TV Tropes: Surely Someday; Character: Douglas Andrews

[walkwithheroes]

The lovely website tvtropes is often a time suck. And by that I mean you can spend hours on it and not even noticed that you've wasted half your day. There is also a lovely thing on Tumblr, where you find tropes to describe your favorite fictional characters and make a picture/gif set with them. I thought I'd try it with my stories.

First up: Douglas Andrews from Surely Someday. Come get to know (and see!) him.

Who is Douglas Andrews?

Comments

[serpentine]

Amusingly enough, I'm actually on TV Tropes right now, wondering what tropes apply to my characters.

Do you have any suggestions on finding what tropes fit your characters without being overwhelmed by the website (which seems to be my problem)?

[walkwithheroes]

I have a few suggestions, sure. Firstly I would limit the number of tropes I want at one time. Secondly, I would only focus on one character at a time. I'd also stick to the character pages/characters as devices pages. Really think about the character - especially which other characters they remind you of. Is he brilliant, but with a dark past? He may be a Broken Ace. Take your time. I did each character over two days, and that was just for a handful of tropes.

[bookblather]

Hah! I was actually just thinking about TV Tropes and my stories. I'll come back with a couple of my characters, but for now I wanted to say that Douglas Andrews is unfairly hot and I suddenly understand why Henry hit on him to begin with.

[walkwithheroes]

TV Tropes is so much fun and a great way to flesh out/get to really know some characters and even relationships. I look forward to what you come up with. I plan on doing more, too.

Douglas Andrews is unfairly hot and I suddenly understand why Henry hit on him to begin with.

:) lol. He is unfairly attractive. Richard Armitage (the 'face' of Douglas Andrews)just has a great look.

[subluxate]

When I have time, I'm totally going to do this. It's a fantastic idea.

[rustydragonfly]

I've done this in my head more than a few times. No PBs=no gifsets, though. Sadness...

I've usually got the site up in a tab most times. It seems to help with not getting lost because it's always there anyway so no big deal. I've been a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I really do find it a great resource for character and plot development. Previously I'd only been exposed to the idea of taking stories apart in a boring class environment - TV Tropes showed me it could be fun rather than pretentious.

[walkwithheroes]

I really do find it a great resource for character and plot development. Previously I'd only been exposed to the idea of taking stories apart in a boring class environment - TV Tropes showed me it could be fun rather than pretentious.

I agree with you. It's a great resource for character and plot development, especially in making sure you don't fall into plot holes or huge cliches. I find the site really fun and useful for exploring characters and plots.