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3 7Texas Hold 'Em-Up
A poker or other card game is robbed
Created: Oct 30th 2023 at 2:32:31 PM
0 11Ill-Timed Infirmity (launch May 26)
A character gets sick or injured right before a big event comes up.
Created: May 16th 2024 at 10:38:43 AM
1 0Unintentional Animal Poison Tester
A character is saved from eating poisoned food when an animal eats some first and dies.
Created: 2 hours ago
1 41Summoned by Sobbing
A character's weeping attracts the attention of someone who will either help or hurt them.
Created: Mar 5th 2023 at 11:47:42 AM
0 4Rain Means Death
A rainy setting is used to signify a character's (near-)death.
Created: 13 hours ago
0 4Power Loss Angst
A character is laments their inability to do something they once could.
Created: Dec 31st 2011 at 12:24:22 AM
13 5Adaptational Height Change
A character's height is changed by an adaptation
Created: Sep 23rd 2023 at 7:12:11 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
8 16Animal Attracted to Human
An animal feels and displays attraction towards humans.
Created: Dec 3rd 2019 at 8:44:38 PM
1 4Forgotten Fingerprint
A criminal commits what they think is The Perfect Crime, only to discover they left behind physical evidence on something they forgot they handled.
Created: May 14th 2024 at 3:44:05 AM
0 11Living Constellation (Launching Sunday)
Constellations depicted as living beings
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 5:53:02 PM
1 29Terrified Transformation Witness
A character reacts to another character's transformation - the moment or the aftermath - with shock and fear.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 7:35:40 AM
0 0Pinball Playfield Prop
Pinball tables with "toys" on the playfield.
12 12Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 14Catch Lightning
Catching a lightning bolt out of the air.
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 3:30:05 PM
2 15Nonconsensual Pornography
A character has porn of themselves created and released without their consent.(Launching May 20)
Created: May 14th 2024 at 11:55:37 PM
0 10Big Weapon, Little Wielder "Launching after 23 examples and the option unlocks
A weapon wielded by someone smaller than would be sensible.
Created: May 16th 2024 at 7:15:35 PM
1 9Speech Bubble Vandalism (Up For Grabs)
A speech bubble is used to vandalize a picture or billboard.
Created: Jul 1st 2018 at 3:23:11 PM
1 8Unstable Horror Ally
A character in a horror work who genuinely wants to help the protagonist, but still manages to be scary or dangerous.
A character in a horror work who genuinely wants to help the protagonist, but still manages to be scary or dangerous.
Sponsor: DrNoPuma Created: May 16th 2024 at 4:20:50 PM Last reply: 7 hours ago by DrNoPuma View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 1Cliffhanger Continuity
When the resolution to a cliffhanger is shot some time later and the time lapse is obvious
Created: 4 hours ago