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16 25Edgelord Appeal Character
A power-hungry anti-social character with personal insecurities who looks and behaves over-the-top dangerously.
Created: Dec 12th 2023 at 10:37:05 AM
0 24Mischosen One
The wrong person is identified as being "the Chosen One".
Created: Oct 15th 2023 at 9:45:33 PM
0 77Cultural Erasure (adopted by skewview)
Destroying the values, traditions, languages, and everything else that makes a certain group unique.
Created: Dec 26th 2016 at 12:12:25 AM
0 15Choose Your Reward
Someone being rewarded with a wish of their choice. (Title changed from "Boon".)
Created: Jan 15th 2022 at 12:59:02 AM
3 36Going Back To The Basics
An arc where somebody has to go back and practice their original or basic powers. (title crowner)
Created: Mar 6th 2010 at 7:13:09 PM
4 14This Index Has Edge
The list of tropes that are associated with "edgy" characters.
Created: Dec 19th 2023 at 12:18:48 PM
1 8Concept-Based Vocabulary (Up For Grabs)
A character's pool of words/rhetorics involve a single concept.
Created: Jun 22nd 2014 at 3:02:43 AM
1 32Unintended Kinslayer (Up For Grabs)
A character kills their relative without intending, or didn't know they were related.
Created: Apr 10th 2023 at 12:34:05 AM
24 27Tailed Humanoid
Humanoid body, but with a tail to indicate they're not fully human.
Created: Jun 6th 2021 at 9:45:03 PM
4 15Manipulated Into Murder
A character coerces or manipulates someone else into doing the dirty work. (grabbed by Star Sword)
Created: May 8th 2023 at 8:51:41 AM
0 29Prisoner Guinea Pig
Experimenting on inmates. - Needs Examples
Created: Dec 29th 2023 at 12:56:08 PM
3 47Risque Animal Business
A series gets away with mature or dark topics because the characters are animals or otherwise non-human
Created: Jun 25th 2017 at 5:31:40 PM
0 25Stolen Outfit (Up For Grabs)
A character discovers another wearing their clothing without their permission
Created: Nov 11th 2016 at 10:20:26 AM
2 24Injury Boasting
A character boasts about having a scar/suffering an injury in the past.
Created: Apr 20th 2011 at 12:33:28 PM
6 25Heroic Communists
A heroic character that self-identifies as Communist
Created: Sep 24th 2011 at 10:25:05 PM
11 26Arthropod Abomination
Arthropods as Eldritch Abominations
Created: Oct 18th 2019 at 12:13:50 PM
0 37Computer Screen Story (scope? title?)
A story simulates computer technology, such as e-mail, websites, text messaging, and other programs, to tell the story.
Created: May 10th 2020 at 9:50:24 PM
2 33Planet On Fire
A fiery Apocalypse Wow, seen from space.
Created: Mar 27th 2019 at 7:31:47 AM
A fiery Apocalypse Wow, seen from space.
Sponsor: Mitchz95 Created: Mar 27th 2019 at 7:31:47 AM Last reply: Oct 5th 2023 at 9:34:04 PM by Hello83433 View draft
1 38Gratuitous Chinese
Using Chinese instead of the work's usual language in a non-Chinese language work. 時在原本不用中文作品內使用中文。 (adopted by AquaEclipse)
Created: Mar 10th 2024 at 4:59:46 AM