Tropers / Dawnwing

Welcome to my troper page. I'm a Fiery Red Head that likes to obsess over whatever I'm reading/playing/etc. Especially my two main fandoms: The Elder Scrolls (I've become a contributor and admin on one of the oldest fansites for the series) and Warrior Cats (a series I've been fond of over half my life).

My username here is based on one I used on many Warriors fansites; like most usernames on those sites, it follows the characters' naming scheme from the books. I also have a WarriorCats Youtube channel by the same name. I also nowadays tend to go by Alarra, which was my first TES character's name.

Pages I have contributed significantly to:

This troper provides examples of:

• 100% Completion: Preferred way to game.
• Athletically Challenged: Particularly with anything involving a ball.
• The B Grade: Had this view in high school and early college, then overextending myself with work, schoolwork, and extracurriculars caught up to me and I wasn't as hard on myself.
• Big Eater with a major Sweet Tooth
• Blind Without 'Em: Before laser eye surgery, at least.
• Bookworm
• Born Lucky: I tend to win a lot of raffles and drawings, even when entering with only one ticket.
• Brick Break: Injured my hand the first time I tried breaking a board in karate.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Ridiculous Procrastinator. Though it turns out I have ADHD, so not entirely my fault.
• Country Mouse: Healthy Country Air is definitely an important thing.
• Creature of Habit
• Dreadful Musician: Good with instruments, but not the best singer.
• Dream Weaver: Used to lucid dream fairly regularly.
• Embarrassing Last Name: One that naturally lends itself to nicknames.
• Embarrassing Nickname: For a while, my coworkers called me "Crash" - after rolling the car and showing up to work the very next day with only a scratch on my finger.
• Fangirl: Mostly of Warrior Cats and The Elder Scrolls.
• Fiery Red Head: Appearance-wise, anyway.
• Flashback Nightmare: For several years, car accident dreams would crop up every now and then.
• Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: Not so much do-it-for-a-short-time and never-think-about-it-again, but more do-it-for-a-short-time and forget about it for a couple months, then get into it again for a while. These hobbies include genealogy, crafts, and doing puzzles.
• Forum Pecking Order: Admin of the UESP forum and Discord, was a Moderator on the official Redwall forum, and was Old Guard on the official forum of the Warrior Cats series before it shut down.
• Gamer Chick
• Genius Burnout: Unfortunately, this is a thing that happens.
• Hand Behind Head: A common nervous tic.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Back in early high school I tried writing a book (and got about 50 pages into it) about dragons, with the main character named Celestia. Then several years later, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comes out...
• I Just Like Saying the Word: One of the most fun words to say is ointment.
• I Know Karate: Green belt in Budokai karate.
• Important Haircut: Spent most of high school with long hair that reached my chest, and got it cut to a couple inches above shoulder length at the start of college to reflect the new beginning. (I later decided at some point that long hair is actually more "me".)
• I Need a Freaking Drink: I've been known to do this.
• Inept Aptitude Test: Once took one that declared that my ideal job would be a plumber, which was amusing as it is not something I have ever desired.
• In-Vehicle Invulnerability: Possibly the reason I made it out completely uninjured after flipping the (airbag-lacking) car onto its roof and hitting a tree. See Embarrassing Nickname above.
• Just One More Level!
• The Klutz: I've been known to trip twice up one flight of stairs.
• Knight Templar: Can be at times.
• Lawful Good: Most accurately describes my alignment (the Finding the Balance variety).
• Message Board: I love these.
• Minnesota Nice: Well, Wisconsin Nice.
• Motor Mouth: While I'm not super chatty, I do speak very quickly.
• Mr. Imagination: I tend to daydream a lot.
• My Life Flashed Before My Eyes: Did not happen during my car accident. There simply isn't enough time.
• Never Gets Drunk: Can hold my liquor pretty well.
• Ninja Editor and occasional Serial Tweaker
• Not a Morning Person: Not by any stretch the imagination.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: I'm usually pretty patient and easygoing, so people have commented that in the rare times they've seen me mad, they know it's serious.
• One of the Kids: This has been me at times - in high school and college I babysat, did volunteer work, and had a part-time job with religious ed classes. This occasionally resulted in me running around and playing tag for hours.
• Outgrowing the Childish Name: Went by a shortened version of my full name as a kid, then full name as an adult.
• Pastimes Prove Personality: Karate, reading, music (flute, piano, listening to music [especially country or instrumental music]), and lots and lots of video games.
• People Fall Off Chairs: Immediately before interviewing Todd Howard, I fell off the "stool" (which was actually probably a small table) that I was sitting on, into a pile of camera equipment. Fortunately didn't break either the equipment or myself.
• Performance Anxiety: Comes with being a shy, introverted person.
• Polka Dork: And proud of it; my ancestry is mostly Polish and I'm from a heavily Polish-influenced area. My favorite polka is "Holiday in Poland".
• Precision F-Strike: I don't swear often, so when I do, the situation really merits it.
• Professional Voice Dissonance: After a few months working in customer service, I have developed a "Customer Service" voice which has been remarked upon by family that has overheard it.
• Prone to Sunburn: It's a redhead thing.
• Proud to Be a Geek
• The Quiet One: In real life, at least. Not necessarily so online.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: I try to be this on sites I moderate.
• Redhead In Green: Truth in Television - as the trope page says, red and green are complementary colors.
• Redheads Are Uncool: Basically the story of my grade school years.
• Sleepyhead: Caffeine Failure occasionally occurs.
• Team Mom: Have been described as such in multiple friend groups.
• Technicolor Eyes: I have something like central heterochromia; the irises are gray-green with a brown/amber ring around the pupil.
• The Tetris Effect: Happens a lot when playing games or reading books.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Karate, video gaming, and programming are usually considered to be more masculine interests, and indeed, the programming field is very heavily male-dominated. I still love jewelry and dressing up for special occasions, cooking and baking, and keeping things neat and pretty.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Watermelon.
• Undying Loyalty: A trait I am proud of.
• Wide-Eyed Idealist