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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#626: May 28th 2022 at 1:16:00 PM

I had this cute story idea recently. I was thinking of Heather and her new lover Lysette getting a pet ferret. :)

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#627: May 28th 2022 at 2:22:54 PM

I keep thinking of a scenario where it's a really wild, complex, intricate story but it all starts because some waitress at a cafe accidentally spilled the coffee... And I have no idea where exactly such an idea would actually go, I guess it could be that she pisses off someone powerful or something, but... Yeah. Here's an idea. [lol]

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#628: May 29th 2022 at 10:22:47 AM

gringrin See what I have just written in the 'Don't Use Tropes' thread!

TheLyniezian from Technically not actually Lyniezia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#629: May 30th 2022 at 9:36:36 AM

An Affectionate Parody of both the Princess Protagonist trope and The DCU in which the main characters are a Super Team comprising expies of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, Comic Book/Starfire and Wonder Woman (and/or Wonder Girl). And which heavily pokes fun of the whole notion of the Gratuitous Princess in media.

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#630: May 30th 2022 at 9:41:44 AM

A Deconstructive parody you mean?

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
TheLyniezian from Technically not actually Lyniezia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#631: May 30th 2022 at 10:28:43 AM

[up] Yes. (Or, at least, that too. Since I seem to have an odd liking for this type of character.)

Also I'm thinking just making it a Fountain of Expies featuring versions of "every Magical Girl Warrior who just so happens to be a princess."

Edited by TheLyniezian on May 30th 2022 at 5:29:20 PM

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#632: May 30th 2022 at 10:29:47 AM

[up] Would any of the Sailor Moons count?

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
TheLyniezian from Technically not actually Lyniezia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#633: May 30th 2022 at 10:42:54 AM

[up] Although I've not really seen the series, I'm sure one of the characters in the story would probably be an Usagi-expy in the extended concept.

GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#634: Jun 1st 2022 at 4:49:28 AM

A coming-of-age story about thirty something man and his/her family featuring some science fiction concepts time travei.

"Fan, a Mega Man character."
LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#635: Jun 1st 2022 at 4:51:49 AM

[up] What could be the catalyst?

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#636: Jun 1st 2022 at 5:33:16 AM

How about when the main character discovers a MacGuffin that shows him some possible futures? He/She could be a layabout who discovers an artifact after a fight with a family member.

"Fan, a Mega Man character."
AoeAbility Akarat bless you. from Personal Evil Tower of Ominousness Since: Mar, 2021 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#638: Jun 3rd 2022 at 8:02:28 AM

An isekai involving western geeks. One is the level-headed one that just wants to enjoy things and the other is your typical bigoted fanboy. Bonus point if the former is a POC woman as well.

The setting is your typical fantasy in which the fanboy uses his familiarity with the setting to try to play the role of the "hero" he always wanted, but of course, This Is Reality.

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#639: Jun 3rd 2022 at 7:38:42 PM

[up] Interesting, though given the nadir of the genre (Shield Hero, Master of Ragnarok, etc) I think the bigot might still end up making headway in his deplorable goals.

Of course this can easily segue into a story where the level headed person is the actual hero and the fanboy becomes the villain.


Free idea 1: A pair of teenage girls end up embroiled in a magitek experiment gone wrong, ended up merged and in a state where only one of them can be conscious at a time, while the other slumbers in the form of a gauntlet coating the conscious woman's arm. The two try to find a way to bring themselves back to normal, as they end up in battles with the local mob, Mad Scientists and other anomalies


Free idea 2: A whale of a tale, following a Cute Monster Girl giantess that is half human and half whale, (and not quite in a mermaid way) a group of friendly marine biologists researching her and a guy who is basically the modern Captain Ahab, obsessed with hunting and exploiting the half-whale girl.


Free idea 3: A sci-fi take on Charlemange and his paladins, a la Camelot 3000. In which the King of the Franks is reinterpreted as the leader of the starship Joyeuse and ends up in Star Trek scenarios, alongside his science captain and right hand Roland, his effeminate left hand Astolfo and various other "paladins".

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Jun 3rd 2022 at 7:41:03 AM

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#640: Jun 3rd 2022 at 11:24:24 PM

[up] That's exactly what I had in mind.

It could lead to a meaningful conversation that this path of villainy is what the fanboy was destined to be after all, and other more like him. Only those who simple see things in a healthy manner deserve are the only ones worthy of being heroes.

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#641: Jun 7th 2022 at 11:06:27 PM

Since I was at the House on the Rock yesterday, I had a story idea involving it. When King Zasedis, Queen Sastiana, and Princess Zulloenne go on their vacation to Wisconsin in the vacation story that'll take place after Volume VIII, one of the fun things they're going to do in the Badger State is visit the House on the Rock. And the following Funny Moments will occur.

  • When walking through the Infinity Room, either Zasedis or Sastiana will read aloud from the brochure the Room’s unease-inspiring reputation, since it’s not being held up by anything. Zulloenne, on the other hand, will say “I don’t see what the big deal is,” while she’s floating in midair; she is an angel, after all
  • Zulloenne will actually point and laugh at the statues of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse towards the end of the museum, considering her parents defeated their Dark Stone Cutter equivalents back in Volume III

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#642: Jun 8th 2022 at 1:29:26 AM

How about a story about how fandom responds to stories?

"Fan, a Mega Man character."
LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#643: Jun 8th 2022 at 2:54:05 AM

[up]What do you mean?

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#644: Jun 8th 2022 at 5:32:12 PM

I meant a post-modernist story about stories and how they shape us or a reverse isekai that that takes the Re:Creators concept and does it well. You could also a Umineko style metafictional story.

"Fan, a Mega Man character."
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#645: Jun 8th 2022 at 11:01:02 PM

Today's bad weather made me remember this story idea. When Max, Anna, Jason, Kalegar, and Ruby go through the wilderness of Nebraska during their fun recreation of the Oregon Trail, they'll encounter a tornado - which in turn will cause them to run for shelter. Clydesdales may be farm-working (and beer wagon-pulling tongue) horses, but they can run up to 20 miles per hour with the right motivation.

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#646: Jun 11th 2022 at 12:57:36 AM

Here is one:

A multiverse-setting of infinite worlds, following a consistent MC whose "job" is to get sent to these countless, infinite, worlds in order to end them and their "stagnant suffering" due to them being "Dead Ends" in the timelines.

The MC himself being a human being, faceless, not saying a single word, and granted "powers" by its "owner" in order to carry out its task at hands.

However, not even it could foresee what could have happened with its human-"toolbox" once the story starts and we get to follow it on its journey...

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#647: Jun 11th 2022 at 1:02:25 AM

[up] That would be a very cerebral story to do.

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#648: Jun 11th 2022 at 1:07:31 AM

[up] What does that mean?

(Genuine innocent curiosity.)

Edited by TitanJump on Jun 11th 2022 at 10:07:44 AM

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#649: Jun 11th 2022 at 1:12:43 AM

[up]Like, a bit complex to write.

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#650: Jun 11th 2022 at 7:44:49 AM

[up]

Doesn't sound like a bad thing then.

I mean, it can still be done, right?


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