Syrika / Tropers - TV Tropes

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"It's difficult to throw your two cents in without them hitting someone in the head."

—Me

Hey everyone, I'm Syrika. I've decided to make a trope page! (By the by, Syrika is pronounced "sir-RYE-ka." Just thought I'd clear that up.)

So some stuff about me over here, since my tropes page is forever a work in progress. I'm usually a lot shyer in real life than on the forums and such, mostly because I can't speak as well as I write. I have three brothers - one who is the troper who introduced me to this site, Miscellaneous Soup - and a shih tzu.

I am a fangirl of many many cartoons and anime, which I shall list below if I ever figure out how to make windows. In any case, feel free to talk to me about anything!

Stuff I do - I write fanfiction on fanficton.net. I'm working on several stories at the moment, and have several published. They can be found here. Also, here's a link to my blog, where I did a blind liveblog of Pokemon Moon!

From 11/15/15 to 3/8/17, I was part of the City Of Lost Characters RP! I played Sadness from Inside Out before I switched to Wander and Sylvia. It's a super fun roleplay, so I recommend checking it out.

Oh hey, here's my Troper Wall! Took me a while to link that.^~^

Good news: I figured out how to use windows!

And now, more good news: I can actually do collapsible folders too!

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Tropes About Me

All Jews Are Ashkenazi: I am Jewish, and I am Ashkenazi. I know Sephardic people, though.
Apologizes a Lot: Zigzagged. I find it really hard to apologize at home, since my parents have a habit of doing the "that's okay, but let me tell you again what you did wrong" thing. In other situations, though, I do say sorry a lot. No apologies!
Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: I take long breaks in between working on my fanfiction, simply because I lose motivation.
Beneath the Mask: I am a weird case of this. In real life, I'm quiet and shy, hiding a random and excitable personality. On the Internet, I'm happy and optimistic, hiding a significantly more world-weary cynic. Shh you didn't hear that from me.
Berserk Button: Wish I could have another page to rant about them.
- Whenever my older brothers act immature.
- Homophobia.
- Rascism, bigotry, or anything along those lines.
- Any kind of Holocaust or Hitler joke. Just, please don't even.
- Sleeping through my alarm clock and being late for school.
- Losing my headphones.
- Overgeneralizing or stereotyping races, religions, fandoms, etc.
Berserker Tears: When I'm trying to publically argue for an issue that I'm passionate about, embarrassingly enough. This is why I'm not in debate club.
Better than a Bare Bulb: Going along with Self-Deprecating Humor, I lampshade everything.
The B Grade: That darn AP Statistics.
Bias Steamroller: Usually Played for Laughs, but I mock or stay away from anything live-action.
Big Sister Instinct: Even though I'm younger than two of my brothers, I feel like I take care of them a lot.
Brainy Brunette
Brilliant, but Lazy: Hoo boy. I have really good grades (:D) and I honestly think I have what it takes to become a writer for animation like I want to, and I got pretty good offers from colleges. I could have skipped first grade if I weren't a Fragile Flower. On the other hand, my studying habits are awful, and a lot of my time in class was spent editing this here tropes page. I even procrastinate on things that should be viewed as procrastination, like catching up on TV shows.
Brother–Sister Team: With Miscellaneous Soup, sometimes.
Browser Narcotic: It never ends!
Buffy Speak
Centipede's Dilemma: The reason why I can't do accents. I thought about it too hard.
Character Tic: Rubbing/scratching at my face or hair. Whenever I talk about time, even in months or days, I also tend to look at my watch, because the date is displayed above the time.
Closet Geek: Half my current life is dedicated to stealthily seeking out geeks similar to myself. It's a lonely life.
Cloudcuckoolander: I ask very strange questions sometimes just to get a reaction. "What would the world be like if you could read people's thoughts by looking at their eyes really closely?"
Contemplate Our Navels: Sometimes literally! But yes, I when I'm not being ditzy, I can be very philosophical.
Cool Big Bro: I've got one! And he's probably reading this right now!
Curtains Match the Window: Brown is a very unusual hair/eye color, I'll have you know!
Cuteness Proximity Around my shih tzu! Just look◊ at him!!!!!
Damned by Faint Praise: Most compliments towards me feel like this.
Dandere: At school.
Determinator: Anyone who completes NaNoWriMo is this, apparently. I've done it twice!
The Ditz
Does Not Like Shoes: Or most socks.
Enemy Within: During the month of October 2014, an evil spirit by the name of HallowedSa tried to take over my body. It worked...sort of.
- Old Shame: Ah, my roleplaying days.
Enraged by Idiocy: Hey high school, be less stupid!
Fangirl: Of numerous fandoms. And people.
Favorite Trope: Dead to Begin With; I love the concept and how the interactions with the living world play out.
- Anything having to do with Grand Theft Me.
- Related to the above, Sharing a Body, especially if it involves telepathy and talking-to-someone-nobody-can-see hijinks.
- For some reason, I love characters that are The Eeyore, like Napstablook and Sadness.
- Character Tics. They add so much to the character with so little fanfare.
Functional Addict: All right, I admit it! I am addicted...to You Tube videos. Hardly kidding.
Genius Ditz: Even though I'm a weirdo, I'm definitely not stupid.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: I have a collection of stuffed animals my mom and grandma have given me for Valentine's Day. And I'm the proud owner of an Altaria plushie!
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Played straight in real life, occasionally averted on the Internet.
Guilty Pleasure: Several. Off the top of my head, Monster High.
"Have a Nice Day" Smile: I draw this everywhere.
Heaven Seeker
I Hate Past Me: Man, I was a weirdo in kindergarten to fourth grade.
I Just Want to Be Normal: In high school.
I Just Want to Be Special: For after high school.
Intelligence Equals Isolation: I was often away from my crazy classmates reading - or on my laptop, as I got older. I like peace and quiet sometimes.
It's Popular, So It Sucks!: I can be biased. But not always.
Jewish and Nerdy: Heh. Yeah.
Jumped at the Call: Downplayed version, but when it comes to volunteering, I'm usually the "to heck with it, no one else is going to" kind of person.
Kuudere: Mix of types 2 and 3 in real life. See Sugar and Ice Personality below.
Laconic: A Cloudcuckoolander, Brilliant, but Lazy, purple, and world-weary teenaged girl who loves cartoons and doesn't care much for reality.
The Lancer: I'm very quiet and nerdy, unlike my other friend.
Like Is, Like, a Comma: ...Sorry.
Memetic Mutation: I have some between MiscellaneousSoup and I.
- 'C'mon, Jeffrey!'^explanation
- "Grandma's Earth friends Kevin and Phil"
Messy Hair: Brushing is not real high on the list of things I need to get done before school.
Most Annoying Sound: Not a video game example, but DO NOT drum your pencil on the desk around me. I will despise you. The more clattery it is, the more annoying. I also hate real drum sets, mostly loud rock beats.
Most Wonderful Sound: You know that sound when someone in Pokemon X&Y challenges you to a battle/trade?
- And also!! Scratching on those holographic plastic things!
Myers Briggs: I'm INFP - "Healer" or "Mediator" - full stop.
Naïve Newcomer: I was this when I got my first job as a cart pusher in a grocery store.
Nerd: Of course!
Nice Character, Mean Actor: Faaaaaar downplayed, but I'm more upbeat and patient online because joining the multitudes of flame wars already in existence isn't gonna help any.
Nice Girl
no punctuation is funnier: It's how I'm funny.
Not a Morning Person: UUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
Not So Stoic: Anyone who bothers to talk to me at school will probably find this out quickly.
Old Shame: I have a couple of Yu Gi Oh fanfictions, back from my early days as a fanfic writer, that were torn up and wiped from existence before they ever reached the Internet. I have a couple of Yu Gi Oh fanfics that have reached the Internet, and I still don't like them all that much.
Only Sane Man: To give you an example, just before I wrote this I was sitting on a chair on my laptop while my classmates scream and run around and chase after each other. High school classmates. We're not kindergartners, guys, jeez!
- And now the girls are looking in the boys' bathroom - you know what, I don't think you guys could handle it if I liveblogged about an entire day of school.
Pet-Peeve Trope: Gonna add these as they come!
- The Bully and Alpha Bitch
- Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male
Preacher's Kid: My dad is a rabbi!
Precision F-Strike: See Gosh Dang It to Heck!.
The Protagonist: Of my life.
The Quiet One: Among my friends.
Rapunzel Hair: Gettin' soooo long.
- As of late, averted! I cut it much shorter for Locks of Love.
- IT'S LONG AGAIN!
Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic: *uh um um*
Rounded Character: If I were a fictional character, I'd be a super good one because of how dimensional I am.
Running Gag: Me falling off the edge of the screen and dying in Smash Brothers.
- For some reason, I'm just absolutely unable to finish Death Note. I don't know if it's from Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy or what, but I love it and I really do want to get to the finale.
  - January 22, 2016: I did it!!!! I'm so happy!!!
- Whenever I learn some sort of new, usually mundane bit of information, I sometimes end up saying something along the lines of "My whole life is a lie!"
Self-Deprecation: Sometimes.
Serial Tweaker: Watching me type in real time is just embarrassing, really, because of the amount of times I type, delete, type, delete...
Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: As much as I'd like to be a case of Beware the Nice Ones, I'm too timid to yell at or even lightly admonish people, even if they hit my Berserk Buttons.
Shorter Means Smarter
Shrinking Violet: My mask fits this to a T.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: C'mon, life! Gimme a Nice Jewish Boy!
Smart People Wear Glasses: I thought about contacts, but...nah.
Squee: Always.
Stoic Woobie: No matter what: if something's going on inside, I will hide it from everyone. Badly, since I'm kinda obvious, but you know.
Straight Edge
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: I'm very, very quiet and school, and I don't talk to people much, but I'm always polite and nice. Just reserved. Eye contact's not a big thing either. I'm a totally different person with friends and family, though.
Super-Speed Reading: Totally played straight.
Surrounded by Idiots: Not you, though!
Sweet Tooth
Teens Are Short: I'm about 4 feet, 9 inches, and not optimistic of the future.
The Tetris Effect: Happens to me all over the place. For example, during NaNoWriMo 2015, I found myself stretching out the word count of anything I wrote so I could meet my imaginary "quota."
- Oddly enough, if I read a good book, I think in the style of the book for a while after that.
Tranquil Fury: When I'm not suffering from Berserker Tears (see above). Know that I'm crying on the inside.
Token Minority: Judaism.
TV Tropes Has Ruined My Life: OH GOD WHYYYYYYY
TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary: Not outright saying tropes is a struggle.
Unusual Euphemism: "HOLY FUDGEWAFFLES!"
Vanilla Protagonist: I feel like I'm often surrounded by people more colorful than I am.
Verbal Tic: "Just" or "really," especially online or in writing.
Weight Woe
Wiki Walk: So many tabs...
Writers Cannot Do Math: I mean, I'm not really bad at it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: I usually prefer to outline my work, but I am known to do this on occasion.
YKTTW: I'm relatively active in attempting to make tropes.
- My first successfully launched trope is Campfire Character Exploration!
- Temporarily Exaggerated Trait
Younger Than They Look: I've been mistaken for someone in their early twenties. This may have been because I was cosplaying at the time, and my hair was dyed gray...
Zettai Ryouiki: Grade D-F depending on what pants I'm wearing. But that's only because I don't care about fashion, so don't, you know, judge me.

Fandoms (Stuff I Like)

The Hall of Best Characters

Note: These are in alphabetical order, not order of favorites. Otherwise my head would explode trying to decide. Also, this is no longer accurate, because I can't keep up with all my favorite characters. The list of fandoms is still in date, though!

Garnet

GLaDOS

Jaeris

Leo Valdez

Natural Harmonia ("N")^*

Nico di Angelo

Niko

Peridot

Pit

Raven

sans

What you're seeing is a snapshot of me from my teenage years. I am 18 as of adding this note, and I can tell that my days as a frequent troper are coming to an end. Also, the Hall of Best Characters is hideously out of date. Where's Crona?!

Please judge this accordingly!

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