, obsessively exercises until he nowadays looks...strange. And, well, his spell core weapon? A lance that not only can piece armor easily, but cuts the opponent again once every three minutes.
  • Tyke Bomb: Put through training by Nero just so that he could watch the result of a brother going insane protecting his sister.
  • Hates Being Touched: he hates it when people even lightly touch his arm...well, except his little sister.
  • Ax-Crazy: for a while, until Sorata beat him down. He has mellowed down tremendously.
  • He's All Grown Up!: The plan for the work has a fifteen year old Anthony from the future, and he is a tall, handsome Bishōnen. Lexie feels he has stolen her height from her with magic, and often pouts about it.

edited 13th Mar '11 7:11:52 PM by NickTheSwing

greedling Since: Feb, 2010
#29: Mar 13th 2011 at 6:34:50 PM

Iris

Lynn

Karen

Ewan

edited 13th Mar '11 6:56:21 PM by greedling

You will not go to space today.
AcesoldierZero Acesoldier Zero from Vicenza, Italy Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
Acesoldier Zero
#30: Mar 13th 2011 at 9:43:53 PM

Here are a few of my main characters:

Ba'al Hadad:

Diablo the Ravager:

https://soundcloud.com/rich-justice-hinmen Too white for the black kids, too white for the white kids.
Kaxen Since: Jan, 2010
#31: Mar 14th 2011 at 12:01:31 AM

Aurus

Niccolo Moretti

Wheezy (That Guy You Met Once) from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
(That Guy You Met Once)
#32: Mar 14th 2011 at 9:22:48 AM

So I'm working on the first draft of the script for that webcomic now.

For the uninitiated, it's about a girl (Laurie) who, at age 12, writes a Story Within a Story about a girl based heavily on herself (Yume) who finds out she's the Magical Girl Warrior princess of a Ghibli Hills utopia. Five years later, she finds it in a box in the basement, and after reading it over, begins to have surreal dreams about becoming her character and saving her world from the Anthropomorphic Personifications of her Real Life problems.

None of the entries on this list are finished. And the plot line itself is very unfinished, so certain entries will appear and disappear as I go on.

In alphabetical order, not the order they appear.

Yume

Laurie Donnegan

2006 (Age 12)

(Tropes from the Middle School flashback sequences):

  • Beware the Nice Ones: Subverted hard at the end of the story. She tries this on some bullies. Too bad she's not very good at fighting.
  • Forgotten Birthday: Also subverted - her 13th birthday really is (almost) forgotten. No one at school cares enough to mention it. Her mom was out when she got home, and although her dad brought her a cake, he had to work late, so he just left it on the table with a card and a lighter.
  • Shrinking Violet: She turns into this.
    "Invisibility takes years to master, but the basics are simple. Head down. Walk quietly and quickly. Fast enough not to hold anyone up, but slow enough not to stand out.

2011 (Age 17)

Ben Fisher

2006 (Age 13)

TBE

2011 (Age 18)

Jim & Catherine Donnegan (Ages 37 & 44, then 42 & 49, respectively)

TBE

Tomodachi (Ages 1, then 6.)

TBE

  • Companion Cube: Sort of. Being a golfdish, he's a living thing - of course - but being a goldfish, he has no idea who Laurie is or what's going on outside his tank - of course..
  • The Confidant: For 12-year-old Laurie. 17-year-old Laurie talks to him on occasion, but quickly catches herself and wonders what the hell she's doing.
  • Talking Animal: In the Dream Sequences

Fear

TBE

Loathing

TBE

Despair

TBE

  • The Blank: In my draft drawings of her, anyway.
  • Good Hurts Evil: Yume kills her by thinking positive thoughts... Which rips a hole in the fabric of the Dream World, through which a parade of cute animals marches through to eat her alive.
  • Living Shadow: She has a face, though.
  • Ominous Fog: When Yume fights her, the battlefield is covered in an endless gray fog. Trying to find Despair, Yume trudges through it until she collapses from exhaustion. That's when Despair strikes.
  • Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Maybe. She's the only one whose design I'm not too sure of yet.

Reality

... Holy tapdancing Jesu was that a Long List.

edited 14th Mar '11 5:17:42 PM by Wheezy

Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)
LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#33: Mar 14th 2011 at 5:24:08 PM

This thread is kind of perplexing. Why can other people write enormous lists of tropes about their characters, and I can barely think of any?

Be not afraid...
Voltech44 The Electric Eccentric from The Smash Ultimate Salt Mines Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
The Electric Eccentric
#34: Mar 14th 2011 at 5:36:28 PM

Let's have another from good ol' Uncle Voltech!

Cobalt the Rainbringer: The Bandit in Blue

Once a petty thief of Planet 187, he was gunned down in the streets after a botched job. But it wasn’t the end for him just yet; after four years of being dead and flung into the ocean depths, Cobalt was resurrected by a gigantic whale — a living catastrophe, eager to absorb the planet and its inhabitants into his being. As one of its chosen heralds, Cobalt is sent to harmonize the world, and make the absorption possible; luckily, he’s never been one for taking orders…

  • "X" Marks the Hero: He’s got an X-shaped mark on his right shoulder.
  • Sympathetic Criminal
  • The Gunslinger: Knows how to wield an incredible number of different types of guns, but he relies on a pair of automatic pistols most of the time. Doubles with…
  • Guns Akimbo: And sometimes accented by…
  • Gun Fu: In a fighting style that can best be described as “Drunken Fist Gunplay.” Yeah.
  • Super-Speed: Develops this eventually. The problem is, he doesn’t have the Required Secondary Powers needed to fully protect him when he moves at ultra-high speeds.
  • White-Haired Pretty Boy: Technically, it’s a really pale shade of blue. Wakes up with it post-resurrection (he used to be a brunette).
  • More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Has a shark motif; regularly bares his fangs in an almost frightening smile. Coupled with…
  • Fangs Are Evil
  • Savage Piercings: He’s got metal bolts and piercings over a lot of his body; while it looks more like something a punk rocker might do, it’s frowned upon by society as a whole.
  • Character Tics: He can’t bring himself to sit still for very long (which he suspects is a result of the space whale’s influence), so he’s prone to tapping his foot or fidgeting. He also tends to shut one eye subconsciously — the same one that he was shot through before his death.
  • Jerkass Façade: While he’s a genuinely nice person — if a little sarcastic — he puts up a tough exterior to cover his insecurities. He knows that people who get near him do so at their own peril.
  • Tsundere: A male example, Type A, towards an old friend who’s actively campaigning to have him brought before a firing squad. Much taunting of her ensues (though she doesn’t even remember who he is); deep down, though, he can’t forget that she was his unrequited love back in the day.
  • The Snark Knight: He’s actively trying to save the world by himself. The problem? Nearly everyone he meets resents his heroics, mostly because his actions are less than heroic. Still, when you see the sin-filled lifestyles that he has to put up with, you can’t help but feel bad for Cobalt.
  • Order Versus Chaos: So here’s the deal: in order for the world to be absorbed by Cobalt’s boss, the space whale thingy, the world has to harmonize through the runes implanted in their bodies. Unbeknownst to the populace that just uses them for everyday functions — or thievery, as Cobalt once did — they send out signals that respond to one another. When people cooperate and act peaceably, there’s harmony; when there’s war and violence, there’s dissonance. Which means Cobalt is trying to inject some chaos into the mix to save the world…by effectively turning it into a Crapsack World.
  • Outlaw
  • I Work Alone: as part of his façade, he has to say this with increasing frequency. Not that a lot of people listen to him.
  • Used to Be a Sweet Kid: The rare few that remember him actually think so. But then again…
  • Dark and Troubled Past: They really don’t know what he’s been through.
  • Sad Clown: If he didn’t crack wise, then he’d probably put a bullet through his head.
  • Hurting Hero: Given the choice, what would you do if the only way to save the world meant spreading chaos and conflict on a virtually global scale by your own hand, and that virtually everyone on the planet is against you?
  • Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!

edited 14th Mar '11 5:37:03 PM by Voltech44

My Wattpad — A haven for delightful degeneracy
MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#35: Mar 14th 2011 at 6:45:11 PM

Alright I've waited long enough, I'll add a few more trope listed characters. It's not as if I have a shortage of them.

Swordmaster Khornan

First Sergeants Sasha and Viktor Ivanov

Boren

  • The Rival: Of a different sort than Anzan initially. He wants to see if Mat is truly the Worthy Opponent that killed his brother Soras.
  • Dead Little Brother: Soras was Boren's younger brother, brazen and headstrong. His death at the hands of Mathias at Tarsius leads Boren on the search to find who did it and see if he is truly skilled enough to have killed him.
  • Humongous Mecha: He has a fondness for using the Oni M-Tech.
    • Ace Custom: His is often outfitted with extra weapons and other modifications.
  • Heel–Face Revolving Door: He carries no allegiance to any side of the war, all that matters is the battle. It's why he so effortlessly and easily works with the Terrans when the Vyron come in the second book. Other Preyarans are initially reluctant to help out the Terrans and Feyline by comparison.
  • You Gotta Have Green Hair
  • I Gave My Word: He's remarkably honest and true to what he says.

Mistress Bellah

  • The Ojou: She's the highest ranking member of the Antara Council the government of the Preyaran people. She's also the most influential.
  • Noblewoman's Laugh: On occasion she does this.
  • Rose Haired Girl
  • Meganekko: She wears glasses as part of her appearance.
  • Anzan I Am Your Mother: She's the mother of Anzan yet she's never been around to tell him that owing to controversial elements of the relationship between Khornan and her that kept her from being in his life. Khornan himself took Anzan as a child to shield Mistress Bellah from the dishonor of such things and is fully aware she's his mother. But like Bellah he never told him as well. In that last book, she finally tells him but only after certain events have come to pass...
  • Face Heel Door: She's actually working behind the scenes for the Vyron's master Mikhail Voronov as part of the conspiracy to end the eponymous conflict under a new order. Everything that arranged all the sides to come into conflict were her doing. The Vyron attack on the Feyline Exiles, Gangee's Rebellion, the invitation for the Vyron invasion itself, and the culling of the Antara Council in the third book. Rumor has it that she's more powerful amongst this group than Voronov himself.

animemetalhead Runs on Awesomeness from Ashwood Landing, ME Since: Apr, 2010
Runs on Awesomeness
#36: Mar 14th 2011 at 10:04:15 PM

Just expanded my cast. If this keeps up, I might end up with Loads And Loads Of Characters.

Lena Carmina:

Leo Virtia:

A note on the above: I created Leo to be a rival and contrast to Yuki. Still working on fleshing him out.

Mordecai:

Also needs more fleshing out. I'm still brainstorming.

No one believes me when I say angels can turn their panties into guns.
TheBorderPrince Just passing by... from my secret base Since: Mar, 2010
Just passing by...
#37: Mar 15th 2011 at 5:04:09 PM

The Ulfheidin series.

Baron Jonathan Nordenstierna:

More to come...

edited 8th Apr '11 1:31:05 PM by TheBorderPrince

I reject your reality and substitute my own!!!
Leadman sup from Ruff Raleigh Since: Jun, 2010
sup
#38: Mar 15th 2011 at 9:47:38 PM

Kendra:

She's Got Legs, kick chick, Bodyguard Babe-for-hire, Bare Fisted Monk, Tall Dark And Bishoujo/Hot Amazon, Short Haired Hottie, Blue Eyes, Boobs Of Steel/Buxom Is Better/Absolute Cleavage, She Is All Grown Up, Badass/Genius Bruiser, Martial Pacifist, Action Girl, Dressed To Kill

edited 15th Mar '11 9:55:43 PM by Leadman

Anthony_H Since: Jan, 2001
#39: Mar 16th 2011 at 12:16:52 AM

Why not? Here are the main cast of my series, a teen comedy series, El Club de Hopewell

Allyson

Jake

Sarah

edited 3rd Apr '11 9:09:09 AM by Anthony_H

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#40: Mar 17th 2011 at 5:14:09 PM

The Three Archangels

Metatron

  • Evil Is Sexy: he takes the form of a very handsome young man with platinum blond hair, and is always described in very sensual terms. And Michion seems to agree...
  • Evil Is Stylish: He is rocking that pimping fur coat.
  • Blond Guys Are Evil: more like an Anti-Villain, but he does do a lot for his Queen.
  • Knight of Cerebus: an unusual example. He is not particularly villainous, but his arrival has him using his blue energy weapons to almost kill a twelve year old, and then he beats up Matthew and Shuuji.
  • Villains Out Shopping: Matthew thinks he is planning something when he sees Metatron out...shopping for very expensive clothes. Man has good tastes.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: His first appearance has him, Michion and Sandaiphon out in a coffee shop, with Metatron whining that his coffee is too hot. Two chapters later, he almost kills Anthony.
  • Not So Harmless
  • The Chessmaster: he predicts that Matthew is actually a Guile Hero! He also predicts the actions of a US Army soldier who entered the war suddenly by exploiting his being a normal guy freaked out at the whole of this new supernatural world, and ends up using said soldier to assassinate Kyrio...Or did he? nope, Kyrio subbed in his much eviler lieutenant to shift the blame on to said lieutenant for the cult like behavior of the Aes Civig Church.
  • Evil vs. Evil: He really hates Kyrio / Wang Yang / whatever alias that guy is using, essentially for manipulating Matthew. Kyrio hates him too, for threatening Matthew.

Michion

Sandaiphon

The Aes Civig Cult

Kyrio Streika

  • Anti-Hero (before the story) -> Anti-Villain -> Anti-Hero (after Arc 3)
  • Badass Bookworm: he spends most of his time reading books...and shooting things. And WTF Pwning Medraut the Red Blade.
  • Chaotic Neutral: his cult does not want anything but the Lance of Longinus, so as to achieve vengeance on Seiskelot. Might not really be the case, given Kyrio is...
  • The Chessmaster: he planned everything from Matthew getting the Spell Core and the Lance of Longinus' key components, thus making sure the Lance would be ready to be completed at a moment's notice once he collected the other pieces.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: well, a complicated example. He might be an antagonist and a schemer, but despite his darkness based powers, his Spell Core being essentially the evil clone of Metatron's, and his dark outfit, he is doing everything for Matthew.
  • Dark Is Evil: in Matthew's eyes.
  • Evil vs. Evil: for a limited kind of evil, him and his cult vs. Metatron and the Archangels.
  • Hot Dad: he aged...not much at all. He in fact looks like Matthew, older, more muscular, and with only a few wrinkles.
  • Jerkass: to most people. He insults people, he breaks a spy's thumbs to get him to talk, and he even talks in a snide way to some police.
  • Magnificent Bastard: very, very magnificent.
  • Master of Illusion: he can create events and illusions of people using magic.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: even after Medraut got new powers, some cybernetics and help from Nero's water behemoths, Kyrio still handed him his ass. And then he said this: "You are just a kid, what do you know about your bosses, your friends and this whole organization? You don't even have any memories. You cry, you show your emotions without care, and you make yourself an utter imbecile. Only Adrian gave two shits for you, now that he's dead, what do you think Anathema sent you here to do? Kill me? No, she sent you here to die. And I think she was just waiting for the right time, you would probably even annoy her comatose little friend." Medraut snaps and lunges at him, only to be perforated by Kyrio's automatic hand gun. He finishes the speech with: "And die you did, you died a pointless death, without ever having questioned the natural order you so recklessly accepted." Medraut could have unleashed a final attack, but Kyrio essentially talked him to death.
  • Story-Breaker Power: when you can rip the power out of a guy named Metatron, you know your broken, but tricking an army into thinking they all took lethal wounds and making them collapse to the ground in fake pain? DAMN!
  • Villains Out Shopping: he likes really, really hot curry. He apparently calls it "Repentence through mine tongue."
  • Villains Have A Terrible Sense Of Humor: His puns...make them stop...

edited 17th Mar '11 5:25:22 PM by NickTheSwing

SandJosieph Bigonkers! is Magic from Grand Galloping Galaday Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Brony
Bigonkers! is Magic
#41: Mar 17th 2011 at 5:24:58 PM

Joan Hartly

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doineedaname from Eastern US Since: Nov, 2010
#42: Mar 17th 2011 at 6:22:31 PM

Here's two OC's from my Nanoha fanfic

Otavi

Otavi's Father

edited 17th Mar '11 7:10:56 PM by doineedaname

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit Since: May, 2009
#43: Mar 17th 2011 at 7:16:07 PM

At last count, Doctor Viktor Kunstler had over sixty tropes, which is more than a good number of works on this wiki, probably. Let's see how much I can condense it.

edited 18th Mar '11 10:14:51 AM by CrystalGlacia

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
Vyctorian ◥▶◀◤ from Domhain Sceal Since: Mar, 2011
◥▶◀◤
#44: Mar 18th 2011 at 5:26:44 AM

Known only by their roles:

Villain Protagonist:

Our Vampires Are Different: All the famous historical vampires, were just humans with super powers that related to draining.

The Mentor:

((Up-dating as I think of them.))

edited 18th Mar '11 8:31:27 AM by Vyctorian

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#45: Apr 1st 2011 at 5:26:37 AM

Here’s a MASSIVE update on The Hero of my story’s profile. Yes, this guy is that one from the thread Too Many Tropes For a Character? I did cut some tropes out on the way, though.

Yuuichi Yamada

The Hero of the story. He’s a sixteen year old high school student who hunts The Deviations at night, and is an apprentice of Marcus Sinclair Devon.

  • Abnormal Ammo: His Eastwood, a Colt Anaconda .374 that fires both magical and real bullets.
  • Shock and Awe: Lightning Round.
    • Body Horror: Possesion/Forbidden Round, which can turn an organic being into a Deviation that follows his command.
  • Absurdly Sharp Blade: His KBK (Ka-Bar Knife). While it got nothing on Ren Mihama’s Crimson Lotus, it can still cut through metal given enough reinforcement and right elemental charge.
  • Afraid of Needles: Which gives him incentives to avoid major injuries on battle because it requires him to inject massive dose of healing elixir into his body via very, ‘’very’’ big needle.
  • Aloof Big Brother: Subverted; while he looks like one, he’s very compassionate and caring toward his sister.
  • Animals Hate Him: Frequently used humorously. The explanation however, is far darker, because it involves Mark of Akasha channeling small amount of soul around his body, which disturbs animals, and few very spiritually aware people, a LOT.
  • Anthropomorphic Personification: becomes one of the Akashic Records
  • Anti-Hero: While he follows strict and noble code of ethics of his own, he mostly follows orders from Devon, who can be a bit too practical. He does take some morally questionable missions, although he prefers to avoid them and try to cause as less casualty as possible.
  • Anti-Magic: One of the secondary functions of Gigante’s Hand, although it’s not effective enough to be practical.
  • The Apprentice
  • Attractive Bent-Gender: Due to his very effeminate appearance, he can pull this disturbingly well, to the point of making ‘’girls’’ blush.
  • Awesomeness by Analysis: Although not on par with ‘’’N’’’, he can analyze the fights and come up with fairly good strategy. It also helps him getting pretty good grades in his school.
  • Awesome, yet Impractical: Lightning Round: while can attack a very large number of enemies at once, the path of its effect is unpredictable and can attack allies as well. ‘’’N’’’ uses this once to completely wipe out the Five-Man Band and other allies.
  • Awesome Yet Practical: Freeze Round. Least energy consumption and efficient way to subdue an enemy, and most importantly for him, it’s a non-lethal round. There’s also Hollow Round, which always turn intangible touching a first solid object and then turning solid, which is very handy in shooting enemies through walls and in hostage situations, all with reasonable amount of energy required.
  • Back from the Dead: One of the benefits of possessing the Mark of Akasha
  • Back-to-Back Badasses: See Bash Brothers
  • Badass: If you can jump off a 50 stories tall to Gundam Jack a dragon, with just one arm after getting a fire blast on your face, shouldn’t you qualify for this?
    • Badass Adorable: When his lack of social skills kicks in school. The way he eats his lunch is strangely cute. It goes further after he gets Mind Raped and starts to cry, looking for comfort. Your Mileage May Vary, though.
    • Badass Boast: “I have the force of this very universe supporting my will. Your immoral scheme born from your petty mind cannot defy me. Kneel down and atone, or face eternal hell that I can put you through right this moment.”
    • Badass Bookworm: Reads whenever he isn’t fighting or training and is one of the top ten students in his (pretty prestigious) school.
    • Badass Creed: author’s note
    • Badass Longcoat: The Warmage’s Coat, which charged with his energy, can be deflect smaller caliber bullets and even create a Beehive Barrier.
    • Badass Normal: He’s deadly even without his magic.
    • Cultured Badass: although not as much as other examples, he is pretty well versed in philosophy and enjoys drinking tea.
    • Handicapped Badass: For a short amount of time.
  • Bad Liar: The concept of lying is just not wired in his brain. Hilarity Ensues when he is asked to cover up a prank or explain getting caught in a…very compromising postion with Ren.
  • Bash Brothers: Sometimes with Takeshi.
  • Barehanded Blade Block: Performs this to Crimson Lotus. It’s more justified, because he’s wearing a pair of very durable iron gloves. The blade was close to scratching the flesh, though.
  • Beehive Barrier
  • Beware the Nice Ones: He will try be as nice and lawful as possible. If you cross him, and do it intentionally, might want to update your will just in case he decides to be kind. After all, pissing off a Reality Warper is never a good idea, is it?
    • Beware the Honest Ones: He takes his beliefs VERY SERIOUSLY and mocking them without willpower stronger than his is not a good idea.
  • Berserk Button: He ‘’abhors’’ people abusing their authority and will do anything in his power to make sure that the offenders pay, legal or not.
  • Big Brother Mentor: To Ralph, out of all people.
  • Bishōnen: Very much.
  • Bi The Way: Doesn’t mind Takeshi’s…friendliness at all and believes that gender isn’t important when it comes to love.
  • The Blank: The Hermit’s Face. Think of The Question, only much paler. Only times when it’s not blank is when there’s some blood, Deviations’ or magicians’, splattered on it.
  • Blessed with Suck: His Mark of Akasha. It grants him ENORMOUS POWER but can kill him pretty much instantly and put him in And I Must Scream situation.
  • Body Horror: Happens to him once in a while, thanks to the nature of the Deviation. Then there’s the Possession Round…
  • Born in the Wrong Century: He sometimes wishes that he was born few centuries earlier and in another country, mostly Switzerland.
  • Bounty Hunter: Often mistaken as one, seeing how his most human targets tend to have bounty on their heads in some form.
  • Celibate Hero: He does feel slight attraction to girls (and guys) around him, but he’s ‘’far too busy’’ and socially clumsy to pursuit a relationship.
  • Chick Magnet: Being good looking, polite, and noble (at least as most know) helps.
  • The Combat Pragmatist: Very noble young man…only outside of fights. If he wants to talk and play by the law, for the love of god, ‘’listen to him’’, before he pulls one of the followings:
  • Cool Gun: Eastwood
  • Cool Knife: KBK
  • Cool Mask: See The Blank
  • Cool Pet: FK 9, aka the falcon-dog, thanks to/because of Allen
  • Covert Pervert: Apparently he likes crossdressing…
  • The Cowl: Completely dark costume combined with completely blank mask, and the fact that he mostly acts at night, without any sound, gives him this image and the nicknames “Faceless Death” and more humorous, “Japanese Batman.”
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Occasionally, thanks to his…method of fighting.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Fairly mild compared to other examples, though.
  • Dark Is Edgy: Let’s see, almost completely dressed in black clothing, acts at night, rather brutal method of dispatching his target, yeah, he counts.
    • Dark Is Not Evil: He’s one of the good guys and willing to help people without rewards.
  • Demon Slaying
  • Determinator: Even blowing his arm and big chunk of his torso doesn't slow him down much.
  • Dragged into Drag: On the courtesy of Sanae. He doesn’t mind it too much.
  • The Dreaded: At least in his "Hunter" persona.
  • Dropped A Bridget On Him: Much to his annoyance.
  • Dude Looks Like a Lady: 'And HOW! He’s often mistaken for a girl and can ‘’easily’’ disguise himself as one.
  • Emotionless Boy: Not so much as not having one, but more repressed and having trouble expressing it.
  • Mr. Fanservice
  • Even the Guys Want Him: Just ask Takeshi.
  • Eye Scream: His favored method of attack. He gets hit by this during his fight with Roi’D.

Ok, a little break here. I'm only a quarter way through, though.

edited 1st Apr '11 5:57:48 AM by dRoy

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Jeppa Since: Dec, 1969
#46: Apr 3rd 2011 at 8:30:21 AM

This is my first post here. I'm Ravenqueen's little brother. Hello. I'll put things that I haven't written yet in spoilertags.

Lina Miefen

KatanasAreJustBetter

LittleMissBadass

FlyingBrick

AntiHero

PinkGirlBlueBoy

TimeMaster

BadassLongcoat

UnwittingPawn

GreenLanternRing

Invisibility

CoolShades

GogglesDoSomethingUnusual

Vigilanteman

StableTimeloop

BreakTheHaughty

CoolSword

UnrealisticBlackhole

SerialKiller

edited 3rd Apr '11 8:32:27 AM by Jeppa

Mageofright Since: Dec, 1969
#47: Apr 4th 2011 at 11:19:55 AM

I'll take a bite into this thread.

Joshua

  • BigDamnHeroes: Jumps in a the last second almost everytime.
  • HeroicVow: To protect anyone within reach no matter what.
  • Determinator: Also Heroic Willpower. Lossing his arm and leg has nothing on this, simply put after that he'll use the other arm.
  • TookALevelInBadass: Almost every fight he gets into, something new pops up for him to do.
  • TheDulcineaEffect: Mostlikely will fall into this.
  • ChronicHeroSyndrome: This level is Uptoeleven. A random stranger being bothered by a thug, no problem I'll handle it. The strongest in the city is going after someone for no reason, let me at them. An orphan I just came across, I'll chase/hunt her down through the entire city just to give her a home.
  • KiAttacks: Pretty standard in this universe.
  • ScrewDestiny: If the world is fated to die, he'll be the first to jump in to save the day and alter it.
  • HeroicBSOD: If he can't help anyone, then this happens alot.

Eve

Nieu

  • TokenLoli
  • ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Unsure completely about this.
  • Seers: Her powers allows her to see events, on the dot, time and place perfectly.
  • {{Youcan'tfightFate}}: She believed this, saw her own death and accepted it. Until someone jumped in the way and took the killing blow saving her life.

Grim Reaper

edited 4th Apr '11 11:49:18 AM by Mageofright

CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit Since: May, 2009
#48: Apr 4th 2011 at 11:35:43 AM

[up] To make a nice, pretty list on this forum, bulletpoint each entry with an asterisk instead of a dash or plus sign.

Who will I do today... Alastair Thornton!

  • Blade On A Stick: He fights with a lance.
  • Embarrassing First Name: He hates the name Alastair. Even though he picked it himself.
  • Hands-Off Parenting: This is how his clan raises its children. Then again, they're not exactly human.
  • Real Men Eat Meat: Well, he's a carnivorous, armored beast. He'll actually get sick if he doesn't eat meat. And he doesn't even look all that many in human form, he looks like a scrawny teenager.
  • Spock Speak
  • Technobabble
  • Teen Genius: In Earth time, he's about... nineteen.
  • Tranquil Fury: His clan is aggressive by nature, and like most younger members, he has to fight to keep his composure after seeing how members of other clans act when angry.
  • Uncanny Valley: He is one man, but when he speaks, it sounds like four voices speaking.

And... Ivan Wasylyk! Who is a unique guy, but would make a horrible protagonist simply because he's so apathetic.

  • Aloof Ally: Not 'cause he wants to, but 'cause he has to.
  • Incurable Cough of Death: In his backstory, tuberculosis killed him and two of his three children, then he awoke as a magic-user. You might believe he still has this with the sheer amount of chain smoking he does.
  • Ineffectual Loner: He doesn't really care what happens to him or anybody else.
  • Never Learned to Read: Justified in that he was a peasant. He can do it somewhat with Ukrainian, but he cannot read the Latin alphabet.
  • Perma-Stubble
  • Perpetual Frowner
  • The Comically Serious
  • Sink or Swim Mentor: He combines this with Figure It Out Yourself and a hands-off teaching approach.
  • Soul Power: Life magic is what he can use. Exactly how it works is still up in the air.
  • The Stoic
  • The Unintelligible: He is simply not fluent in English and is usually seen speaking Ukrainian. When he does speak English, it's very thickly accented, and he uses short sentences and simple vocabulary.
  • Whip It Good: Well, he needs a whip to drive his oxcart, and it's not like he owns any other weapons. And it's not even a plant-related whip, thank god.

...Wait, typing that tropelist just made me think of a few ways to use Ivan.

"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#49: Apr 4th 2011 at 9:38:36 PM

Chrono Einhart

  • Artificial Human: built by Queen Anathema to replace King Chaos, he was too emotionless for her tastes. So she threw him away. That sure worked wonders.
  • Complete Monster: averted and soundly. You would expect a guy who goes around making Human Popsicles all day to be one of these, but nope. He pets the dog with regularity, his relationship with The Quartet is touching, and he considers the hero someone only he can ever defeat, and has some odd brotherly affections for him. This leads to Chrono betraying Abrecht.
  • The Stoic: He was built to have absolutely no emotion.
    • Not So Stoic: Insult his plan for Utopia, and saving the world. He will rip you limb from limb.
  • Super Prototype: a rare Artificial Human example: He was created to be a substitute for King Chaos. He wound up enormously powerful, and utterly emotionless.
  • Good Is Not Nice: Its easy to side with him, what with the world dying and all to The Life Crystal, and he is acting against protagonists who are trying to make sure the artifacts which are encouraging the end of the world actually stay around. But nobody can argue that Chrono is not a nice boy.
  • Affably Evil: He is definitely this.
  • How Dare You Die on Me!: His reaction to one of the protagonists kinda sorta dying to his lieutenant, and he uses the fact he is perceived as a bad guy to try to get the hero up.
-> "How dare you? You consider me the villain in this! Does the hero allow the villain to triumph?"
  • Unstoppable Tranquil Fury: He was PISSED when Nikira "killed" Garoth. As in, grabbed her by the arm and threw her into a wall and followed up with a Megaton Punch so powerful that it sent her flying through his own fortress. When Garoth woke up, he calmed down...and was quite pleasantly surprised he managed to feel anything.
  • Pinocchio Syndrome: He just wants to be a real human, and that is why he sides with Abrecht. That, and saving the world for everyone.
  • Anti-Hero: at later dates, this is the plan for him.
  • Foe Yay: With Garoth, lots and lots. Chrono panics if he is not fighting Garoth and the kid starts losing. Then there was that time with Nikira...

StolenByFaeries Believe from a reprogrammed reality Since: Dec, 2010
Believe
#50: Apr 9th 2011 at 1:07:53 AM

This post was thumped by the Staff of Absent-Mindedness

edited 9th Apr '11 1:39:55 AM by StolenByFaeries

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