History Tropers / KyleJacobs

My biggest project, however, is ''{{Remus}}'', a webcomic that aims to radically reimagine the way dystopian fiction is written. Never let it be said that I'm aiming too low.

I'm a SerialTweaker, an [[TroperTypes Eclectic]], and a proud member of {{PLATTER}}. I'm currently floating around Tabletop Games.

But enough of me gushing about me - time for ''you'' to gush about me!

* BiTheWay[=/=]ButNotTooBi: I favor women but am also attracted to certain men.

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* AuthorAvatar: In my more slice-of-life stories, bordering on SelfInsertFic. I do, however, try to be realistic about this and include my (''many'') flaws.
* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: My heroes are usually a type 3, but my supporting characters run the gamut.
* AuthorAppeal: I tend to go with the [[FullmetalAlchemist Hiromu]] [[SilverSpoon Arakawa]] approach to character design:
--> '''Arakawa'''[[hottip:*:according to elsewhere on this wiki]]: Men should be buff! Women should be va-voom!
** Also, the following tropes show up frequently, less because I'm attracted to them and more because I find them extremely fun to write:
*** AxCrazy
*** BadassBeard
*** FragileSpeedster
*** KnifeNut
*** TheLadette
*** SlasherSmile
*** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome
* AuthorTract: The vast majority of my lyrics are this.
* CrapsackWorld
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: If I'm going to kill someone the readers like, it ''will'' be excruciating, both emotionally and physically.
* {{Dystopia}}
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* InsultToRocks: Very common in my movie reviews. For instance, on Taken 2:
--> To call [the characters] cardboard would be to insult perfectly fine packing material.
* {{Gorn}}: ''{{Remus}}'' is actually pretty light for my work - usually I show a lot more detail. This is actually working out for the better.
* MoodWhiplash
* MoralityKitchenSink
* ScheduleSlip: Chronic. I'm working on fixing this.
* WorldOfBadass
* WouldHurtAChild

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[[folder: Pages I've launched:]]

* {{Remus}} (doy)
* ABetterTomorrow
* GutPunch
* PleaseShootTheMessenger
* TearOffYourFace
* Music/{{Testament}}

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[[folder: Kyle's Personal Rocky Horror Callbacks]]
--> '''Dr. Scott:''' Brad, what are you doing here?\\
'''Audience:''' Frank, mostly!

--> '''Frank:''' It's not easy having a good time.\\
'''Audience:''' What happens after you suck off a horse?\\
'''Frank:''' Even smiling makes my face ache...

--> *Rocky goes to mess with the switches*\\
'''Audience:''' You know, that ITT Tech education really pays for itself!

'''Audience:''' What happens after you suck off a horse?

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!!Campaign: @/{{Exelixi}}'s as-yet-untitled MMOTTRPG

* LargeHam

* ChivalrousPervert / EthicalSlut: I prefer "Shameless Manwhore," but both of these fit too.

* ChivalrousPervert: Oh yes.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: His actions tend to give others this reaction

* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: I've been called out on this after coming in to the Legend chat to whine about "only" making out with four girls in one night. Thing is that [[KavorkaMan for me, that's a below-average night of partying.]]

** And then there was the time I almost ran over the head of the FBI on my bike... hey, the grocery store he goes to happens to be right next to a bike shop.

* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: I've been called out on this after coming in to the Legend chat to whine about "only" making out with four girls in one night. Full disclosure: for me, that's a below-average night of partying.

* ADarkerMe: Inverted, if you can believe it. I'm actually ''nicer'' online than I am in real life, mostly because I have time to think through what I'm saying.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A mild example.

* BadassLongcoat: I have two, both of which I chose specifically for this effect.

* BiTheWay

* ButNotTooWhite: I'm a walking aversion. I have two skin colors: linoleum white and extra crispy.
* CardGames: Decent at Blackjack, BS, Spit, Mao, Egyptian Ratscrew, and Bid Whist. Very, VERY good at poker.
* ClassClown: Minus the attention seeking - I only chime in when I think what I'm saying is funny.
* CleopatraNose: Not to Adrien Brody levels, but it's prominent.
* CursedWithAwesome / BlessedWithSuck: While having to manage my incredibly loud voice day to day is certainly annoying, my natural loudness means I don't have to work at all in order to project well while acting.
* DevelopmentHell: I have a tendency to get bogged down in this.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Except in fiction.
* EveryScarHasAStory: But the only memorable one involves [[LittleGirlsKickShins my little sister kicking me in the shin.]] [[ArmedLegs She was wearing figure skates at the time.]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: I can go from normal to ''completely fucking terrifying'' and back within the span of about 3 seconds. This isn't just me pumping myself up, either - I've actually made every single person in one of my classes simultaneously either jolt in their seats or scream (except for a close friend who's seen me pull this stunt before) on multiple occasions. It's as easy and quick as flipping a switch.
* NoIndoorVoice: My regular speaking voice from 5 feet away measures roughly 88 db. For reference: A jackhammer is around 90 db. This is ''without'' making an attempt at raising my voice - I'm more than capable of yelling loudly enough to cause temporary hearing damage.

* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: The reason I was never able to finish my ScriptFrenzy entry.
* PromotedFanboy: I started as an average fan of the LegendGameSystem. Then I started helping to write one of the official settings and designed the current official character sheet. Then I found out that as a result of the latter, my name would end up in the book. I'm rather happy about all this.

* ReligionRantSong: I've written a Type 1 and multiple Type 3's.

* StepfordSmiler: Recovered type 1. Fortunately, IGotBetter. My main reasoning was that I didn't think anyone would be able to help me out anyway, so it would be better not to burden them with worrying about me. That philosophy didn't work out all too well.
** That said, I ''really'' don't like to let people into my personal life unless they're close to me.

* TroperTypes: Eclectic.
* UncannyValley: I can act like this - more to the point, I can and do turn it on and off pretty much at will. [[ForTheEvulz Because the reactions I get are]] ''[[ForTheEvulz priceless]]''.

* ApologizesALot

* BadassLongcoat: One that I chose specifically for this effect.

* BourgeoisBohemian: While I'm not exactly proud of this, there's no question that I qualify.

* EmbarrassingNickName: "[[CarpetOfVirility Werewolf]]."
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: I'm pretty high up on the hierarchy, although it's balanced by being in just about every single category on the first row.

* EvilMeScaresMe: Some of my more... [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge visceral]] ideas get this reaction out of me.

* GoToAlias: As noted elsewhere, Kyle Jacobs is actually one of these. I mostly use it on the internet and when I'm accosted by overly friendly drunk people. I'm also known to use Greg Smith and Jeff Lord, among others.

* IdiotHair: It's gotten to the point where I just specifically request that my barber do something about it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: I'm this on a bad day.

* LazyArtist: Less lazy, more utterly incompetent.

* LetsGetDangerous: Any time I actually get worried about someone, I drop everything and do what I can to help out.
* TheLoonie: I'm this in real life, but only when I think it's funny.

** The cockney recently got a workout due to my casting as an old British mongrel in a one act play.

* OnlySaneMan: I've been building up this reputation lately over at Ultimate-Guitar's forums, although they'd likely tell you I'm more along the lines of StrawmanHasAPoint.
--> '''[[hottip:[=AvengedFoghat=]:(A user who I rarely see eye to eye with, in response to the post referenced below)]]:''' I love how everyone hates on [Kyle] when he's being the most reasonable.

* RealNameAsAnAlias: Actually, I ''don't'' use this - Kyle Jacobs is a pen name that I took on in an attempt to balance my desire for privacy with the fact that people just aren't going to take "Remus, by [=FrustratedRocka=]" as seriously as they would with something that sounds like a real name on it.

* SupremeChef: I'm slowly developing a reputation for this with my family - most of what I make looks and sounds like something the cat threw up, but ends up being really good. Case in point: Canned Tuna Donburi.

* TooDumbToLive: Almost, but this incident requires a bit of context. I used to have a very strong stomach for spicy food, but wasn't familiar with exactly how hot some things were. I'd participated in a Tabasco chugging contest recently, and thought I was invincible. Also, I was 11. So, when my friends were discussing the extreme spiciness of Dave's Insanity Sauce (a review of which is listed on the BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce page), I thought I would be able to handle drinking a spoonful of the stuff. [[WhatAnIdiot Straight]]. The resulting heartburn put me off hot sauce for years.

* GoToAlias: As noted elsewhere, Kyle Jacobs is actually one of these. I mostly use it on the internet and when I'm accosted by overly friendly drunk people. I'm also known to use Greg Smith, among others.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent

* ProudToBeAGeek: I'm quite proud of the fact that I write a webcomic, love Sci Fi, am an avid gamer, and am very, very into movies, and will gladly talk about those interests with friends should the topic come up (and it does). However...
** ClosetGeek: 99% of the people I know in real life have absolutely no idea that I'm even remotely into Anime, and I prefer to keep it that way.

* ShamelessSelfPromoter: In case you haven't caught on yet.

* TheShepherd: Not so much on this forum, but ''definitely'' used to be one on the Ultimate-Guitar.com boards under the name of [=FrustratedRocka=]. Unfortunately, I haven't been hanging around there all that much lately, and my frequent association with a good 90% of the UG ResidentFreak population occasionally takes its toll on my ability to be nice.
--> '''Me''': tl;dr '''''GROW A PAIR.''''' [[labelnote:Context]]This followed a somewhat passive-aggressive rant against a bizarrely well-liked {{Hikkikomori}} arguing the merits of my DeterminedDefeatist tendencies that actually earned me a bit of respect from the other regulars.[[/labelnote]]

** And then there was the time I almost ran over the (then) head of the FBI on my bike... hey, the grocery store he goes to happens to be right next to a bike shop.

* {{Wangst}}: Prone to this, though considerably less so than I used to be. That said, I still have my bouts with it, which is why you see some of the more emo/self-deprecating/bitter tropes listed here despite the fact that I'm genuinely happy or at least content about 75% of the time.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: I'm 18 and currently look like I'm roughly 22. To say nothing of the fact that I was 5'10" and shaving all the way back in ''seventh grade''.

* BorgeoisBohemian: While I'm not exactly proud of this, there's no question that I qualify.

* BorgeouiseBohemian

* BloodierAndGorier: ''{{Remus}}'' is actually pretty light for my work - usually I show a lot more detail. This is actually working out for the better.

I'm a student who's always had a passion for fiction - books, movies, whatever. I look for works that do something creative and show me something I've never seen before. So, when a girl I was dating told me she was into anime and manga and recommended that I start reading FullmetalAlchemist and watching {{Baccano}}, I got completely hooked. I've recently taken up a mild interest in tabletop gaming after reading Erfworld - the creativity required to think of the ending to book 1 made me look for a situation in which I'd have to exercise that kind of outside-the-box thinking for myself. These days, my downtime is spent serving as the film critic for my school paper, banging out short stories for a writer's club, managing the creation of a collaborative online rock opera, playing guitar and bass, running a Legend campaign, [[PromotedFanboy being on Legend's dev team]] - specifically, helping out with settings and designing the character sheet - and dealing with school.

I'm a SerialTweaker, an [[TroperTypes Eclectic]], and a proud member of {{PLATTER}}. I'm currently floating around Writers Block.

* AntiHero: My heroes are usually a type 2, but my supporting characters run the gamut.

* CasanovaWannabe: I'm trying to rein this tendency in.

* NotSoBadassLongcoat: The coat itself is fine and actually looks quite good on me (especially when it's windy). I, however, am about the furthest thing possible from badass.

* TooDumbToLive: Almost, but this incident requires a bit of context. I used to have a very strong stomach for spicy food, but wasn't familiar with exactly how hot some things were. I'd participated in a Tabasco chugging contest recently, and thought I was invincible. So, when my friends were discussing the extreme spiciness of Dave's Insanity Sauce (a review of which is listed on the BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce page), I thought I would be able to handle drinking a spoonful of the stuff. [[WhatAnIdiot Straight]]. The resulting heartburn put me off hot sauce for years.

* YouAreNotAlone: I have to remind myself of this on a disturbingly regular basis.

* Said skald does not know the spell "Summon Groupies".

* CrazyAwesome: When they're not...
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* TheStoic

'''SIR RODRICK FENDER''' (LegendSystem):

* BladeBelowTheShoulder

* FragileSpeedster

'''In General''':

'''Altusholt''' (D&D 4E):

'''Drej Sinnigen''' (LegendSystem)

'''Drej''': Oh dear, is competence for the weak as well?

-->'''Yours Truly''': Odds are, nothing we do is going to last. In the grand scheme of things, all we are are insignificant little specks rocketing through the universe on a [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet slightly bigger insignificant little speck]]. [[KnightInSourArmor And every step you take, someone is going to try to step on top of you]]. Ultimately, there's no real meaning to any of this, and none of it is going to be important. So why not just be happy that you're here, now, alive, and do what you can to make things even a little better?

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rotates. At the moment, [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Mapo Tofu]] is in the top spot.

'''SIR RODRICK FENDER''':

* {{LARGE HAM}}

* TheAntiNihilist

* CovertPervert: People who don't know me that well tend to be very surprised the first time they hear me talk about sex. Mostly because I don't really make any effort to beat around the bush.
** ChivalrousPervert / CasanovaWannabe / HandsomeLech: How I act around my very close friends whenever the subject comes up. I'm almost never being serious, and more often than not I'm making fun of my [[SorryImGay long]], [[LoveTriangle long]], '''[[SleepsWithEveryoneButYou long]]''' [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever unbroken]] [[BetterAsFriends string]] [[YoureNotMyType of]] [[AllLoveIsUnrequited failures.]]

* EmbarrassingNickName: "Werewolf." ItMakesSenseInContext.

* FakeBrit: I have two good British accents, and both of them are good enough that I'm able to fool actual British people with very little difficulty. Until I start getting geography questions, at which point I drop the act.

* IdiotHair: Not anymore, since my frustration with this led me to shave my head down to stubble. I've since decided that I look better that way.
** And as it's grown back, this has slammed back into effect. It's gotten to the point where I just specifically request that my barber do something about it.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: And [[{{Wangst}} frequently need to remind myself]] that [[YouAreNotAlone I actually do]].
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Lack of athleticism? Check. Lack of aggression? Check... [[RageBreakingPoint up to a point]]. Open, emotional personality? CHECK (assuming I trust you enough to drop [[StepfordSmiler the act]]). Also, I'm very interested in cooking and people have a tendency to mistakenly assume I'm gay or asexual.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: Let's see... I can do three distinct types of GutturalGrowler, the Gollum voice, the Stitch voice, Mr. Burns, Marge Simpson, [[RockyHorrorPictureShow Riff Raff]], three types of FakeBrit (Cockney and RP are solid enough to ''fool actual British people'', and I'm working on my Yorkshire), FakeRussian, a decent Southern drawl, a bad Scottish accent, an even worse Irish accent, BadassBaritone (although that one never gets any more subtle than your average BRIANBLESSED role), a decent impression of Spongebob, and a few more that aren't based on anything but my sheer desire to be annoying. This made me one of the go-to guys for reading dialogue in English class, at least until the incident detailed under SirSwearsALot happened.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Drunken Noodles. Preferably really spicy ones.

'''Sathis Inoden''':

* PromotedFanboy: I started as an average fan of the LegendGameSystem. Then I started helping to write one of the official settings and designed the current official character sheet. Now I'm on the dev team. Yes, I'm rather happy about this.