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1 3Terrible Costume Decisions
When your costume inspires humor and embarrassment rather than fear and awe.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 9:23:03 AM
0 15Underground Alien Civilization (Formerly Underground Martian 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 9Inserted 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
2 2Metaphysical Energy Manipulation
The ability to manipulate a metaphysical Power Source.
Created: May 13th 2024 at 8:33:29 PM
0 22Snack-Stealing Seagulls
Seagulls are portrayed as greedy food thieves. (Launching on 15/16 May)
Created: May 10th 2024 at 2:58:58 AM
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: May 13th 2024 at 6:03:31 AM
2 26Knight 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
0 13That 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
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 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
0 15Space Is Introspective (2-day launch notice)
Space is associated with sentiment, hope, or existentialism.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 6:03:49 PM
0 28Bad Reason To Do Good (Launching 20/5)
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
0 16"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
0 8Poppies For The War Dead
The poppy flower symbolizes those slain in wartime.
Created: May 10th 2024 at 10:31:17 AM
0 15Intramarital Affair
A couple has an "affair" with each other.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 8:57:49 AM
0 15Phony Relative
A character lies about being related to someone.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 10:11:10 PM
1 0Shoes On Simultaneously
A character puts both shoes on at exactly the same moment, instead of one at a time.
Created: May 7th 2024 at 11:08:32 PM
0 15No Index for the Wicked
Index of things the wicked are not afforded.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 6:39:22 PM
0 11Sleeping With the Source
A reporter trades sexual favors for leaks & tips
Created: Apr 6th 2024 at 6:48:41 AM
A reporter trades sexual favors for leaks & tips
Sponsor: KevinKlawitter Created: Apr 6th 2024 at 6:48:41 AM Last reply: yesterday by HoloMew151 View draft
0 8Trickster Transformee (LAST CALL FOR EXAMPLES)
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 12:57:10 AM