User blog comment:Viper 121/Viper, the RP Character!/@comment-82.17.96.118-20140907213519/@comment-5299683-20140909071647

Well, I took a look at Vimes's TVtropes. I can see a darker, grittier Viper in him. But he seems to only have a few tropes in common with him. I jotted down a few tropes I thought Viper embodied. I could easily have missed a few since I'm not familiar with every last trope there is out there. And indeed, a few of these I didn't know existed until very recently:

Badass Boast:  "I am her Alpha!  I am her Omega!  I.  Am.  Viper!!"

Byronic Hero:  Viper zig-zags this trope. He's not nearly as brooding or grim as other byronic heroes. But he's every bit as sharp, emotionally sensitive and passionate as one, at least towards Ilias. And even though he's not weighed down by his past, he won't share it with anyone. He doesn't really fit in with the run-of-the-mill Iliads, and certainly not mamano lovers. And doesn't like anyone telling him his business on the matter. But at his core, Viper's still a lonely man desperately trying to hold onto the one good thing in his life. The only thing holding his world together is a goddess, who unbeknownst to him, is a two-faced, genocidal maniac.

Combat Pragmatist:  Viper never wastes his time using flashy sword techniques if he can just as easily shoot or stab a monster in the face as she's trying to mount him. But how merciless he is depends on how deadly the monster he's fighting is. He's willing to spare gentler monsters like harpies and loli monsters. Voracious monsters get the death sentance each time.

Dark and Troubled Past:  Viper started off as a drugged-up vagrant. But he doesn't really dwell on it.

Determinator/Implacable Man:  In a world where monsters fight using sex and temptations, his heroic willpower combined with a love for Ilias that he would never betray makes him all but untouchable. As far as pleasure attacks go, monsters trying to seduce him will have just as much luck bludgeoning him to death with a pillow. As far as physical attacks go, he's fairly tough, but hardly invincible. But even if he's outmatched physically, he'll still go down swinging.

Dual-Wielding:  Been meaning to give him a Bowie knife that he sometimes uses in one hand, and his gun in the other.

Fantastic Racist:  Generally averted. He's still always a little leery around monsters. But he's willing to let them be if they're not causing any trouble.

Fettered:  And not just to humans, but to monsters as well (as long as they behave).

The Fundamentalist:  Only in the sense that following Ilias's doctrine will bring him closer to her. He'll talk for days about it, if you let him. But at the same time, he has no interest in forcing his ideology on anyone else.

Good is not Soft:  If Viper has to fight a voracious monster, he's not going to show them an ounce mercy or sympathy. He's not the least bit shy about  breaking their jaws, killing them, and hanging them outside the town as a warning to other voracious monsters. And not necessarily in that order. Considering what they want to do to him, can you really blame him?

Heroic Willpower/Nerves of Steel:  Viper already exercised it once to overcome his addiction to White Claudia (with a little help from Ilias). Now he can resist just about any temptation monsters can throw at him. After all, having already experienced (and walked away from) euphoric, mind-numbing, intoxicating pleasure from doing drugs, having a roper fondling your junk doesn't begin to compare. Critical ecstasy? Been there. Done that.

I Owe you my life:  The reason why Viper first started following and eventually loving Ilias.

Knight Templar: Averted. Even though he follows Ilias's commandments to the letter, he doesn't expect anyone else to. Nor does he see himself as a righteous figure enforcing her will. If anything, he's willing to admit that Ilias isn't perfect. He still doesn't necessarily approve of people breaking her taboos. But rather than condemn them, he just works even harder to make Ilias the center of his life, to pick up the slack, as it were.

Lawful Good

Living Emotional Crutch:  Viper sees Ilias as his, and wants nothing more than to be Ilias's.

Martial Pacifist:  Even towards monsters, Viper is never the first one to throw a punch. But the split second they lay a finger on him, all bets are off.

<p class="MsoNormal">Only Sane Man: Viper steers clear of other Fundamentalist Iliads, feeling they bring out the worst in Ilias, don't quite understand what she really wants, and/or just trying to appease her. Unlike other Iliads, he's willing to entertain the idea of coexistence. But at the same time, is perfectly aware of how cruel monsters can be and won't let them off the hook for it.

<p class="MsoNormal">Reasonable Authority Figure:  Viper doesn't let his beliefs factor into how he upholds the law. He's not going to gun down a monster just for being a monster. He'll even let them have their way with men if he thinks its consensual. As long as they obey the same laws everyone else does, he won't complain.

<p class="MsoNormal">Religious Bruiser:  And how.

<p class="MsoNormal">Sherlock Scan: Even with her disguise, Viper can easily recognize Alice as a monster.

<p class="MsoNormal">Undying Loyalty:  Viper was always dedicated to Ilias ever since she helped him overcame his addiction. But ever since he spotted the lonely subtext in her scripture, he took it to a whole level. Now she's every bit as real to him as everyone else is. And he feels that if he doesn't keep her in his heart, nobody else will.

<p class="MsoNormal">Warrior Monk Worth living For:  Viper had a love for life ever since Ilias saved his life and cured his addiction. But what sealed the deal was when he realized she needed him every as bit as much as he needed her.