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6 24Empowered by Negativity
Power sources related to negative emotions. (Planned launch: 05/11)
Created: Apr 13th 2024 at 7:31:12 PM
15 17Romanticized Rape (Adopted from MacronNotes)
A rape victim falls in love with the rapist.
Created: Apr 3rd 2024 at 12:25:29 PM
0 5Absurdly Elderly Father
A man who's too old to have a baby...does.
Created: 22 hours ago
5 4Celestial Space School
Interplanetary or intergalactic schools often popular in sci fi
Created: yesterday
0 2Funny Sick Bucket
An unconventional receptacle is used to catch vomit.
Created: 14 hours ago
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 15Choose Your Reward
Someone being rewarded with a wish of their choice. (Title changed from "Boon".)
Created: Jan 15th 2022 at 12:59:02 AM
1 33The Wrong Kind Of Evil
Two evil groups dislike each other for engaging in the "wrong kind" of evil.
Created: Apr 29th 2021 at 10:39:00 AM
0 15Intramarital Affair
A couple has an "affair" with each other.
Created: Jan 20th 2024 at 8:57:49 AM
4 5Half-Practical Half-Updo
A man has long hair and wears some (but not all) of it pulled back into a ponytail.
Created: Dec 28th 2023 at 11:13:50 AM
0 16Nudity Equals Vulnerability
A person is naked to show how vulnerable they are.
Created: Apr 26th 2024 at 7:56:18 AM
0 11Underground Alien Civilization (Formerly Underground Martian Civilization)
Aliens who live underneath the surface of another planet or celestial body
Created: Apr 2nd 2024 at 7:10:14 AM
2 8Order Magic
Powers and magics that manipulate order
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 3:40:32 PM
0 12"Dating Best Friend's Sibling" Drama
Romantic drama mined from the protagonist's love interest also being their sibling's friend (or friend's sibling).
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 8:08:17 PM
0 6Terrified Transformation Witness
A character reacts to another character's transformation - in person or after the fact - with shock and fear.
Created: 17 hours ago
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 0Self Translation
A character tells another character something in one language and then repeats themselves in another for the benefit of another character
Created: 6 hours ago
0 6Comically Tiny Arms
A character has comically short arms that make it hard for them to grab things.
Created: yesterday
A character has comically short arms that make it hard for them to grab things.
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0 14Divine Parental Issues (Launching Wednesday)
Gods and their mortal children have a poor relationship.
Created: Apr 23rd 2024 at 12:05:52 PM