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0 0Pinball Playfield Prop
Pinball tables with "toys" on the playfield.
0 9Fake Religiosity
Someone joins a religious group/sect for material benefits despite not believing the group's creed
Created: May 15th 2024 at 2:04:43 AM
0 22Disrespectful Feet on a Desk
A character puts their feet on a desk/table to display their smugness, disrespect, and impoliteness.
Created: May 7th 2023 at 5:12:30 PM
0 2Gun Acquisition Explanation
A work goes out of its way to demonstrate how a character is able to acquire a firearm in a setting where gun ownership is unusual or heavily restricted.
Created: yesterday
0 1Cthulook-Alike
Expies and Captains Ersatz of HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu.
Created: 1 hour ago
1 3Unintentional Animal Poison Tester
A character is saved from eating poisoned food when an animal eats some first and dies.
Created: 9 hours ago
0 15Underground Alien Civilization (Ready to Launch?)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of another planet or celestial body
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
0 15Unquenchable Fire (Launching 5/18)
A fire that cannot be put out by ordinary means.
Created: Apr 21st 2024 at 4:59:42 PM
0 8Parental Love Triangle
A Love Triangle featuring a parent and child, usually as rivals in love.
Created: May 9th 2024 at 4:15:53 AM
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
0 15Living Life By The Text (Needs Examples)
When a character uses a rulebook, guidebook, lesson course, or statistics to help themselves through life, with often-restrictive results.
Created: Sep 3rd 2021 at 11:38:36 PM
2 7Poirot Pastiche
Expies of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
Created: Mar 29th 2024 at 9:56:58 AM
0 1Cliffhanger Continuity
When the resolution to a cliffhanger is shot some time later and the time lapse is obvious
0 9Succumbing to Suburbia
Someone comes to live in what is believed to be the ideal (upper-)middle class status quo, only for it to leave them dissatisfied, disillusioned, or in despair.
Created: Apr 5th 2024 at 3:38:13 PM
0 9Trickster Transformee (LAUNCHING ON THE 22ND)
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM
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
12 12Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 11Living Constellation (Launching Sunday)
Constellations depicted as living beings
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 5:53:02 PM
0 4Rain Means Death
A rainy setting is used to signify a character's (near-)death.
Created: 19 hours ago
A rainy setting is used to signify a character's (near-)death.
Sponsor: Kingslayer38 Created: 19 hours ago Last reply: 5 hours ago by Snipertoaster View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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3 4Power Loss Angst
A character is laments their inability to do something they once could.
Created: Dec 31st 2011 at 12:24:22 AM