you are a regular guy!
you can enter a space. you are a regular guy, you can enter a room. you are a regular guy, you can do that transaction. you are a regular guy, you know how to answer the phone. you are a regular guy, you know what sleep is. you are a regular guy, you know what it means to be you.
all of these books have regular people as the protagonist doing all sorts of things, from kissing to killing!
as always, open to all suggestions!
created by erintripsey
last updated August, 2026
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jacob wysocki has my whole heart ♥️
I’m more of a Jacob Ice Hockey fan myself
🤣🤣
🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
Jacob Ice Hockey is a great second to Jacob Wysocki 🙂↕️
he’s the best 🫶
THIS WHOLE SPIEL HAS BEEN MY DAILY AFFIRMATION NOT EVEN JOKING
I know I left out some key lines for space but YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY
This is a wild premise for a list but I love it.
sometimes you don’t wanna read about kings with shadow fingers or ultra talented assassins!
Does Owen Mallory from The Everlasting count as a regular guy? P.S. I love Jacob Wysocki, Dropout, and this list 🫶
Jacob Wysocky fan club checking in here 🙋♀️
I’m so happy there’s so many dropout people here 🥹
if owen is a regular guy, then absolutely!!!
First of all, thank you, I love this trope. Second of all, marry me. Also: I humbly recommend The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
I already promised @burntsunflowers that I’d marry her; maybe we can start our own polycule 👉👈 and I will add this immediately!
I'm not jealous. Not even a little bit. Not even a little bit at all 🤥
join us 🥹 the more the merrier, after all my favorite trope is why choose 😈🫦
🪑I brought my chair. More is merrier
get the heck in here sharky!!!
edit: wait…is that chair for what I think it’s for??
😼😼😼 I have inspiration from the second Katee Robert book
Or it can be used to place the cookies!! It's multifunctional
Guys why am I waking to up to A New Day and finding the polycule getting furnished 🧍♀️ and why is the chair in a corner facing the bed
😼😼😼 it's a multifunctional chair
Mfw it's my turn on the "multifunctional" (👀) chair holding the cookies
Hahaha honestly the best face anyone on the chair could be making 😂
this whole thread is iconic and i’m framing it and putting it on my wall
You are a regular guy, you can enter a polycule 😌. Also, the emojis for the list are frying me hahahaha
regular people entering a polycule!!
I'm also a regular guy and I make delicious (but totally regular) vegan blueberry cookies. May I join?
please do 🥹🦈
Plase have mercy. If you make such tantalizing offers they're going to realize the only thing I can offer is pet portraits like once in a blue moon. I'm cooked 🥲.
That's okay, it's not mandatory to bring offers. You're just a regular guy! And that's all we need!
Can't believe I found a Jacob reference list! 😳💕
omg madame bovary my beloved!
was going to suggest the hobbit, stoner and madame bovary but they’re all already here hehe—love this list 🤭
hehehe at first I didn’t think I was gonna do the hobbit but then I was like Bilbo is literally just a regular dude
fr, he just wants to be left alone and not go on an adventure, thank you very much 🙂↕️
while I have you, do you think Frodo counts?
i’m honestly not sure, but i’m leaning toward no because he didn’t want to be normal, right? hm, idk though lol, what do you think?
that’s what I was thinking, he yearned for more, which is why I didn’t add fellowship to this list, thank you for your input!
This is such a good concept, Dropout my beloved😩 May I humbly recommend Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint?
regular people deserve a list too!!! and absolutely! adding now!!
seconding Omniscient Readers Viewpoint! one hell of a Just A Guy protagonist 🙂↕️
wow! i find this one strangely inspiring!
you should watch the video of Jacob Wysocki’s whole monologue; I had to cut some of it out for space 🥲
i’ve seen it. i love it. it’s my daily mantra. 😂
“wow! i found that one strangely inspiring!” was Sam Reich’s response to the regular guy affirmation. 😉
omg I must have blocked out Sam’s response but I always block out sam because I’m always surprised when i see him even though he’s been there the whole time
This made my whole week dude. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY
YOU CAN ENTER A SPACE
LOVE the Dropout/Jacob Wysocki reference ❤️❤️❤️❤️
And love everyone else in the comments who get it. IYKYK :D
I love Jacob wysocki sm!!!! Dropout became a comfort for me during the pandemic 🥹
Same! I got into dnd and Dimension 20 soon after the pandemic started. Dropout got me through it too :)
