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Vance Myers (played by JoJoApples)

Hello people of RPR. I recently made a new character. As an experiment, I decided to add some tropes to him. Now, I tried looking on the site: https://tvtropes.org/

Now, its probably just my own stupidity, but I found navigating the site a little bit difficult and was only able to find one trope. Can someone help me find either:

a) a good site with a list of tropes and definitions.

and/or

b) Tropes they think may work for Vance along with links to definitions.

I know Im kinda asking for a lot, but any help would be highly valued. Thanks everyone!
I can try to find a couple!

Based on his tiny kitten and love of sweet things, what about Gentle Giant? Similarly, Real Men Wear Pink kinda fits this type, as does Bruiser With a Soft Center.

Related to his size, you could go for The Big Guy. And I don't know where his skills place him in the hierarchy of his group, but The Dragon (or some permutation) might or might not fit. Depending on how well-received he his in his community, consider Neighborhood Friendly Gangsters, and maybe that page will have some other decent suggestions on it, too!

Sorry - I hope that was in any way helpful. :p
Ahhh, that's the beauty of TvTropes. Once you find one that's relevant it offers you different branches of that trope, or ones which are similar to it! A handy trick I discovered is, if there's a particular character from a movie/comic/book/etc. carrying a theme matching your OC, you can look it up on the site. Since he's a mafia member, I searched the iconic "Godfather" for examples.
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From there, you can sift through tropes listed under said source and see if there's anything applicable

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(As a bonus, you might gain a new understanding of media you love by coming to understand some of their formulas!)
JoJoApples Topic Starter

You both were very helpful! Thank you so much!

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