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0 7Living Constellation
Constellations depicted as living beings
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 5:53:02 PM
0 16Version Exclusive Boss
A boss fight is added in, removed, or altered in different versions of the same game, or new bosses are added in.
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 11:07:17 AM
14 16Romanticized Rape (Adopted from MacronNotes)
A rape victim falls in love with the rapist.
Created: Apr 3rd 2024 at 12:25:29 PM
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
1 1Crossover Meme
A meme that involves multiple unrelated works of media.
Created: 8 hours ago
1 10Search for Adventure
A character leaves home in search of adventure.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 7:32:34 PM
2 1Celestial Space School
Interplanetary or intergalactic schools often popular in sci fi
Created: 1 hour ago
1 0Sinister Funicular
A diagonal elevator of intimidating size
0 4Trickster Transformee
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: yesterday
2 25Loving 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 9"Dating Best Friend's Sibling" Drama
Romantic drama mined from the protagonist's love interest also being their sibling's friend (or friend's sibling).
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 8:08:17 PM
1 20Mistaken For Fakery
A character has digital or undeniable evidence that an item or premise is real, but another character thinks it's fake and insists this is truth
Created: Sep 29th 2017 at 6:25:22 PM
2 16Language Fluency Reveal
A character reveals their fluency in the language everyone else speaks
Created: Apr 18th 2024 at 7:11:47 PM
8 7Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
1 9Joke Action (feel free to suggest examples)
An attack or skill that's inferior to normal as a joke.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 9:48:08 AM
0 7Inserted Into Historical Footage (formerly Improvised 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
15 9Criminal Underworld Purge
A purge inside a criminal organization
Created: Mar 1st 2024 at 5:35:34 PM
0 20Serial Adulterer
A person cheats on their partner multiple times with multiple different people.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 1:47:46 AM
A person cheats on their partner multiple times with multiple different people.
Sponsor: cybirddude Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 1:47:46 AM Last reply: 3 hours ago by Bluecatcinema View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 8Prenatal Gender Picking
Expecting parents use magical or scientific means to choose the gender of an unborn baby.
Created: 23 hours ago