MEME TIEM - FUN WITH DICHOTOMY

[perform_admirably]

Hello, Darrow! Let. Us. Play. A. Game.

The game goes as follows.

Take a gander at the TV Tropes pages for Red Oni vs. Blue Oni, Technician vs. Performer.

Post below with your character's journal, detailing if your character is a Red Oni or Blue Oni, a Technician or a Performer, and so on. Not all characters might fit into these dichotomies, that's okay. If people like this meme, I'll do a different dichotomy meme next month. Just comment with the characters who fit the tropes and list which trope applies to them. Feel free to explain why in the comment, or to just make a simple decision.

For example, Spock is the Blue Oni (to Kirk's Red Oni,) and the Technician (although in this case, I would say that Jim is also a Technician.)

Once you have your character's half-trope listed, TAG SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE to complete the trope. If you have a Red Oni on your hands, comment below the thread of a Blue Oni.

Try to see if you can't come up with an idea for a thread between the two of them! This meme is to facilitate new relationships between characters! Because everyone likes to break through inertia.

Comments

Spock

[perform_admirably]

Blue Oni

Technician

Robin Goodfellow

[goodfella]

Red Oni

Technician

[spirit_of_vitriol]

This is probably a terrible idea, and I'm not even sure what they'd talk about, but the results might be hilarious.

[goodfella]

I actually love everything about this idea and need it to happen.

[spirit_of_vitriol]

Excellent. I have EP plans for her probably sometime next month, but if you're putting something up for Robin sooner (or we could throw together a private thing?), I'll be there.


(unrelatedly, Spock and Flavia are the BEST EVER and I reread their thread at least once a day and cackle like a madwoman while doing so, thank you so much for being amazing)

[perform_admirably]

We could try to set up a private thread for Flave if you'd like! I always appreciate private threads.

Spock likes Flavia! Even if she called him a potato! Obviously they need to thread moar in the future. He is sorry he's an alien.

Okumura Rin

[phosphor]

Red Oni

Performer

Gregory House

[concluded]

is actually sort of neither, but he intentionally invokes Red Oni more often than not

[the_bad_brother]

Red Oni

Performer

Kurt Hummel

[likesboys]

More often blue oni than not.

And definitely a performer.

Kuchiki Rukia

[unburden]

Blue oni. Except when around her brother.

She was the performer in her youth, but now is more of a technician. Thanks, Ichigo.

[moonsummoned]

Please put a leash on this boy.

[unburden]

KINKY.

[moonsummoned]

Robert Chase

[theorized]

Red oni in a McCoy kind of way.

Also a technician. Weird.

Korra

[unrestraint]

Red oni. Performer.

Duh.

Re: Korra

[jaimemieux]

Counter-intuitively, I think this is why she and Henri get along so well. XD

[unrestraint]

Probably true! So far, the pups in game who seem to have pushed her development most are blue oni technicians. :3

[jaimemieux]

Heeee. Yeah, I was realize that pretty much all of Combeferre's canon friends are red oni and/or performers. I think he likes to collect them and keep them from doing anything too crazy. XD

Faye Valentine

[attitude]

Tries to come off as a blue oni technician, but...

...is really a red oni performer.

Nuriko

[willowed]

Red oni. Performer.

Except around Tasuki.

Ishiah

[priorcommitment]

Blue oni. Technician. Typical is as typical does.

James Ford

[confidenceman]

Red oni performer to Jack Shepherd's blue oni technician.

[onewhoisall]

Possibly a blue? Technician.

Flavia de Luce

[spirit_of_vitriol]

Blue Oni, definitely.

And I'm going to say...performer. She's meticulous, she's exacting, but if she has to do science on the fly with only pigeon poop and an egg at her disposal (this actually happened), she does it beautifully.

[ghost_holder]

We need to get our Oni together. Just in case Aggie gets a little...omnicidal again.

[spirit_of_vitriol]

Yeeeeeees. Although with Flavia's passion for poison, this might backfire on us and introduce Aggie to a whole new world of dealing death with science.

I can't wait. :D

[likeaplanet]

Red Oni

Performer.

[perform_admirably]

OF COURSE YOU ARE NEIL

[likeaplanet]

ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY TROPE CHOICE?

[perform_admirably]

no he is perfect, it just explains why he makes spock's head explode

[likeaplanet]

THEY COMPLETE A TROPE. LOL

Combeferre

[jaimemieux]

Blue oni. Completed and corrected, indeed. Take it away, TV Tropes:

"In Les Misérables, Enjolras the fiery revolutionary warrior (red—witness his trademark red vest in The Musical) and Combeferre the gentle progressive philosopher (blue) are presented as ideological foils. Personality-wise, however, the coldly chaste Enjolras is the blue oni to the earthy, loquacious Grantaire's red."

And he's too much of a perfectionist nerd to be anything other than the technician, though he has a greater appreciation for performers than those who traditionally fit the trope.

[ghost_holder]

Red Oni

Performer

[moonsummoned]

And despite his icy cool motifs Jack is definitely a red oni with a performer's heart.

[perform_admirably]

I appreciate that Jack is a Red Oni in addition to being An Ice Person.

HRM I really need to tag him with one of mine sometime.

[moonsummoned]

He is also, literally, Fun Personified.

And I approve all Jack tags.

[phosphor]

I randomly feel like these two should thread at some point soon so that they can square off their Idiot Hero Big Brother Instinct and also drive Rukia to an early grave.

[ghost_holder]

Everything about this idea is perfect.