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0 10Songs Index
An index for songs with their own pages.
Created: May 1st 2024 at 8:34:24 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
4 5Serial Cthulhu Puncher
A mortal/underdog character who specializes in fighting deities, cosmic forces, and eldritch abominations.
Created: yesterday
1 4Zener Cards
Cards used in parapsychology to measure Psychic Powers. Often used as a shorthand for psychic tropes.
Created: 21 hours ago
0 8Snack-Stealing Seagulls
Seagulls are portrayed as greedy food thieves.
Created: 16 hours ago
0 3Poppies of Sleep
The poppy flower is associated with sleep, dreaming, and death.
Created: 10 hours ago
16 16Friendly Fox
Foxes portrayed as cute and on the side of good (not as a trick).
Created: Jan 5th 2024 at 7:22:28 AM
0 41Accidental Injury Guilt (launch when scope is settled)
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt. Crowner here.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
0 11Living Constellation (Image Pickin')
Constellations depicted as living beings
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 5:53:02 PM
0 15Space 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 22Space Is Sleepy (split from Space is Dreamy Ready to launch?)
The moon, the stars, or space in general is associated with sleep.
Created: Mar 26th 2024 at 12:21:04 AM
1 45Unmourned Death
A character dies and no one cares. [Adopted by EvilerThanThou]
Created: May 26th 2023 at 1:53:40 PM
0 3Hell Is Lonely
A damned soul is punished by loneliness.
Created: May 8th 2024 at 6:50:47 AM
0 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
1 30Gag Ears (Grabbed by DrNoPuma)
A character with comically large ears.
Created: Oct 3rd 2022 at 2:07:52 PM
1 21Lifeguard Fanservice
Attractive lifeguards are sexualized by the work. 24 hour launch notice
Created: Jul 9th 2023 at 12:57:05 PM
8 9Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
1 13Trojan Cellmate Ploy (Up For Grabs)
One cellmate is really The Mole.
Created: Jan 18th 2023 at 3:13:44 PM
1 7Puddle Shadow
Shadows cast straight down regardless of lighting, and often circular in shape
Created: Feb 7th 2024 at 6:00:06 AM
Shadows cast straight down regardless of lighting, and often circular in shape
Sponsor: AgentMuffin Created: Feb 7th 2024 at 6:00:06 AM Last reply: 4 hours ago by AquaEclipse View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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3 7Surprisingly Bad Native Language
Characters speak their native language poorly due to it not being the native language of the writer
Created: yesterday