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Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#1: Dec 9th 2010 at 10:54:09 AM

Writing exercise - one person thinks of some sort of curse to put on someone, then the next person thinks of a character who'd like that curse.

I'll start it off with being invisible and intangible, to everyone.

If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
nekomoon14 from Oakland, CA Since: Oct, 2010
#2: Dec 9th 2010 at 1:09:44 PM

If it makes you unhappy, it's a curse. If it makes you happy, it's a blessing. One man's blessing is another man's curse.

Level 3 Social Justice Necromancer. Chaotic Good.
deathjavu This foreboding is fa... from The internet, obviously Since: Feb, 2010
This foreboding is fa...
#3: Dec 9th 2010 at 3:15:07 PM

Invisibile and intangible: Someone who's been imprisoned in an Oubliette for a few hundred years would probably love to gain that power evil grin

New curse: Destroying everything you touch.

edited 9th Dec '10 3:15:22 PM by deathjavu

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
KillerClowns Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Dec 9th 2010 at 3:17:30 PM

A professional assassin or an Omnicidal Maniac.

Curse: Eternal, insatiable hunger.

Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#5: Dec 9th 2010 at 4:00:58 PM

A masochist who loves to eat.

Curse: You can never leave a particular city park, and turn intangible whenever you're not in sunlight.

If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
OOZE Don't feed the plants! from Transsexual,Transylvania Since: Dec, 1969
Don't feed the plants!
#6: Dec 9th 2010 at 10:51:39 PM

A secret agent or a recluse.

Curse:You are motionless, forever, but you can see, hear, smell, taste, and feel everything. You cannot decay or be destroyed put you can feel pain or unpleasantness.

I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green...
melloncollie Since: Feb, 2012
#7: Dec 9th 2010 at 10:57:21 PM

Sounds a little familiar...

Being immortal but trapped in the center of the sun.

edited 9th Dec '10 10:58:32 PM by melloncollie

Alkthash Was? Since: Jan, 2001
Was?
#8: Dec 9th 2010 at 11:08:39 PM

It will give you a lot of time to think and eventually the sun will go nova and set you free.

Being rendered mute whenever you have to say something you consider important.

SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#9: Dec 10th 2010 at 6:26:18 AM

Someone who gets paid a ridiculous amount of money to keep people's secrets.

Bursting into flames, agonizingly burning to death, and reforming every hour.

petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#10: Dec 10th 2010 at 8:41:56 AM

Well, for one thing, you'd never need a watch...

Could be good for an (Ant)artctic explorer. A portable source of fire is always handy.

Being immortal and locked in a coffin filled with flesh-eating beetles. And no, you don't get cool apocalyptic powers.

Belief or disbelief rests with you.
OOZE Don't feed the plants! from Transsexual,Transylvania Since: Dec, 1969
Don't feed the plants!
#11: Dec 10th 2010 at 4:44:08 PM

What about a beetle fetishist? Rule 36, ya know.

Every ten minutes, you will give birth to a spider the size of a human baby. The orifice that this occurs with will be randomized each time.

I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green...
Voltech44 The Electric Eccentric from The Smash Ultimate Salt Mines Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
The Electric Eccentric
#12: Dec 10th 2010 at 7:02:26 PM

[up] Any member of the cast of Eight Legged Freaks, since I'd assume that they'd be looking for more target practice.

Let's try this curse: you fall in love with anyone you meet, but in turn that person automatically starts to hate you.

My Wattpad — A haven for delightful degeneracy
OOZE Don't feed the plants! from Transsexual,Transylvania Since: Dec, 1969
Don't feed the plants!
#13: Dec 11th 2010 at 10:50:07 AM

Not really a problem for a rapist!

At random intervals varying between five seconds and sixty seconds, you will suddenly become convinced that your worst nightmare is true for one second.

I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green...
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#14: Dec 11th 2010 at 11:10:21 AM

This is starting to edge into Forum Games territory, since it's becoming less about how to deal with a curse and more about "how weird of a curse can I come up with". We can handle this either way — you can bring it back in line as a writing exercise or I can move it to Games.

Vesperis from inside her skull. Since: Dec, 2010
#15: Dec 11th 2010 at 5:45:19 PM

[up] True.

Someone who spends a lot of time engaged in pyschic combat: anyone who manages to break into your brain will probably have trouble staying there.

Curse: You cannot hold a memory for more than five years. Anything more than five years in the past might as well have never happened.

O Manarha! Hatar-ue, dihalt urta. Vakat iu e Uratan, e banatar in.
Ultrayellow Unchanging Avatar. Since: Dec, 2010
Unchanging Avatar.
#16: Dec 11th 2010 at 9:58:29 PM

Anyone with traumatic childhood memories they want to forget no matter what- it's definitely better than suicide.

Curse: Having to live out your dreams, in all their idiocy and terror, during the day, while completely aware of how inane they are.

Except for 4/1/2011. That day lingers in my memory like...metaphor here...I should go.
Alkthash Was? Since: Jan, 2001
Was?
#17: Dec 11th 2010 at 10:09:49 PM

It becomes a motivation to hack your subconscious. You may not stop stupid dreams but at least you keep them from being completely stupid. Plus, tons of introspection.

When you make eye contact with a person you know every bad thing they have ever done. The feeling always leaves you stunned for a few minutes as your brain processes all the new information.

benj Since: Sep, 2015
#18: Dec 12th 2010 at 3:00:12 AM

A professional blackmailer.

You cannot perceive other people in any way, with the exception of one figure who keeps following you from behind, who you occasionally spot in the corner of your field of vision. All you can hear is a constant, mocking laughter.

Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#19: Dec 13th 2010 at 12:39:28 PM

An autistic person - likes being alone & doesn't perceive the laughter as mocking.

You're ModeLocked as an amulet, able to perceive things but not able to move. People can use you to channel magic powers, which you have no control over.

(Incidentally, I don't care if this is in Writer's Block or Forum Games.)

If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#20: Dec 16th 2010 at 5:53:38 PM

A hikikomori who takes a childish glee at passively being shown the world, and helping people do things that they want!

No one ever remembers you longer than a few minutes.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
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