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0 14Catch Lightning
Catching a lightning bolt and throwing it back.
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 3:30:05 PM
0 15Space Is Introspective (2-day launch notice)
Space is associated with sentiment, hope, or existentialism.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 6:03:49 PM
2 15Deadly Game Of Chance
A villain uses a game of chance to decide whether a character will be killed, or at least harmed.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 2:45:37 PM
0 28Bad Reason To Do Good (Launching 20/5)
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
0 16"Dating Best Friend's Sibling" Drama
Romantic drama mined from the protagonist's love interest also being their sibling's friend (or friend's sibling).
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 8:08:17 PM
0 8Poppies For The War Dead
The poppy flower symbolizes those slain in wartime.
Created: May 10th 2024 at 10:31:17 AM
0 15Intramarital Affair
A couple has an "affair" with each other.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 8:57:49 AM
0 15Phony Relative
A character lies about being related to someone.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:11:10 PM
1 0Shoes On Simultaneously
A character puts both shoes on at exactly the same moment, instead of one at a time.
Created: May 7th 2024 at 11:08:32 PM
0 15No Index for the Wicked
Index of things the wicked are not afforded.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 6:39:22 PM
0 11Sleeping With the Source
A reporter trades sexual favors for leaks & tips
Created: Apr 6th 2024 at 6:48:41 AM
1 17Artificial Sun
A star, either full-sized or miniature, created by artificial means.
Created: May 11th 2024 at 2:01:51 AM
0 25(Launching May 15) Negative Ability
An ability that has nothing but downsides.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 10:15:26 PM
0 0Holding Back Backfire
A character's insistence on holding back in a competition/fight ends up screwing them out of a victory.
Created: yesterday
0 10Matching Puzzle Obstacle Piece (Up For Grabs)
A tile type on the puzzle board that hinders making matches and is found in the Match Three Game genre.
Created: Feb 23rd 2022 at 9:43:37 AM
1 31Gag Ears (Grabbed by DrNoPuma)
A character with comically large ears.
Created: Oct 3rd 2022 at 2:07:52 PM
4 32Animals Driving Cars
An animal can drive a car or any other vehicle, regardless of their anatomy and brain capacity in real life.
Created: May 3rd 2023 at 2:14:33 PM
0 8Thunder As Divine Response
A thunderclap is treated as a response from God to something someone did.
Created: May 3rd 2024 at 12:14:08 AM
4 6Half-Practical Half-Updo
A man has long hair and wears some (but not all) of it pulled back into a ponytail.
Created: Dec 28th 2023 at 11:13:50 AM
A man has long hair and wears some (but not all) of it pulled back into a ponytail.
Sponsor: Eievie Created: Dec 28th 2023 at 11:13:50 AM Last reply: May 13th 2024 at 10:26:14 AM by walkenfan View draft
9 59Brainless, Spineless, and Heartless
A type of Power Trio where one character lacks intelligence, one lacks courage, and one lacks empathy. [Adopted by Asterlix]
Created: Sep 2nd 2022 at 1:26:39 PM