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0 10Ill-Timed Infirmity (launch May 26)
A character gets sick or injured right before a big event comes up.
Created: May 16th 2024 at 10:38:43 AM
1 28Terrified Transformation Witness
A character reacts to another character's transformation - the moment or the aftermath - with shock and fear.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 7:35:40 AM
0 0Pinball Playfield Prop
Pinball tables with "toys" on the playfield.
12 12Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 14Catch Lightning
Catching a lightning bolt out of the air.
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 3:30:05 PM
2 14Nonconsensual Pornography
A character has porn of themselves created and released without their consent.(Launching May 20)
Created: May 14th 2024 at 11:55:37 PM
0 11Living Constellation (Launching Sunday)
Constellations depicted as living beings
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 5:53:02 PM
0 10Big Weapon, Little Wielder "Launching after 23 examples and the option unlocks
A weapon wielded by someone smaller than would be sensible.
Created: May 16th 2024 at 7:15:35 PM
1 9Speech Bubble Vandalism (Up For Grabs)
A speech bubble is used to vandalize a picture or billboard.
Created: Jul 1st 2018 at 3:23:11 PM
0 4Rain Means Death
A rainy setting is used to signify a character's (near-)death.
Created: 8 hours ago
1 8Unstable Horror Ally
A character in a horror work who genuinely wants to help the protagonist, but still manages to be scary or dangerous.
2 12Mistaken Assumption of Attraction
A person believes that someone they have no feelings for has feelings for them, only to find out that they do not. (Launching on May 19th)
Created: May 14th 2024 at 1:12:49 PM
0 15Unquenchable Fire (Launching 5/18)
A fire that cannot be put out by ordinary means.
Created: Apr 21st 2024 at 4:59:42 PM
0 9Fake Religiosity
Someone joins a religious group/sect for material benefits despite not believing the group's creed
Created: May 15th 2024 at 2:04:43 AM
2 17Deadly Game Of Chance
A villain uses a game of chance to decide whether a character will be killed, or at least harmed.
Created: Apr 30th 2024 at 2:45:37 PM
0 1Webcomic / Peter And Company (1998)
The first continuity of Peter and Company before being rebooted.
Created: yesterday
0 2Gun Acquisition Explanation
A work goes out of its way to demonstrate how a character is able to acquire a firearm in a setting where gun ownership is unusual or heavily restricted.
Created: 15 hours ago
0 5Giant Logistics
Great lengths are taken to accommodate, transport, or feed a giant person or animal.
Created: yesterday
15 39Riding In The Palms Of Giants (adopted by Drakos25)
A larger character lifts and carries a smaller character in their hand.
Created: Apr 21st 2023 at 6:35:17 PM
A larger character lifts and carries a smaller character in their hand.
Sponsor: newcomer2022 Created: Apr 21st 2023 at 6:35:17 PM Last reply: 4 hours ago by Drakos25 View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
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0 0Cliffhanger Continuity
When the resolution to a cliffhanger is shot some time later and the time lapse is obvious
Created: 1 minute ago