𝙳𝙾𝙶 𝙾𝙵 𝚆𝙰𝚁. (Posts tagged tbt .)

𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙿𝙴𝚂 .

^{RULES:  List five tropes applicable to your character, then tag others to do the same.
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^{Tagged by:  me .
Tagging:    @vasilievna​  @turianrebel  @sraen  @deifect  @worldagainst  +  anyone that wants to ^_^} 

^{ACTION GIRL    :}

^{An Action Girl is a female badass who is tough and kicks butt. Damsel in Distress? Not her. She’s featured in far more than the Designated Girl Fight. She faces dangerous foes and deadly obstacles, and she wins.}

^{DETERMINATOR   :}

^{A character — good or evil, male or female, young or old — who never gives up. Ever. No matter what. There is no stopping the Determinator. They do not understand tact. They do not Know When to Fold ‘Em, and it’s a waste of time to tell them the odds. No one can reason with them. They’ll do whatever they have to without question. No price is too great to pay for success, up to and including their own life. Do not expect them to realize they might be better off letting it go, even if they can barely stand. If you’re ever kidnapped or lost with no hope of rescue, they’ll be the one who will find you. Their adversaries will shout, in exasperated rage,“Why Won’t You Die?!”. For them, there is no line between “perseverance” and “insanity.”}

^{PRAGMATIC HERO    :}

^{A Pragmatic Hero lacks the “moral cleanliness” of an Ideal Hero. When fighting evil, they often commit acts that might seem more characteristic of a villain than a hero. However, Pragmatic Heroes have morally good intentions and often hold themselves to strict moral standards—it’s just that those standards aren’t always what others might expect from a hero. This type of hero tends to be much more concerned with whatever heroic business the plotline has assigned them than the niceties of proper heroic etiquette. However, with the exception of unintentional mistakes, they will rarely if ever commit a villainous deed that doesn’t further the cause of good in a way}

^{BADASS NORMAL   :}

^{In a world with supernatural dealings or superpowers, this character is the one who is able to keep being useful through intellect, martial arts abilities, general ruthlessness, or just being Crazy-Prepared.  They notably have none of the fantastic enhancements, magic, or special powers that others do. It might even be a sore point for them, but that just makes us encourage them more. Female versions are usually Action Girls with a Girl Posse or Lovely Angels.}

^{RELIGIOUS BRUISER   :}

^{What distinguishes this trope from Church Militant and Badass Preacher is the emphasis. A Religious Bruiser may or may not kick ass, but if he does, it’s his primary occupation. For the Badass Preacher, ass-kicking is secondary to his vocation (or if Church Militant is at play, ass-kicking is his vocation). This is also partially an audience or character reaction trope. With theBadass Preacher, characters will be surprised to learn that the man in the white collar can kick ass. With the Religious Bruiser, the characters will be surprised that the man who kicks ass wears the white collar from time to time.}

^{BRUISER WITH A SOFT CENTER    :}

^{The big, burly, super macho guy who is nothing but a stack of muscles is pretty much a brick, right? Not so much. True love or a sweet, touching moment reveals what a big softy he really is under all that hard muscle. Hands that can smash through walls effortlessly now rise to hide the Tender Tears, or remain stoically at his sides as he weeps Manly Tears.  Thugs will limp away nursing cuts and bruises from his mighty fists. Children and small cuddly animals will simply treat his great ham hands like cozy furniture to snuggle up in. Enemies will flee from his mighty roar or battle cry. But he will sit still and quiet if a kitten curls up on his chest purring, and he’ll let her stay as long as she pleases.}

^{KNIGHT IN SOUR ARMOR   :}  

^{The world is filled with Wide Eyed Idealists who believe in truth and justice and devote their lives to fighting for it. And then the dark, cruel and brutal world keeps letting them down. For them, Being Good Sucks. But rather than giving up on their goals, they choose to fight not because they believe they will truly make a difference, but because it’s the right thing to do.}

^{ONE WOMAN ARMY.}

^{Sometimes The Hero (or The Big Guy in their team) will face a large horde of Mooks and tell their leader he’s going down. The leader will often say, “You and What Army?”, then discover that the hero doesn’t need one. This one man can go around and kill thousands of enemies.  The One Man Army does far more than pull his own weight. Villains tend to underestimate this person at first, considering him Just One Man. They are quickly proven wrong. This is often justified by making the character a Super Soldier against mundanes, possessing far superior weaponry, or otherwise tremendously advantaged.}

^{SOLE SURVIVOR    :} 

^{It could happen in a lot of ways. Your family picnic is gunned down by The Mafia. Your platoon is ordered to do something suicidal by General Ripper. Your ship goes down. Your Doomed Hometown has a volcano erupt on it. You were Playing Possum when wounded. You were knocked unconscious during the Last Stand. You were the lucky duck who did not find the Applied Phlebotinum lethal. You were sent to Bring News Back. You were ordered to perform some errand, often stunningly trivial, which left you off-base when the surprise attack overwhelmed it. But somehow you alone survive this horrible event. You’ve become a Sole Survivor.  This is the eventual outcome of a Dwindling Party. It can lead to Survivor Guilt or a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. A Sole Survivor may become a Zen Survivor or Shellshocked Veteran.}

^{COOL BIG SIS   :}

^{If your show is aimed at a younger audience, this young woman (usually in her mid to late teens, sometimes in her early 20s) will be older than the Shorttank and be the girl everyone thinks is hot (if they’re nice) or an Alpha Bitch (if they’re not), though their personalities can vary widely from Tsundere to Emotionless Girl to Tomboy. The Shorttank girls often admire them, even when they playfully flirt with the much younger male lead and steal everyone’s attention. The Shrinking Violet will admire and at the same time envy how more open her Big Sister figure is with her thoughts and feelings.} 

^{CULTURED WARRIOR    :}  

^{Many soldiers in fiction are rough, abrasive grunts who wouldn’t know a work of poetry if it hit them during an artillery barrage.  The Cultured Warrior is somewhat different. He (it’s usually a he; if it’s a she, she’s usually also a Lady of War) knows his history and culture. He’ll happily quote Byron or Keats during a battle. Often a Blue Blood, he likes fine wines and opera music, and may have gone to a Boarding School. Oftentimes, they simply believe that things like culture are what they are fighting for; without the fine things in life, there is nothing but more war to look forward to.  It does not need to be evident at first. This is a common form of Hidden Depths.}

❝       𝙷𝙴𝚈 ,   𝙷𝙾𝚃 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚃 .      ❞     ^{with her lips slung into a low smile  —  flickering a bit with hesitation   &  nerves  —   &   a knot of agitation stuck in her belly ,   she teeters half in ,   half out of the battery ,  holding the door - way open .   the space between them is a no man’s land she only toes at ,   &   her skin itches with the discomfort of it ,   of not knowing her place in his life anymore .   of where she can stand .   it’s been over two years .   something of a vicious cycle now   :   horizon .  the citadel .   again  &  again she is caught between her heart  &  her head ,   loyalty  &  betrayal both  —  &   god ,   she’d held a gun to shepard   –   to him .   &  he the same ,   &   could she have pulled the trigger ?}    

^{no .   &   it doesn’t matter now .   she keeps her gaze steady on his shoulder ,   not ready to catch his eyes  &  whatever might be in them .      ❝       it’s been   —      ❞    body presses into the wall ,   arms crossed ,   a rapid increase in the beat of her heart against her ribs .        ❝      how are you ?   it feels like forever since we’ve really gotten to  …   talk ,   really talk .   y’know ?   &  —        ❞      &   how are we ?   but she can’t get the words out ,        ❝        a lot’s happened .  are you doing okay ?       ❞}

^{@turianrebel .        ♡ .}

𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽 :   𝙼𝙸𝚂𝙲 .    𝙳𝙴𝚃𝙰𝙸𝙻𝚂 .

^{a list of small headcanons  +  other details about ashley ,  some of them will go into a dossier when i finally write it up ,  but until then .}

• ^{bi.oware robbed us of buff ashley… she’s 6′0″  &  solidly built ,   broad - shouldered ,  with defined core ,  arm ,  &  leg muscle .   she can dead - lift 300 lbs .  queen of queens .} 
• ^{there are freckles ALL over her nose  &  shoulder areas ,  with some going down her back ,  arms ,  &  thighs .}  
  
• ^{she’s got plenty of scars too .  she’s not overly shy about them ,  but she also doesn’t show them off usually unless goaded into it .} 
• ^{she’s got casual nicknames for anyone she’s close to .}
• ^{she can be really platonically affectionate .  growing up with younger siblings made her comfortable with displaying platonic affection  [  hugs ,   throwing her arms over people’s shoulders ,   linking arms ,   etc .  ]} 
• ^{romantically is another story ,  however .   she’s not shy about casual flirting  [  “ if you want to get me in a tin foil mini skirt  &   thigh - high boots ,   i want dinner first ”  ]   &   can tease  +  have a laugh about it .   she’s had the occasional fling ,  too .  but genuine ,  real romantic affection is something she isn’t super familiar with ,  &  generally doesn’t display in public .   quiet hand holding ?   she loves it .   public ,  big displays of affection ?   she’ll still love you ,  but she might throttle you later .}  
• ^{she hasn’t had a lot of serious ,   long - term relationships .   if she acts unsure of herself ,  it’s not that she’s uncomfortable ,  so much as she is trying to figure things out .   she can still be plenty bold ,  even if she does feel out of her depths ,  &  even if it’s early on   &  she’s still figuring things out ,   she always makes an effort to make sure her partner knows she cares about them .}  
  
• ^{otherwise ,  she’s generally comfortable with other people’s emotions ,   comforting other people ,   etc .  she’s highly empathetic ,   &   she genuinely cares about people ,  even if she doesn’t know them too well  –  such as when she tried to comfort nirali bhatia’s husband in me1 .} 
• ^{she has several small nervous habits ,  such as :} 
• ^{pulling her nails} 
• ^{biting / pulling at the skin of her lip / gnawing on the inside of her cheek}
• ^{clenching  &  unclenching her fists} 
• ^{pulling at her earlobe} 
• ^{tapping her foot / jerking her knee repeatedly}
• ^{she rarely lets her hair down from its usual bun .  [  i.e. :  the mass effect 3 design is fake .   this is what i headcanon ashley’s design to be in me3 .  ]  if it isn’t in a bun ,   it’s usually pulled into a low pony tail .  when she’s by herself she obviously takes it down ,  as well as sometimes when she’s with close friends + partners .}
• ^{while she’s specialized in assault rifles + sniper rifles ,   she’s familiar with most kinds of weaponry ,  &  can assemble / dissemble guns in record time .}
• ^{she wanted to be an infiltrator for awhile .  found out she didn’t have the patience for it .  wishes she could’ve kept the cloak ,  though .} 
• ^{she has dimples when she smiles + laughs .}
• ^{she can COOK!  she has several family recipes her mom taught her that she has memorized from her childhood  &  teen years .   it’s a small hobby that she normally doesn’t get the chance to break out ,  living on the normandy .   when will i get ashley trying to learn about the alien crew’s dishes  &  trying to make them as a fun lil bonding thing .}  
• ^{on the down low ,  she loves to play cards ,   &   she’s an excellent bluffer .  she can also play a mean game of pool .} 
• ^{she owns a combat knife that her father gave her ,   &  she taught herself a few knife tricks for fun .   but ,  she doesn’t take it with her on missions .}
• ^{she tends to go into a Big Sister Mode when around girls that are younger than her ,  &  she’s super protective of girls in general .  she’ll start a bar fight with a guy at the drop of a hat for a girl .}
• ^{speaking of fights ,   she’s absolutely one of the best on the normandy in hand - to - hand combat .  she’s had training in mma ,  boxing ,  silat ,   &   muay thai .}
• ^{there are pictures of her caked in horrible makeup done by her younger sisters when they were younger .  she LITERALLY looks like a clown .  liara probably has them .}