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1 3Unoptimized Premade Character
Pre-customized characters made by developers are viewed as inferior to player-made ones.
Created: Dec 16th 2014 at 2:40:29 AM
1 15Satellite Buster
A character or weapon is powerful enough to shoot down a satellite... manmade or otherwise.
Created: May 15th 2012 at 4:34:14 PM
0 19Doom Signifying Iconic Item
Someone dies, and we focus on a (damaged) object associated with them.
Created: Apr 23rd 2011 at 3:19:42 AM
8 32Creator Golden Age (YMMV) (Adopted by magnumtropus)
The period of a creative and commercial peak for a creator.
Created: Jan 20th 2021 at 7:25:04 AM
4 22Hilariously Illiterate (grabbed by AmourLefou)
The Ditz can't read or write.
Created: Jun 23rd 2013 at 8:02:21 AM
0 36Same Power, Different Flavor
A stock power is repeated in-universe, but styled differently.
Created: Mar 17th 2024 at 3:30:03 PM
0 28Historical Race Lift
When a Historical Domain Character gets their race changed in a work. (Launch date delayed indefinitely)
Created: Sep 17th 2022 at 2:41:23 PM
33 28Villainous Violet (up for grabs)
Purple signifies villainy.
Created: Jul 17th 2023 at 10:30:42 PM
9 54Brainless, Spineless, and Heartless (Up For Grabs)
A type of Power Trio where one character lacks intelligence, one lacks courage, and one lacks empathy.
Created: Sep 2nd 2022 at 1:26:39 PM
3 11Mutually Exclusive Tropes (Up For Grabs)
Index of tropes that would be logically impossible to apply to the same entity simultaneously.
Created: May 6th 2022 at 12:44:52 PM
3 38Brutal Butcher
Meat cutters in fiction are Ax Crazy murderers.
Created: Feb 3rd 2023 at 1:39:45 PM
5 8Pain In The Legs (Leg Trauma)
Horrible injury to the legs, especially by breaking the shins.
Created: Oct 17th 2014 at 5:59:43 PM
1 17Fill In The Missing Dialogue
A character acts out dialogue that he feels should have been said.
Created: Nov 13th 2010 at 3:10:52 PM
8 24Series Minus Series Core
Removing a main character from a work, usually their self-titled series.
Created: Jan 9th 2020 at 7:27:26 PM
1 32Alliance of Revenge
Two or more people team up to get revenge on the same person or group.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 4:45:00 PM
5 31Conflict Across Dimensions
Conflict arises in a story as a result of something, or someone, messing with Another Dimension.
Created: Oct 23rd 2023 at 12:50:25 PM
1 10Post-Escape Chase
The heroes are escaping but the enemy is hot on their tail.
Created: Apr 21st 2015 at 12:58:53 PM
2 12Indeterminable Quantities (Adopted by QPCwB)
A thing that can't be counted no matter how methodically you try.
Created: Aug 1st 2010 at 11:40:03 PM
A thing that can't be counted no matter how methodically you try.
Sponsor: Micah Created: Aug 1st 2010 at 11:40:03 PM Last reply: Feb 9th 2024 at 8:11:07 AM by Arivne View draft
1 37Malevolent Moon
Evil, destructive or cataclysmic moons.
Created: Aug 23rd 2022 at 5:24:18 PM