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!!Stuff I Like:
[[folder:Works I Like/Edit For]]
'''(It should go without saying that I am interested in the things I create pages for so those won't be listed here.)'''
'''(Also, I'm not putting ''everything'' I ever enjoyed. Just the stuff I pay attention to ''on this wiki''. If I listed everthing it would be absurdly long.)'''
* Classical Pre-Modern Things:
** UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}:
*** Literature/TheBible (and all books within)
*** Myth/SaintGeorge
** Myth/ClassicalMythology
* (Modern) [[{{Literature}} Books]]:
** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''
** Pantheon/TolkiensLegendarium (Getting started)
*** ''Literature/TheHobbit'' (Currently reading!)
* Live-Action {{Film}} and {{Television}} {{Series}}:
** ''Film/AustinPowers''
** ''Film/AChristmasStory''
** ''Film/DirtyRottenScoundrels''
** ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''
** ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors''
** ''Film/HomeAlone''
** ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation''
*** ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation''
** ''Series/TedLasso''
* [[WesternAnimation Animated]] Film and Television Series:
** ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''
** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
** ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans''
** ''WesternAnimation/TheStorykeepers''
** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''
* {{Manga}}:
** ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
* VideoGames:
** ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron''
*** ''VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg''
*** ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''
** ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
*** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''
*** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''
* TabletopGames:
** ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
* WebOriginal:
** {{Webcomics}}
*** ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
** WebVideo[=/=][[WebAnimation Animation]]
*** ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice''
*** ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence''
*** ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice''
*** ''WebAnimation/UnbiasedHistory''
*** ''WebAnimation/{{Oversimplified}}''
*** ''WebVideo/SolidJJ''
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[[folder:Tropes I Appreciate]]
'''(A bit of my philosophy: Tropes are only good or bad if they work or don't work in the context they are placed in. Certain types of characters only work in certain types of settings, and certain types of settings only mesh well with certain types of characters. Some tropes, however, work in either very few or very many contexts)'''
* Heroic Tropes:
** MessianicArchetype: When handled well and not too ham-fisted, Christ-figures make great heroes. There is a very good reason why the Christian message has resonated with so many people from different cultures over the millenia. ''Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends'' ([[Literature/TheFourGospels John 15:13 KJV]]). ''[[https://www.amazon.ca/Dominion-Making-Western-Mind/dp/0349141207/ Dominion]]'' by Tom Holland (no, not [[Creator/TomHolland Spiderman]]) gave me a new appreciation for this archetype.
** MultipleChoiceChosen: I quite like this take on TheChosenOne since it has a respect for free will and personal responsiblity while ''also'' having all the glamour of chosenness. The hero is special because they stepped up and ''decided'' to be special. I'm not a fan of fatalism in general but I do understand some things are out of our control in life, so this seems like a reasonable middle ground.
* Villainous Tropes:
** AntiVillain: I rather like villains who have more moral goals and behaviour. In truth, nobody is 100% good or 100% evil. We were created good but we fell from grace, so the struggle between good and evil in the real world is much more internal than external. Humans have great potential for both great good and great evil, and in our fallen nature we often mistake one for the other.
** CardCarryingVillain: Despite how much I like morally complex villains in ''most'' media, I like these kinds of characters when done in a {{Parody}} of a genre. The audience can't tell who the baddie is unless you spell it out -- at least that's how ''these'' characters see it!
** DarkMessiah: To be blunt, this is how your average EvilOverlord takes power in the real world. Dictators and cult leaders will present themselves as forces of light and goodness (whether they mean it or not).
* Setting Tropes:
** AlternateHistory: I'm something of a history buff so I naturally like speculation about history. To be honest I'm a fan of stories on ''both'' ends of the SlidingScaleOfAlternateHistoryPlausibility ... as long as they're honest about it. I like a good fantasy but be honest about it being fantasy, similarly I like a realistic researched setting but don't pretend it's a fun light-hearted thing.
** CanadaEh: Most depictions of Canada are more on the AffectionateParody side of things, and that I like. Despite our large landmass we really are the "quiet little town" of countries.
** FantasyKitchenSink: Yes. More cool stuff ... is cool. To be fair throwing ''everything'' at the protagonists and audience can make it overwhelming, but the setting having lots different of things to interact with is a plus to me.
** FeudalFuture: Alright, hot take incoming, I'm not a fan of how some writers depict future societies as ideally egalitarian. Sorry Creator/KarlMarx but that's just not how history works - civiliations rise and fall all the time, sometimes knowledge gets lost in accidents, and (most pertinent here) people naturally form hierarchies.
** WorldOfWeirdness: For much the same reasons as FantasyKitchenSink, I really like settings that just have lots of strange and interesting elements. If everybody finds it normal, that makes good worldbuilding. Screw the {{Masquerade}} (''unless there's a good reason for it''), just be open about all the supernatural stuff happening in the universe!
* Other Tropes:
** BlackComedy: When done right, that is. While some confuse edgy jokes for just plain edginess, a joke making light of a grim topic is utterly hilarous if well-done.
** TheStoryteller: What? I think it's a neat FramingDevice. It adds some mythical flare to the story. Plus, TheBard also just a neat aesthetic.
** {{Woolseyism}}: I'm a nut for learning about translations and other languages in general, so its naturally cool to me to hear about how translators get creative.
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[[folder:Assorted Trivia About Me]]
* Why the "95" in my name? Kinda a silly reason, but growing up I liked the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' and "95" is the racing number of the main character. I kept putting the number on stuff as a kid to the point that it stopped being a ''Cars'' reference and instead just became force of habit for me. Hence why I put it in my username when it's been years since I watched the movie.
* Of all my accounts on different websites, by far my oldest account that I still use is my [=YouTube=] account [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MPHJackson7 MPHJackson7]] (created in 2012).
* When I showed my mother some pages of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', she said that I kinda look like the character Tarvek. To be honest I actually do look a bit like him in terms of face and hair (particularly in [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120125 this page]] - my mom joked that he even had his pants pulled up like I sometimes do).
* I suck with computer safety. Not viruses and stuff like that, but being safe with the physical laptop itself. So far it's been around 2 years without me seriously damaging my laptop, which is honestly impressive.
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If you care about pronouns and that jazz, I'm male. For those who classify by JustForFun/TroperTypes, you could call me a '''Trope Editor''' and '''Casual Example Adder'''.

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!!Political Effortposts
All of these are posts from the ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900 Politics in Media -- The Good, the Bad, and the Preachy]]'' thread. These are the longer posts of mine where I analyze something.
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1343#comment-33564 On Morally Grey Authoritarians (First!)]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1344#comment-33577 This Moral Ambiguity Was Liberated By The OFN]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1346#comment-33634 Harry Potter Is Libtard]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''Literature/HarryPotter'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1347#comment-33655 Edmund Burke and the Olympians (Percy Jackson Schizopost)]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1361#comment-34025 Michael Moorcock is Wrong (And I Suck At Reading Lovecraft)]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/JRRTolkien)[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1373#comment-34312 Plato's Terrible Writing Advice]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](Creator/{{Plato}},''Literature/TheRepublic'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1397#comment-34901 Lily Orchard Is A Stupid Dumb-Dumb (On Sympathetic Villains)]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](Creator/LilyOrchard)[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1402#35043 On Redemption As A Concept]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}})[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1416#comment-35386 Did Othar Tryggvassen Do Nothing Wrong? Discuss]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''Webcomic/GirlGenius'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1429#comment-35713 Growing Up In The Suburbs (& YA Literature)]] --
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1435#comment-35872 Why Have Morally Complex Villains?]] --
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1441#comment-36003 The Spermacist Chimes In]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'', ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1445#comment-36112 Nazi Collaborator Mindsets]] --
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1462 Leftoid Overanalysis Vs. Rightoid Overanalysis]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''Creator/MarvelComics'', ''Website/{{Springhole}}'')[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15399591130A42449900&page=1537#comment-38422 The Great Proud Family Slavery Spat]] -- [[labelnote:TAGS]](''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamilyLouderAndProuder'')[[/labelnote]]

!!Meta Effortposts
Other long forum posts, like the above category, but for the TV Tropes Meta Thread.
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=200#4981 I Don't Touch Grass]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=220#5496 Villains Wiki (Part I)]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=278#6940 Girl Genius and This Site]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=281#7021 Sinfest and This Site]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=243#comment-6058 Fan Myopia For The Classics]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=266#comment-6637 What Others Think About Us: An Overview]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=267#comment-6665 Contd. (4chan and Tumblr)]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=290#7235 "Evil German" is Chair]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=293#comment-7313 What's an Anti-Hero?]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=451#11261 This Site Drifted Leftwards]][[note]](contd. from [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13027400740A27655700&page=210#comment-5240 here]])[[/note]]
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=476#11877 Video Examples: Deliberate Values Dissonance]] (Not actually that long or an effortpost but I wanted it here anyways).
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=483#12073 Thoughts About "On-Topic Conversations"]]

%%!!Why are you looking here? This is for MY personal reference, bubs!
%%* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13103447000A18674100&page=15545#388604 My Jun. 2022 Trip to US Politics General (on Roe v. Wade being overturned)]]
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