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0 17"Dating Best Friend's Sibling" Drama
Romantic drama mined from the romantic lead's love interest also being their sibling's closest friend (or closest friend's sibling).
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 8:08:17 PM
15 39Riding In The Palms Of Giants (adopted by Drakos25, launching May 18th)
A larger character lifts and carries a smaller character in their hand.
Created: Apr 21st 2023 at 6:35:17 PM
0 2One-off Becomes A Series
(TRIVIA) (No recent examples?) A television show is initially billed as a limited series before receiving a renewal.
Created: 17 hours ago
0 7Poppies of Sleep
The poppy flower is associated with sleep, dreaming, and death.
Created: May 10th 2024 at 9:05:38 AM
1 31Werewolf 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
0 10Inserted Into Historical Footage
The use of Real Life historical footage/photos, edited in order to add background to the work
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 6:18:13 AM
1 28Cycle Of Virtue
One act of kindness and happiness cascades, promoting more kindness happiness in others. [Adopted by EvilerThanThou]
Created: Oct 21st 2021 at 9:37:39 AM
9 67Heroes Prefer Fire
The Hero or The Leader wields fire-based powers or weapons.
Created: Nov 22nd 2020 at 4:21:01 AM
1 47Unmourned Death
A character dies and no one cares. [Adopted by EvilerThanThou] [Launching May 18th]
Created: May 26th 2023 at 1:53:40 PM
0 9Artificial World
A world that was built, not formed naturally.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 11:54:39 AM
5 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
1 17Gibberish Perspective (formerly Human Noises)
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
1 6"Trying to be More Social" Plot (Needs Title Help!)
A plot where an introverted character tries to be more social.
Created: May 15th 2024 at 5:19:24 PM
1 8Puddle Shadow
Shadows cast straight down regardless of lighting, and often circular in shape
Created: Feb 7th 2024 at 6:00:06 AM
1 4Forgotten 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: May 14th 2024 at 3:44:05 AM
1 5Terrible Costume Decisions
When your costume inspires humor and embarrassment rather than fear and awe.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 9:23:03 AM
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
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: May 15th 2024 at 7:08:52 AM
0 16Hypocrisy Excuse
A character tries to justify or excuse their hypocrisy.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 8:08:22 AM
A character tries to justify or excuse their hypocrisy.
Sponsor: cybirddude Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 8:08:22 AM Last reply: yesterday by Unicorndance View draft
1 7Unstable Horror Ally
A character in a horror work who genuinely wants to help the protagonist, but still manages to be scary or dangerous.
Created: yesterday