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0 5Ill-Timed Illness
A character gets sick right before a big event comes up.
Created: 10 hours ago
1 4Terrible Costume Decisions
When your costume inspires humor and embarrassment rather than fear and awe.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 9:23:03 AM
0 1Big Weapon, Little Wielder
A weapon wielded by someone smaller than would be sensible.
1 30Werewolf Kennel (Adopted by DRCEQ)
To avoid hurting anyone when they transform, werewolves (or other creatures) will lock themselves up, or have friends or relatives restrain them.
Created: Oct 3rd 2023 at 3:41:08 PM
1 4"Be More Social" Plot (Needs Title Help!)
A plot where an antisocial character tries to be more social.
4 16Myth / Morgan Le Fay
A female magic user in Arthurian Legend, often villainized as an Evil Sorceress.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 4:55:54 PM
0 42Accidental Pain Guilt
A character accidentally injures someone they care about or gives them a disease and is wracked with guilt.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
15 39Riding In The Palms Of Giants (adopted by Drakos25)
A larger character lifts and carries a smaller character in their hand.
Created: Apr 21st 2023 at 6:35:17 PM
2 12Nonconsensual Pornography
A character has porn of themselves created and released without their consent.(Launching May 20)
Created: yesterday
0 6There In Their Head
One character imagines another character is there, visualized by the two actors literally being in the scene together.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 10:37:02 AM
0 4Unstable Horror Ally
A character in a horror work who genuinely wants to help the protagonist, but still manages to be scary or dangerous.
1 11Rejecting Help
Help, or an attempt to help, is rejected by the other party.
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 4:15:27 AM
1 17Gibberish Perspective (formerly Human Noises) (adopted by jhonsogflint)
Dialogue or written words are gibberish from the perspective of characters who don't understand them
Created: May 21st 2022 at 9:51:36 PM
4 10Surprisingly Bad Native Language
Characters speak their native language poorly due to it not being the native language of the writer
Created: May 8th 2024 at 10:48:09 PM
4 10Vindicated by Adaptation
A work that was unpopular when it originally came out, but became more popular thanks to an adaptation of the work.
Created: yesterday
2 10Mistaken Assumption of Attraction
A person believes that someone they have no feelings for has feelings for them, only to find out that they do not.
Created: May 14th 2024 at 1:12:49 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
0 22Snack-Stealing Seagulls
Seagulls are portrayed as greedy food thieves. (Launching on 16/17 May)
Created: May 10th 2024 at 2:58:58 AM
1 27Terrified 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
A character reacts to another character's transformation - the moment or the aftermath - with shock and fear.
Sponsor: AnotherEpicFail Created: May 6th 2024 at 7:35:40 AM Last reply: 4 hours ago by WhirlRX View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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1 8Fake Religiosity
Someone joins a religious group/sect for material benefits despite not believing the group's creed
Created: yesterday