Tropers / A Ninja With AIDS

Here's my Troper Wall. Vandalize it at your leisure, but please leave your signature on each of your comments (preferably potholed to your Troper Wall and/or contributor profile). Thank you.

You may be asking how I thought of this username. It's a funny story to be honest: Back in 2007, I was just setting up a profile for Xbox Live to play Halo3 online and needed to make a username. I was thinking, "aNinjaWithAgun...no no no!", then my brother shouted, "AIDS!". We laughed for weeks and months afterwards. I have used this name ever since from forums to Video Games themselves, though I have since resigned from Xbox Live entirely.

My Anime List profile can be found here, and my Steam profile can be found here.

The works that I Entry Pimp for include:

• CLANNAD: One of the few shows to make me cry. (Fan since Febuary 10, 2012)
• Earthbound. My favorite game of all time. (Fan since Fall 1996) ^note  This makes me one of the few Americans to have played this game before Super Smash Bros. came into the country, and thus before Ness became an Ensemble Dark Horse.
• Figure17: The most obscure U.S. localized Anime that I know of and shouldn't be. (Fan since March 4, 2014).
• Kotoura-san: More so than I'd like due to missed editing errors and not fact checking. (Fan since Febuary 10, 2014)
• Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu: One of the most respectful portrals of the Otaku subculture for both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Sadly, many anime fans seem to miss the point entirely. (Fan since July 8, 2013)
• PlanetSide 2: One of the best Free to Play First-Person Shooters today that isn't completely Pay to Win. (Fan since January 2013)
• Pretty Cure and its many sub-series and pages. (Fan since July 15, 2012)
• Sabagebu!: Oh dear... This show proves that "Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn" in the most ridiculous, yet hilarious ways possible. (Fan since July 2, 2014)

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My life in the Tv Tropes forums

Most of my time is spent in the Forum Games, but you'll see me hang around Manga and Anime Recommendations quite a bit too.

I am sometimes active on the Image Pickin forums as well, and I've had some success with my ideas. Below are the tropes that I have personally helped to produce images for and succeeded in some way. No asterisk means I just provided the image. One asterisk(*) means that I have provided both the image and the caption, and two asterisks(**) indicate that I all I did was provide the caption and not the image itself. ^note  Discussion logs will be referenced as proof

• Magical Girl **: [1]
• Thanking the Viewer: [2]
• Vomit Discretion Shot: [3]
• The Xenophile*: [4] (Succeeded and added on September 27, 2019)

The Trope Pantheons is another forum I often congregate. As expected, I've risen some characters to godhood there, and here they are in Character, Trope - House order:

• Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace, Tender Tears - Sad Emotions
• Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy, Heart Beat-Down - Elemental Five
• Haruka Kotoura, Telepathy and A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read - Mentalities.

There are other characters that I had a hand in ascending and/or major editing, but I didn't write the initial profile for them. These include...

• Saki Hyuga/Cure Bloom and Mai Mishou/Cure Egret, Gaia's Vengeance (Avenger type) - Planetary And Celestial
• Crocodile and Dune, Evil Gods of Desert Sand - Earth And Metal
• The Suite Pretty Cure ♪ team in its entirety, Magic Music - Music Lesser Gods
• Erika Kurumi/Cure Marine (replaced Shiki Misaki), Fashionista - Craft Lesser Gods
• Mana Aida/Cure Heart, Even the Girls Want Her and Harem Genre - Romance
• Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword, Loner-Turned-Friend - Friendship Lesser Gods

Tropes that directly describe me

• Adjusting Your Glasses: Often by the bridge. I do it by the arms for more precise adjustments though. When I wake up, I put them back on one-handedly.
• Awesome by Analysis: I have my moments with this, most of which are during game sessions.
• Annoying Younger Sibling: My brother still sees me this way sometimes.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: They're so thick, I consider them their own jungle sometimes. Still, I enjoy having them.
• Blind Without 'Em: I legally am this much to my dismay. My right eye is still strong enough for me to navigate basic spaces without the glasses, but it can't quite make out all the details that I'd like it to.
• Bad Liar: I can't decieve my way through wet toilet paper...
• Black Comedy: My username. Of course, there are those that force me to change it and don't even bother to explain what rule I specifically broke. It's like being arrested without being told my Miranda Rights, and it sucks.
• Brainy Brunette/Everyone Loves Blondes: I'm a rare combination of both. I'm predominantly brown-haired, but the blonde parts of my hair show up as highlights both in the physical and metaphoric senses.
• Brilliant, but Lazy — I tend to score above 130 on I.Q tests, but my work ethics are atrocious.
• Book Dumb: I certainly have the capacity to study. I just hardly ever choose to.
• Canine Companion: I have one. She's actually quite The Cutie. Plus, she subverts the Mister Muffykins Dog Stereotype that is normally associated with her breed (Chihuahua) since she tends to be very quiet, well behaved, and a complete Cuddle Bug. She's still overly spoiled, of course.
• Caustic Critic: Inverted. I'm often more forgiving of a show's flaws if it left me adequitely entertained.
• Cheerful Child: Yes, I was this before I grew up.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: My thoughts and ideas aren't always coherent and sensical.
• Cuteness Proximity: Subverted. I'm attracted to cute things and love them, but I hardly ever feel a rush of emotion.
• Deadpan Snarker: I love my sarcasm, but my dad doesn't. Hilariously, my mom personally regrets that she cultivated this attitude in me.
• The Disease That Shall Not Be Named: Averted with my username; It's meant to be Played for Laughs, but I've also had the political hammer unjustly brought down upon me.
• Failed a Spot Check: I'm very prone to this and it happens more often than I'd prefer.
• Four-Philosophy Ensemble: I'm Apathetic.
• Four-Point Scale: I'm extremely guilty of this. Here's the evidence. I've gotten better about my 9's and 10's in that I give those out for the shows I truly believe should change how people should think of the respective genres at play; whereas the 8's make it close but not quite due to some glaring setbacks. Also, see Caustic Critic above.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: I'm a Phlegmatic/Sanguine blend according to this test. True to my personality, I often end up playing more reactive support roles the most in games.
• Fridge Logic: Many people have asked me, "How does a ninja get AIDS?", and to that I say, "one, it's hilarious; two, it's only a username; and three; I'd rather show you.
  • As of September/17/2014, the question has been answered! It's ninja AIDS, the shadow warrior of the disease world. Only ninjas contract it from the blood of their enemies... or if they've had unprotected intercourse. Credit goes to Avenuewriter for this one!
• GIFT: Usually averted, but you wouldn't believe some of the idiots I've come across that invoked this side of me when I play.
  • Griefer: ...and then there are times when a community-hosted server and/or their admins really are terrible to begin with, so I'll endulge in their suffering with a smile on my face.
• Grammar Nazi: Big time! I was among the few students in English class who truly understood how messed up and inconsistent the language really is.
• Growing Up Sucks: I already miss my high-school days.
• Hates Small Talk: I like to have meaningful conversations where the input matters or is generally interesting. Having to waste my words is one of the few things that tries my patience, but elaboration is something that I'm willing to endure for the sake of mutual understanding.
• Hikikomori: Deconstructed in my case. I've been guilty of this over many years and my skin is ghostly white because of it. To be fair, this wasn't from any social/peer pressure. I simply preferred to stay in my man cave.
• Honest Advisor: But I can sure as hell say it like it is without fear or regret.
• Ill Boy: Averted hard. I rarely get sick enough to miss work/school.
• Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja: Especially when I have my own Awesome Moments during a gaming session. Also, you are very welcome to invoke this by inviting me into your games.
• Learned Japanese from Watching Anime: Just like Patricia Martin, though I can read only bits and pieces and I don't understand the Kanji and its other symbol-based writing at all.
• Licked by the Dog: Literally and often. It's how she shows her love.
• Lucky Translation: I'm no translator myself despite having some Japanesse vocabulary, but I do often find myself providing links for any Anime Theme Song and Image Song. Chances are that you may have come across a note like "(Lyrics here)", especially in the Trope Pantheons, Mohs Scale Of Rock And Metal Hardness, and Mohs Scale Of Lyrical Hardness. If so, I'm likely the one that put it there.
• Manchild: Yep, I still have childish habits and remarks even though I'm in my 20's.
• Meaningful Release Date: I incidentally Inverted this with School-Live!. I began watching this anime on September 11, 2015; and Archive Binged all 10 of the 12 episodes of the anime that had been officially released at that time. The Plot Twist in the story that happened near the end of that run made the irony of the date disturbingly clear.
• Megane: The Stoic type.
• Mohs Scale Of Rock And Metal Hardness: I often visit this article myself; however, my favorite songs range anywhere from Levels 1-8 with Levels 3 and 5 being the most frequent. I'll listen to almost anything that is intelligible and has a largely clean, melodic production with moderate abrasiveness at most.
• Most Gamers Are Male: Although I am generally pleased when I know that I'm playing with a Gamer Chick.
• Myers Briggs: I'm ISTP (Crafter).
• Older Than They Look: I'm in my mid 20's but I still look like a teenager.
• Otaku: Primarily for Moe Slice of Life and Magical Girl Anime, Role-Playing Games, and First Person Shooters; however, I'm not picky about what particular Anime interests me. Refer to My Anime List profile for the many different types of shows that I've seen.
  • Closet Geek: Oh so very much! In Real Life, of course.
• The Perfectionist: More of a habit than an attitude. I like getting things done "well enough and in good taste", but not necessarily "perfect".
• Porky Pig Pronunciation: I'm a frequent offender. Either my thoughts don't always make it to my tongue fast enough or I forget what I want to say mid-speech.
• The Quiet One: Ironically, I've won the most talkative award in my high school senior prom; I was just passionate to have interesting and different conversations. Still, I make a better listener than a talker.
• Real Men Wear Pink: My avatar gallery has a lot of Moe female characters and several of them are actually pink.
• Rearrange the Song: Within my forum signatures for Christmas 2015, I did the "12 days of Pretty Cure Christmas" along with changing my avatar in sequential order of the earliest series to the latest. Each day, I edited the signature to write in a new gift. It goes...
  On the Xth day of Christmas Pretty Cure gave to me:
  • First day: Fun that all ages can see!
  • Second day: Two Expies.
  • Third day: Three Transformations.
  • Fourth day: Four Transformation Trinkets.
  • Fifth day: Five fist fight scenes!
  • Sixth day: Six Mentor Mascots.
  • Seventh day: Seven ways to smile!
  • Eighth day: Eight episodes of funny Filler.
  • Ninth day: Nine amazing soundtracks!
  • Tenth day: Ten Alternate Continuities.
  • Eleventh Day: eleven years of faithful broadcasts.
  • Twelfth Day: Twelve Finishing Moves
• Ridiculous Procrastinator: Often
• Rule of Fun/Rule of Funny: My favorite ways to live life.
• Straight Gay: The people who have heard my voice over a game's voice chat often assume I'm this. I don't exactly give them a proper answer whenever they ask.
• The Stoic: I'm not attached to my emotions, but I do value them.
  • Kuudere: The "Always In Control" type.
  • Not So Stoic: I do have a giddy side to me as well. If I ever find myself enjoying something, it'll more than likely show on my face.
  • Stoic Spectacles: Like Miyuki Takara, I wear prescription grade glasses and fear the thought of wearing contacts or putting things into my eyes in general.
  • Unable to Cry: Literally and figuratively. Sadness is my most detatched emotion, but I like to do it with Manly Tears if possible.
• Sweet Home Alabama: I live there; Louisiana specifically.
  • American Accents: I surprisingly do not speak in Cajun but rather more like Floridian. My speech also naturally avoids double negatives, unlike many of my family members and neighbors.
• Toilet Humour: I did the Chocolate Turd prank for April Fool's Day 2014. Mom's expression was priceless! Her reaction? All she said was "Y'all bitches..." in a deadpan tone.
• True Neutral: With heavy leanings towards Chaotic Good, according to this alignment test.
• Waxing Lyrical: I did this a lot for my forum signatures in relation to my current avatar at the time way back when, but not so much anymore. So far, I've used the following lyrics (in alphabetical order of the shows used). Click on the footnotes to see them:
  • Dog Days' first Opening Theme Scarlet Knight: ^note  "Guide me... oh Endless Light!" (Full Lyrics)
  • From the New World's first Ending Theme, Wareta Ringo: ^note  "At the moment it burst, Fire a rainbow." (Full Lyrics)
  • HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!'s Opening Theme, Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! WOW!: ^note  "As long as there's love in my heart, Cure Lovely will be invincible!" (Full Lyrics)
    • Yukko Oomori/Cure Honey's Image Song, A Happy Rice Love Song: ^note  "Rice is the energy of love!" (Lyrics here)
  • Hidamari Sketch's first season's Opening Theme, Sketch Switch: ^note  "Um Um, What kind of color is now? Smile white? Tear blue?" Also, "Yes, we live there..." (in the Avatar title) "The Hidamari Apartments" (in the location), and "Do a rough sketch please!" (in the actual signature) (Full Lyrics)
  • Kotoura-san's Opening Theme, This is the Secret of Secrets, Right?: ^note  "I think of you time and time again. My heart is always beating so fast, and I can’t stay still. It won’t do you any good to read my mind!" (Full lyrics)
    • Also its Ending Theme, Kibou no Hana/Flowers of Hope: ^note  "In the past that was torn apart, there wasn't a single lie." and "Let's start from right here" (Full Lyrics)
  • Log Horizon's Ending Theme, Your Song (Fan Dub version): ^note  "It was the first time I had logged in the game, heart was pounding for you when we met." (Lyrics are in the video's description)
  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha's Opening Theme, Innocent Starter: ^note  "Even if the future is taken captive, even if it vanishes in the distance, I will remember your clear voice. (Full Lyrics)
  • Manabi Straight!'s Opening Theme, A Happy Life: ^note  "Don't cry; let's hold each other as we go, forever — Because it's my life." (Full lyrics)
  • From Smile Pretty Cure!, Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace's Image Song, 100% Hero!: ^note  "Come, stand tall, 100% invincible hero!" (Full Lyrics)
  • The Unlimited Hyoubu Kyousuke's Opening Theme, LAST RESOLUTION: ^note  "Yes, my scars they cut deep, see my "EMBLEM". So set my soul on fire Feel my wrath unleashed and go away!" and "Only in the darkness can I judge the nature of your crime..." (Lyrics are in the video's description)
  • And several more that I will no longer even bother continue to keep track of myself. It's a Long Story and a Long List.

My Favorite Trope list

I admit that these can be played poorly, but I can't think of any truly awful cases of these among the shows I've seen in recent memory.

• Affectionate Parody
• Badass Adorable: The cuter and more awesome the show/characters are, the more I'm tempted to give them higher ratings and reviews.
• Beware the Nice Ones: When really Badass action needs to be had, this trope is nigh essential to use at least once.
  • Beware the Quiet Ones: Same as above.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: Ditto
• Curtains Match the Window: I don't know why, but this always intrigued me.
• Darker and Edgier: Sure, I lean towards Lighter and Softer, but I've learned to love this one to keep my tastes from being too sweet.
  • Darkest Hour: Same as above, if only for a few episodes/chapters.
  • Surprise Creepy: Or the rest of the story.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: Especially the Golden Ending to an excellent video game.
• Fate Worse than Death: Killing characters is easy and usually very shallow. Putting them through a Trauma Conga Line without letting them reasonably adapt to it is more difficult and often more satisfying to me. I imagine my monsters/villains to be disablers and harrassers and not random killers for this reason.
• Hey Its That Voice: I love playing this game with my favorite Voice Actors.
• Jumped at the Call: Main characters that do this tend to be automatic wins in my book because they don't waste our time in trying to avert the role the author intended them to have by saying I Just Want to Be Normal or just refute it. At least characters who Missed the Call have an excuse why they aren't involved in the plot.
• Mathematician's Answer: This honestly is a fun way to play with people. Try it, and see how many people get annoyed with you while you'd be laughing on the inside or out.
• Meaningful Name: I find this to be a clever way to establish a character, especially before watching the show.
• Reference Overdosed: Spotting many a Shout-Out is another fun game I often find myself playing when watching Anime. Pani Poni Dash! drove me nuts about this, and that doesn't even count the craziness that's normally present in that show either!
• Rule of Cool
• Rule of Cute
• Rule of Funny
• Theme Music Power-Up: I'm a firm believer in invoking Awesome Moments this way and many of my favorite songs are these.
• The Unchosen One: Why should destiny decide who The Chosen One is when it doesn't really matter how the Big Bad loses? Screw Destiny!

My Pet Peeve Trope list

I admit that these can be played well, but I often see them poorly done or just there to be a vice with nothing more than a Hand Wave to be there.

• Broken Base: I have something to say about this type of Fan Dumb: Shut The Fuck Up! Sure, your opinion about the show may be different, but the hate tends to go way too far.
• "Groundhog Day" Loop: Doing one for an episode/chapter is fine. Doing one for the entire story or a long arc is an excuse for Padding in my view. Case in point: The Endless Eight. What a waste! They could have cut that entire arc out and the show would hardly be different. I do NOT want to hear "We have entered an endless recursion of time." again.
• Idiot Hero: Exaggerated versions tend to stretch my Willing Suspension of Disbelief as in "How is it possible to be that stupid?". Well-moderated ones are still fine with me.
• Ignored Expert: They are experts for a reason. Listening to them often "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot. Shows that do this just to have a plot really leave me with a sour disposition towards the context. Can you say What An Idiot?
• I Just Want to Be Normal/Refusal of the Call: I don't care want if you want to be normal, especially since you've been given superpowers! So, get off your ass and entertain! Either that or provide a very tangible reason why you would say no. In any case, the author will be sure to keep you safe, or not.
• Murder Simulators: Yeah, because climbing across construction girders to fight an ape who kidnapped your girlfriend while dodging some Classic Video Game "Screw You"s qualified you to be an expert carptenter, didn't it? This thought process really needs to die, but I'll have my fun laughing at the people who seriously think this way too.
• Subbing Versus Dubbing: I really hate the stigma English dubs get regardless of their increasingly good quality, especially in recent years. As a fan of dubs, I ask this Armor-Piercing Question for the fanbases that prefer subs: What are your standards for bad Japanese voice acting, or what do you not like about it? After all, you don't speak Japanese, do you? You think it's above critisism or it's just better As Long as It Sounds Foreign, right? FUCK OFF with your comments about English dubs if this is really how you think.
• Viewers Are Morons: Especially when it comes to kids' shows and video games. It's the epitome of insulting an audience indirectly for not believeing in their learning capability or mental tolerance.
  • Viewers Are Goldfish: Or memory. Would fans of a show really forget explicitly clear and critical plot information in a week? A month? NO!!