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3 13Volume 29c Part 3
What seems like a large collection of information is only a small part of the whole thing.
Created: Feb 20th 2022 at 6:58:04 AM
0 2"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: 7 hours ago
0 8Fight Dancing
A character skilled in fighting/magic uses the physical movements of those other skills in place of dance skills.
Created: yesterday
0 12Space Is Introspective (split from Space Is Dreamy)
Space is associated with sentiment, hope, or existentialism.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 6:03:49 PM
0 17Post-Mortem Possessions
A person dies and finds they still have their physical possessions with them in death.
Created: Apr 4th 2024 at 9:05:02 AM
0 18Underestimating 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
0 11Failure-Induced Transformation
Being defeated or failing in some way causes the loser to transform...
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 2:37:58 AM
6 23Empowered by Negativity
Power sources related to negative emotions.
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 7:31:12 PM
7 28Emotional 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
0 9Logistical Opponent vs Psychological Opponent
When one person relies on the rules and tactics before them, another uses psychological tactics
1 7Aid Refusal
Help or attempt to help is met with or rejected out of fear, distrust, hatred or hostility.
Created: 23 hours ago
3 11Pulling Out Scarves Trick (Launch by May 4th)
When someone pulls scarves out of an implausible location for entertainment.
Created: Apr 18th 2024 at 12:53:14 PM
4 1Deliberate Outlier Cap
Making Caps not follow the pattern of other caps of their type, because they apply to something special.
0 28Dying Object Drop Shot
A character's death can be signified by dropping something they were once holding.
Created: Aug 24th 2021 at 9:41:31 AM
1 33Credits Fakeout (adopted by supernintendo128)
Playing the credits before the story is actually over.
Created: Nov 13th 2022 at 10:39:30 AM
7 6Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
1 18Loving Parent, Cruel Parent (formerly Mama Good, Papa Bad)
One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent.
Created: Apr 21st 2024 at 5:45:35 PM
One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent.
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1 19Master And Minder
The boss has the power, but the underling has to steer the boss.
Created: Aug 4th 2022 at 2:27:34 PM