History Tropers / Tropetown

Hello. So, after spending about two years (give or take a throwaway post here or there) off the forum, I've decided I'm going to dip my toes into the waters 'round here again... and maybe play with a few sharks while I'm at it. I'll leave my personal details scarce, except to say that I'm Canadian, finally found my way back to school, and am interested in learning what the Tropers here have to say about the topics that pop up around here (not gonna lie, I'm probably going to spend most of my time in On Topic Conversations, but I seem to remember the other forums being fairly interesting as well). On with the Troping! Oh, and feel free to add any tropes if you can think of any relevant ones.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: I actually zig-zag on this one; cynical on the personal level, optimistic when it comes to the big picture, cynical when it comes to utopian ideas, optimistic when we take reality into account. In short (ironically, on the longest post), I think humans can achieve big things, as long as we take our shortcomings into account and commit ourselves fully to being pragmatic and realistic.

* {{Bishounen}}: No, I'm not putting PrettyBoy instead.

* AGodAmI: As are you.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: I actually zig-zag on this one; cynical on the personal level, idealistic when it comes to the big picture, cynical when it comes to utopian ideas, optimistic when we take reality into account. In short (ironically, on the longest post), I think humans can achieve big things, as long as we take our shortcomings into account and commit ourselves fully to being pragmatic and realistic.

* MyersBriggs:[=INTJ=]

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: I actually zig-zag on this one; cynical on the personal level, idealistic when it comes to the big picture, cynical when it comes to utopian ideas, optimistic when we take reality into account. In short (ironically, on the longest post), I think humans can achieve big things, as long as we take our shortcomings into account and commit ourselves fully to pragmatism and reality.

Hey! So, after spending about two years (give or take a throwaway post here or there) off the forum, I've decided I'm going to dip my toes into the waters 'round here again... and maybe play with a few sharks while I'm at it. I'll leave my personal details scarce, except to say that I'm Canadian, finally found my way back to school, and am interested in learning what the Tropers here have to say about the topics that pop up around here (not gonna lie, I'm probably going to spend most of my time in On Topic Conversations, but I seem to remember the other forums being fairly interesting as well). On with the Troping! Oh, and feel free to add any tropes if you can think of any relevant ones.

'''Tropes'''

* {Bishounen}: No, I'm not putting PrettyBoy instead.

* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Pain is the most effective teacher when it comes to human experience.

* PragmaticHero

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismAndCynicism: I actually zig-zag on this one; cynical on the personal level, idealistic when it comes to the big picture, cynical when it comes to utopian ideas, optimistic when we take reality into account. In short (ironically, on the longest post), I think humans can achieve big things, as long as we take our shortcomings into account and commit ourselves fully to pragmatism and reality.

AGodAmI: Actually, so are you!

CanadaEh

FormerTeenRebel

GentlemanAndAScholar

IntelligenceBreedsIsolation

PrettyBoy