Hobbies and Interests
is a non-fiction piece written by gelefant.
As indicated by the title, it is about Jermaine's different hobbies and interests.
Tropes:
- All of the Other Reindeer: Jermaine was relentlessly bullied throughout grade school because of his love for animation.
- Animal Lover: Jermaine has loved animals his whole life. He used to read and talk about them all the time and was the go-to guy for animal trivia. Additionally, he has lots of original characters who are animals.
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti:
- Jermaine loves and believes in Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman.
- Jermaine has an original character who's a Sasquatch and another who's a Yeti.
- Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality: Jermaine's father said this to Jermaine because of his newfound werewolf obsession in seventh grade.
- Chupacabra:
- Jermaine loves and believes in the Chupacabra.
- Jermaine has an original character who's a Chupacabra.
- Cybernetic Mythical Beast: Jermaine has an Original Character who's a mermaid robot.
- Daydream Believer: It's even the title of a chapter! Jermaine believes in the existence of dragons despite the lack of fossils and live sightings.
- Driven to Suicide: Jermaine began struggling with suicidal thoughts in middle school.
- Haunted House: Jermaine began reading books about these in middle school.
- Kids Love Dinosaurs: Jermaine was obsessed with dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals as a child. Additionally, he has a few original characters who are prehistoric animals.
- Our Cryptids Are More Mysterious: Jermaine began reading books about cryptids in middle school.
- Our Dragons Are Different:
- Jermaine loves and, as mentioned above, believes in dragons.
- Jermaine has several original characters who are dragons.
- Our Fairies Are Different:
- Jermaine loves and believes in fairies. He also read books about them during the months before the release of Pokémon X and Y because of the games introducing the Fairy type.
- Jermaine has two original characters who are fairies.
- Our Ghosts Are Different:
- Jermaine loves and believes in ghosts. He also began reading books about them in middle school.
- Jermaine has about a dozen original characters who are ghosts.
- Our Mermaids Are Different:
- Jermaine loves and believes in merfolk.
- In addition to the above-mentioned robot mermaid, Jermaine has two original characters who are regular mermaids.
- Our Werewolves Are Different:
- Jermaine loves and believes in werewolves. He even wanted to be one in seventh grade because of Benwolf/Blitzwolfer from Ben 10. He also began reading books about werewolves in middle school.
- Jermaine has two original characters who are werewolves.
- Paranormal Investigation: Jermaine wanted to become a paranormal investigator in sixth grade because of Danny Phantom.
- Perverse Sexual Lust: Jermaine had, or has, cartoon crushes on the following characters:
- Princess Ariel from The Little Mermaid, to the point that he's even dreamt about her on a regular basis since summer 2016.
- Dark Magician Girl from Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls
- Sabrina Spellman from Sabrina: The Animated Series
- Ember McLain and Desiree from Danny Phantom
- Taranee Cook from W.I.T.C.H.
- Tiana from The Princess and the Frog
- Rapunzel from Tangled
- Mirabel Madrigal from Encanto
- Pink Is Feminine: This was the reason why pink was Jermaine's least favorite color growing up. After the pink-favoring Fairy type was introduced in Pokémon X and Y, his tolerance for the color greatly increased.
- Sea Serpents: Jermaine believes in the existence of these.
- Self-Harm: Jermaine began struggling with self-harm in middle school.
- Stock Ness Monster:
- Jermaine loves and believes in the Loch Ness Monster.
- Jermaine has an original character who's a Loch Ness Monster.
- Unicorn:
- Jermaine loves and believes in unicorns. He also began reading books about them in middle school.
- Jermaine has two original characters who are unicorns.
- Who You Gonna Call?: As mentioned above, Jermaine wanted to be a ghost hunter/investigator in sixth grade.
- The Xenophile: Jermaine loves and believes in space aliens.
