May look like me, may not look like me
kaalban is a being. It is a human being, a person. One thing he can say for certain is that becoming a writer is his dream.
I lurk these forums as a mere observer, but I may participate in some of them. Still, you won't see much of me these days. Perhaps later.
Things I read/played/watched/whatever:
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Animes (and L Ns)
Comics
- Kingdom Come
- Justice League Dark (not finished)
- The Killing Joke - I suppose overexposure to Batman/Joker dynamic kinda killed the impact for me.
- Batman: Zero Year
- Batman: Year One
- The Long Halloween
- Batman: Dark Victory - actually liked this one more than Long Halloween.
- TheBoys - morbidly funny so far, but don't expect me to take it seriously.
Video Games
- NieR: Automata
- Bloodborne
- Doom (2016)
- Doom Eternal
- Dragon Age
- Crysis
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- Team Fortress 2
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Batman: Arkham Series - all the console games, love all of them.
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- Injustice 2
- Infamous
- Infamous 2
- inFAMOUS: Second Son
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
- The Force Unleashed
- Far Cry 4
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Kirby Super Star: The Ultra one, to be more precise.
- Dawn of War
- Rome: Total War
- Left4Dead
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - could not finish it. Maybe will try later.
- Assassin's Creed: Unity - not too bad, but... you know.
- Assassin's Creed Origins
- God Of War PS4
- Spider Man PS4
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Devil May Cry 5
- Death Stranding
- Monster Hunter: World
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - close to finishing it, me thinks.
- Hitman (2016)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - not finished yet, but loving it.
Films
- X-Men Film Series: XMen Days of Future Past, X2 XMen United and Logan come to mind.
- Planet of the Apes: The reboot trilogy.
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Wonder Woman
- The Dark Knight
- Man of Steel
- The Lord of the Rings
- Spider-Man Trilogy
- Revenge of the Sith
- It (2017)
- Aquaman
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Joker
- Ad Astra
- Sicario
- Arrival
- Blade Runner 2049
- Blade Runner
- Enemy
- Solaris
Literature
- The Lord of the Rings
- Fyodor Dostoevsky: My favorite author of Russian literature. Few of his characters affected mine.
- Harry Potter
- Rainbow Six
- The Captain's Daughter
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Fahrenheit 451
- A Song of Ice and Fire
- Things Fall Apart
- Nikolai Gogol - on my way of reading his works.
Forum Roleplays
Tropes that are connected to me
- Adorkable: Got this reaction from other people.
- Anti-Nihilist: Probably closest way to describe my philosophy. I still try to do no harm, despite knowing that it might be pointless.
- Asian and Nerdy: No need for explanation.
- The Cynic: I generally believe that humanity is capable of countless atrocities. And I think that humanity will kill itself eventually. Also, my thoughts... are disturbing, to say the least.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: What people tell me I am. Though I would like the 'heroic' part to be taken out.
- Literal-Minded: It died out a bit, but there are still traces of it.
- No Social Skills: Definitely.
- Worrying for the Wrong Reason: I worry too much about unnecessary things. Mostly about mistakes I might make.
- Yuri Fan: I'll admit. I like Yuri. I am even considering making my dark fantasy series Yuri, but I'm not so sure.
Tropes that I love/dislike
Tropes I love:
- Ambiguous Disorder: Not me. I use this trope frequently with my characters.
- Anti-Hero/Anti-Villain: However, I can appreciate standard heroes and villains.
- Battle Couple: It's both sweet and awesome.
- Becoming the Mask: Both good and bad situations.
- Darker and Edgier: Of course when it's done well. Also, I find myself incapable of writing completely lighthearted works (even Culture is not a straightforward comedy).
- Dysfunction Junction: Favorite trope.
- Cast Full of Crazy: ...Especially if it reaches this level.
- Hurting Hero: Best kinds.
- Morality Kitchen Sink: Even Grey-and-Gray Morality is boring to me. Throw in everything for spices and fun.
- Nightmare Fuel: Love creating these in my books.
Tropes that I dislike:
Except for Bad Writing Index tropes, I don't really have tropes that I hate with passion (not really). There are, however, that will entice this reaction from me: "Ugh... Really?"
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: This is the one that I detest the most.
- Double Standard: Another thing I detest. Especially regarding rape.
- Karma Houdini: ...Need I explain more?
- Medieval European Fantasy: I don't particularly mind it (and some fantasy works that I like are this), but there are just too many of this.
- Power Of Love: Probably because I don't believe in it.
- Power Walk: I...don't really like it. There are exceptions to this, though.
Trivias
- I won't disclose any details, but know that I now have around a whopping 32 stories and universes in mind, all of them being in different genres. Hopefully, when they come out, you'll find them fun and interesting.
- Some of my characters from my superhero series are being used in one of R Ps I participate (with some changes and adjustments, of course).
- Great interests of mine are history, psychology and sociology.
- I'm a native South Korean.
