History Tropers / Gancena

I am Gancena. I'm 29 years old (birthday December 8th). I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

I am Gancena. I'm 28 years old (birthday December 8th). I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

That's me, right...?

...Yep, that's me.

So hi!

Um... I can't think of anything witty to say. So I guess I'll just talk. I am 28 years old. I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

I love writing FanFic. I've been posting my most recent work to [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1015861/ Fanfiction.net,]] where I am also Gancena, and crossposting [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Gancena on AO3,]] and I used to have several private works going between me and my friends, including my [[HeterosexualLifePartners dear]] {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}.

* Webcomic/CuantaVida Cuanta Vida (I set up the page for this!)

* AfraidOfNeedles: After reading {{Webcomic/CuantaVida}} and seeing Episode 6 of {{WebVideo/MortalKombatLegacy}}, I feel like can't ''trust'' those things.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder and/or AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fanfics + Internet + Lack of concentration = updates that are months apart.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: I may not have seen certain pages of {{Webcomic/CuantaVida}} coming, but my subconscious sure did.

* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: Subverted. Yes, I am a girl, but that's not the ''whole'' point of the trope. While I do include romance in my fics, they're either a subplot or already established so that only doses of fluff are necessary. I just like to mix it in with my adventures, really.

* PerverseSexualLust: Multiple times over the years.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: I have Asperger's Syndrome.]]

* {{Dragonball}}

* GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende

* Film/TheLionKing

* '''[[{{Pokemon}} POKEMON]]''' (The one that started it all)
* PowerRangers

* AfraidOfNeedles: After reading CuantaVida and seeing Episode 6 of MortalKombatLegacy, I feel like can't ''trust'' those things.

* CatSmile: After watching [[LuckyStar Konata]] for so long, I sometimes try to imitate this.

* CutenessProximity: Turned UpToEleven with [[{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]], but applies to many [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ridiculously Cute Critters]], especially dogs.

* DitzyGenius: [[DungeonsAndDragons High INT, low WIS.]]

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: I may not have seen certain pages of CuantaVida coming, but my subconscious sure did.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: When I learn something that surprises me, I ''will'' spazz out in some way.

** My reaction to page 88 of CuantaVida.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: I [[RickRoll RickRoll'd]] my senior field trip at a karaoke restaurant.

* ForbiddenFruit: There is ''one'' fic I have outright banned myself from reading for very esoteric reasons.

* PerverseSexualLust: Multiple times over the years. Notable examples include [[MortalKombat Raiden]], [[CuantaVida that one guy]] [[ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad I really hate]], and [[MegaMan Proto Man]], my current flame.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: I have Asperger's Syndrome.]]

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Um... I can't think of anything witty to say. So I guess I'll just talk. I am 25 years old. I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

I love writing FanFic. I've been posting my most recent work to [[FanfictionDotNet Fanfiction.net,]] where I am also Gancena, and crossposting [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Gancena on AO3,]] and I used to have several private works going between me and my friends, including my [[HeterosexualLifePartners dear]] {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}.

* CuantaVida (I set up the page for this!)

* FireEmblem

* HomestarRunner
* TheLionKing
* MegaMan
* MortalKombat

* ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad

* TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife
* YaoiFangirl and YuriFangirl

Um... I can't think of anything witty to say. So I guess I'll just talk. I am 23 years old. I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

I love writing FanFic. I've been posting my most recent work to [[FanfictionDotNet Fanfiction.net,]] where I am also Gancena, and crossposting [[http://nintendolover4ever.deviantart.com to my deviantART page,]] and I used to have several private works going between me and my friends, including my [[HeterosexualLifePartners dear]] {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}.

...What the dang else can I say that won't ''also'' apply to my tropes list?

* {{Anime/Free}}

* LuckyStar

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic
* OnceUponAShootingStar (This one, too!)

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder and/or AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fanfics + Internet + School = updates that are months apart.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Technically. [[YourMileageMayVary Depends on whether you count my hair as black or dark, dark brown.]]
* CutenessProximity: Turned UpToEleven with [[{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]].

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Haven't been stung, sure as hell don't plan to [[JustForPun bee.]]

* ForbiddenFruit: There is ''one'' fic I have outright banned myself from reading, for reasons too complex for a TVTropes example.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}, even if we're separated by several states.
* IconicItem: The number of items I own/use is subject to change, but I (as of my last edit) always, ''always'' wear a small medical bracelet.

* YouSuck: My thoughts on many of my past selves.

Um... I can't think of anything witty to say. So I guess I'll just talk. I am 22 years old. I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

Um... I can't think of anything witty to say. So I guess I'll just talk. I am 20 years old. I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

* AfraidOfNeedles: You kidding? Between CuantaVida and Episode 6 of MortalKombatLegacy, I can't ''trust'' those things.

** For a short time in November 2011, I outright lost faith in friendship. IGotBetter.

* BerserkButton: All bigots, GTFO.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: I ''[[RickRoll RickRoll'd]] my senior field trip'' when we went to a karaoke restaurant. Classmates told me they have videos.

* DoNotCallMePaul: You'd be hard-pressed to find someone on the Internet who doesn't know me as Gancena.

* ForbiddenFruit: There is ''one'' fic I have outright banned myself from reading, for reasons too verbose for a TVTropes example.

* [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals Girls Love Stuffed Pokemon]]: It was a stuffed Pikachu that started my rapid and eternal descent into hardcore geekdom.

** Due to the [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck Dethroning Moment]], my parents stopped me from writing fic for a while. Even though that's long since over, [[MyGreatestFailure I never really gained that momentum back.]]

* IconicItem: The number of items I own/use is subject to change, but I (as of my last edit) always, ''always'' wear and a small medical bracelet.

* JustIgnoreIt: My justification for not keeping up with news. If I don't worry much about something, it'll go well or get better. I believe this is best accomplished by [[YourMindMakesItReal thinking about what I actually want.]]

* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: Subverted. Yes, I am a girl, but that's not the ''whole'' point of the trope. While I do include romance in my fics, they're either a subplot or already established so that only doses of fluff are necessary. I just like to mix it in with my adventure times, really.
* OriginalCharacter: Gancena. She has over a dozen variations, most of which you'll never see.

I love writing FanFic. I've been posting my most recent work to [[{{Website/FanfictionNet}} Fanfiction.net,]] where I am also Gancena, and crossposting [[http://nintendolover4ever.deviantart.com to my deviantART page,]] and I used to have several private works going between me and my friends, including my [[HeterosexualLifePartners dear]] {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}.

I love writing FanFic. I mostly post to [[http://nintendolover4ever.deviantart.com to my deviantART page,]] but I do have several private works going between me and my friends, inclduing my [[HeterosexualLifePartners dear]] {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}.

* TeamFortress2

* TouhouProject

* GrassIsGreener: I'm fairly convinced that it'd be easier to [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife find my place]] in another world entirely.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Subverted with my Spanish. Played straight with a good handful of other languages.

* IconicItem: The number of items I own/use is subject to change, but I always, ''always'' wear a pin depicting a character from CuantaVida or ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad and a small medical bracelet.

* JustIgnoreIt: My justification for not keeping up with news. If I don't worry much about something, it'll go well or get better. This is best accomplished by [[YourMindMakesItReal thinking about what I actually want.]]

* SelfInsertFic: A slew of private fics... and a few public ones.

* TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife: My case, anyway.
* UnreliableNarrator: In regards to my family, especially my parents. When I'm mad at them, I seem to make them come off as more oppressive than they really are.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Often, but not as often as I think.

* YourMom

Um... I can't think of anything witty to say. So I guess I'll just talk. I am 19 years old. I love hyperanalyzing things I like, even if I'm not very good at it yet. Therefore, TVTropes was a dream come true.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: I have even at least attempted to shape fictional events through this line of thought.

* OriginalCharacter: Gancena. She has over a dozen incarnations/variations, most of which you'll never see.
* PerverseSexualLust: Several times over the years. Notable examples include [[MortalKombat Raiden]], [[CuantaVida that one guy]] [[ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad I really hate]], and [[MegaMan Proto Man]], my current flame.

* [[SortingAlgorithmOfTropes Sliding Scale Of]] LongingForFictionland And DaydreamBeliever: With a heavy lean towards the latter, thanks to the possibility of [[AlternateUniverse AlternateUniverses]].

* WhamEpisode: Being depledged from my beloved co-ed fraternity, and a follow-up episode upon telling my parents.

* '''YourMindMakesItReal'''

* WesternAnimation/MegaMan

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: My perception of several characters throughout the years.
* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder and/or AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fanfics + Internet + School = <10 words typed/week.

* BrilliantButLazy: I've been told that I'm a good writer. However, I can't nudge myself to actually ''write'' during 70-90% of my free time.

* TheDaria: With less frequency upon coming to college.

* FacePalm: In high school, at dumb classmates.

* LawfulGood: Mostly because I was raised that way. I should hope that I can be NeutralGood and even ChaoticGood if the need arises.

* WhamLine: Several, [[TheReveal with]] [[OhCrap varying]] [[TearJerker effects]]:
** 6th Grade, while reading a document titled "Conference": [[spoiler: (My name) has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.]]
** 7th Grade, about my 6th grade science teacher: "I wanted to tell you that Ms. Campbell has passed away."
** Spring 2007, during the incident under [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck Dethroning Moment Of Suck]]: "Coach wants to see you."
** February 2010, reading CuantaVida, page 88, panel 9: [[spoiler: "I'm afraid he did not make it zhrough ze night."]]
** January 2011, reading Sin Pararse, page 14: "Ans ur frnt door."
** April 2011, playing MortalKombat9: "You are not authorized for portal use."

** This does also affect my schoolwork; I choose the Internet over it any day. But there's something beautiful in the way I handle it all: No matter how much I procrastinate, I always get all of my assignments done -- with quality -- on time. I suppose after five years of the same game, it comes naturally.

* CatSmile: After watching [[LuckyStar Konata]] for so long, I naturally try to imitate this.

** To top it off? [[spoiler: It wasn't my idea. Other students had decided to do it as a group, but we were running out of time. It was my turn, but I decided to let the RickRoll [[IncrediblyLamePun roll!]] Meaning that it took ''everyone'' by surprise in some way, shape or form.]]

* [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck Dethroning Moment Of Suck]]: [[spoiler: In freshman year of high school, I wrote a {{Lemon}} for my then-OneTruePairing, since I could never find a thing about them. Then I took it to school. ''Then'' I shared it -- not with just friends, though. [[WhatAnIdiot With]] ''[[WhatAnIdiot random students.]]'' It actually went pretty well until some [[PrecisionFStrike asshole]] turned me in.]] And to top it off? [[spoiler:I later found a fic for that same pairing. It was better. ''Much'' better.]] Yet I have found that [[YourMileageMayVary my feelings about this bounce between Crowning and Dethroning...]]

* DoNotCallMePaul
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: This happened once in relation to CuantaVida... Spoilers '''will''' come with this explanation. After page 83, I [[YourMindMakesItReal was determined to find out, through a dream,]] where [[spoiler:Scout]] was at the time. I instead learned that [[spoiler:Sniper]] was the one who needed finding. I realized this because finding him was ''the'' plot of the dream I had -- I even ended up asking strangers if they'd seen him. I could ''feel'' [[spoiler:Rojo]] lurking around. And in a ''mental image'' I had ''within'' the dream, [[spoiler:I could not clearly distinguish Sniper's eyes.]] Realizing that I'd been fairly warned made it both [[IKnewIt easier]] and [[MyGreatestFailure harder]] for the events that followed to sink in.

* ExpandedUniverse: In my head, [[YourMindMakesItReal often projecting itself onto my real life,]] is a world encompassing elements of my favorite series ''and more.'' It is partly forged by and therefore partly shared with {{Tropers/RoyalFanatic}}.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: I like to call myself insane or unstable for laughs. Then... see HeroicBSOD, below.

* [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals Girls Love Stuffed Pokemon]]: It was actually a stuffed Pikachu that started my rapid and eternal descent into hardcore geekdom.

* GrammarNazi: In writing, at least. I tend to let conversation slide.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Subverted with my Spanish -- both of my parents were born in Puerto Rico, though I only started learning the language when I got to middle school (I'm in my fifth year of formal classes). However, since I got into LuckyStar and TeamFortress2, I'll occasionally use phrases from [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese,]] [[GratuitousFrench French,]] [[GratuitousGerman German,]] Russian and Italian (though the Italian came out of CuantaVida rather than [=TF2=]). However, I would like to learn as many of these languages as I can so that it's not just gratuitous.

** I once got so sick of school that I began to think that graduating and going to college wouldn't be worth it. I, through my psychologist, told my parents that I wanted to drop out of high school. Since she got to me first, my mom and I had a long talk about why I wanted to do so. She also made her position clear: '''No.''' That's not the kicker, though. The kicker is [[spoiler:that she believed I was depressed and considered taking me to a psychiatrist, which I've heard isn't always a bright idea. I've believed I was neurotic for some time, but to hear it from someone close to me in a serious setting...]] I moped for quite a while afterwards...
** Additionally, this tends to happen in regards to fiction. Most recently, CuantaVida's been tugging my emotional strings all over the place. And now... [[TearJerker page 88.]]
** As I write, it is 4:06 AM on June 29, 2010. I think I just had one upon learning about [[{{Earthbound}} Giygas.]] Seeing the boss battle, reading his history, taking the creator's trauma into context and seeing some genuinely disturbing theories on the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything perceived fetus metaphor.]]
** For a short time last semester, I outright lost faith in friendship, something I intend to carry over to a future fanfiction.

* HypocriticalHumor: Like [[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], I make grammar mistakes despite my nitpicking over others'. As everyone does. Humorous to others, but not so much to me...

* PerverseSexualLust: For [[MortalKombat Raiden]], [[CuantaVida that one guy I really hate]], and [[MegaMan Proto Man]].

* SeenItAMillionTimes: Not me, but ''everyone I know''. However, as I grow older and take in more works, I occasionally find myself muttering this.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Sometimes the two even mix. See JustIgnoreIt and ZeroSumGame.

* WhatAnIdiot: See [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck Dethroning Moment Of Suck]]. This is exactly why I invoke the YouSuck trope on myself.

* YouSuck: My thoughts on nearly all my past selves.

* ZeroSumGame: I recently came to believe that the best way to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans work towards a perfect world]] is not to pay attention to the current world unless necessary by immediate circumstance (like if someone in front of me is in danger, for instance). So I started [[JustIgnoreIt paying attention only to what was important to me:]] academics, my friends, {{Webcomics}}, the Internet in general, and doing good things when the opportunity presents itself.

* WesterAnimation/MegaMan

* [[FanFic/TheCaptainOfTheVirtualConsole The Captain of the Virtual Console]]

* [[FanFic/TheCaptainOfTheVirtualConsole]]

* CatSmile: After watching [[LuckyStar Konata]] for so long, I naturally try to imitate this...
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: I have even at least attempted to shape fictional events through this line of thought. Note the "at least."

* CovertPervert: I read ''lots'' of smut fic. But only a handful of people know this.
* CrackIsCheaper: I have recently become a bit of a shopaholic in regards to MortalKombat and [[ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad TWIYEH]] [[TheMerch merchandise.]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Technically. [[YourMileageMayVary Depends on whether you count my hair as black or dark, dark brown]]

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Subverted with my Spanish -- both of my parents were born in Puerto Rico, though I only started learning the language when I got to middle school (I'm in my fifth year of formal classes). However, since I got into LuckyStar and TeamFortress2, I'll often use phrases from [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese,]] [[GratuitousFrench French,]] [[GratuitousGerman German,]] Russian and Italian (though the Italian came out of CuantaVida rather than [=TF2=]). However, I would like to learn as many of these languages as I can so that it's not just gratuitous.

* HypocriticalHumor: Like [[HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], I make grammar mistakes despite my Nazism over others'. As everyone does. Humorous to others, but not so much to me...
* IconicItem: The number of items I own/use is subject to change, but I always, ''always'' wear a pin depicting a character from CuantaVida or ThisIsTheWorstIdeaYouveEverHad.

* PerverseSexualLust: For [[MortalKombat Raiden]] and [[CuantaVida that one guy I really hate]].

* TricksterMentor: A friend I made at my co-ed fraternity after coming to college, who, among other things, hid my paddle to teach me not to leave it unattended.

* UnreliableNarrator: In regards to my family, especially my parents. I seem to make them come off as more oppressive than they really are.

* WhamEpisode: Psi Upsilon depledging me, and a follow-up episode upon telling my parents.