| 1 | Vell, Aaron’s just zis guy, you know? |
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| 3 | I run a forum called [[http://fools-gold.org/forum/ Fool’s Gold]]. I’ve also been active on a number of other boards, but much less so, and they’re mostly pretty inconsequential in the scheme of these things; [[http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/ Freethought Forum]] is really the only other message board I still maintain any appreciable amount of activity on these days. I’m pretty obsessed with music (especially jazz, soundtracks, metal, and progressive rock) and basically one of those BombThrowingAnarchists, but without the bombs. (See TVTropes’ UsefulNotes on UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} and UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies for some actual factual information on anarchism. My thought tends towards anarcho-syndicalism, but I’m not particularly dogmatic about any particular form of anarchism. Note, however, that so-called “anarcho-capitalists” are not anarchists, because the word “anarchy” literally means “without rulers”, and it is impossible to have capitalism without disparities in power). I live in Florida, much to my chagrin. See also [[http://www.last.fm/user/Cassandra-Leo/ my last.fm]], [[http://soundcloud.com/cassandraleo my Soundcloud]], and [[http://www.last.fm/music/Aaron+Freed/ some neo-classical electronic music I wrote awhile back]]. |
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| 5 | I really, really hate the LoudnessWar to the extent that I actually go and edit the audio of victims to make them less painful to listen to. I wrote a guide to how to do this [[http://web.archive.org/web/20130929030818/http://fools-gold.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1574535 here]]. |
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| 7 | I also develop content for the game ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Aleph One''. I've worked on the largely completed game ''[[http://eternal.bungie.org/ Marathon Eternal]]'' as well as a few currently unfinished ones. |
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| 9 | If you want to contact me, the best way to do it is through messages here, through my forum, through my forum’s IRC channel, through last.fm, or through Discord. I have Skype, AIM, and MSN, but I rarely sign into any of them. I also have a Facebook, which I never check; if you want a link, send me a private message. |
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| 11 | Some works I like (alphabetical order, and the list is nowhere near complete; I’ll probably add a lot more stuff later, but it’ll probably never be fully complete as I want to keep this to stuff that has wiki entries here): |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[AC:{{Anime and Manga}}]] |
| 14 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' |
| 15 | * ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[AC:{{Comics}}]] |
| 18 | * ''ComicBook/FromHell'' |
| 19 | * ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'' [[note]]Although I’m pretty sure I comprehended less than half of what was actually going on[[/note]] |
| 20 | * ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' |
| 21 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' |
| 22 | * ''ComicBook/{{We3}}'' |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[AC:FanFic]] |
| 25 | * Fanfic/DoomRepercussionsOfEvil |
| 26 | * Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences |
| 27 | * Fanfic/MyImmortal |
| 28 | * If you think I like any of these for any other reason than ForTheLulz then I don’t know what to tell you |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[AC:{{Film}}]] |
| 31 | * ''[[Film/TwelveMonkeys 12 Monkeys]]'' |
| 32 | * ''[[Film/{{TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey}} 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' |
| 33 | * ''Film/AlmostFamous'' |
| 34 | * ''[[Film/{{Amelie}} Amélie]]'' |
| 35 | * ''Film/BartonFink'' |
| 36 | * ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' |
| 37 | * ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' |
| 38 | * ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' |
| 39 | * ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' |
| 40 | * ''Film/DieHard'' |
| 41 | * ''Film/{{District 9}}'' |
| 42 | * ''Film/DrStrangelove'' |
| 43 | * ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' |
| 44 | * ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' |
| 45 | * ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'' |
| 46 | * ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' |
| 47 | * ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' |
| 48 | * ''Film/{{Gravity}}'' |
| 49 | * ''Film/HighFidelity'' |
| 50 | * ''Film/{{Inception}}'' |
| 51 | * ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' |
| 52 | * ''Film/IronMan'' |
| 53 | * ''Film/KillBill'' |
| 54 | * ''Film/KungFuHustle'' |
| 55 | * ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' |
| 56 | * ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' |
| 57 | * ''Film/Moonlight2016'' |
| 58 | * ''Film/MoulinRouge'' |
| 59 | * ''Film/{{Network}}'' |
| 60 | * ''Film/ANewHope'' |
| 61 | * ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' |
| 62 | * ''[[Film/{{PansLabyrinth}} Pan’s Labyrinth]]'' |
| 63 | * ''Film/ThePrestige'' |
| 64 | * ''Film/PulpFiction'' |
| 65 | * ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' |
| 66 | * ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' |
| 67 | * ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' |
| 68 | * ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' |
| 69 | * ''Film/SevenSamurai'' |
| 70 | * ''Film/TaxiDriver'' |
| 71 | * ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' |
| 72 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' |
| 73 | * ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' |
| 74 | * ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' |
| 75 | * ''Film/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[AC:{{Literature}}]] |
| 78 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' |
| 79 | * ''Literature/BreakfastOfChampions'' |
| 80 | * ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' |
| 81 | * ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz'' |
| 82 | * ''Literature/CatsCradle'' |
| 83 | * ''Literature/{{Daemon}}'' |
| 84 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' (of which my favourites are ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', ''Discworld/SmallGods'', ''Discworld/NightWatch'', and ''Discworld/GoingPostal'') |
| 85 | * ''Literature/TheDispossessed'' |
| 86 | * ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' |
| 87 | * ''Literature/FlowMyTearsThePolicemanSaid'' (I need to write a page for this) |
| 88 | * ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' |
| 89 | * ''Literature/GravitysRainbow'' and other works by Creator/ThomasPynchon |
| 90 | * ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' |
| 91 | * ''Literature/TheIlluminatusTrilogy'' |
| 92 | * ''Literature/TheLeftHandOfDarkness'' |
| 93 | * ''Literature/TheManInTheHighCastle'' |
| 94 | * ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' |
| 95 | * ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'' |
| 96 | * ''Literature/TheSirensOfTitan'' |
| 97 | * ''Literature/{{Ubik}}'' |
| 98 | * [[Series/{{Wallander}} Kurt Wallander]] novels |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[AC:LiveActionTV]] |
| 101 | * ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 102 | * ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' |
| 103 | * ''Series/AlmostHuman'' |
| 104 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' |
| 105 | * ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' |
| 106 | * ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' |
| 107 | * ''Series/BetterOffTed'' |
| 108 | * ''Series/TheBlacklist'' |
| 109 | * ''Series/{{Castle}}'' |
| 110 | * ''Series/TheColbertReport'' |
| 111 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow'' |
| 112 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' |
| 113 | * ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' |
| 114 | * ''Series/TheExpanse'' |
| 115 | * ''Series/FoylesWar'' |
| 116 | * ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' |
| 117 | * ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' |
| 118 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' |
| 119 | * ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' |
| 120 | * ''Series/{{Lost}}'' |
| 121 | * ''Series/MadMen'' |
| 122 | * ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'' |
| 123 | * ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'' |
| 124 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'' |
| 125 | * ''Series/OrphanBlack'' |
| 126 | * ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' |
| 127 | * ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' |
| 128 | * ''Series/TrueDetective'' |
| 129 | * ''Series/TheWestWing'' |
| 130 | * ''Series/TheWire'' |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[AC:{{Music}}]] |
| 133 | * Music/{{Alcest}} |
| 134 | * Music/AshBorer |
| 135 | * Music/{{Atheist}} |
| 136 | * Music/AtTheDriveIn |
| 137 | * Music/{{Bathory}} |
| 138 | * Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe |
| 139 | * Music/BlackSabbath |
| 140 | * Music/BlueOysterCult |
| 141 | * Music/BlutAusNord |
| 142 | * Music/{{Burzum}} |
| 143 | * Music/JohnCale |
| 144 | * Music/{{Camel}} |
| 145 | * Music/CaptainBeefheart |
| 146 | * Music/{{Converge}} |
| 147 | * Music/CountingCrows |
| 148 | * Music/{{Cynic}} |
| 149 | * Music/{{Darkthrone}} |
| 150 | * Music/MilesDavis |
| 151 | * Music/DeadKennedys |
| 152 | * Music/{{Deafheaven}} |
| 153 | * Music/{{Death}} |
| 154 | * '''Music/DeathspellOmega''' |
| 155 | * Music/DeepPurple |
| 156 | * Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan |
| 157 | * Music/DirEnGrey |
| 158 | * Music/TheDoors |
| 159 | * Music/NickDrake |
| 160 | * Music/{{Drudkh}} |
| 161 | * Music/{{Emperor}} |
| 162 | * Music/BrianEno |
| 163 | * Music/{{Enslaved}} |
| 164 | * Music/FaithNoMore |
| 165 | * Music/FairportConvention |
| 166 | * Music/TheFallOfTroy |
| 167 | * Music/FellVoices |
| 168 | * Music/FleetFoxes |
| 169 | * Music/MarvinGaye |
| 170 | * '''Music/{{Genesis}}''' [[note]]Both eras, thank you very much, although prog era is superior[[/note]] |
| 171 | * Music/GentleGiant |
| 172 | * Creator/MichaelGiacchino |
| 173 | * '''''Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor''''' |
| 174 | * Music/MurrayGold |
| 175 | * Music/{{Gong}} |
| 176 | * Music/{{Gorguts}} |
| 177 | * [[Music/TheGratefulDead Grateful Dead]] |
| 178 | * Music/HuskerDu |
| 179 | * Music/{{Ihsahn}} |
| 180 | * Music/{{Immortal}} |
| 181 | * Music/ImmortalTechnique |
| 182 | * Music/IronMaiden |
| 183 | * Music/{{Isis}} |
| 184 | * Music/JethroTull |
| 185 | * Music/JudasPriest |
| 186 | * Music/KayoDot |
| 187 | * Music/KingCrimson |
| 188 | * Creator/HirokiKikuta |
| 189 | * Music/{{Krallice}} |
| 190 | * Music/LAcephale |
| 191 | * Music/LedZeppelin |
| 192 | * Music/TomLehrer |
| 193 | * Music/{{Magma}} |
| 194 | * [[Music/JohnMcLaughlin Mahavishnu Orchestra]] |
| 195 | * Music/{{Marillion}} |
| 196 | * '''Music/TheMarsVolta''' |
| 197 | * Music/{{Mastodon}} |
| 198 | * Music/MaudlinOfTheWell |
| 199 | * Music/{{Mayhem}} |
| 200 | * Music/BearMcCreary |
| 201 | * [[Music/KingDiamond Mercyful Fate]] |
| 202 | * Music/CharlesMingus |
| 203 | * Creator/YasunoriMitsuda |
| 204 | * '''Music/JanelleMonae''' |
| 205 | * Music/{{Moonsorrow}} |
| 206 | * Music/VanMorrison |
| 207 | * Music/MrBungle |
| 208 | * Music/MyBloodyValentine |
| 209 | * Music/NeguraBunget |
| 210 | * Music/NeObliviscaris |
| 211 | * Music/{{Nico}} |
| 212 | * Music/{{Opeth}} |
| 213 | * '''Music/{{Panopticon}}''' |
| 214 | * Music/{{Pavement}} |
| 215 | * Music/PinkFloyd |
| 216 | * Music/PorcupineTree |
| 217 | * Music/{{Radiohead}} |
| 218 | * Music/LouReed |
| 219 | * [[Music/{{REM}} R.E.M.]] |
| 220 | * Music/TheResidents |
| 221 | * Music/ReverendBizarre |
| 222 | * Music/ToddRundgren |
| 223 | * Music/{{Rush}} |
| 224 | * Music/TheRutles |
| 225 | * Creator/MotoiSakuraba |
| 226 | * Music/ShiinaRingo |
| 227 | * [[Music/ShiningNorway Shining (Norway)]] |
| 228 | * Music/{{Shining}} (Sweden) |
| 229 | * Music/{{Sigh}} |
| 230 | * Music/{{Slint}} |
| 231 | * Music/{{Skagos}} |
| 232 | * Music/{{Skepticism}} |
| 233 | * Music/SkinnyPuppy |
| 234 | * Music/TheSmashingPumpkins |
| 235 | * Music/SonicYouth |
| 236 | * Music/{{Soundgarden}} |
| 237 | * Music/TalkTalk |
| 238 | * Music/TearsForFears |
| 239 | * Music/{{Tool}} |
| 240 | * Creator/NobuoUematsu |
| 241 | * Music/{{Ulver}} |
| 242 | * Music/VanDerGraafGenerator |
| 243 | * [[Music/VelvetUnderground The Velvet Underground]] |
| 244 | * Music/TomWaits |
| 245 | * Music/{{Weakling}} |
| 246 | * Music/WolvesInTheThroneRoom |
| 247 | * Music/{{Yes}} |
| 248 | * Music/NeilYoung |
| 249 | * Music/FrankZappa |
| 250 | * Music/ZealAndArdor |
| 251 | * This is actually pretty unrepresentative of my taste because I’ve only listed the ones with their own TVTropes pages, which basically only means the artists that could be vaguely described as mainstream are listed, and many of the most adventurous ones are left off. (Although Magma, Zappa and a few others are still pretty adventurous). The list would have been longer than the entire rest of the page combined otherwise. See [[http://www.last.fm/user/Cassandra-Leo/ my last.fm]], seriously. Though I would like to note that the “Shining” on my page contains plays from both the Norwegian and the Swedish artists. I probably have around 500 plays of each. This list is probably also missing a number of recent favourites, because I didn’t update it for several years. |
| 252 | |
| 253 | [[AC:NewspaperComics]] |
| 254 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' |
| 255 | * ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[AC:StandUpComedy]] |
| 258 | * Creator/GeorgeCarlin |
| 259 | * Creator/BillHicks |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[AC:VideoGames]] |
| 262 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' |
| 266 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' |
| 268 | * ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI The Legend of Zelda]]'' |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' |
| 270 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' |
| 272 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' |
| 273 | * ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' trilogy & Game Mods |
| 274 | * ''{{VideoGame/Portal}}'' |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'' |
| 277 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' |
| 278 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' |
| 280 | * ''[[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Yoshi’s Island]]'' |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[AC:WebComics]] |
| 283 | * Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal |
| 284 | * Webcomic/{{XKCD}} |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[AC:WesternAnimation]] |
| 287 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' |
| 288 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' |
| 289 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[AC:Tropes That Probably Apply To Me]] |
| 292 | * AmbiguousDisorder - I’ve actually been diagnosed with “components” of several of them |
| 293 | * AmbiguousGender - I’m frequently confused for a woman, which no longer bothers me |
| 294 | * UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} - the dominant influence on my political thought. As it’s a highly misunderstood philosophy, I’d recommend reading the article, which does a pretty good job explaining it |
| 295 | * TheAntiNihilist |
| 296 | * BrilliantButLazy |
| 297 | * BunnyEarsLawyer |
| 298 | * ChivalrousPervert |
| 299 | * UsefulNotes/EthicalHedonism |
| 300 | * InsufferableGenius |
| 301 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
| 302 | * MessyHair |
| 303 | * NeutralGood and/or ChaoticGood - philosophically I am ChaoticGood but my behaviour trends more towards NeutralGood because of reasons |
| 304 | * NightmareFetishist - Not so much in my tastes in fiction (though I’m not necessarily too bothered by things that often give others nightmares, like [[Series/DoctorWho the Weeping Angels]]), but I often listen to music that would drive most others screaming from the room in terror; I have been known to fall asleep to bands like Music/DeathspellOmega, if that’s any indication |
| 305 | * OlderThanTheyLook - I still get confused for a high school student despite being in my thirties |
| 306 | * SaveScumming - I have been known to do this almost to tool assisted {{speedrun}} levels when playing older games, though my approach to ''Marathon'' is almost the exact opposite: the method of play I generally follow requires me not to load saves at all within a single level |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[AC:Some Tropes I Like]] |
| 309 | * BlackMetal |
| 310 | * EpicRocking |
| 311 | * GenreRoulette |
| 312 | * PlatformHell |
| 313 | * ProgressiveRock |
| 314 | * SpeedRun |
| 315 | * TechnicalDeathMetal |
| 316 | * UncommonTime |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[AC:Some Tropes I Dislike]] |
| 319 | * AnarchyIsChaos |
| 320 | * GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion |
| 321 | * LoudnessWar |
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