{"id":196,"date":"2006-03-27T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=196"},"modified":"2006-03-27T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T15:41:00","slug":"categories-for-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2006\/03\/27\/categories-for-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Categories for everything!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jill alerted me to the coolest Web site, TV Tropes.<\/a> It’s the encyclopedia of plot devices, stock characters, cliches and genre fixtures for TV, movies and even novels. I was making smaller lists of such “archetypes” at the age of 14, and now, 14 years later, there’s a whole online encyclopedia of them!<\/p>\n

(un)real life is a dramedy<\/a> because it combines drama and humor, but it’s also a soap opera<\/a> in the sense that the characters always experience life-changing events [never a dull moment]. Perhaps it could be best characterized as a supernatural soap opera,<\/a> which gets in the constant plot twists, the high tension and the magic.<\/p>\n

Anneka, as a hero, is probably an Extraordinarily Powered Girl,<\/a> given the fact that she has vampiric powers. She also has strong Mary Sue<\/a> traits, mostly because she’s semi-autobiographical and physically idealized. Because she resents her special status and just wants a normal life, she’s also a Part-Time Hero.<\/a> Given her tendency to depression, suicidal thoughts and holding grudges, she may also have some anti-hero<\/a> in her.<\/p>\n

Will, as a hero, is most obviously an anti-hero. Specifically, his cynicism and cock-sureness make him an Ineffectual Loner.<\/a> He makes sarcastic remarks about almost everyone, ensuring him the role of Deadpan Snarker.<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Anneka and Will have a strong Beauty and the Beast<\/a> aspect to their relationship. Anneka seems to be bringing out something good in Will [hmmm, maybe he’ll stop killing people], and he seems to be bringing out something good in her [though we’re not clear what it is]. As well, there is some Star-Crossed Lovers drama,<\/a> but they keep crossing the stars by themselves. Fate has nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jill alerted me to the coolest Web site, TV Tropes. It’s the encyclopedia of plot devices, stock characters, cliches and genre fixtures for TV, movies and even novels. I was making smaller lists of such “archetypes” at the age of 14, and now, 14 years later, there’s a whole online encyclopedia of them! (un)real life… Continue reading Categories for everything!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}