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Hey hey, name’s Stardust, but you can just call me James. I am an amateur troper and aspiring webcomic author who is basically learning the ropes and who mainly specializes in YMMV as opinion is definitely a fun thing to discuss for me as well as reviews (and I'm not one to hold back any punches, as I believe diehard fans lack any objectivity). I basically dabble in adding tropes to newer works or pages that need wiki love, but I have on rare occasions created pages usually pertaining to Indie Games and Webcomics. Also, I'm an oldies-but-goldies person, who watches alot of old films like The Long, Hot Summer and add to pages like those; this goes double for pretty much any Shaw Brothers film sans for those of the Shaolin Genre (tried to get into that one but I never could). I use tropes whenever pointing something out in a movie, as it helps me understand it better.


Following pages I have created (top being the first):

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     Things about me 

     Following tropes that I'd associate myself with (I know, it's cheesy and self-indulgent, but why not?) 
  • Almighty Janitor: While my job title isn't janitor, I do double as one when my primary objective isn't being completed due to the fact that everything is on a schedule and ergo I can't just do it just because I want to...But I like to think of myself as the guy who can make miracles happen for the people I work with.
  • Ask a Stupid Question...: Outside of academia, I feel like I have a tendency to do this more than I intend to. Sometimes it's invoked for the point of making laughter but often times I do it without even realizing it.
  • Apologises a Lot: It's really more played for laughs. I used to do this alot, so much so that one of my professors with a sense of humor was like "Stop saying sorry!"...and guess what I literally said after
  • Bile Fascination: No matter how much I hate a webcomic or work of any sort...I still analyze it and edit it for the sake of that. Doesn't take liking a work to still read it, but even I got limits.
  • Brutal Honesty: I tend to partake in this alot; Many sometimes can't handle it but it's just who I am. People mistake it for hatred, but really that's their issue; I don't mince words nor walk on eggshells unless it's someone who I like, and even then, I just make my honesty a little less brutal for them. I'm a firm believer that the saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" is bullshit created to avoid the honest truth...and while it stings for everyone, including me, doesn't mean nobody should be brutally honest. Of course, even I have a line that I don't cross and I know the difference between brutal honesty and being a dick.
  • Captain Obvious: Just to get a rise outta people, I willingly become this.
  • Caustic Critic: Well, more like a caustic reviewer, but if I think a work sucks...I will not hesitate to say the fact; brutal honesty and sarcasm are the meat and potatoes of my review/YMMV troping at times. I remember one time I was accused of "hatred" and "bias" because of the fact, and was basically told to "move on" for arbitrary reasons. Funny thing is, there are people who are harsher than I am, which is why I get annoyed when I get accused of either of the two; I'm fair and impartial in my reviews.
  • Cuteness Proximity: This always happens to me more or less when I'm near dogs, especially those of a spitz breed. What can I say? I love me some fluffy dogs!
  • Failed a Spot Check: Happens with me more often than not, which is why I'll visit a page to revise and edit constantly, even if I'm not a fan of the work the page is about.
  • Innocently Insensitive: I...have my moments, but I especially had my moments during my time as a teenager.
  • Large Ham: Have you seen me during a game of Among Us? Especially when I'm the impostor? Oh man, it's definitely entertaining to watch. Aww heck, during any conversation in-person, I can be about the funniest guy out there due to sheer comedic and intentional overreaction during friendly chats. Don't even got me started with Phasmophobia...I sometimes ask the ghost the dumbest questions I can.
  • Moff’s Law: I'm a firm believer in this right here; When I read something that has an aesop that's a bit of a hot take, I'm not one to meekly kiss up and not start a discussion (or as some authors call it, "looking for a fight"). Things exist to be critiqued or judged one way or another; anyone who seeks to stop that and force people to "let them enjoy things" just needs to stay outta the way.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: I do this just to get a rise out of my friends sometimes or just to amuse myself. Unfortunately, it does get problematic when they actually think I'm stupid, and sometimes I gotta set the record straight with them. Anyone who knows me one-on-one knows I'm just goofing around; it's kind of a test of character really.
  • Sad Clown: I wouldn't go so far as to say sad, but...I'm definitely cranky at best and cynical as all shit at worst when I'm not being a goof.
  • Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: I try way too hard to be professional at work with my language.
  • Serious Business: I have this sort of attitude with the kind of motif/slant a work has when dealing with real-life themes and values, especially Webcomics; when I'm talking to a writer, what kind of thoughts they have/stances they take about their own work and issues in them regarding that tends to be indicative of what kind of moral compass they have.
    • Basically, here's what I mean; If it's just something action oriented like Saints Row or Combat Arms that just operates on Rule of Cool? Whatever, I won't think too hard on it. But if it's a work that deals with stuff like To Be Lawful or Good and Arrested for Heroism? See answer A. Only exception is when they're doing a saga with multiple installments in an MCU-like manner; at that point, I just see it as the author exploring different moralities in sort of kitchen sink-like manner.
  • Took a Level in Cynic: I'd say around 2020 is when this really began to kick in. Let's just say I've...not really had any intention of going back on this. I'll never be the idealistic person that I was prior to 2016 after what's happened since then.

     How I do my reviews 
Basically, I have a style of doing my reviews.
  • The good; something I think really makes a work shine and gives it a good rep, or just something I like/appreciate. The name is self-explanatory but still.
  • The bad; something I think just either bogs a work down or just outright kills it; this can include bad or objectionable writing/material/aesops/motifs/etc...in worst case scenarios, both. This also includes terrible gameplay mechanics in the case of games. I'm of the firm believer that authors (especially webcomic authors) are in no position to determine who is "qualified" to review their works, so like or not...this will pop up if I find something bad.
  • "Other thoughts"; when I cannot find anything wrong with a work, I usually enter this one. Whether it's something I like or dislike, or if there's something I think that should be done to make something good even better, you'll see it in this part. But I'm of the mindset "If it isn't broke, don't touch it!".
However, if I feel I can't really classify a comic like this, or if nothing's changed since the last issue I reviewed, then I eschew this format in favor of just a plain review rather than a detailed one.

Trope talk section

     Tropes I like 
  • Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Soap operas are known for drama scenes, which often build suspense and satisfaction at the end or end up into a disappointing mess...when you can include a subtle-but-dramatic scene in a film about kicking ass, it's beautiful to behold. Stuff like Pulp Fiction and Berserk did it all the time, and I loved both for it.
  • Anti-Villain: Sure everybody knows anti-heroes...but how often do you hear the word anti-villain in audiences? So many of my favorite villains fall into this category, and given how complex their motives are, it makes for a more satisfying story to see the traditional hero go up against an anti-villain.
  • Artificial Animal People: It certainly beats the "they're just walking talking animals because its an alternate universe" excuse! It almost justifies the existence of anthro animals.
  • Bio-Augmentation: It honestly makes for a better trope than the Super Serum thing that they had going on with Captain America. I mean, Bio-aug strays away from the idea of a steroidal drug and instead brings in biopunk; Unreal Tournament 2003-2004 introduced me to the concept thanks to the teams Goliath and Juggernaut.
  • Black-and-Gray Morality: I tend to look at the world from this perspectvie in general; While I hate not having a obvious good guy to cheer on, atleast in this type of universe they acknowledge that isn't all gray, and sometimes there is a side that is just flat out in the wrong. Stories with this are usually written nicely, no matter how gut wrenching the characters can be sometimes.
  • Friend in the Press: It's a staple in every detective story, and journalists make for fun characters to work with. What can I say?
  • Horror Hippies: I’ve nothing against hippies. That being said, there’s a dark side to some subgroups that not many talk about, and some are borderline cultish. Hell, Charles Manson was one such leader I think. Ergo, this trope is honest about that.
  • Hypocrite Has a Point: I've always hated the tu quoque fallacy, and to see a trope dedicated to basically brushing it off just makes me happy.
  • La Résistance: Especially when they're of the morally gray-type for the realism factor, even when their enemy is clearly evil. Rogue One fixed that about the Rebels in particular, and I loved it.
  • A Lighter Shade of Gray: This makes a Grey-and-Gray Morality story bearable for me, given that it atleast acknowledges one side is more in the right than the other.
  • Machiavelli Was Wrong: I'm a firm believer in that fear only serves as an efficient tool of management for so long before fear turns into unrest.
  • Modest Royalty: It's a minimalist thing.
  • Morality Kitchen Sink: I prefer the downplayed version, as it is my favorite of all the morality tropes; I like atleast one good faction and one evil faction, and then whatever in-between. It makes it interesting to see just how it pans out. Because in truth, good, evil, and morally gray existing in tandem is realistic to me and makes it easy for someone to cheer, hate, and question.
  • Neutrality Backlash: Just like Desmond Tutu always says: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality". To see an entire trope dedicated to pointing out how neutrality is a bad thing at times is just cathartic.
  • Not Even Bothering with an Excuse: Played well, this can be an absolutely hilarious outcome due to the potential sheer level of sincere honesty. Look at Jorji from "Papers, Please!".
  • Rage Within the Machine: So much so, that one of the protagonists in a W.I.P saga of mine is built around this.
  • "Ray of Hope" Ending: As the page says; it's practically the opposite of a Bittersweet Ending. The fact that this ending usually ends on a happy note tends to make a ending somewhat satisfying.
  • Red and Black Totalitarianism: It makes sense; Red and Black have always been unappealing colors to human beings natural. Hell, in an experiment that was done with primates, it was shown that they naturally held disdain for the color red so it's natural to make an evil faction meant to be disliked, red!
  • Reformed Rakes
  • Rogue Protagonist: I can thank Tekken 2 for this one; nothing serves as a better twist than to have the main character who everyone loved and cherished become an antagonist and completely pull the rug that which the fans are standing on.
  • Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: As someone who believes that law and morality/justice are not the same thing, I love it when a story encourages holding the latter higher than the former...and I have alot of contempt for people and authors who think that a character deserves the consequences they get when they break the law to do the right thing over arbitrary reasoning, especially if it has to do with property; There are too many real-life parallels I can make about that.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: Expect one of these in any work I do! Of course, of the downplayed variety; you try to play it straight and you'll end up with a case similar to Scarface or Wolf of Wall Street where it stops being funny and just starts being depressing or obnoxious.
  • The Soft-Hearted Warrior: The idea of a hardened warrior being able to find peace in some small form or another is the Earn Your Happy Ending scenario that I can't help but love.
  • Storming the Castle: I don't care whose HQ is being stormed, I do love a good ol fashioned defend/attack the base scenario. It has that nice touch of finality to it.
  • Summer Romance: Look, I'm a summer lover at heart; it's the hottest and greenest time of the year, it becomes socially acceptable to dress as lightly as possible, beach towns and seaside locations become relevant, and it's generally a very vibrant and fun season unlike Fall and Winter. So, with that in mind, when you mix in a romance? Oh man, there's so many damn things you can do; Summer just does any romance and fanservice justice.
  • Translation Convention: I honestly like this trope for the simple fact that it's an honest admission on the author's part that they don't know the language, but they still want their character to speak it without it coming off as inaccurate to foreign audiences. I've seen so many Webcomic authors outright use google translate and it just comes off as gratuitous, so really, small brackets do a better job...not to mention, it can be used for fictional languages in a pinch.
  • Vigilante Militia: You can thank the Black Fang for this one. The idea of a group that doesn't take orders from a government always tickled my fancy.
  • Viler New Villain: Whenever this becomes a thing, it takes the show in a more serious route. Truthfully, it's hard not to love.
  • Virtuous Character Copy: I think these are actually fascinating compared to the inverse. As a matter of fact, one of the protagonists of my series in my WIP project is basically a spin on Tony Montana using this very trope.
  • Willing Suspension of Disbelief: At some point, just being like "screw it" and going to this format is the best thing to do...but it's gotta be written well because, like the page says, it can easily become an Ass Pull and I gotta be careful with doing that as a writer.

     Pet Peeve Tropes 
  • All of the Other Reindeer: Of all the tropes that I think is the most cliché, this one tops the cake and is usually what disinterests me from the series and its characters; literally every Disney Movie and Shōnen work uses this trope to the point it's just pushes me away due to how overused it is. Not to mention, when said protagonist is finally "accepted", it tends to reek of Glurge to me due to how messed up the reason behind the exclusion was to begin with. Naruto is one such example...and really if anyone thinks that would realistically make someone prove themselves, that's a laugh. There's a reason why there's an African proverb that says "A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth".
  • Arrested for Heroism: My issue with this trope is when there's absolutely zero nuance and the readers are expected to see it as warranted or even deserved. That sort of thing is Serious Business to me given the parallels that can be drawn between fiction and real life, especially if it's over something as meaningless as property damage; it's doubly irritating when the author or the fans try to act like it's an okay thing.
  • Bittersweet Ending: More often than not the Bitter tends to override the sweetness for me, almost to the point that the attempts to accentuate the sweetness makes the Bitter even more prominent to the point it's acting like an Esoteric Happy Ending...the Verdant Wind ending in Fire Emblem: Three houses for example.
  • Both Sides Have a Point: Nothing's more obnoxious than a "both sides" narrative where it doesn't belong, especially if it's on the basis of a false equivalency. When one argument doesn't actually hold up, it shouldn't be granted any sort of concession or validity...and more often than not when they do that, leaves an awful taste in my mouth...unless they subvert this trope.
  • Bumbling Dad: It's honestly just downright unfunny depending on the outcome...often it's played for laughs, but when it boils down? It feels like it's trying to make comedy out of bad parenting which doesn't really sit right with me.
  • Chainmail Bikini: Aside from being a blatant attempt at gratuitous fanservice, the lack of realism behind this just makes it look absolutely dumb and impractical to wear in combat. Plate and chainmail is meant to protect the entire body, or atleast the entirety of the upper torso, not look sexy or emphasize body parts; if this were a Nature Hero or a Barbarian Hero that was wearing cloth, then okay, whatever.
  • Computer Equals Monitor: As someone who is earning a degree in Networking, I can tell you right now this trope irritates me to no end...I don't think it's cliche so much as it is just flat-out lazy to ever use this trope in a work...just do basic research on computer components writers! It's not that hard to understand.
  • Don't Like? Don't Read!: I got major issues with writers who do this...especially webcomic writers.
  • Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: I think this one's pretty self-explanatory.
  • Entitled to Have You: Every single time I see this in works, it reminds me way too much about how some guys act in real life with the whole "I'm a nice guy" shtick, and boy does it hit a nerve...then again, that's probably why the trope is still put in to begin with.
  • Faux Action Girl: Look...I can understand the action girl can't defeat every opponent she comes across, but when she is practically defeated by anyone major? Especially if it's a guy? That's kinda annoying not to mention cliché...
  • Five-Man Band: I can appreciate archetypes, but this is a little bit too cliché for my tastes. Not that there's anything wrong with this kind of setting but also, I feel like sometimes it can be a bit forced at times.
  • Gainaxing: It's distracting in the most annoying way possible and sometimes can be just downright tasteless...
  • Got Over Rape Instantly: Aside from treating rape attempts like they're nothing to the human psyche, this comes off as incredibly poor taste and just downright disgusting. It's one thing if it takes time and they slowly recover from the trauma at their own pace, but this is not that trope...
  • Grey-and-Gray Morality: When this is just played straight, it gets obnoxious because in truth one faction will always have more of a high-ground than the other...like, Carbine Studios had the audacity to market WildStar as one such type of conflict despite that the Dominion was clearly genocidal unlike the Exiles which made the latter just seem desperate to survive...and don't even get me started about how Disney once tried to attempt this...Only time I ever enjoyed this was in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and that's because it atleast acknowledged that not all sides were 100% the same.
  • Hula and Luaus: The appropriation of the indigenous culture in general is, to put it nicely, a really poor taste thing to do; Hawaii is sadly one of those cultures preyed upon. Learning what I've learned since 2021, this trope drives me up the wall with how blatantly racist and poor taste it is.
  • Humanoid Female Animal: Nothing annoys me more in furry works when the female characters are completely human-looking; it's one of my biggest criticisms of Blacksad in particular despite how much I like the series (and the one time it avoided that almost was in Amarillo and every installment after that).
  • If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: Honestly, I've seen this trope so many times and to be honest...it's absolutely eyeroll-worthy; what false equivalencies and mental gymnastics do the characters in their mind have to partake in such a gaslighting-based cliché anyway? Like, I can understand with justified versions of this like the Sequel-Trilogy incarnation of Palpatine (as he needs his new vessels to have enough power for him), but when it's done in the traditional way? Like they did in the Original Trilogy of Star Wars? Oh god just stop with that crap already. Aww hell, there are times where a clearly dangerous villain needs to just go already...and instead they let them off the hook only to get backstabbed right after.
  • Legalized Evil: This trope serves as a case-in-point as to why I always say law and morality are two different things; this trope really annoys the shit outta me as this has become all too common in real life since the last couple of years, especially the previous four. Even though this trope has to do with fictional works, it still angers me all the same as it really leaves a bad taste in my mouth due to how many parallels I can draw between what happened in the work and real life scenarios, no matter how good the writing is. Then again, maybe that's the intention of the trope, so I can't be too harsh about it.
  • Only One Female Mold: Do I even need to go into how problematic this is? Making every woman the same body type is just lazy not to mention pervy as all hell.
  • Pineapple Ruins Pizza: Like hell it has, coming from the same people who think onions are a perfectly okay thing to add to a freakin' pizza or burger. Pineapple, when thrown with bacon and ham, brings a plethora of flavor to pizza.
  • Reality Ensues: People have subjective perceptions of reality, and for them to go and say "oh my work is grounded in reality" is just eye-roll inducing because there's so much other stuff of theirs that isn't realistic.
  • Right Through His Pants: My golden rule is "If you're going to sexualize female characters, do the same for the male characters". Stuff like this fly in the face of that.
  • Sexophone: Do they have to play a goddamn saxophone every single time someone kisses or has sex? I'm telling you, way too many soaps do that. It actually takes away from the impact of the sex scene.
  • Sexy Dimorphism: Make the females just as anthro or beastly as the males with furry or non-human races, for cripes sakes...
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill: There are times where it's appropriate for a hero to do this and times when it's not...Batman clearly didn't know the difference given how long Joker's been running around.
  • Tough Love: Being shitty to someone is a pretty harmful way to toughen them up or teach them a valuable lesson. Only time I like this trope is when it flies right back in their face given how arbitrary this trope is.
  • Unnecessary Makeover: I think this one's pretty self-explanatory.
  • Will They or Won't They?: Only if there's no resolution does this become a peeve. Even if two characters don't, it's still a resolution.

     Mixed-feelings tropes 
  • Age-Gap Romance: So long as the age gap follows the acceptable age-gap formula of "(x/2)+7", with X equaling 22 or higher, then I'm alright with this trope. But if not? Then it creates Unfortunate Implications and not at all the heartwarming romance it's meant to be...infact, flat out squick if the trope is played straight or exaggerated.
  • A Lighter Shade of Black: Evil is evil, no matter how one puts it, and being expected to cheer on one bad guy against another can be hard depending on who it is which can make the story really unlikeable for obvious reasons. But if it's basically an Anti-Villain VS a Complete Monster, then I can get behind this trope.
  • Evil Will Fail: While I genuinely believe bad people never win for long given their cruelty eventually ends up being their downfall or something karmically bites them in the ass, I see in real life too often that evil people get away with being evil. I like to believe in justice prevailing, except that it isn't so in the real world. And yet...to see it in fiction is cathartic. Is that so wrong?
  • The Extremist Was Right: It really depends on who the extremist is...A character could be using some harsher methods instead of relying on making nice with those who either clearly want them dead or have nothing but malevolent intent with no chance of redemption. At that point, I get it; I don't condone the actions but I get it, there's no other way and they had to do that. I find this happening more often than not in fiction than anything, V for Vendetta for example. You'll be hard-pressed to find a real-life example of this type, although they do exist...but not many people will agree on who counts as such, and sometimes they'll try to pass off terrible people as this. However, you have some fictional extremists who do so much harsh shit that it's honestly hard to get behind their cause given the borderline-sadist actions taken almost make them come off as A Lighter Shade of Black; there comes a point where they do so much harsh shit that hurts alot of people...at which point I'm like "The writers really expect us to sit here and say their ends justified their means and that all this was worth it?"
  • Gentleman Thief: I used to like this trope thanks to the Sly Cooper series...but a few years after, I began to really dislike the whole trying to justify stealing crap as it began to raise alot of conundrums I could never really shake off. I mean, to people who like it? Whatever, your cup of tea...but me? No...
  • Happy Ending Override: Honestly depends on how they do it; like, I've seen soaps do it and it can come off as horrifically poor taste and make things really bleak...but then you have other series where another conflict simply arises and that I can deal with.
  • Idealized Sex: Look, the concept of "escapism" isn't lost upon me when people prefer the idealized version...At the same token though, it might become eyeroll-inducing at some point, especially if someone keeps playing the saxophone every single time sex happens; People can see past the bullshit, and there comes a point it becomes cheesy instead of titillating if the actors/actresses or voice actors/actresses come off as corny. Meanwhile, sex portrayed realistically may not be as titillating, but it's honest and can even be more emotionally fulfilling if done right...but on the flip side of that coin, sometimes it ends up being Ikea Erotica or it's portrayed to be as awkward as possible; at that point, please just end the goddamn scene and stop wasting the viewer's time, please; it's borderline Anti-Sue. It's important to balance out the elements with a sex scene and at the very least, in the most SFW ways possible especially if you haven't ever experienced it, research how sex actually works and listen to people's experiences on the matter.
  • Intimate Healing
  • Intimate Psychotherapy
  • Perfectly Arranged Marriage: I gotta admit, the idea of two character being arranged to marry eachother always leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially in Game of Thrones...but in other media, when done right, this can actually be fun to watch especially if the characters actually fell in live prior to the arrangement. Still, someone controlling who marries who is still problematic, but if it works out for the ones getting married? Good for them.
  • MST3K Mantra: This always came off as natter-inducing; when it comes to tiny details of a show? Okay, I get it...but if we're talking about a work with heavy political undertones and a clear motif that's a bit of a hot take, hell no that's not something you're gonna avoid any serious discussion over.
  • Rage Against the Legal System: Only time I like this trope is if the character is doing it because they were wrongfully framed, or if it's a corrupt system that encourages it's officials to partake in immorality that they're rebelling against or if they're taking it down due to being persecuted for choosing to do the right thing over following the law. Aside from that, it just comes off as a cliché.
  • Relationship-Salvaging Disaster
  • My Country Tis of Thee That I Sting: It's understandable, don't get me wrong...but honestly? I can't find of a tasteful way to do it...and sadly it's even dangerous in this day and age.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Fanservice in abundance tends to be frowned upon, although I get sometimes this trope is justified depending on the circumstances. Admittedly, it's kinda awkward when it pops up because how do you expect to explain that to your audience?

Movie/Game/Character/etc. talk section

     Favorite Characters; Good and Evil alike 
  • Proto Man, from Mega Man. As a kid, I always liked him simply for how ambiguous he is as a character yet still fights for the good side. I guess maybe that was my first exposure to the Heroic Neutral type character?
  • Kenshiro, from Hokuto no Ken. I seldom enjoy Shōnen due to how cliché and obnoxiously glurge it can be...but a post-apocalyptic guy who's a walking version of Laser-Guided Karma that makes the most evil of evil explode and fights some of the most morally complex villains like Shin and Raoh? That is good writing. There will always be one character in my writing who takes inspiration from this guy.
  • Lumine, From Mega Man X. Yeah, okay, Mega Man X became a bit of a trainwreck after it continued against Inafune's wishes...but the 8th and final game had some charm in that it had such a seemingly-serene character that legitimately surprised me when they became the villain. I was a kid when I played this, and while the writing was pretty crappy, you gotta admit that Lumine was a much more imposing and compelling villain.
  • Raoh, from Hokuto no Ken; this guy was my first exposure to and acknowledgement of the Anti-Villain. The moral complexity behind this guy always fascinated me as someone who's working on writing for characters, and despite my disdain for Raoh over Rei's death, he will always be one of my favorite Anti-villains out there.
  • V from V for Vendetta; guy's a morally ambiguous freedom fighter toppling a fascist regime known as Norsefire, what's not to love? But seriously, his ability to play a heroic version of The Chessmaster is just awesome.
  • Though House Martell I would say always has been my favorite, in particular I'd have to pick Oberyn Martell from Game of Thrones. Aside from establishing who the Hispanics of Westeros are, this guy is badass and the fact that he has established just how noble the Dornish are...I mean, except for his partner and his illegitimate daughters, the sand snakes...but really just how he managed to defeat the mountain (though he sadly did die due to not killing him off then and there).
     Favorite films 
One thing you'll find out about me is that I like a variety. Action films sure, but not the cheesy kind. Rom-Coms can have a certain kind of appeal to. But really, anything thought-provoking or something that'll give me a good laugh. Horror films are out of the question since they depress me more than anything, and the status quo is scarier than anything a film could offer right now.

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