Homestuck/Characters/Trolls One: Difference between revisions

* [[Shout-Out]]: The role-playing and card games he uses animals in are based off of [[Pokémon]], and the animals he uses are based on the famous monsters from [[Alien]].

** Tavros' strife specibus, his hive (and his Land) having windmills, his Spanish trolltag, and his over-idealistic way of thinking all point towards Tavros being the series' Don Quixote. Hell, his battle with Vriska could be described as tilting at windmills!

* [[Smug Snake]]: Fans instantly pegged him as this when they first got a look at his [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003496 amazingly punchable face], only to discover in late Act 4 that he wasn't actually such a bad guy... and then to learn in the Hivebent arc that he's -- well, just see [[The Woobie]] below.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Why is he such a Woobie? Because he's being [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Bull]]ied.

* [[Take That]]: [[Word of God|The Author]] has indicated that his [[The Woobie|perpetually victimized woobie]] status is partly a [[Take That]] at some of the early criticism by the [[Fan Dumb]] (with [[Trolling|Vriska]] playing the part of the critics.)

** Although he did also say he might have done it anyway, because fans are either sympathetic to him or [[Crosses the Line Twice|amused]], and it's important that a story invokes an "emotional response" in its readers.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Tavros' Zodiac sign is Taurus.

* [[The Roleplayer]]: Tavros' character in FLARP was based around his personality and interests rather than being particularly effective in combat. This did not end well when he was pitted against [[Killer Game Master]] Vriska.