Athos (Tropes)

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This is a collection of tropes related to Athos' character, his narrative, and the various drabbles that he's a part of. For Athos' character page, go here.


 * Allergic to Routine: Athos doesn't like to be alone with his thoughts so he'll do anything to avoid a situation that makes it occur, leads to him being a Workaholic sometimes.
 * Because I'm Good At It: Athos had done a couple odd jobs before settling on working solely for Yolana, just because he's the only one who can do it and he's pretty good at it.
 * Brutal Honesty: Athos doesn't like to lie and it often leads to this trope occurring, almost always unintentionally.
 * Bystander Syndrome: Athos doesn't care or see a need to stick himself into situations he doesn't need to be involved in, especially if it derails from an objective. Because of this, he might end up being a Badass Bystander if he's with the rest of Yolana's Misfits.
 * Collector Of The Strange: Athos is shown to collect just about anything he finds interesting, which can range from cool rocks to any rendition of Three Musketeers to Grimace merchandise. This also leads to him being a Friend To Bugs and other critters that can be kept in smaller terrariums.
 * Cope By Pretending: After experiencing flashbacks of the past and visions from the beacon, Athos is pretending like they never happened in the hopes that he might forget.
 * Action Hero: Why use word when gun do trick?
 * Dark And Troubled Past: The more that's revealed about Athos/Armand's past, the more fucked it seems to be.
 * Determinator: Partially because of his low intelligence and partially because he doesn't like to fail.
 * Emotionally Tongue Tied: Athos doesn't feel emotions in general very strongly, this is blamed on his undead disposition, but is hinted that he was somewhat the same when he was more alive. However, as he begins to explore more of his past and the people part of it, he begins to get confused with the new emotions and it leads to Athos having a hard time with his words. Most notably when reuniting with Naidys, anytime he tried to tell her how he was feeling, he just Cannot Spit It Out.
 * Extreme Omnivore: Athos is shown to not mind Yolana's seemingly inedible cooking.
 * Forgets To Eat: Happened when Yolana's Misfits started their plan within the Time Loop.
 * Forgot Their Own Birthday: With the loss of the memories of his past life, Athos doesn't remember his birthday
 * Graceful In Their Element: Athos can't do shit in a social situation, but when it comes to sharpshooting and most combat in general, he does exceptionally well.
 * Guilt Complex: Athos blames himself for the loss of his memories, as well as any grief caused on people from his past from his forgetting or past actions. He continues this into the present as well, often blaming himself for anything going amiss if he was involved. As a result, he often refers to himself as a monster or zombie, with little protest if someone else calls him the same.
 * Apologises A Lot: Happens a lot, especially when relating to his past or a direct action of his. Such as when he and Craig met Naidys in the feywild, or whenever he has to talk extensively.
 * Heroic Self Deprecation: Athos constantly refers to himself negatively and downplays everything he does, including things that people consider heroic or kind.
 * Hates Being Touched: It might not be a super strong hate but Athos is uncomfortable with most people touching him without prior warning.
 * I Work Alone: Athos worked primarily by himself, with the occasional co-worker, until the rest of Yolana's Misfits came by.
 * In Harmony With Nature: As both a ranger and a being raised in the feywild, Athos has a pretty strong connection with nature, more than your average being at least.
 * Insists On Paying: While it only ever really works within Sanctuary, Athos, despite not really understanding the need for currency, insists on paying for things whenever he has an outing with others.
 * Literal Minded: Athos is this to an extreme degree, often needing metaphors, similes, or any other form of expression that relies on connotation rather than definition to understand to be explained to him. It leads to a number of other tropes that are tied towards his literal mind.
 * Captain Obvious: Most often comes up whenever anyone cracks a wise remark or sarcastic joke.
 * No Sense Of Humour: Athos just doesn't tend to get jokes and often tell weird ones himself that only make sense to him.
 * Sarcasm Blind: Athos doesn't get sarcasm at all, often leading him to misunderstand Tau, who's prone to using it. It also makes it so he Cannot Convey Sarcasm at all.
 * Loss Of Identity
 * Master Archer
 * Memetic Hand Gesture
 * Memory Gambit
 * Misplaced Accent
 * Mysterious past
 * Neat Freak
 * Never Forgotten Skill
 * No Badass To His Valet
 * No Social Skills
 * No Sympathy
 * Non-Verbal Miscommunication
 * Not Afraid to Die: He's already died in a major way once, what's another, or two, or ten? He's completely unfazed by dying and whenever the others express trouble with it, he ends up saying that "Dying isn't bad..." which is almost a Catchphrase for him.
 * Chaotic Stupid: Since he lacks a fear of death, it often leads to Athos doing some really stupid shit.
 * Fearless Fool: Sometimes happens since Athos doesn't care about what might happen to himself.
 * Past Life Memories
 * Pastimes Prove Personality
 * Quest For Identity
 * Repressed Memories
 * Schedule Fanatic
 * Serious Business
 * Stopped Caring: Rather than growing to stop caring, it's more that Athos never cared in the first place, sometimes dipping into Brilliant But Lazy territory. He's expressed desire to grow out of his non-caring attitude and asked Craig to help him start caring more.
 * Conditioned To Accept Horror: Part of his not caring attitude, Athos doesn't really pay attention to anything particularly horrible and gruesome.
 * Lack of Empathy: It's unknown if Athos's past life, Armand, also had a degree of lack of empathy, but Athos tends to not understand or even try to understand others' feelings. However, he is getting better about this and might eventually lack this trope instead.
 * Suicide Mission
 * The Quiet one
 * The Resenter
 * Thinking Tic
 * Too Dumb To Live
 * Tranquil Fury
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia
 * Wake Up Call
 * Wistful Amnesia
 * Would Harm A Senior
 * Would Hit A Girl
 * Would Hurt A Child



Appearance


 * Chick Magnet
 * Dismemberment Is Cheap
 * Dull Surprise
 * Even The Guys Wants Him
 * Fascinating Eyebrow
 * Hot As Hell
 * Icy Blue Eyes
 * Messy Hair
 * Older Than They Look
 * Perpetual Expression
 * Pointy Ears
 * Smug Smiler
 * The UnSmile
 * Troubled But Cute
 * Unwanted Harem
 * Vague Age