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0 1Purplish Pandas
Pandas in fiction depicted as purple or dark blue, when none are in real life.
Created: 1 hour ago
0 2Prisons Are Educational Institutions
Prisoners uses their time behind locked bars to educate themselves.
0 15Fantasy Future
A scenario of humanity's future that involves magic and fantasy creatures
Created: Jun 11th 2022 at 9:22:49 AM
0 8Scientific and Technological Theme Naming
Things named after themes or concepts from science and engineering. (Adopted by AquaEclipse)
Created: May 3rd 2020 at 3:33:16 PM
0 8Victory Pose on Person
A character defeats another and puts a foot on a part of their body as part of a Victory Pose.
Created: yesterday
0 1Blindfolded Misadventure
A blindfold activity ends in an accident, or a situation of malicious intent.
Created: Mar 22nd 2024 at 9:10:54 AM
1 7Tear-Stained Stationery (Please help with the description!)
A person cries on a piece of stationery or photograph
Created: Mar 14th 2024 at 8:31:54 PM
1 14Depending On The Production (formerly Flexible Live Theater)
A live show changes aspects of the show for different viewings.
Created: Dec 5th 2020 at 2:11:41 PM
5 47Adaptational Costume Change (adopted by skewview)
The adaptation significantly changes a character's outfit.
Created: Mar 31st 2019 at 3:42:07 PM
0 15Adoption Conflict
A conflict between a child's biological parent(s) and their adoptive parent(s) over the custody of the child, usually (but not necessarily) ends in the adoptive parent(s)' favor.
Created: Jun 18th 2023 at 8:01:30 AM
1 6Scary Movies Are Fun
Characters in a work, even the cowardly/anxious ones, watch a horror film with enthusiasm
Created: yesterday
2 4Deleted Text Draft
If only they would send this text instead of deleting it, the plot could progress much faster.
Created: Mar 26th 2024 at 6:40:34 PM
0 14Implied Incest Insult
An insult insinuating that another person commits incest or is the product of it.
Created: Oct 21st 2023 at 8:28:50 AM
0 12Hedge Mage (New Draft)
An amateur/self-taught/not "formally" trained magic-user.
Created: Mar 23rd 2024 at 5:08:18 PM
0 0UsefulNotes/RhetoricalFigures
Phrases written in an artistic way for some effect.
0 14Collect-the-Spines (Trivia?)
Volume spines for a book (or DVD) series form a larger picture if stacked in order
Created: Mar 18th 2024 at 8:48:53 PM
1 16Improbable Self-Maintenance (Launching 3/31)
A character is bizarrely clean, well-groomed, and/or attractive despite living in circumstances that would make it difficult or impossible.
Created: Mar 13th 2024 at 3:04:59 PM
5 10Steel Punk
Aesthetic that reflects the technologies and designs of the 1980s/1990s
Created: yesterday
Aesthetic that reflects the technologies and designs of the 1980s/1990s
Sponsor: KayAndover Created: yesterday Last reply: 8 hours ago by Khoshekh6 View draftLooking for a discussion you thought was here? One of two things could have happened.
It could have been launched or "discarded". Check here. Discarded just means that someone thought it had come to a resolution not needing a launch. It can be restored. Just push the "restore" button on the Launches list.
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 12Feather Fall
A spell or device that saves people from falling to their deaths.
Created: yesterday