Troper Tales

I do not know what to tell you. I am not even one of those posters who fangirl on all our resident trolls! I just always liked you best.

anangrychocobo slashfic?

I was in a fic on the green (or orange maybe?) boards once. I don't think it was slash, though, although if I recall correctly I did ejaculate on someone.

Reepicheep-chan wrote:

I do not know what to tell you. I am not even one of those posters who fangirl on all our resident trolls! I just always liked you best.

I am. So really, I don't count, so it's just Reepi.

Fair enough. I think I'd get a swelled head if two people liked me

anangrychocobo wrote:

Why do people keep missing me?!!?!? Clearly I'm not trolling properly.

I didn't miss you.

KJM wrote:

anangrychocobo wrote:

Why do people keep missing me?!!?!? Clearly I'm not trolling properly.

I didn't miss you.

Excellent.

Found another good one - Madden Into Misanthropy.

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This troper eventually descended down the slippery slope into misanthropy some time after his parents divorce or the perpetual bullying in high school, beginning with noticing that humans basically glorify stupidity (thank you Jersey Shore), worship celebrities that (to be honest) are just regular humans that have drawn the public eye but get paid ridiculous amounts for merely existing, do nothing to stop parasitic individuals (this tropers personal hate is customs, I paid for my stuff once already as well as the postage fee, I shouldn't have to pay another 100 pounds to get a hold of it because its from outside the UK) from leeching off the rest of us, and the bastards that torment others for no other purpose but to derive some form of sadistic glee get off relatively scott free, whilst the ones who actually work to advance the species don't get the recognition they deserve. This coupled with the general bastardry of the species (this troper studies law and has to deal with some of the worst of the worst) and the stupidity of certain social constructions (mostly based in ethics and religion but also other things) turned this troper from a bright eyed idealist into the misanthrope typing up this whiny rant. Sometimes I play it for comedy, but deep down I hate this species with a passion. Is it wrong that I hope that I'm actually a member of an alien species that was dropped off on the planet by accident?

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This Troper has worked in IT for too long to have not picked up some misanthropy. Between a brother's girlfriend who wants to fiddle with servers, having to support Windows users who lack basic comprehension of the keyboard, and extended family members who just can't understand that what I'm doing on my laptop is more important than them, I've reached the satisfying position of being a declared [[Chaotic Neutral]] sysadmin, happy to swap stories with you when you're acting intelligent, but happy to hive off to another room with headphones on when you're not.

This Troper must be fun at parties.

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This troper went through a variation of this. As a Sophomore in high school while attempting to challenge into the first jazz band at her school, she began to dislike the class above her because they were able to get into that band without "earning" it (there was only one jazz band when they entered high school). However unlike the true archetype, she kept her mouth shut about it, and mocked them silently for their presumed "sense of entitlement."

School jazz band = srs bsns.

So, am I reading this right and "Troper Tales" is for people to talk about themselves in the third person and try to shoe-horn their mediocre lives into recognizable memes?

So it's like they're really living in an anime!

"Between a brother's girlfriend who wants to fiddle with servers"
Why is this a terrible thing? I love teaching people my crafts. This guy sounds like either an asshole, a misogynist (gurls can't server lol) or both.

Here are some from "Mama Bear".

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This troper turns into a Papa Wolf whenever a person insults any of his best friends. Case in point: He once copy-pasted one bully's contact information over an Encyclopedia Dramatica article about some dog killer. Needless to say, that bully got a lifetime's worth of death threats and rickrolls. Moral of the story: If I cannot stop you, i'll get /b/ to do it for me.

PERSONAL ARMY~!

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This Tropette is quite a book worm, even at a young age. I also spoke more Spanish than was to be expected from an American 4th grader, so my 4th grade teacher told me I couldn't read in class anymore, unless it was in Spanish, "Because (I) was so smart, I was wasting it just reading." My mother marched in there, and told that teacher that I could read as much as I wanted to, and that she [the teacher] was NEVER to EVER tell another student not to read EVER again, and if my mom found out the teacher did, she would make sure that the principals "fired your ass."

Why do I get the feeling I am not getting the whole story here?

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She did something like this for me another time when I was in 7th grade and one of my teachers told my mom that she thought I was depressed because I was quite and kept to myself. My mom, who is a RN and was going to school for her Master's Degree in Nursing at this time calmly told my teacher "I know my daughter is not depressed, and she does not need to be on adderall, ritalin, anti-depressants or any other type of medication you want to give her. Are you a medical professional? Do you have a degree in medicine? Do you even know the long term affects of these drugs? Or do you just feel better about yourself when you put other people's children down? Unless you have some medical degree that I'm unaware of, do not try to diagnose or medicate my child". My teacher was left speechless. Thanks mom

Yes, God forbid a teacher report any observations about a child's behavior at school to a parent who may not noticed it. ESPECIALLY a parent with a day job who is also attending school who might not spend as much time with the kid as the teacher does.

Manic Pixie Dream Girl is particularly rife with people who want to live in real life animu.

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This troper considers herself a warped, Perky Goth reflection of the trope... she deems a day out where she isn't given one funny look to be a wasted trip, delights in messing with people's preconcieved notions and making their days a little weirder, and decided long ago (in the throes of a truly epic fit of self-pity she has no intention of ever repeating) that, if people were going to treat her like a freak no matter what, she might as well act like one and spare herself the trouble of pretending to be normal... then realized being a "freak" was more fun anyway.

YOONEEKNESS!!

ETA: Found something else that cracked me up:

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My mother recently said that all I did on the computer was play games and read comics. I haven't played a single game on the computer since I withdrew from college and moved back in, and while I will sometimes Archive Binge if I'm bored, most of the time I am doing neither of those things. In fact, most of my computer use of the past week has been dedicated to overhauling the Negima character page, which was hard work, dammit.

grmblfjx wrote:

So, am I reading this right and "Troper Tales" is for people to talk about themselves in the third person and try to shoe-horn their mediocre lives into recognizable memes?

Yes.

Howithurts wrote:

grmblfjx wrote:

So, am I reading this right and "Troper Tales" is for people to talk about themselves in the third person and try to shoe-horn their mediocre lives into recognizable memes?

Yes.

God, the endless opportunities for mockery.

"I'm going to hell for this" seems to be mostly people trying to prove how hard they are.

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This troper, who considers himself a comedian, often has loud, off-colour conversations in the hallway of his high school with his friends. Said conversations are peppered with jokes about cripples, suicide, pot shots at my one black friend (who enjoys such jokes wholeheartedly, mind you), the flaws in organized religion, etc. Not to mention the fact that I am an atheist, an avid fan of George Carlin and Penn & Teller, I constantly swear like a man who dropped a bowling ball on his foot, and find every single Funny Aneurysm Moment throughout history to be completely hilarious. Kneel at the feet of the master, heathens. (Come to think of it, I would consider the trope title to be a Catch Phrase of mine.)

"I am extremely proud of the fact I have less tact than anyone else here!"

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Oh please. You people have NOTHING on me. I saw all the Scream films, and most of the Halloween films prior to turning 7, and from then on had pretty much become a Horror expert by 11. But it got worse- I started going for more "extreme" films when I was 13, and by 16 I had seen all the "new french extremist" films, Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood, and pretty all the most extreme porn and internet images you can think of (or rather, don't want to), including gruesome death photos. As of now... very few things shock me. Somewhere along the line, this thought crossed my mind... probably when I was laughing at horrifically gruesome dead baby jokes, or laughing at a woman's acting in a movie while she was raped... but I've long sense past it...

"Oh please, my sociopathy beats your sociopathy any day of the week."

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Lack of hell aside, I've been watching accidental deaths, spree killers and events of natural (and occasionally unnatural) destruction for almost three decades now, and I always take joy in seeing such things. The collapse of the New York world trade center was especially impressive to watch. I am aware though that most folk get all weird over this sort of thing, and prefer to remain enraged rather than rational, accusing me of hatred and evil and othersuch ridiculous nonsense stemming from their own deliberate ignorance. I firmly believe however that all death should be celebrated as victory over life, and as such I will continue to support it. If you're wondering how this fits this trope at all... I know roughly what is "wrong" by other peoples' standards, but I just happen to utterly disagree.

"Well, I am actually a certifiable sociopath, so fuck off all of you."

The last guy's entry should be relocated to Nietzsche Wannabe, because it sounds like a second-grade JRPG villain. "Death is victory over life"? Seriously?

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This troper, who considers himself a comedian, often has loud, off-colour conversations in the hallway of his high school with his friends. Said conversations are peppered with jokes about cripples, suicide, pot shots at my one black friend (who enjoys such jokes wholeheartedly, mind you), the flaws in organized religion, etc. Not to mention the fact that I am an atheist, an avid fan of George Carlin and Penn & Teller, I constantly swear like a man who dropped a bowling ball on his foot, and find every single Funny Aneurysm Moment throughout history to be completely hilarious. Kneel at the feet of the master, heathens. (Come to think of it, I would consider the trope title to be a Catch Phrase of mine.)

"Ten years from now I will not be able to understand how come I can't get out of entry-level, blue collar work."

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Oh please. You people have NOTHING on me. I saw all the Scream films, and most of the Halloween films prior to turning 7, and from then on had pretty much become a Horror expert by 11. But it got worse- I started going for more "extreme" films when I was 13, and by 16 I had seen all the "new french extremist" films, Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood, and pretty all the most extreme porn and internet images you can think of (or rather, don't want to), including gruesome death photos. As of now... very few things shock me. Somewhere along the line, this thought crossed my mind... probably when I was laughing at horrifically gruesome dead baby jokes, or laughing at a woman's acting in a movie while she was raped... but I've long sense past it...

"I indulge my fetish, therefore I am more hardcore than people with a life."

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Lack of hell aside, I've been watching accidental deaths, spree killers and events of natural (and occasionally unnatural) destruction for almost three decades now, and I always take joy in seeing such things. The collapse of the New York world trade center was especially impressive to watch. I am aware though that most folk get all weird over this sort of thing, and prefer to remain enraged rather than rational, accusing me of hatred and evil and othersuch ridiculous nonsense stemming from their own deliberate ignorance. I firmly believe however that all death should be celebrated as victory over life, and as such I will continue to support it. If you're wondering how this fits this trope at all... I know roughly what is "wrong" by other peoples' standards, but I just happen to utterly disagree.

"I, too, place an incredible, overweening sense of importance on my fetish."

Also, for Tropers 2 and 3:



"What do you mean this song isn't about how cool I am?"

Here is one from "Kavorka Man"

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This troper recently met his estranged father. And his current second wife. And father's former girlfriend from the university with whom he (not the troper) is still on good terms. Both women, like this troper's mother, are above average in looks (At least for their age), education and intelligence (well...), if not way above. Did I mention that said father is short, once dropped out from university, needed financial support from his mother throughout his life, didn't care much for his children (just saying "I love you" is a bit cheap), is far from being athletic (in case you thought that), and recently lost his driving licence? This troper is close to giving up on women, seeing them act so stupid.

Aww, does the widdle misogynist nice guy have a sad?

Reepicheep-chan wrote:

ETA: Found something else that cracked me up:

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My mother recently said that all I did on the computer was play games and read comics. I haven't played a single game on the computer since I withdrew from college and moved back in, and while I will sometimes Archive Binge if I'm bored, most of the time I am doing neither of those things. In fact, most of my computer use of the past week has been dedicated to overhauling the Negima character page, which was hard work, dammit.

Oh wow. I just felt the strangest mix of sadness, pity, disgust and mean-spirited glee because there is no possible way that wasn't tongue in cheek but, yet, it wasn't... Kind of tastes like bile. Or maybe that was the rank garlic bread I ate earlier....

Reepicheep-chan wrote:

Here is one from "Kavorka Man"

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Both women, like this troper's mother, are above average in looks (At least for their age), education and intelligence (well...), if not way above.

Bah. If you think they are so stoopid, no need to say they're above in intelligence.

Lol, guess what? TV Tropes got rid of Troper Tales completely. Why? For being utter shit of course!

grmblfjx wrote:

So, am I reading this right and "Troper Tales" is for people to talk about themselves in the third person and try to shoe-horn their mediocre lives into recognizable memes?

Also that.

I LOLing forever over this for some reason. Also I snatched a quote from the forum thread discussing the deletion. I cut it down to only include the parts I thought were the most funny, but it is still rather long. Sorry about that!

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My results, sorted by trope:

Digging Yourself Deeper:

Trivial: ||
Me Too/excessively laconic/bare assertion: |||||||||
Belongs on main page: |
Bare assertion plus attempt at self-demonstration: |||
Braggadocio: ||||||
Does not fit trope: ||||||
Bad formatting: |
Legitimate: |||||||

Total: 28 bad, 7 good

Fag Hag:

Note: Having one gay friend, or being friends with a gay couple, doesn't make you a Fag Hag. Neither does being part of a large same-sex group with one or two gay opposite-sex members. I'm also not counting gay or lesbian friends to opposite-sex gay or lesbian groups; by my reading the trope requires a straight participant, although I'm counting Dyke Tyke tales as legit.

Trivial: ||||||
Unnecessarily laconic/bare assertion: |||||
Does not fit trope: |||||||||||||
Bad writing: ||
"Aversion": |
Legitimate: |||||||

Total: 28 bad, 7 good

True Art Is Incomprehensible:

Note: I think I've heard a couple of the stories that I'm counting as "legitimate" before. If I know I have, I'm putting it under "probably false".

Unnecessarily self-demonstrating: |
Trivial: ||||||||||||||||
Does not fit trope: |||||||||||||||||||||
Bad joke: ||
Should be in main page: ||||||||
Probably false: ||||||
"Aversion", "subversion", or similar: ||||||
Braggadocio: |||
Legitimate: |||||||||||||||

Total: 66 bad, 15 good

Beeping Computers:

Note: ...although the stuff I've counted as legit is very old industry lore.

Trivial: |||||
"Aversion": ||
Does not fit trope: ||
Braggadocio (impressive, given the trope): |
Legitimate: ||

Total: 10 bad, 2 good

Look Both Ways:

Note: As this is a death trope, I'm throwing out anything where no one dies.

Trivial: ||
Does not fit trope: ||

Total: 4 bad, 0 good.

Oh, I also found this in the discussion thread, it was originally posted under Imaginary Friend:

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I've had a few, which as I got older, got...twisted. I've also had a fair few imagnary enemies, and I tended to be in an imaginary Medieval European Fantasy. So, the run-down:

6-8- Piglets. Pocket sized creatures I could carry around in my mouth, which now strikes me as rather disturbing.

8-9- Tigger. Lost my imaginary virginity and had an imaginary child called Jessica. Then he ran off with someone named Sheila.

9-11- Fraiche, the oracle of wind. Medli, the High Queen of Tigger and Sheila's world. Temporarily one named Shannon as an expy of a former best friend who moved away. Then we became Schoolgirl Lesbians and she ended up doing some (imaginary) bad things to me. You Do Not Want To Know.

11-13- Priestess Midna, Sunsha, Yizilia and Moona. Since Sunsha was apparantly my real mom, was some so of Changeling Fantasy. Helped them "save the world" from my imaginary enemy, The Raven. oh, and The Raven was stalking me.

13-now, somewhat- Didn't have any definate imaginary friends, but had fictionalised versions of people I actually knew (and some imaginary extras). 'And as for he 'plot' at this point, I'm not even going there.

...

Yeah, I was (and kinda am) a weird kid.

So a lot of them want to be seen as deadpan snarkers but, sadly, are seen as fuckwitted faecal fountains?

Sounds a lot like this site really.

I would make a pretty shitty deadpan snarker, I always laugh at my own jokes...

Is there a trope for that?!

Knorg wrote:

So a lot of them want to be seen as deadpan snarkers but, sadly, are seen as fuckwitted faecal fountains?

Sounds a lot like this site really.

At least you are honest about being a fuckwitted faecal fountain, right?

You should read his porn.