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1 37Summoned 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
1 10Tear-Stained Stationery (Please help with the description!)
A person cries on a piece of stationery or photograph
Created: Mar 14th 2024 at 8:31:54 PM
1 30Alliance of Revenge
Two or more people team up to get revenge on the same person or group.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 4:45:00 PM
0 12Phony Relative
A character lies about being related to someone.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:11:10 PM
0 0Progressive Country Music
Created: 2 hours ago
8 19Born Evil, Stays Evil
"An individual is presented as inherently evil from the moment of their birth.
Created: Feb 28th 2021 at 2:14:35 PM
0 10Fight Dancing
A character skilled in fighting/magic uses the physical movements of those other skills in place of dance skills.
Created: Apr 28th 2024 at 3:39:39 PM
1 38Gratuitous Chinese
Using Chinese instead of the work's usual language in a non-Chinese language work. 時在原本不用中文作品內使用中文。 (adopted by AquaEclipse)
Created: Mar 10th 2024 at 4:59:46 AM
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
0 20Narrow-Eyed Cynic (Up For Grabs)
Someone who wears jade-colored glasses in a rose-colored world.
Created: Jul 13th 2022 at 8:40:22 PM
1 21Lifeguard Fanservice
Attractive lifeguards are sexualized by the work.
Created: Jul 9th 2023 at 12:57:05 PM
0 41Fantasy 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 18Fluffy, Not Fat (last example call, launching May 2)
An animal appears to be large, but most of its "bulk" is actually fur, hair, feathers, etc.
Created: Apr 20th 2024 at 11:35:29 AM
0 21Post-Mortem Possessions
A person dies and finds they still have their physical possessions with them in death.
Created: Apr 4th 2024 at 9:05:02 AM
0 8Dressed to Cook
Puffy white hats and aprons, among other things to signal that someone is a chef, or just cooking something.
Created: yesterday
1 9Joke Action(feel free to suggest examples)
An attack or skill that's inferior to normal as a joke.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 9:48:08 AM
0 24Negative Ability
An ability that has nothing but downsides.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 10:15:26 PM
An ability that has nothing but downsides.
Sponsor: cybirddude Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 10:15:26 PM Last reply: 7 hours ago by Malady View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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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 11Divine Parental Issues
Gods and their mortal children have a poor relationship.
Created: Apr 23rd 2024 at 12:05:52 PM