Out of all the characters from Still Wakes the Deep, Trots looks like the most sensible one. He has a typical dad-like personality, someone who is always cynical and worried about the future. Trots doesn’t joke around much with friends; he is an anxious character who likes to have intellectual discussions. He doesn’t have an easy, breezy personality. He isn’t much of a talker but has a brooding and nerdy charm to his personality, like what most tech CEOs have. We have curated a list of signs for you to check whether you’re like Trots or not.
Signs you’re like Trots from Still Wakes the Deep
1. There’s a Heisenberg ( from Breaking Bad) inside you
Walter White was a decent, slightly introverted guy before metamorphosing into his evil, drug lord alter ego, i.e., Heisenberg. Just like Walter, Trots was a nice guy who got pushed over by his friends & loved ones, but after his transformation, he turned into an arrogant monster. There’s a confident side to your personality that comes out only when you’re angry, like how Trots was in his monster form. There’s an arrogant Heisenberg inside you, who grinds his teeth in front of the mirror, gives a dead stare, and thinks of better and badass comebacks for your past confrontational moments.
You’re always 2 insults away from punching someone’s teeth back into their stomachs, but your docile face masks rage extremely well. The Heisenberg inside you is patiently waiting for you to break bad one day. In simple words, you are like Bruce Banner to the world, but on the inside you’re Hulk.
2. You’re cursed with knowledge
You’re like the typical news hog dad who has cornflakes and 7 pages of newspaper for breakfast. Well not literally, but it implies that you’re up to date on what’s happening in the world and near you. You watch the boring political debates with a childlike excitement in your eyes. Your curiosity forces you to dig deeper, and you find nothing but problems when you do so. Your colleagues have labeled you as a “know-it-all” cynic who doesn’t know when to shut up and stop boring people.
In Spiderman 1, Harry Osborn says, “Peter, what makes you think I wanna know that?” when Peter is nerding on about the defense mechanism of spiders – people react the same way as Harry when you go on and on about some random topic. You’re like a walking and talking Encyclopaedia who realized later in life that people like gossip way more than trivia.
3. You’re the one who gets roasted often
Just like Walter White & Trots, you can’t loosen up in social situations and act awkwardly, and somehow you end up getting roasted by a loved one – it annoys the living daylights out of you. You carry performance anxiety in social situations which makes you freeze up or lose your train of thought faster than the wing flap of a hummingbird. There’s a moral righteousness inside you that stops you from going berserk on people. You consider insult humor or roasting the laziest form of comedy, and you absolutely despise it.
4. Your personality changes while you’re in debate
In general, you’re a reticent and reserved person who doesn’t budge out his feelings easily, and it takes an army of people to get you to open up. But somehow, during debates and discussions, people witness an undeniable flair in your voice and body language – your personality transforms suddenly, from a scared sparrow to a fearless eagle, when a topic of your interest is being discussed. The confidence in your voice reaches astronomical heights when you start boasting off knowledge. You are terrible at socializing but become an extrovert when it comes to explaining things in detail.
5. Your perfectionism gives you anxiety
Trots and Walter White are both anxious characters who expect nothing but perfection out of life. They (Trots and Walter) are walking on a sky rope of expectations in their minds 24 x 7 and this lust of perfectionism breeds a debilitating anxiety. You’re no different from both of them. “No loose ends” and “First time right” are the 2 mottos that you live by. You are extremely arrogant about your work, that’s why you don’t like to make mistakes or get questioned about the quality of your work.
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