Line #21 Tropers/TeraChimera


1	...What are you doing here? Don't you have anything better to do?
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3	Wait, this is TV Tropes. Never mind.
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5	[[MostTropersAreYoungNerds I'm a young nerd]] in every sense. I even have Asperger's, making me a TVGenius. I'm writing a book, (mentally) designing a video game, and (mentally) plotting a webcomic. Not sure if any of those will ever come to fruition, though. The book is most likely. Interestingly, they're all (possibly) [[GenreBusting Genre Busters]]: the book, ''Draconity'', is an AlternateHistory about a dragon AdventurerArchaeologist in TheUnmasquedWorld several decades after an AlienInvasion; the game, ''Alone'', is an open-world survival puzzle platforming shooter on a recently deserted island [-IN SPACE-]; and the webcomic, ''Reprisal'', is about a [[VigilanteMan vigilante]] [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified rebel]] [[TheHunter demon hunter]] on a BeyondTheImpossible RoaringRampageOfRevenge in a MundaneFantastic world that's ruled by said demons in an officially unofficial sense. And, for no apparent reason, everyone is a [[PettingZooPeople Petting Zoo Person]]. I don't know why; for some reason, it just feels right to have furries.
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7	One of my first acts upon becoming a troper was choosing the page image for SuperpoweredEvilSide with one suggestion. Since then, I've been editing and adding things all around. I also wrote the first reviews for ''JustCause 2'' and ''MassEffect2''.
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9	I'm on a robotics team; we get a game, build and program a robot for our game, and play against other teams and their robots. I do programming. One year, we went all the way to the world championship, but we didn't win. It was fun while it lasted, though.
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11	I like action stuff, be it video games, books, or movies. In fact, all of my works stemmed from coming up with action scenes in my head. A halftrack chase through a mountain pass! Fighting a MiniMecha on a train! Slicing planes in half with [[MagneticWeapons railguns]]! A sword fight in an ancient alien doomsday device! Magic bullets that [[AbnormalAmmo create explosions on impact]]! Going GunsAkimbo while hanging upside-down from a chandelier! A helicopter chasing a [[LeParkour traceur]] across skyscrapers toward a [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld zeppelin]]! A TraintopBattle across two side-by-side trains! Carsurfing gunfights! Magic users playing missile pong! Magically-justified BottomlessMagazines! Killing a demon with a [[KillSat missile satellite]]! Driving an APC with the thresher from a combine harvester through a zombie-infested mall! Putting a car on cruise control and hanging out the window to fire a shotgun while steering with your feet! Jumping from one plane to another in mid-flight! An ElevatorActionSequence on top of the elevator! Yes, [[ItMakesSenseInContext they all make sense in context]]. Somehow.
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13	I also like a good story. However, if the action's good enough, it can justify the bad story, or lack thereof - it's part of why I like ''JustCause 2''. Combining both - a good story ''and'' good action - is a plus in my book, and is one of the reasons I like ''MassEffect'' and ''TheDresdenFiles''.
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15	Interestingly, when I first started writing, I hadn't heard of the MarySue concept, but I practically went out of my way to avoid it. I gave my characters issues - anger problems, not very powerful, whatever - to create conflict, and therefore create a good story. When I heard about Mary Sues, I thought, "Why would anyone create a character that can win any fight? [[InvincibleHero That's boring.]]" I took several Mary Sue litmus tests, and most of my characters came clean first try, except for one that had issues that the test didn't address.
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17	As part of ''Draconity'', I created Menyic, a fully-fledged {{conlang}} with its own [[https://docs.google.com/a/students.calvin.edu/document/d/1SALIfrhWNCIPHunMKKRs3hbHNroqa_BiyLQH-CWX8gM/edit grammar]] and [[https://docs.google.com/a/students.calvin.edu/document/d/1B56GhRGkzWR3zUavbFSjeUEHwwmDy8amHzxSJMrD4vk/edit lexicon]].
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19	[[WMG:Feel free to leave comments (read: vandalize) here.]]
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21	I wish I'd stuck with computer programming (I stopped at Visual Basic). You build robots and program them, that's pretty impressive. And you're writing a book. I envy people who have these kinds of talents. Good luck with your skills and interests. - @/BonsaiForest
22	* Thanks. And I just program the robots, not build them; it's a group thing, other people build the robots. It's a part of the FIRST Robotics Competition, if you're interested in that kind of thing. (The FIRST is an acronym - [[FunWithAcronyms For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology]] - not emphasis.) As for the book, I don't know how likely it is that it'll be published - when I wrote that, I was still a senior in high school.
23	I am leaving you a worthless message right here, so now you're "a victim of coicumstance". Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! - {{Tropers/AlBundyFan365}}
24	* Oh noes!
25	I have determined you are a likable and agreeable individual. So, for all of our sakes, please try to not get eaten by elves. It would be a genuine shame if you were. Especially since you'd be feeding elves. -@/KillerClowns.
26	* That reminds me, I need to download ''DwarfFortress'' and work on my elven diplomacy skills there.

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