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0 6Improvised Historical Footage
The use of Real Life historical footage/photos, edited in order to add background to the work
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 6:18:13 AM
0 6Forcing A Mistrial
An Amoral Attorney "wins" a case by deliberately causing a mistrial and halting court proceedings.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 11:29:24 AM
0 11Blowout Fight
A vicious argument in a close relationship that involves invoking past baggage and personal attacks.
Created: Jul 4th 2023 at 7:57:21 AM
0 30Picture-Perfect Pose (Launching May 6)
A character poses like a photo of themself.
Created: May 25th 2023 at 9:56:14 AM
0 38Accidental Injury Guilt (launch when scope is settled)
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
2 2Progressive Country Music
Created: 19 hours ago
0 15Intramarital Affair
A couple has an "affair" with each other.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 8:57:49 AM
0 17Serial Adulterer
A person cheats on their partner multiple times with multiple different people.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 1:47:46 AM
0 12Divine Parental Issues
Gods and their mortal children have a poor relationship.
Created: Apr 23rd 2024 at 12:05:52 PM
0 12Space Is Introspective (split from Space Is Dreamy)
Space is associated with sentiment, hope, or existentialism.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 6:03:49 PM
0 42Fantasy Creep (launching 4th May if no more major changes)
A work features more and more frequent fantasy or supernatural elements central to the plot as it progresses.
Created: Apr 15th 2015 at 6:11:39 PM
0 17Space Is Sleepy (split from Space is Dreamy Ready to launch?)
The moon, the stars, or space in general is associated with sleep.
Created: Mar 26th 2024 at 12:21:04 AM
2 5Order Magic and Power
Powers and magics that manipulate order
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 3:40:32 PM
0 11Underground Martian Civilization (Ready to Launch?)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of Mars or any celestial body in the Solar System.
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
0 0Production Crew Shift
Behind-The-Scenes Management Changes
Created: 2 hours ago
7 6Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 7Spurning The Salacious
A promiscuous character encounters a particular character who rejects them as a sex partner.
Created: Aug 29th 2023 at 6:57:12 PM
0 12Phony Relative
A character lies about being related to someone.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:11:10 PM
0 12Failure-Induced Transformation
Being defeated or failing in some way causes the loser to transform...
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 2:37:58 AM
Being defeated or failing in some way causes the loser to transform...
Sponsor: AnotherEpicFail Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 2:37:58 AM Last reply: 3 hours ago by MrMister04 View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
It could have been launched or "discarded". Check here. Discarded just means that someone thought it had come to a resolution not needing a launch. It can be restored. Just push the "restore" button on the Launches list.
You thought you had written it up or read it here, but it was all just a dream or an elaborate daylight fantasy. Don't feel bad. It happens to us all.
0 13Flirtatious Formal Naming
A character is flirtatiously called by a more formal form of their name than the one typically used.
Created: Aug 18th 2019 at 11:00:12 AM