underCoverSailsman
Peeks from Under Rocks
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Peeks from Under Rocks
#2: May 10th 2022 at 12:50:24 PM
Not just "fund stuff" but "Do actual, useful things" in secret.
Might be a case of Non-Indicative Name for the trope.
EmeraldSource
Since: Jan, 2021
#3: May 10th 2022 at 7:05:00 PM
Bare minimum the trope is about a persona a character puts on, known for being rich but an ambiguity with what they do with their time and money, which is why "no day job" is a key part of the trope. If it is used to describe purely "wealth and high society" type of characters then that is misuse.
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Rich Idiot With No Day Job is about a wealthy person pretending to coast by without a job, but actually does uses his money to fund stuff in secret, right? I'm only asking because every time I see it on a works page, it seems to always be describing somebody who's rich enough to basically do nothing at all, ala Upper-Class Twit or Idle Rich.
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