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** The author has [[AcceptableTargets taken a dislike for teenagers who act emo]], and creates Erik as a way to mock them.

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** The author has [[AcceptableTargets taken a dislike for teenagers who act emo]], emo, and creates Erik as a way to mock them.
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** Erik is UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.

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** Erik is UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.depressed.
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** Erik is UnintentionallyUnsympathetic

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** Erik is UnintentionallyUnsympatheticUnintentionallyUnsympathetic.



** Erik is an [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Boy]].

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** Erik is an [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Boy]].emotionless boy]].
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* '''Played Straight''': Erik wears all black, {{Guyliner}}, and complains about everything to the point of {{Wangst}}. May or not be also into SelfHarm.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Erik wears all black, {{Guyliner}}, and complains about everything to the point of {{Wangst}}. May or not be also into SelfHarm.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Well, my little brother really got into Ghostemane and now it's all about black skinny jeans, Blackcraft shirts, and 'pensive' selfies with monochrome filters applied. Dare I tell him that he should drop the grill because everyone knows it's fake?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"We're having a 2000s party next weekend and you're in my Top Eight." "Aw shit, time to bust out the guyliner and Invader Zim shirts and act like my life sucks." "Hell yeah, don't forget to say you're 99 years old and take as many surveys as possible." "I'm already planning out the playlist for when I take over the music for an hour - how does My Chemical Romance, Hawthorne Heights, old Paramore, Chiodos, Senses Fail, and old Fall Out Boy sound?"
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Back to EmoTeen

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Back Go back to EmoTeenEmoTeen, or don't. It's not like I care.
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* '''Deconstructed''': It turns out Erik's life really does suck due to a DarkAndTroubledPast and [[AbusiveParents abusive household]]. However, the reason [[CassandraTruth no one believed him]] is because they thought that his lifestyle was evidenced enough that he was "[[NoSympathy just whining]]", which only ends up worsening his depression.

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* '''Deconstructed''': It turns out Erik's life really does suck due to a DarkAndTroubledPast and [[AbusiveParents abusive household]]. However, the reason [[CassandraTruth no one believed him]] is because they thought that his lifestyle was evidenced enough that he was "[[NoSympathy just whining]]", whining for attention]]", which only ends up worsening his depression.
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* '''Exagerated''': Erik cuts himself and even threatens to commit suicide over the slightest inconvenience.

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* '''Exagerated''': '''Exaggerated''': Erik cuts himself and even threatens to commit suicide over the slightest inconvenience.
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** Erik's part of the SubCultureOfTheWeek.

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** Erik's part of the SubCultureOfTheWeek.SubcultureOfTheWeek.
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* ...At least until he [[TookALevelInJerkass takes a level in jerkass]] and starts to act more stereotypically.

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* ...** ...At least until he [[TookALevelInJerkass takes a level in jerkass]] and starts to act more stereotypically.

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** Erik dresses {{Emo}}, but doesn't act like one

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** Erik dresses {{Emo}}, but doesn't act like one[[PerkyGoth has the polar opposite personality]].


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*...At least until he [[TookALevelInJerkass takes a level in jerkass]] and starts to act more stereotypically.
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** The story's Aesop is "SillyRabbit CynicismIsForLosers", and Erik was created to show that TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong.

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** The story's Aesop is "SillyRabbit CynicismIsForLosers", "SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers", and Erik was created to show that TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong.
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** The story's Aesop is "SillyRabbit CynicismIsForLosers", and Erik was created to show that TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong.

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* '''Downplayed''': Erik complains about everything ,but it's not exactly {{Wangst}}.

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* '''Downplayed''': Erik complains about everything ,but everything, but it's not exactly {{Wangst}}.



** Erik dresses {{Emo}} ,but doesn't act like one

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** Erik dresses {{Emo}} ,but {{Emo}}, but doesn't act like one



* '''Averted''': Erik doesn't complain about anything, legitimate or otherwise.
* '''Enforced''':
** Erik's part of the SubCultureOfTheWeek.
** The author has [[AcceptableTargets taken a dislike for teenagers who act emo]], and creates Erik as a way to mock them.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Erik avoids dressing in all black clothing and complaining, knowing that he'll end up not being taken seriously or end up getting mocked.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???



* '''Averted'''
** Erik doesn't complain about anything, legitimate or otherwise.
* '''Enforced''': Erik's part of the SubCultureOfTheWeek.
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* '''Averted'''
** Erik doesn't complain about anything, legitimate or otherwise.
* '''Enforced''': Erik's part of the SubCultureOfTheWeek.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Played Straight''': Erik wears all black, has guyliner, and complains about everything to the point of {{Wangst}}. May or not be also into SelfHarm.

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* '''Played Straight''': Erik wears all black, has guyliner, {{Guyliner}}, and complains about everything to the point of {{Wangst}}. May or not be also into SelfHarm.



* '''Inverted''': Erik wears bright colors, loves life, and [[AngstWhatAngst easily brushes off any angst that comes his way]].

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Erik wears bright colors, loves life, and [[AngstWhatAngst easily brushes off any angst that comes his way]].way]].
** Erik is an [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Boy]].

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** When Alice and Bob first meet Erik, he assumes his all black clothing and somber attitude is just usual self, but it turns out he just came back from a funeral

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** When Alice and Bob first meet Erik, he assumes his all black clothing and somber attitude is just usual self, but it turns out he just came back from a funeralfuneral.
** Erik dresses {{Emo}} ,but doesn't act like one



** Erik is {{Emo}} ,just not a stereotypical one
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'''Basic Trope''': A stereotypical {{Emo}}, usually a teenager.
* '''Played Straight''': Erik wears all black, has guyliner, and complains about everything to the point of {{Wangst}}. May or not be also into SelfHarm.
* '''Exagerated''': Erik cuts himself and even threatens to commit suicide over the slightest inconvenience.
* '''Downplayed''': Erik complains about everything ,but it's not exactly {{Wangst}}.
* '''Justified''':
** Erik has no reason to complain about his life, so the people around him (and [[AngstDissonance the audience]]) have no reason to listen to him.
** Erik is UnintentionallyUnsympathetic
** Erik is past the age where his complaining [[AgeAppropriateAngst is appropriate]].
** The society he lives in has a DoubleStandard where it's okay for women to express sadness, but [[MenDontCry men can't]].
** ThereAreNoTherapists, so Erik doesn't have a legitimate source to vent his feelings on to.
* '''Inverted''': Erik wears bright colors, loves life, and [[AngstWhatAngst easily brushes off any angst that comes his way]].
* '''Subverted''':
** When Alice and Bob first meet Erik, he assumes his all black clothing and somber attitude is just usual self, but it turns out he just came back from a funeral
** Erik isn't actually an Emo, but a Gloomy {{Goth}}.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Until they see him again in his street clothes where he acts exactly the same way.
** Unfortunately, the writer doesn't know the difference and thinks the subcultures are interchangeable.
* '''Parodied''': Erik cuts himself over spilled milk.
* '''Deconstructed''': It turns out Erik's life really does suck due to a DarkAndTroubledPast and [[AbusiveParents abusive household]]. However, the reason [[CassandraTruth no one believed him]] is because they thought that his lifestyle was evidenced enough that he was "[[NoSympathy just whining]]", which only ends up worsening his depression.
* '''Averted'''
** Erik doesn't complain about anything, legitimate or otherwise.
** Erik is {{Emo}} ,just not a stereotypical one
* '''Enforced''': Erik's part of the SubCultureOfTheWeek.
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