I am Antonio Calavera, Filipino TV Tropes addict and English teacher extraordinaire! I've been lurking on the wiki for years and have been immensely pleased with its growth and friendly, sensible attitude towards fiction and its parallels in Real Life.
I am a single, geeky, bespectacled lecturer of English literature at a major Jesuit university in Quezon City. I have been a licensed pilot since my college years and am a great fan of graphic novels and Science Fiction. I play more Video Games than are good for me, fly my family's souped-up Cessna 152 on weekends whenever possible, and procrastinate way too much when checking my students' papers.
I also enjoy Scuba diving, flying with Dad, and pestering my students, whom I love dearly despite their perpetual grammar problems. After a hiatus of five years, I'm back to writing fan fiction as well.
In addition to providing hours of entertainment, TV Tropes has greatly influenced me in the way I think about literature and media, and my students have reaped the benefits. After years of lurking, I've decided to get known and become a Contributor so that I can give something back.
- Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Waistcoat: check. Pocketwatch: check. Fedora: check.
- Class Representative: Was one back in college for my Literature block. They called me the block head.
- Cool Teacher: Was recently voted "Legendary Teacher" in a university-wide poll.
- Cool Shades: Helps with the above.
- The Dumbledore: Not nearly old enough to be one, but someday...
- Evil Laugh: Used whenever a student inquires about upcoming exams.
- Geek: Egregiously
- Hot Teacher: Allegedly, though his students probably say that so he'll raise their grades...
- Info Dump: Insists that lecture is not an obsolete teaching method, just not done well enough.
- Most Tropers Are Young Nerds: Guilty as charged.
- Mr. Exposition: Tends to teach from memory. Having a major in English Literature, a minor in Philosophy, and an in-progress master's degree in Literary and Cultural Studies helps.
- Mysterious Teacher's Lounge: Averted. His cubicle is crammed to the gills with books, guarded by a plush carabao, and is the site of essay consultations.
- Nice Hat: Defining appearance trope; wears a certified replica of Indiana Jones' fedora
- Noli Me Tangere: Undergraduate thesis topic
- Politically Motivated Teacher: Expects his students to make the Philippines a better place someday.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Can be negotiated with regarding most class requirements. Compensates by giving ridiculously hard exams.
- Trickster Mentor: Not above mindgaming students during writing assignments
- Wacky College: Natural habitat
- Frozen
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- His Dark Materials
- Final Fantasy X
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Code Geass
- Swat Kats
- The Real Adventuresof Jonny Quest
- Justice League Unlimited
- Starcraft
- Sins Of A Solar Empire
- Aliens Vs Predator
- F.E.A.R.
- Crysis
- Assassins Creed
- Mechwarrior
- Star Trek
- Star Wars
- Serenity
- Batman
- Superman
- XKCD
- Questionable Content
- Sinfest
- Darths And Droids
- Schlock Mercenary
