Three Archetypes

There are three archetypes of "American" characters in the author's works: the boomer, the millennial/the fan, and the Internet troll/purity warrior.

## Overview

The "boomer" represents conservative-minded attitudes, especially those who look down on young people and demand them to work and suffer, while keeping a luxurious life for themselves and support corrupt politicians. They are especially too reliant on religion, tradition, nationalism, and charismatic leaders as their only anchor in a chaotic, changing world. People who also support corporations may also belong to this category.

The "millennial" or fan represents younger Americans from the 21st century who are obsessed with cartoonish fandoms, left-wing politics, and revolution. Some even go as far as glorify the Soviet Union, North Korea, and communist regime's, expecting these to instantly solve every social ill by the destruction of the United States. These include fans of modern TV shows (like Voltron, Steven Universe, Camp Camp, and MLP), furries, anime fans, etc.

The "Internet troll" or "purity warrior" represents various male Internet subcultures, from videogames, to the military, trolling, anti-furry, sports, and comics. All of them are united by their hatred of what they perceived as "degenerate" or "cringe" subcultures, especially the "millennial" category for their childish antics or any disgusting behaviours they had, and may sometimes resort to threats of violence or extremist imagery (like Nazism and nationalism), as their sort of "humour".

## Boomer

The "boomer", a middle-aged or elderly adult from the 1950's or later, is a caricature of conservative-minded Americans who demand youngsters to work and have a conservative or nationalistic mentality, but also live luxurious lives or support corrupt politicians.

* "Boomers" became demons in the later folklore of Jerde, representing fear, corruption, selfishness, and toil.
* In the Rinnarverse, the civilisations of the Galaxy used "boomer" as a slang term towards *all* Americans, regardless of age or belief. In the Rinnarit Republic, when Gabriel was attacked by a mob, they called him a "boomer", accusing him of selfishness, sadism, and cruelty.
* "Boomer" was also a slur during Denlotian times towards the American invaders, Old Worlders (middle-aged and elderly adults who abused younger people, and were put to cruel deaths for doing so), or just any Terran. The "boomer" in Denlotian folklore represented corruption and selfishness, the feared results of old age.
* The cliches of the 1950's and fundamental Christians, depicted in Camp Camp's Daniel, Moral Orel, and other pop culture works, also fascinated the author.
* Although 1950's American clothing can be seen in casual Bujanski attire, this was from Ardesch, not the Maeranoi colonists. On the other hand, Heronoi are afraid of 1950's suburbs or dresses, as these are associated with their version of Hell (which looks like an endless suburb) or a sort of ghost.
* The Church of Q sought to impose 1950s attitudes and attite in their insane, distorted cult of war.

## Millennial

The "millennial", a young adult from the 2000s, is a caricature of liberal or progressive-minded Americans who are either seeking a revolution to overthrow the Americans' society, or they viciously fight over pop culture.

They are very avid users of social media, until it almost consumes their lives. They tend to organise themselves in "fandoms", celebrating popular movies, television shows, and animations and fighting bitterly.

Some even go as far as glorify dictatorships like the Soviet Union, North Korea, and Maoist China, mostly out of hatred against the West. Others prefer to be as provocative and defiant as possible, seeking to force Western society to listen to their issues and change.

* The "millennial" became part of Jerdiskar folklore due to their resemblance to Ardeschi warriors, such as colourful hair and a hatred of traditional culture. Due to their outlandish appearance, many Jerdiskar simply treat them as festive or playful costumes long after their American counterparts were gone.
* During the Reorganisation Wars, the Heronoi were accused of being "communists" because of their women dyeing their hair blue to worship a goddess. When an actual communist organisation attempted to convert the Heronoi, they rejected the communists' demands.
* The "millennial" also represented the streotypical attitude of the Americans on Jerde: never respectful, selfish, always seeking to cause outrage, and vain. In American slang, this kind of person is simply called an "asshole" or a "troll". To counteract this, Jerdiskar are more direct, quickly resolving social ills even with force (such as helping the poor, and forming mobs of citizens to arrest and beat up "Internet assholes").
* Although some Denlotians mockingly referred themselves as "social justice warriors" (representing their obsession with ending poverty and putting criminals to death), they also tortured and murdered people for saying ridiculous or threatening things online. Certain things, like a sneeringly selfish attitude, are representative of all "Americans" on Jerde, and they were shown in schools throughout every Denlotian country as a warning of who never to become.
* The Serpents were a fanatical group of Terran militants who waged war on the Wannaenids and their puppet rulers, for bringing them to the colony to serve as poor, menial servants and conscripts. They were later notorious for using the death gangs to wage a war of extermination on the Bujanski people, while calling their attempted mass murder "liberation" or "decolonisation". After their defeat by the revolutionaries, those Terran fanatics were shamed and forced to undergo penance, to renounce such supremacist beliefs and learn to coexist in a truly-decolonised Bujan.
* Bloky were many Internet users who notoriously shunned other users over various mistakes. They were in turn shunned and punished, or even killed, as they went to war against the revolution. Many surviving bloky either underwent penance out of shame, or driven out as outcasts as they were accused of fraud.

## Purist/Keyboard Warrior/Troll/Gamer

The "purist", "internet tough guy", or "gamer", a young and usually-male adult from the 1980s to the 2000s, is a caricature of right-leaning or conservative-minded Americans. These tend to be fans of videogames, anime, sports, and fitness who are united by their dedication to trolling as a lifestyle and a hatred of cartoonish and leftist-oriented subcultures, such as bronies, furries, other anime fans, and cartoon fans (who are the "millennial" archetype). Some have become so fanatical that they even slide into more radical and destructive views, like fascism, hypernationalism, and Nazism.

* Some of their counterparts on Jerde are much more violent and fanatical, indoctrinated into a form of militarism that borders into insanity. Because of them, Jerdiskar societies look down on Internet trolling in general, prefer mischief and teasing instead of downright online mobbing and bullying. On the other hand, some Jerdiskar people consider it as a form of preventive justice to form mobs in real life, who will then arrest the so-called "assholes" and beat them up.
* Like their "millennial" enemies mentioned above, they have become festive monsters in Jerdiskar folklore.
* Their sociopathic attitude was why the Wannaenid Empire press-ganged them as soldiers, seeing them as the perfect living weapons and meat shields. They especially liked to torture the more cowardly netizens and fanatics, gleefully watching them die in the cruelest manner as a twisted reflection of their vile words in life.

## Examples

Using several American characters from the author's works, these fit into those archetypes to some extent.

### Boomer

* Gabriel Anderson - middle aged trucker, accused of being a "boomer" by a Rinnarit mob due to his age and American descent.

### Millennial

* Albert Thompson - young American man
* Sophie Goodwill (Ljudmila's grandmother) - former Terran fanatic of American descent. Deradicalised after independence over absurd crimes, such as blocking people over twivial reasons.

### Purist

* Victoria Hughes - gamer girl of American descent, gun nut.

### Maeranoi of Bujan

For some examples of two of the Three Archetypes of Americans, see Balennaria. It was the name used by the Maeranoi when they fought over control of Bujan.

* Church of Q, Maizefolk - Boomer
* Serpentian - Millennial
* Church of Q - also Purist

## Counter-examples?

*Anyone* can fit into the Archetypes, even if they are not an American.

However, two counter-examples of the Archetypes exist, because they chose to be good instead of being dysfunctional and power-hungry. The first is Volzeraen, itself descended from Americans who defected to Jerdiskar nations and aided in helping them fight against a Konjor invasion. The second is Sondor, where nicer Terrans also supported the Jerdiskar later on.

## See also

* Klyukva, the Russian equivalent
* Fictional works in the Rabydosverse
* Bujanski pop culture
* Ardeschi folklore
* Denlotian folklore
* Terranisation