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1	I'm another TV Tropes editor & reviewer, a Christian, and a lover of various kinds of stories, video games and HeroicFantasy in particular. I enjoy engaging stories of epic conflict and action, good and evil, mystery and adventure, philosophy and truth, brokenness and healing, trials and growth, greatness and wonder, loneliness and friendship, and hatred and love.
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3	I made this page because it helps me understand my likes and tastes better, and perhaps someone else will also be interested. Also it's fun.
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7	!! I've created these pages:
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9	* SelfDemonstrating/DrDoofenshmirtz (self-demonstrating)
10	* ''VideoGame/LuminoCity''
11	* HealTheCutie: Rewrote the description into its final form on the Trope Launch Pad and launched it.
12	* ''WebAnimation/ShockSeries''
13	* SurpriseInspectionRuse: Came up with the final name on the Trope Launch Pad and launched it.
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17	!! I've written a lot of reviews:
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19	'''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/review_activity.php?t=Ninja857142 Click here to read them]]'''
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27	!! Works I like:
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29	[[folder:Comics[=/=]Graphic Novels]]
30	* ''WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily''
31	* ''{{ComicBook/Hilda}}''
32	* ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'', acts 1-5
33	* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}''
34	* ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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37	[[folder:Film]]
38	* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen''
39	* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy''
40	* ''Film/TheAvengers2012''
41	* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
42	* ''Film/TheBigLebowski''
43	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBreadwinner''
44	* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''
45	* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
46	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Dumbo}}''
47	* ''Film/EighthGrade''
48	* ''Film/TheFarewell''
49	* ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''
50	* ''Film/FistOfLegend''
51	* ''WesternAnimation/HildaAndTheMountainKing''
52	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2''
54	* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''
55	* ''Film/IpMan''
56	* ''Film/IpMan2''
57	* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''
58	* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''
59	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015''
60	* ''{{Film/Logan}}''
61	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol''
62	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''
63	* ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005''
64	* ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''
65	* ''Film/SchindlersList''
66	* ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer''
67	* ''{{Franchise/Shrek}}''
68	** ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}''
69	** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''
70	** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''
71	* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea''
72	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Soul}}''
73	* ''Film/SpiderMan2''
74	* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
75	* ''WesternAnimation/WishDragon''
76	* ''Anime/YourName''
77	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}''
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80	[[folder:Literature[=/=]Fan Fiction]]
81	* Literature/TheBible
82	* ''FanFic/BringMeAllYourElderly''
83	* ''Literature/TheHobbit''
84	* ''Literature/TheLittlePrince''
85	* ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters''
86	* ''FanFic/Team8''
87	* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''
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90	[[folder:Music]]
91	* {{Music/AJR}}
92	* WebVideo/FreshyKanal
93	* Music/LindseyStirling
94	* Music/OwlCity
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97	[[folder:Series[=/=]TV Shows[=/=]Short Movies]]
98	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/@Jhanzori/videos Combat gods]]''
99	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Hilda}}''
100	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''
101	* ''Manga/MyCluelessFirstFriend''
102	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
103	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
104	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
105	* ''WesternAnimation/RubyGloom''
106	* ''WebAnimation/ShockSeries''
107	* ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair''
108	* ''Manga/SpyXFamily''
109	* ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ''
110	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''
111	* {{LetsPlay/videogamedunkey}}
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114	[[folder:Video Games]]
115	* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag''
116	* ''VideoGame/CaveStory''
117	* ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight''
118	* ''VideoGame/EldenRing''
119	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
120	* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' (plus ''Episode One'' & ''Two'')
121	* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime''
122	* ''VideoGame/TheLab: Longbow''
123	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
124	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''
125	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''
126	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap''
127	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks''
128	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''
129	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''
130	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom''
131	* ''VideoGame/LiesOfP''
132	* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares''
133	* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi''
134	** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime''
135	** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory''
136	* ''{{VideoGame/Oneshot}}'' with Solstice
137	* ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'''': Definitive Edition''
138	* ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal''
139	* ''VideoGame/Rayman2''
140	* ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice''
141	* ''VideoGame/AShortHike''
142	* ''WebAnimation/SlushInvaders''
143	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
144	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''
145	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''
146	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''
147	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''
148	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''
149	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
150	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64''
151	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''
152	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''
153	* ''VideoGame/StarFox64''
154	* ''VideoGame/Titanfall2''
155	* ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}''
156	* ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort''
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161	!! Other Things I Like:
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163	[[folder:Tropes I Like]]
164	* AllLovingHero: Love for God and for your neighbor separates good from evil.
165	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: I recall liking the story of Rudolph as a kid.
166	* ASMRVideo: Cures insomnia. Preferably unintentional, though.
167	* BadassAdorable: Both are inherently appealing traits, but together there's something noble about a young hero taking on responsibility far greater than would be expected of them.
168	* BetterThanABareBulb: Heh. I enjoy stories that make fun of how they are stories.
169	* BioluminescenceIsCool: Yes it is.
170	* ChildOfTwoWorlds
171	* ColorMotifs:
172	** Blue: The color of the sky, and also the ocean and water. The more cyan shades evoke serenity, wonder, awe, coolness, immensity, significance, and hidden, mystical power. More true blue shades evoke sadness, melancholy, coldness, and depth.
173	** Cyan-Green: Like turquoise, verdigris, spring green, aquamarine, mint, teal, or somewhere around there in the spectrum. The color of auroras. The color of ethereality, mystery, wonder, spirituality, otherworldliness, alienness, and transcendence. It seems like a forgotten mixed color comparable to orange (red-yellow) and purple (blue-magenta).
174	** Gold/Yellow: A technical complementary color of true blue. The color of the Sun. The color of warmth, hope, sustenance, revelation, insight, and joy.
175	** VibrantOrange: A [[OrangeBlueContrast complementary color of blue]]. The color of fire. The color of excitement, drive, enthusiasm, eagerness, spunk, and determination.
176	* CombatPragmatist: It's the creativity of a FightScene that can throw you for a loop!
177	* ComingOfAgeStory: There's inherent appeal in young characters growing stronger and more mature in their journey. I prefer it to be somewhat gradual, rather than just a sudden timeskip like in a lot of two-hour movies.
178	* CrypticBackgroundReference: Having interesting, mysterious details on the horizon is part of making a world feel immersive and exploration-worthy. The trick is in revealing the right amount of details so that the exploration of the world feels worth it, and that the details had a point, but not revealing so much that the mysterious magic is lost.
179	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable[=/=]NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Making this incredible yet believable is a recipe for catharsis.
180	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: I think I have a fondness for stories about characters finding their place in the world.
181	* EvenBetterSequel: Sequels can build more on what is already established, and further develop characters with preexisting investment. When it comes to video games, there are often opportunities for improvements and enhancements, especially in the gameplay mechanics.
182	* FantasyKitchenSink: I prefer variety in the worldbuilding, especially in long-running series.
183	* GodIsGood: As a Christian, this goes without saying. However, it also depends on what exactly is meant by "God" in the work in question.
184	* GoneHorriblyRight: A poetic sort of irony.
185	* HappyEnding[=/=]EarnYourHappyEnding[=/=]BittersweetEnding: Make the happy ending seem like a far-off, distant, impossible dream, and yet somehow, in the end, the protagonists still manage to actually find it.
186	* HealTheCutie: I launched this one!
187	* InternalReveal: Aside from the catharsis of the revelation of truth, these can be a sort of timeless ShockingMoments. If you can get the audience to empathize with characters, their shock can be felt vicariously.
188	* LightEmUp: [[BlindedByTheLight Bright flashes]], [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]], {{Invisibility}}, [[XRayVision see other wavelengths of light]], [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beams]], [[BeamSpam lots of laser beams]], [[WaveMotionGun really big laser beams...]] Unfortunately, light powers seem to be relatively underutilized in fiction.
189	* LightIsGood: The symbol of beauty, warmth, insight, and hope.
190	* LightDarknessJuxtaposition: I like the aesthetic, like for instance in {{Chiaroscuro}} art. Thematically, I have a taste for a juxtaposition between cutesy light stuff and depressing dark stuff.
191	* LostTechnology: The idea of a civilization long before us with cooler toys creates a powerful sense of wonder.
192	* MickeyMousing: Synchronizing the music to the action can be absurdly fun; in an action scene it can assist in selling the weight of each event and contribute to the flow between moments.
193	* {{Ninja}}: [[spoiler:Well, yeah. A stealthy CombatPragmatist assassin with martial arts & perhaps magic powers. What ''isn't'' cool about them?]]
194	* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: This always manages to be funny.
195	* OurMonstersAreDifferent:
196	** EldritchAbomination: These mysterious, surreal creatures add a lot of intrigue and variety to the world.
197	*** HumanoidAbomination: Somehow even more disturbing. Make of that what you will.
198	** GiantSpider: I'm not an arachnophobe, but there is a disturbing factor to them. And giant spiders mean giant webs...
199	** KrakenAndLeviathan: What if there ''isn't'' a bigger fish?
200	** OurDragonsAreDifferent: I think the core idea of the dragon is a manifestation of some force that's powerful, elusive, and dangerous. It's a daunting task to conquer it... or to tame and use it.
201	** SpaceWhale: Quite mysterious.
202	** SparkFairy: ''You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies...''
203	* {{Pride}}: [[PrideBeforeAFall Comes before destruction]]. Possibly ''the'' primordial vice?
204	* {{Pun}}: Can't get enough of these.
205	* TheQuietOne[=/=]ShrinkingViolet: Most of what you say doesn't come out of your mouth.
206	* RecursiveReality: Mind-twisting. Recursion in general is a stimulating concept.
207	* TheSacredDarkness: It feels more like "The Sacred Twilight." Every light place needs some shadows, and every dark place needs some light. There, the modicum becomes more elusive and unique.
208	* VideoGameCaringPotential: Games have yet to scratch their potential for storytelling.
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211	[[folder:Other Things I Like]]
212	* [[FlyingTropes Flight]]: I really enjoy flight scenes, chases, and combat done well. It's better especially when it has actual weight to it, with actual mechanisms and work involved in causing flight, like actual wings or rocket engines. Observable propulsion and wind resistance helps to sell it. Flight as a mere superpower without any tangible thing lifting you feels superficial. It doesn't feel as real.
213	* Kinetic Energy Manipulation: This isn't a trope yet, but it could be portrayed as a really cool superpower, if it were utilized more in fiction as such. Something like {{ComicBook/Gambit}}.
214	* [[ThisIndexKnowsKungFu Martial Arts]]: As a martial artist, I appreciate these. Even some of the over-the-top ones.
215	* Wonder: That feeling you get when you observe the ruins of a great, fallen civilization, or behold the vast horizon of the ocean, or hear predictions of the future. It is the vague, mysterious sense of encountering something grand and significant.
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