Tropers / Kyler Thatch

A random twenty-something doodlehead whose point of obsession changes as often as the weather. Also has an incredible fondness for puns. Most of his contributions include adding new examples to a trope when he happens to notice them. Occasionally, he also does a little bit of cleaning up, like removing redundant lines or putting examples next to each other if they're from the same book/movie/whatever. Most of the time, though, he's lurking around on the forums.

Used to run a D&D 3.5 campaign called "Into the Umbra"^* (whose thread has now been lost to the ages, and the forum's automagic archiving system), a tale of mystery, intrigue, and nonexistent dragons. It didn't survive the collision course with Real Life, but it was fun while it lasted.

Likes: Character Development, Earn Your Happy Ending
Dislikes: Measuring the Marigolds

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Tropes Launched:

• Purely Aesthetic Glasses (launched as Brainy Specs)
• Crosshair Aware
• Terrible Ticking

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Works Pages Created:

• Alone in a Crowd
• Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
• Tomorrow's Doom
• Weesh

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Lyrical Signature Gallery

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The world has forgotten, the world moved along

The crowd at his window went back to their homes

—They Might Be Giants, "Meet James Ensor"

If I could give all my love to you

I could justify myself, but I'm just not coming through

—Counting Crows, "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel is Dead)"

I am the one who loved you, I am the one who cried

I am the one who watched while you died

—Next To Normal, "I Am the One (reprise)"

Got a fist of pure emotion, got a head of shattered dreams

Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

—Take That!, "Back for Good"

Minsan pa ulan, bumuhos ka't h'wag nang tumigil pa

Hatid mo may bagyo, dalangin ito ng puso kong sumasamo

—Ryan Cayabyab, "Tuwing Umuulan At Kapiling Ka"

Hope don't matter, it don't matter

Time will pulse on, and tomorrow will come and go

—Kerrigan-Lowdermilk, "Two Strangers"

Here's a riddle for you, find the answer

"There's a reason for the world: you and I"

—Five for Fighting, "The Riddle"

From my heart and from my hand

Why don't people understand my intentions?

—Oingo Boingo, "Weird Science"

Daan-daang larawan ang nagdaraan sa aking paningin

Daan-daang nakaraan, ibinabalik ng simoy ng hangin

—Rivermaya, "Ulan"

Am I hurting? Am I sad? Should I stay or should I go?

I've forgotten how to tell. Did I ever even know?

—Cristina Vee, "Bad Apple! (English)"

Offer up your best defense, but this is the end

This is the end of the innocence

—Don Henley, "End of the Innocence"

They say we are what we are

But we don't have to be

—Fall Out Boy, "Immortals"

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