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2 25Loving 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
0 10Stern 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
0 4Prenatal Gender Picking
Expecting parents use magical or scientific means to choose the gender of an unborn baby.
3 1Outer Space School
Interplanetary or intergalactic schools often popular in sci fi.
Created: 3 hours ago
3 15Music Mashup
Two or more songs, merged into one.
Created: Apr 13th 2013 at 10:27:06 AM
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 22Bad Reason To Do Good
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
0 15Nudity Equals Vulnerability
A person is naked to show how vulnerable they are.
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 7:56:18 AM
0 20Serial Adulterer
A person cheats on their partner multiple times with multiple different people.
Created: Apr 25th 2024 at 1:47:46 AM
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
8 7Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
2 10Deadly Game Of Chance (LF examples)
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 19Cry Forth the Rain
It magically rains whenever a particular character cries.
Created: Jul 5th 2023 at 8:43:15 PM
0 39Accidental Injury Guilt (launch when scope is settled)
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
6 18Dramatic Incontinence
Someone pees or passes stool on themselves due to factors beyond their control and it's Played For Drama.
Created: Dec 26th 2022 at 10:50:50 AM
0 6Thunder As Divine Response
A thunderclap is treated as a response from God to something someone did.
Created: May 3rd 2024 at 12:14:08 AM
2 3Progressive Country Music
A progressive form of Country Music.
Created: May 2nd 2024 at 1:33:02 AM
0 13Space Is Introspective (split from Space Is Dreamy)
Space is associated with sentiment, hope, or existentialism.
Created: Apr 1st 2024 at 6:03:49 PM
0 18Space Is Sleepy (split from Space is Dreamy Ready to launch?)
The moon, the stars, or space in general is associated with sleep.
Created: Mar 26th 2024 at 12:21:04 AM
The moon, the stars, or space in general is associated with sleep.
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0 3Trickster Transformee
Forcibly transformed characters can only succeed through sneaking and trickery.
Created: yesterday