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2 23(Launching May 13) Toxic Family Influence
A character's bad behavior is a result of being influenced by their relatives.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 10:18:21 AM
1 12Terrified Transformation Witness
A character reacts to another character's transformation - the moment or the aftermath - with shock and fear.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 7:35:40 AM
0 9Absurdly Elderly Father
A man who's too old to have a baby...does.
Created: May 6th 2024 at 2:30:33 AM
0 9Living Constellation
Constellations depicted as living beings
Created: Apr 7th 2024 at 5:53:02 PM
0 11Prenatal Gender Picking
A way to choose the gender of a baby before birth.
Created: May 4th 2024 at 4:53:09 PM
1 9Joke Action (feel free to suggest examples)
An attack or skill that's inferior to normal as a joke.
Created: Apr 14th 2024 at 9:48:08 AM
0 0Surprisingly Bad Native Language
Characters speak their native language poorly due to it not being the native language of the writer
Created: 1 hour ago
0 17Implied 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
1 10Comically Interrupted Count
Characters are interrupted while counting up to three before performing a task.
Created: Apr 28th 2023 at 5:46:02 AM
6 19Dramatic Incontinence (adopted by DRCEQ)
Incontinence Played For Drama.
Created: Dec 26th 2022 at 10:50:50 AM
0 19Space 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
3 4Beastman Affinity
A Beast Man has special affinity with the animal they have traits of.
Created: Apr 19th 2024 at 11:21:55 PM
8 7Big/Small Juxtaposition
A juxtaposition between something big and something small.
Created: Apr 10th 2024 at 8:46:02 PM
0 40Accidental Injury Guilt (launch when scope is settled)
A character accidentally injures someone they care about and is wracked with guilt. Crowner here.
Created: Feb 21st 2024 at 5:02:54 PM
0 27Bad Reason To Do Good
When someone does the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Created: Apr 22nd 2024 at 7:03:12 PM
1 38Gratuitous Chinese
Using Chinese instead of the work's usual language in a non-Chinese language work. 時在原本不用中文作品內使用中文。 (adopted by AquaEclipse)
Created: Mar 10th 2024 at 4:59:46 AM
2 17Language Fluency Reveal
A character reveals their fluency in the language everyone else speaks
Created: Apr 18th 2024 at 7:11:47 PM
2 9Order Magic
Powers and magics that manipulate order
Created: Apr 29th 2024 at 3:40:32 PM
Powers and magics that manipulate order
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1 0Serial Cthulhu Puncher
A mortal/underdog character who specializes in fighting deities, cosmic forces, and eldritch abominations.
Created: 1 hour ago