(I'm not sure where this really belongs, so I'm putting it in YF for now. Mods, feel free to move it to Forum Games if you think it fits better there.)
The point of this thread is to list your favorite tropers and say what makes you like them so much. Please be specific; we already have Gushing About Shows You Like if you want to gush about TV Tropes or the Forums in general.
EDIT: Chopped the list because it's now quite outdated, and there are some comments in here that only made sense back in 2009 and may have even been a bit creepy.
edited 20th Apr '12 1:34:45 PM by lee4hmz
Tongpu has a lot of common sense. He should be gushed about. 
Why not? Doesn't everyone have some possibly good traits?
The dude is a complete fucking sociopath.
The Ant King
Every role he fulfills could be better fulfilled by someone else.
Kill all math nerds
Err, uh, mkay.
Good for arguing...?
...Tropers can have their own Troper Tales sub-pages?edited 11th Jul '10 8:12:29 PM by Noimporta
Embrace the mindscrew
Now, I'm no fan of Tongpu, but this is the Gushing thread.
What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
He doesn't let insults get to him? :P
Well, I made that one as a parody of Troper Tales, then people started using it seriously, then half-jokingly. It has spawned countless imitators since then. The big guys don't seem to mind them, so they stuck.Oh, okay.
edited 11th Jul '10 8:14:27 PM by NatTheWriter
"Every role he fulfills could be better fulfilled by someone else."
That's a pretty fucked up thing to say.
I don't question your criteria for admiring people, so don't question mine.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
The Ant King
Yeah, I kind of realized that after I typed it.
You're pretty cool, incidentally.
Kill all math nerds
Thanks, I try. You're cool too. Tropers, in general, are cool people by default.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
frozen in time
I, for one, am glad to have Tongpu around.
no one will notice that I changed this
I am so confused. How can you admire him?
The Ant King
^Don't start
Kill all math nerds
Well I may not agree with all of your posts kasch, and to be frank sometimes they piss me off. But you hold your arguments well and can sometiems be kinda funny, and y'aren't a bad person. You're a decent person.
I admire his ability to remain impersonal and rational while debating, and I agree with his logic often. I haven't seen much of this fabled sociopathy, but I doubt that someone of his apparent intelligence really hates humanity. If anything, it's exaggerated cynicism, not real disdain. I think.
"to be frank sometimes they piss me off"
Really? I tend to be acerbic, but I'm not out to anger people. Any specific examples?
edited 11th Jul '10 8:26:11 PM by kashchei
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
I am so confused. How can you admire him?
^ He was using my own terminology.
And better than thy stroke; why swellest thou then?
frozen in time
Tongpu can get away with saying things the rest of us cannot.
no one will notice that I changed this
Your Worth is 50 Yen!
@kash: Have you seen his contributor page?
Hell, when I got here, he had an avatar theme for himself where he'd pick avatars based off of serial killers that he supposedly admired.
月を見るたび思い出せ
^^ Becuase Double Standards are awesome.
^ And he thinks rapists are cool! Yay!
edited 11th Jul '10 8:31:16 PM by rumetzen
Oh My
I like Tongpu. He has intelligent things to say and he words himself quite well. And damn can he be funny.
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
I'm bad at naming examples, and most of them were before I saw more of your posts, so I obviously didn't have a good idea of you then. So I can't.
I haven't seen much of this fabled sociopathy, but I doubt that someone of his apparent intelligence really hates humanity. If anything, it's exaggerated cynicism, not real disdain. I think.
I'm glasses.
What's wrong with a good wholesome aspiration?
Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember them, you are not alone.