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{{tropelist|Vivian James provides examples of the following tropes:}}
{{tropelist|Vivian James provides examples of the following tropes:}}
* [[A Boy and His Dog|A Girl and Her Sea Lion]]: How her and Ethics are oft portrayed.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: After a fashion. Aside from being associated with the /v/ boards in both [[4chan]] and [[8chan]], she's sometimes affectionately used to symbolize modern gaming. And sometimes used as a [[Straw Character]] by anti-GG, [[Wimpification|corrupting]] her established [[The Stoic|carefree personality]].
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: After a fashion. Aside from being associated with the /v/ boards in both [[4chan]] and [[8chan]], she's sometimes affectionately used to symbolize modern gaming. And sometimes used as a [[Straw Character]] by anti-GG, [[Wimpification|corrupting]] her established [[The Stoic|carefree personality]].
** The original personification of /v/ is usually shown as Vivian's father as well.
** The original personification of /v/ is usually shown as Vivian's father as well.
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* [[The Cameo]]: [[Hulk Hogan]] has gotten a few cameos in Vivian comics as his [[Real Life]] legal battle with Gawker intersected with [[Gamergate]]'s contempt of Gawker and its videogaming vertical Kotaku.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Hulk Hogan]] has gotten a few cameos in Vivian comics as his [[Real Life]] legal battle with Gawker intersected with [[Gamergate]]'s contempt of Gawker and its videogaming vertical Kotaku.
** Other /pol/-aligned [[Anthropomorphic Personifications]] such as [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/christ-chan Christ-chan]<ref>A personification of Christianity and evangelicalism, not too unlike the medieval Ecclesia.</ref> and [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ebola-chan Ebola-chan]<ref>[[Exactly What it Says on the Tin]].</ref> are known to show up, usually whenever /pol/ himself or Erika Polina is in the picture.
** Other /pol/-aligned [[Anthropomorphic Personifications]] such as [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/christ-chan Christ-chan]<ref>A personification of Christianity and evangelicalism, not too unlike the medieval Ecclesia.</ref> and [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ebola-chan Ebola-chan]<ref>[[Exactly What it Says on the Tin]].</ref> are known to show up, usually whenever /pol/ himself or Erika Polina is in the picture.
* [[Badass]]: Sometimes portrayed as one, often of the [[Action Girl]] variety.
* [[Berserk Button]]: For Vivian, it's anything that slanders gamers, detrimental to gaming and otherwise patronising to women like her. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Also]], [[Scrub|scrubs]] and "filthy [[Casual Video Game|casuals]]."
* [[Berserk Button]]: For Vivian, it's anything that slanders gamers, detrimental to gaming and otherwise patronizing to women like her. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Also]], [[Scrub|scrubs]] and "filthy [[Casual Video Game|casuals]]."
** She's also this in real life to certain (primarily anti-GG) individuals and groups, who view her as offensive, misogynistic and reactionary.
** She's also this in real life to certain (primarily anti-GG) individuals and groups, who view her as offensive, misogynistic and reactionary.
* [[Best Her to Bed Her]]: Vivian is sometimes portrayed as this, stemming from her rather competitive nature and hardcore gamer streak.
* [[Best Her to Bed Her]]: Vivian is sometimes portrayed as this, stemming from her rather competitive nature and hardcore gamer streak.
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* [[Gamer Chick]]: Vivian in spades. While also averting the usual media and ideological stereotypes by portraying her as nerdy and rough as any other gamer.
* [[Gamer Chick]]: Vivian in spades. While also averting the usual media and ideological stereotypes by portraying her as nerdy and rough as any other gamer.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Sort of. Vivian takes quite a bit after her father, /v/. While Erika Polina is basically a female version of her dad, /pol/.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Sort of. Vivian takes quite a bit after her father, /v/. While Erika Polina is basically a female version of her dad, /pol/.
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Subversion, Vivian's is actually there to identify either her origins on [[4chan]] or her transplanting to [[8chan]], depending on whether the hair dec in question depicts a 4 leaf clover or an infinity symbol respectively.
* [[Godwin's Law]]: "Uncle" /pol/ and his daughter, Erika Polina, who both look like Nazis in all but name. A nod to /pol/'s irreverent notoriety. Erika herself was originally a parody of Lillian Woods with the [[Unfortunate Implications|unintentionally Aryan elements]] taken [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Godwin's Law]]: "Uncle" /pol/ and his daughter, Erika Polina, who both look like Nazis in all but name. A nod to /pol/'s irreverent notoriety. Erika herself was originally a parody of Lillian Woods with the [[Unfortunate Implications|unintentionally Aryan elements]] taken [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Vivian, with [[Fanon|some speculating]] that she might even be of Irish descent.
* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Vivian, with [[Fanon|some speculating]] that she might even be of Irish descent.
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* [[Mascot]]: In addition to her association with [[Gamergate]], Vivian is the defacto mascot of the KotakuInAction subreddit, alongside Ethics, the Sea Lion.
* [[Mascot]]: In addition to her association with [[Gamergate]], Vivian is the defacto mascot of the KotakuInAction subreddit, alongside Ethics, the Sea Lion.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: One of the reasons why she really took off.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: One of the reasons why she really took off.
* [[Moral Guardians]]: Lillian acts like a self appointed version. both "Uncle /pol/" and Polina assume this role in their own interpretation of this, often to Vivian's apathetic indifference.
* [[One of the Boys]]: How Vivian tends to be depicted, though she doesn't really care either way.
* [[One of the Boys]]: How Vivian tends to be depicted, though she doesn't really care either way.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Her default appearance has her frowning, either out of apathy, intense concentration, or annoyance.
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Vivian was created in part as a response to this.
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Vivian was created in part as a response to this.
* [[The Pollyanna]]: Gilda Mars tends to show signs of this, her obliviousness at times reflecting the disconnect between [[Reddit]]'s users and its mods as well as the ones running the site itself.
* [[The Pollyanna]]: Gilda Mars tends to show signs of this, her obliviousness at times reflecting the disconnect between [[Reddit]]'s users and its mods as well as the ones running the site itself.
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* [[Take That]]: In addition to Vivian's [[Gamergate]] associations making her one to anti-GG, she's also one big [[Take That]] to both the media and social justice warriors.
* [[Take That]]: In addition to Vivian's [[Gamergate]] associations making her one to anti-GG, she's also one big [[Take That]] to both the media and social justice warriors.
* [[Tsundere]]: She has some shades of this, compared to her father /v/.
* [[Tsundere]]: She has some shades of this, compared to her father /v/.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Vivian and Lillian on a really good day. Occasionally applies to both "crazy uncle /pol/" and Erika Polina as well.
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: How Vivian is sometimes portrayed, meant to emphasise how beautiful she in spite of her appearance.
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: How Vivian is sometimes portrayed, meant to emphasise how beautiful she in spite of her appearance.


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