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1 1Metaphysical Energy Manipulation
The ability to manipulate a metaphysical Power Source.
Created: yesterday
0 0Mutually-Exclusive Love Triangle Resolution [open to title suggestions]
A Love Triangle resolves with every member of the triangle getting a different link to the object of their affections.
Created: yesterday
1 2Terrible Costume Decisions
When your costume inspires humor and embarrassment rather than fear and awe.
Created: yesterday
2 25Knight And Samurai
Where one ally/rival is based off a Western warrior and the other off an Eastern warrior
Created: Jul 11th 2022 at 4:37:27 AM
1 5Unrequited Love Requital
A person believes that someone they have no feelings for has feelings for them, only to find out that they do not.
Created: 7 hours ago
0 12That One Summer
A summer that is looked back upon and talked about for years to come, whether for good or bad (and usually a combination), becoming a pivotal point in a character's life.
Created: Jan 2nd 2024 at 10:27:58 AM
4 15Myth / 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
1 17Love Makes You Saner
A person feels sane only because of their love for someone else.
Created: Mar 23rd 2012 at 2:52:13 PM
2 7Cardinal Gem Connection
Rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, and/or amethysts in particular are significantly connected in universe.
Created: May 12th 2024 at 7:48:42 AM
9 11Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 1Forgotten 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: 17 hours ago
2 19Language Fluency Reveal (launching Thursday)
A character reveals their fluency in the shared language
Created: Apr 18th 2024 at 7:11:47 PM
1 11Comically Interrupted Count
Characters are interrupted while counting up to three before performing a task.
Created: Apr 28th 2023 at 5:46:02 AM
0 4There In My Head
One character imagines another character is there, visualized by the two actors literally being in the scene together.
Created: yesterday
0 14Prenatal Gender Picking
A way to control what gender a baby will be before it's born.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 4:53:09 PM
1 25Terrified 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
9 58Brainless, 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
7 21Art Episode (adopted by Stoutlyn, BOW CHICK A WOW WOW)
Episodes where the characters or setting indulges in the world of Fine Art; making it, selling it, learning from it and satirizing it.
Created: Jun 7th 2022 at 4:45:22 PM
0 8Trickster Transformee
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Sponsor: AnotherEpicFail Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM Last reply: 5 hours ago by StrixObscuro View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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2 8Unofficially Elected Official in Denial
When a democratic process is ignored or declared invalid by the losing party. Drama and/or Hilarity Ensues. [NEEDS EXAMPLES]
Created: May 12th 2024 at 3:44:51 PM