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4 6Inconsistent Pronunciation
A name is pronounced differently at different times in a work.
0 7Meek Mesozoic Mammal
Early mammals are portrayed as timid and easy prey for dinosaurs. (Looking for feedback on the description.)
3 3A Feat Beyond Your Capabilities
A character's accomplishments are rightly or wrongly dismissed as being beyond their capabilities.
2 15Suspicious Ski Mask
The iconic and notorious knitted mask. If a character wears it, they're probably up to no good rather than just wanting to keep their face warm.
2 9Hammer Hilt
Using the grip of a bladed weapon as a weapon. Examples Needed
4 1Control Room Cheer
A mission succeeds, and crew rejoices
0 2Tween Tropes
An index for tropes commonly associated with preteens.
0 14Sprint For The Shelter
A character is caught outdoors when the apocalypse begins and must run for their prepared fallout shelter.
17 21Sacrificial Canary (In Need of Examples)
A character who is killed/eliminated to show that the rules of a game are being enforced.
0 40Wise Serpent
Snakes are presented as wise, knowledgeable, and cunning creatures. (Needs examples.)
5 50Better With Mods
A video game is known more for its modding community than the actual game itself.
0 14Benefits/Detriments Work Both Ways
An enhancement spell, mental connection, or something else meant to work in one person's favor ends up backfiring because it benefits the enemy too.
2 3Retired As Servant
A character retires from the frontlines by becoming someone else's servant.
2 19Virtuous Character Copy
An Expy who is a nicer version of the character their based on.
0 9Walking Ossuary (Adopted by Theriocephalus)
Composite skeletal undead
4 33A Mischief Of Mice
Mice are troublemakers, pranksters, or generally annoying.
6 3Creepy Baby Bird
When a work uses the ugly aspects of baby birds to disturb the reader.
1 4UsefulNotes / AI-Generated Artwork
The generation of digital artwork by artificial intelligence algorithms.
0 20Glorious Death
When a character has an ideal way to die and will either aspire for it to happen or avoid any other way to die as a consequence. [Launching Dec. 24th]
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0 12Menacing Mask
Masks that seem designed to give you the creeps.
Created: Dec 20th 2022 at 9:30:14 AM