BEHOLD!!!!!...It's my contributer's page. Nothing special, really. Yeah, I suck when it comes to writing intros, so sue me...
Anyway, where to begin...My name's Gary, one which I wouldn't mind swapping out for a better name, preferably a few more letters but for convenience's sake it's stayed put (I have never liked short names or nicknames.) My last name's worse-hardly anyone can spell it right 'cause it's German.
Okay, getting back on topic...I am the husband of fellow troper and lovely Cloudcuckoolander Mamanerd, father to our wonderful four-year old son Nicholas. I'm a 26-year old retail drone who's lived in New Hampshire, California, Hawaii and Colorado, having worked in bookstores, department stores, movie theaters, retirement home kitchens, fast food...yeah, haven't really found anything that sticks career wise. May get to college one day and I'd like to think I'd get through it all right-alas, I am Brilliant, but Lazy and it may be a while before anything significant happens (sorry, Mamanerd, my love.)
Been a lurker here for a long time, driven here by The Wheel Of Time re-read thread on Tor.com. TV Tropes really has ruined our lives-been late to work a few times because we forget to look away from the screen and towards that tiny clock right next to it. Stupid Tv Tropes...grrr...
Various fandoms are likely to be listed here, underneath personal stuff and the like. I've collected quite a few over the years, from casual to die-hard interest, and my wife, mother and the rest of the family have often lead me astray and brought me to fandom pastures new plenty of times. Doctor Who was my first fandom, seen off and on as a kid, firmly cemented as my all-time favorite after watching the TV Movie back in 1996 (I was 11, thought it was cool, still have a soft spot for it, Discontinuity be damned), followed by PBS viewings every Friday and obsessive purchasing of videos, DVD's and the books of the expanded universe. Will always love that one above all others...
By the way,before further reading: BEWARE-if you haven't figured it out already, I can wax on about things for hours on end if I want to. Usually quiet, no good in social situations, yet I have a love for words and ranting...it makes for some weird results at times.
Sorry about the Wall of Text style of writing, by the way. I tend to speak like that as well-how my wonderful wife puts up with me, I'll never know...
LORD_FENRIC'S PERSONAL TROPES
- Nerd- My wife describes it as the Insufferable Genius type.
- Meganekko-I'm 6 foot, 6 inches tall, have worn glasses since I was eight, only member of the family not to go for contact lenses at some point (I'd look ridiculous, that's why...)
- Deadpan Snarker-No, really...
- Papa Bear-Don't mess with my son. Stop glaring at his handwaving and loud noises, too, please-he has autism, it can't be helped. I know none of you here on TV Tropes would, but still...glares
- Red Oni, Blue Oni-I'm Blue to my wife's red, so I've been told.
- Victorious Childhood Friend-Victoria and I met in 3rd Grade, hated each other at first (we were both the school geniuses and I was very competitive when it came to grades and spelling/geography bees-I always came in first, much to her annoyance), eventually fell in love and became Happily Married three days after high school graduation.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl-Sort of. Victoria's 5'8, not a bad height for a woman. However, I'm 6'6, weigh quite a bit, have American size 16 shoes...yeah, I very much dwarf her, so this trope's sort of in effect.
- Badass Bookworm-Well, my wife thinks I'm one. I suppose I can be. I'm very much the bookish type yet I'm strong enough to lift a washing machine up two flights of stairs and in and out the back of a van by myself. I also destroyed my parents' kitchen ceiling fans by walking into them too much-I claim they're too low down, they would tell me I needed to be shrunk a couple inches. Stupid short people rule everything, grr...
- Hollywood Nerd-Type I, the stereotypical. Says my wife, again,. She wrote much of this list for me, by the way, if you can't tell...I'm just adding my take on it.
- Nerds Are Virgins-Averted. And thank God it was...
- Asperger Syndrome- Unofficially diagnosed. My mother, a medical transcriptionist, has read many books on the subject and claims I have it. I have taken tests that say so, my son has autism which is a link. So Yeah...
- Gentle Giant-I am quite passive to the point of indolence at times. Get me angry, though, and you'll see the results soon enough...
- Technicolor Eyes-They're bluish-gray. My wife says there are bits of green and gold floating about in there.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping-A sort of inversion, I think. I'm American, have a tendency to sound British at times, likely due to Anglophile nature and hanging around my British grandfather a lot as a kid.
- Strawman Political-Very much a die-hard conservative as a teenager. Softened a bit- I support environmental measures and gay rights nearly as much as I do pro-guns, pro-life, pro-small government and anti-tax measures these days. Still can't stand most of the Democrats, though (not saying I like all the Republicans either, mind you...)
- Berserk Button-Money. Working retail, there is never enough of it. Also, lack of driver's license-I get twitches and panic attacks when attemtping to drive and have terrible sense of direction and the like. Messing with my family and property will likewise set me off.
- The Unfavorite-As a kid, it sure felt like it. 3rd son of five kids with huge age difference between each pair of siblings, always ignored 'cause I was the quiet kid who did well in school and never made any trouble, was insulted and yelled at by my oft-ungrateful grandmother repeatedly and behind my parents backs, always given hand-me-downs and forced to share practically everything as a kid (and always had the good stuff taken by older jerkass brothers)-hell, even forgotten at church by my parents a couple times. Now I seem to be the favorite and such (being the only kid to give my parents a grandson helps.)Love my family to bits, but yeah, I have plenty of resentment issues.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold-Once again, so says my wife. I can be a jerk at times, true, but heart of gold? Are you certain? Eh, whatever...love you , dear, glad to know someone thinks highly of me...
- Nerds Are Sexy-So says my wife(who really is a sexy nerd). Being 6'6 and weighing about 300 pounds (I've weighed as much as 400), having crooked glasses and stupid ears plus goofy plain brown hair....yeah, I tend to disagree.
- Why Did It Have to Be Bees?
- Gratuitous German-Took it in high school, a bit has stuck around, use it every now and then...
- Gushing About Shows You Like-As well as books and movies and generally anything I become a fan of. Not as bad as my lovely hyperactive wife, however...
- Fanboy- As you are about to see here in a minute...
FANDOMS
- TV SHOWS-
- Doctor Who-Always No. 1 fandom for me! Can't wait for Series 6 (or is it Fnarg 2.0?)
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Firefly
- Babylon Five-The first of all these shows that I actually watched on a regular basis, still a favorite
- Farscape
- NCIS
- Lost
- Scrubs
- Torchwood
- The Daily Show
- The Colbert Report
- Star Trek (Well, some of the times...)
- Stargate-I've seen some, like what I watched
- Avatar The Last Airbender
- The Simpsons-Well, the older seasons and the movie, anyway...
- Monty Pythons Flying Circus
- Good Eats
- Iron Chef America
- Invader Zim
- South Park
- Futurama
- Red Dwarf
- The Vicar Of Dibley
- Blackadder
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- BOOKS-
- The Lord Of The Rings
- Harry Potter
- The Wheel Of Time
- A Song Of Ice And Fire
- The Dresden Files
- Codex Alera
- Kushiels Legacy
- The Vorkosigan Saga
- The Name Of The Wind
- Temeraire
- The works of Brandon Sanderson
- Discworld
- Good Omens
- The Chronicles Of Narnia
- The works of Neil Gaiman
- Dune
- Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
- Enders Game
- Tuf Voyaging
- Brave New World
- The works of HG Wells, Jules Verne, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C Clarke, Arthur Conan Doyle, HP Lovecraft, etc.
- The short stories of George RR Martin as well...
- Non-fiction wise, I love biographies, historical texts, books on symbols and art, atlases and encyclopedias
- ANIME-
- Cowboy Bebop-Excellent Gateway Series, love any and all music-Tank! is up there with the Doctor Who theme as all-time favorite theme music...
- Fullmetal Alchemist-Seen both animes (prefer Brotherhood, love both, though), read some of the manga. Likewise love this series. Probably my favorite of all the anime we've watched so far-we've watched Brotherhood three times already, holding off again until the dub's finished, though (we think)
- Baccano- Excellent anime, behind Fullmetal as my favorite, need to view it all in the dub...
- Death Note-Loved it. Exactly as planned
- Trigun- My brother let me watch this one as a kid, only anime I really saw for years. Re-watching it now, love it as much as I did then.
- Spirited Away-Great movie, need to see other works by Hayao Miyazaki...
- Bleach- Read the first volume of the manga so far. Like what I've read.
- Dragonball Z-Loved it as a kid, not so enamored of it now save for nostalgia's sake
- Kekkaishi- Another interesting one, seen a few episodes, need to view from the beginning...
- Samurai Champloo-The first few episodes are very, very good, need to get back to watching this...
- Neon Genesis Evangelion-Despite the mind screw and some other things that made me go WTF, this was actually quite an enjoyable show. I've seen the first Rebuild movie, too, was even better despite being essentially 90-something percent the same as the first six episodes only with really, really good animation-especially the bits with Ramiel, the bizarre tetrahedron-shaped Angel.
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann-Quite good so far, even the stuff after episode eight, despite the claims of some. Wasn't expecting to like it, surprised.
- FLCL -I seem to be the only one who isn't gushing over this show. It's all right but rather difficult to get into, perhaps a little too madcap manic for me. Perhaps a second viewing and re-appraisal are needed (my wife loves it, though)
- Code Geass-Very good, quite fun to watch, reminds me of Gundam Wing (which I haven't seen in years, will have to look for that again some time)
- Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle-Reading the manga, primarily, but liked the few episodes of the anime that I've seen. Will need to get into xxxHolic some time as well to get the complete story.
- VIDEO/PC GAMES-Not too many of these, but there's a few...
- Final Fantasy- VI and VII I've played a bit, loved watching it as a kid (my brothers only ever let me watch, never play. Never have had the money or time to develop a big gaming hobby.)
- Various Mario games as a kid
- Shining Force
- Lords Of The Realm II-It's an old medieval conquest Sim type game, loved it as a kid...
- Halo
- Left 4 Dead
- Team Fortress 2
- Portal
- The Sims
- Tropico
- COMICS (WEB OR DEAD TREE KIND)
- Watchmen
- Girl Genius
- Order Of The Stick
- Scott Pilgrim
- The Sandman
-As for hobbies and the like, well, I draw, read, study the obscure and the arcane, attempt to write my own novel (wall of text writing style+writer's block=no book so far. Sigh...) I happen to have a soft spot for animals, too-they are delicious (* gets smacked by wife) Okay, okay, I like cats and dogs and ferrets and pretty much any fuzzy, adorable pet you can think of. I also love to play with my son and try to raise him to be a proper little nerd (he loves Doctor Who as much as I do!). Conventions are also fun whenever I can afford to go...
POTENTIAL FANDOMS
- My wife has a list of animes we need to see/read/whatever on her page. If anyone is actually reading this and happens to be curious, you may check her page. If you wish, you may suggest new fandoms in the space below.
Beneath this bar, you may write what you wish. It is wise not to incur the wrath of the Lord_Fenric, however. If one does so, he may get very upset and likely not respond. Or something. Yeah...
- I'm the first to write here. I hope you're having a good time, because I certainly am. ~ Aliroz The Confused.
- Yep, definitely having a great time so far, thanks for writing!
- ... Do I know you from somewhere? You seem vaguely familiar... OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND ME!!!!!!! * Faints* -Mamanerd (ya think? ;)
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BaronLord Fenric, I hereby welcome you with a poorly constructed sentence with bad grammar! Enjoy. — jcruz - Yeah, writing Wall of Text can be pretty fun sometimes. You just have to start writing and writing and writing and writing, not necessarily saying something coherent, and just keep it going and going and going until you just get bored or start rambling weird stuff. In that case, of course, there's no reason to stop at all and you better start doing it all over again and it's so simple, just like that and voilá, you have a pretty, nice home-made bunch of text that you may start analyzing and reading and some other stuff and maybe, just maybe, it will teach you a little something about yourself or the person who wrote it. Of course, you run the risk of finding you just read a long string of nonsense and start cursing the heavens, kicking kittens and spitting fire, all against the poor sap who wrote the things you just read. Of course, that's only my opinion, maybe I'm wrong and there's nobody out there so annoying that would do something like that, especially if he doesn't speak english as his first tongue, risking himself to look like a fool butchering a language; maybe he should just write it in Spanish, his mother tongue, and it would keep going and going and it would be definitely much longer and... wait a minute. When did this thing stopped being about you and started being about me? - Amused Troper Guy
