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0 11Underground Martian Civilization (Ready to Launch?)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of Mars or any celestial body in the Solar System.
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
0 9Songs Index
An index for songs with their own pages.
Created: May 1st 2024 at 8:34:24 AM
0 0Trickster Transformee
Transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: 7 hours ago
6 23Empowered by Negativity
Power sources related to negative emotions.
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 7:31:12 PM
2 6Order Magic
Powers and magics that manipulate order
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 3:40:32 PM
0 12Divine Parental Issues
Gods and their mortal children have a poor relationship.
Created: Apr 23rd 2024 at 12:05:52 PM
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
1 9Rejecting Help
Help or attempt to help is met with or rejected out of fear, distrust, hatred or hostility.
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 4:15:27 AM
0 20Bad Reason To Do Good
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
8 6Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
7 29Emotional 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 9Stern Parent, Doting Parent (Launching 10/05(?))
One parent is strict and the other parent is doting to their child.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 5:43:41 PM
2 24Loving Parent, Cruel Parent (Launching 10/05(?))
One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent.
Created: Apr 21st 2024 at 5:45:35 PM
1 17Toxic Family Influence
A character's bad behavior is a result of being influenced by their relatives.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 10:18:21 AM
0 2Thunder As Divine Response
A thunderclap is treated as a response from God to something someone did.
Created: yesterday
1 11Fight Dancing (launch on 5th May)
A character skilled in fighting/magic uses the physical movements of those other skills in place of dance skills.
Created: Apr 28th 2024 at 3:39:39 PM
0 7Forcing A Mistrial
An Amoral Attorney "wins" a case by deliberately causing a mistrial and halting court proceedings.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 11:29:24 AM
0 19Underestimating 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
4 17Painful Confession
A character makes a confession that is particulary distressing for them (and sometimes others). (grabbed by Star Sword)
Created: Apr 24th 2023 at 1:40:13 PM
A character makes a confession that is particulary distressing for them (and sometimes others). (grabbed by Star Sword)
Sponsor: OnerousCaprine Created: Apr 24th 2023 at 1:40:13 PM Last reply: 9 hours ago by StrixObscuro View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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You thought you had written it up or read it here, but it was all just a dream or an elaborate daylight fantasy. Don't feel bad. It happens to us all.
0 7Improvised 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