This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Earnest: Apparently yes. I always wondered how this was done.
Po8: Wha? It looks like the referent was deleted here.
Pro-Mole: "The brainwashed Ju Dee's (Pronounced just like Judy's) from Avatar The Last Airbender. They're mentally literal Stepford Wives." So, they think they come from Stepford?... let's change it to practical.
fleb: ...I've never seen this. Stepford Smiler is a pretty objective and recognizable trope easily distinguishable from the normal Housewife.
Po8: I added "Mixed-Gender Examples" at the bottom, but it's a pretty stupid supercategory name. I think it highlights that the breakup is kind of arbitrary and weird. Perhaps it would be better to just do "Female Examples" and "Other Examples"?
Un-logged-in Troper: I agree that the splitting by gender for this trope is ridiculous. Why would we be splitting it like this when it has become appearent by shear number of examples that a male example is not some kind of rarity or exception. Why are we continuing to split it like this when perhaps splitting by Type A B and C would be more reasonable?
Is there an official term for this phenomenon - where a person hides deep insecurity or even psychological harm behind an artificial public persona? Or is TV Tropes the first to categorize and name this type of thing?
Aline: I took off this part:
- Ivan Braginsky is the personification of the Russian nation and its people in Axis Powers Hetalia. A sweet and cheery Husky Russkie, he dreams of the day everyone stops fighting... because he will have crushed them beneath the hammer and sickle and all will be one with Russia. Type C like you would not believe, combined with Psychopathic Manchild and Yandere to the max.
Removed this quote:
Whether or not the character fits the trope, this quote doesn't seem to show it. The quote is only talking about a meticulous sense of fashion, not a false aura of happiness.
