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0 7Forcing A Mistrial
An Amoral Attorney "wins" a case by deliberately causing a mistrial and halting court proceedings.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 11:29:24 AM
6 23Empowered by Negativity
Power sources related to negative emotions.
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 7:31:12 PM
0 19Underestimating Intelligence
A character's attempt to manipulate, outsmart, and/or trick or someone fails because they underestimated how smart someone was.
Created: Apr 27th 2024 at 9:07:01 PM
4 17Painful Confession
A character makes a confession that is particulary distressing for them (and sometimes others). (grabbed by Star Sword)
Created: Apr 24th 2023 at 1:40:13 PM
0 2Thunder As Divine Response
A thunderclap is treated as a response from God to something someone did.
Created: yesterday
0 9Songs Index
An index for songs with their own pages.
Created: May 1st 2024 at 8:34:24 AM
0 42Fantasy 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
1 10Search for Adventure
A character leaves home in search of adventure.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 7:32:34 PM
0 18Serial Adulterer
A person cheats on their partner multiple times with multiple different people.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 1:47:46 AM
8 6Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 11One-shot Manga
Self-conclusive manga works.
Created: Feb 2nd 2024 at 6:54:29 AM
2 24Loving Parent, Cruel Parent (Launching 10/05(?))
One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent.
Created: Apr 21st 2024 at 5:45:35 PM
0 30Picture-Perfect Pose (Launching May 5)
A character poses like a photo of themself.
Created: May 25th 2023 at 9:56:14 AM
0 15Nudity Equals Vulnerability
A person is naked to show how vulnerable they are.
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 7:56:18 AM
7 29Emotional Code Switching (formerly Native Language Shift) (adopted by jhonsogflint)
Character reverts to their native language when surprised, scared, excited or annoyed - Title crowner here: Link
Created: May 21st 2011 at 7:46:17 PM
3 15Music Mashup
Two or more songs, merged into one.
Created: Apr 13th 2013 at 10:27:06 AM
2 10Deadly Game Of Chance (LF examples)
A villain uses a game of chance to decide whether a character will be killed, or at least harmed.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 2:45:37 PM
0 18Space 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 39Accidental Injury Guilt (launch when scope is settled)
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt.
Sponsor: Unicorndance Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM Last reply: 8 hours ago by Segal991 View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 0Trickster Transformee
Transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: 1 hour ago