Tropers / D Jay 32

I'm DJay32. I'm in my twenties. I identify, these days, as "not really British" and "not sure if real." I joined TV Tropes for the support and the incredibly caring community people have around here, and I stayed for the sheer addiction of categorizing tropes in day-to-day situations.

I write some things. If you want, you can follow me on Tumblr. My YouTube account isn't much good. I also have a very peculiar thread in OTC which you can find tropes for further down.

Specific stories that have tropes pages:

• Dark Chao Adventures: Sonic / Chao fanfic I started when I was ten. It is somehow still going, on AO3 now.
• OH GOD THE RAPTURE IS BURNING: An apocalypse written and felt. Currently being changed into an actual final draft, so working on this tropes page is not my priority yet. One book down, one to go!
• Topography Genera: Lots and lots of blogs about science and water. Now a book!
• Viceking's Graab: An endless labyrinth tomb of words. Difficult to get a grip on, let alone make tropes for, but the story is complete, so there is that. Well. Mostly.

To any and all vandalists: I love and wholly support you in every sense of our words.

Vandalism

HUG!!!!!!!

Because you totally deserve it. ~PasswordForgettingTroper

Vandalism cont'd

• Cerulean Skies, here! Dude, you need a hug. I hope it gets better for you. *hugs!*
• Hello Jordan Dooling. This is a nice contributor page. Your posts amuse me. ~The Camper
• Why so little vandalism? Doesn't make sense. You should have the most vandalised page in this internet. -Dealan
• Just saying Hi! -Dontcallmewave
• Also saying Hi, and hoping against hope that things go well for you. - Metalitia
• Hi, and once again, thanks for introducing me to some amazing music! I really hope things improve for you soon. -Xandriel
• Hello. Just want to let you know that you are tougher than you realize. Hold on to your dreams. -SM Soldier
• One. Hundred. Thousand. Million. Hugs. I just read your post on that thread. Dear God. I wanted to kill myself just from reading it! It made me want to cuddle you and make it all go away. Hopefully you don't need that anymore, but if you ever do let me know and I will cyber-cuddle you! - NoriMori
• *glomp* You are a wonderful person. -Kamera
• HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG HUG!!!!! You KICK ASS at life! ~boyob13
• WHY HASN'T EVERYONE ON TV TROPES GIVEN YOU A BIG HUG?! ;_; <333 Ahsdfhfskgj I almost cried reading that whole thing, I can't even begin to fathom how that level of dysfunction is possible... All I can really say is please grow up soon so you don't have to live there anymore!;; - TeamKarasu <33
• Read the thread, gotta hug ya! You are a jewel of this world, and TV Tropes became a better place when you came along. I know you're not religious, but may God bless your path my friend.
• Ethereal here, a million hugs from me. You are the best and bravest person on here. And you got me into a kick-ass band as well! :D
• Well, is was about time I vandalized your page. I sincerely wish you luck. -Viral Sun
• You're getting a hug from me. I feel so sorry for you, and I have to admit, you're a braver person that I am. I wouldn't be able to deal with what you're going through. I hope it gets better. ~ Savvy Angel
• Holy mother of Celestia...Dude, you deserve a hug. Props to you for even being strong enough to ask for help. I know alot of people wouldn't've (probably take the easy way out instead), but you did, and for that, I say good on ya. Best of luck to you, friend. Hope everything works out. -Blake Diamond
• Let me just say this. Dude, you are awesome, and I want to give you a big hug for being so awesome. You have my sincerest respect for going through all of that and just...awesome ~ MysticSongbird
• Lots, LOTS, a huge fuckload of hugs for you from Hungary, man! Also brofist for loving prog. - Kugi
• HUGS. All of my hugs. -Ozimul

Applied Tropes

• Crowning Moment Of Awesome: for the whole thread. For all of us. And from all of us: you rock.
  • Seconded. And Thirded, and fourth-ded. -Kexruct
  • And fifth-ded, and sixth-ded, and seventh-ded, and.... ~PasswordForgettingTroper
  • Eighth-ded? -Ultrayellow
  • Ninth-ded, and tenth-ded, and ... and nth-ded, where n -> ∞. Else this trope alone will break the servers. -Dealan
  • Nth-ded. And I didn't even read the whole thread, just the first page of the thread and then this part, and it still almost made me cry to see how far you've come in between. Can't wait to read the other 66 pages leading up to this part. I'm so happy for you that things are better, that this hasn't ended in tragedy, that there are happy endings (except without the "ending", because you've still got a lot of life ahead of you!), et cetera. I know it was an awesome moment for me, hopefully it was just as awesome for you! - NoriMori
• Woobie: You could be the TV Tropes Official Woobie.
  • Iron Woobie
• Nightmare Fuel: The blogs.
• Why Did It Have To Be Spiders His house seems infested with the things.

Tropes applying to Massive Story Inside

Tropes applying to Massive Story Inside (by the Tropers)

Introduction:

"First of all, I'm very new around here. Hi. Um.. I.. I apologize in advance if this belongs somewhere else. But I.. you guys, the Tropers, seem like nice, kind people. From looking at the actual site. You seem sympathetic and caring. So I.. I just want to see if someone could help me somehow."

— DJay32

So began the moving and true chronicle of DJay32, a then-fifteen-year-old member of the TV Tropes forum.

Could someone.. help? A bit? Please? *Massive Story Inside* is a TV Tropes thread started in November 2010. Initiated as a desperate call for help from an abused teen in a toxic home, the thread grew into an ongoing account of his life and travails as DJay fought to survive and to find a better life away from his tyrannical and physically abusive father.

And when we say the thread grew, we do mean grew. As of this writing, the thread is 115 pages long and counting, with a post count of 2,872 posts covering a period of ten months. In that time, a great number of tropers have come and gone, though a core group has stayed through most of it, and has lead to some Thread Hopping from newcomers.

^Summary So basically, a bit over a year ago D Jay was in a bad spot. And by bad spot I mean being physically abused and neglected, the former mostly from his father. He started this thread, started looking for help. First there as fostering. Response: "We don't foster 16-year-olds". Then there was lots of moving around, and less food. He tried getting in touch with a doctor, and then a thought came up about moving to America, as his green card hadn't expired and his brother Nathan and his girlfriend were moving there to his families old house. D Jay asked Nathan if her could move over there, and they indicated approval. (He did, if not very enthusiastically) D Jay's dad wasn't willing to buy him a ticket, and his green card was near expired...

^Cont. But then two tropers pitched in and bought him a plane ticket to the US. There, he found a crowded house with occupants who were... young. And money was tight, so there still wasn't plentiful food, but it was okay. There was a good school, with a marching band, a counselor who wasn't useless, and friendly people. There was music and slender horrors and happiness, even if he didn't really have a bedroom and it was hard to get to sleep.

^{Even more...} Then came Torchwood, and the army of... wait, no. No. That's not right. Then came increasing financial problems and "the new guy". The new guy who threatened D Jay's life, health, and freedom, who consistently blamed him for every single possible tiny misstep, according to the most exacting of standards. The police got involved. Then came the revelation that Kit and Nathan didn't think they'd actually said yes to Djay's arrival. With the other housemates turning against the student who wasn't contributing money to the house, a variety of options were considered, but ultimately the solution came from the unlikeliest source: JD's father. A plane ticket back to the UK; a return ticket. And JD took it.

^More He returned home to find unexpected peace. His mother informed him that his father had been in marriage counselling while D Jay was in the states. He enrolled in college, and started studying. They've moved to Cornwall, stressfully. And... we come to the present.

^End There, a vague fuzzy summary. Seriously, read the whole thing. (Thanks to Laura for writing!)

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The thread provides examples of:

• Abusive Parents: Unfortunately, for the most part they seem to not want to acknowledge it, or simply don't realize what they're doing.
• Adults Are Useless: Several social workers came and spoke with the family. Nothing happened.
  • Subverted by Iaculus
• Angrish: Various reactions to DJay's dad taking control of the discussion with the social worker in January.
• Big, Screwed-Up Family
• Berserk Button: DJay's dad has.. quite a few.
• Blatant Lies: "Don't go to the doctor/do this or that; we're gonna feed you a lot more from now on."
• Brain Bleach: That kid's gonna need a lot.
• Calling the Old Man Out: It's been attempted, but only led to more trouble.
• Crowning Momentof Awesome: Many.
  • DJay might be able to go to America — if he can pay for the ticket. So what happens?
    Iaculus and Antony get together the £809 in less than two weeks, each trading off outdoing each other and downplaying it on the thread.
    OK, perhaps I should clarify this. The ticket ended up costing £809 due to the relatively close date. Mark had agreed to split the price fifty-fifty, but seeing as it was pricier than anticipated, I made it clear that he didn't need to hold up his side of the bargain if he felt this would hurt his wallet too much.

    So he sent me £500 instead.
• Berserk Button: DJay's dad has.. a few.
• Disc-One Final Dungeon: The interview with the social worker.
• Disproportionate Retribution: DJay's father has bruised him for trying to walk out of an argument, to name one example.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: So far, though time will tell if it lasts.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: DJay's father again.
• Hope Spot: Social worker, Spain..
• The Insomniac: DJay has nothing to sleep for, no school to prepare for.
• Ironic Echo: Unintentionally, and yet so fitting. Wow. Just... Wow.
• It Got Worse: Several times. ..more than several. Countless.
• I Will Show You Abuse: Yes, this was actually said by his father.
• Karma Houdini: What with how often the authorities don't do anything, and with even the social services concluding DJay was "not at risk," it's pretty safe to say his father is this.
• Kick the Dog: When DJay's mom tried to strangle him.
• Machiavelli Was Wrong
• Misery Builds Character: Can happen while reading the thread.
  • Or maybe the trope was added because it applies to DJay's life.
• Mood-Swinger: DJay isn't 100% emotionally stable.
• Mood Whiplash: Can frequently happen
• Overly Long Name: "The Fountain in the Presence of Metropolis, pt. 3: The Return of the Giant Count of Tuscany who Lies Down on Broadway," movement twelve: The Willing Well V: Exogenesis part four: The Seventh Degree of Inner Turbulence: Post-Apocalypse in 148/8. ^note Discussing what soundtrack a film adaptation of the thread would contain. DJay suggested a Mega Crossover Progressive Rock piece lasting seven hours.
• Race Against the Clock: DJay's greencard, since he is out of the States, expires on August 7th, 2011. It doesn't look like his parents intend on returning before then, so some tropers chip in and buy him a plane ticket.
• Recap Episode: The thread so far is recapped in a few posts.
• Stockholm Syndrome: Especially evident in the early pages, though the tropers manage to help DJay out of it in most cases.
• Take a Third Option: The choice was between stay in England with whatever new friends DJay might make, or move to an undetermined state in America with no certainty if life would get better. He was able to go back to the state he came from, to finish high school, and without his own family. All thanks to tropers.
• Troll: Averted and lampshaded. "When I first started reading, I suspected that you were a troll, and the whole thing would end in Bel Air. The more I read, however, the more I really, really wished it would."
• The Un-Favourite
• "Well Done, Son" Guy
• Wham Line: "We can't foster sixteen-year olds."
• What Could Have Been: On the very first page, post 21, DJay almost decides to just not post anymore. But after several days, he posts again and hasn't stopped since. The whole thread could have been cut short. Very short. There's no telling what might have become of him.

The thread in its entirety can be read here.