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0 11Paleolithic Pioneer (adopted by Owlivia)

Prehistoric character discovers fire, the wheel, stone tools, etc.

0 18Irrationally Obsessive Bully

A bully who is obsessed over their victim, to irrational levels.

0 24Committed Into The Mental Asylum

A character is taken to the mental hospital after going insane or being Mistaken For Insane.

0 14Motherly Marsupials

Marsupials are depicted in fiction as motherly and caring animals, usually always seen with a baby in their pouch.

0 1Race is Subjective

Racial categorization is shown as flexible, arbitrary, or social rather than a hard-coded biological fact.

0 2Playing Sedated

A drugged character pretends to be unconscious

1 0Bladed Sai (deletion and revision pending)

A character wields sai with sharp points and edges, allowing them to use the sai as stabbing and/or slashing weapons instead of blunt ones.

0 9Stock Ethnic Zillionaire

Rich guy from country or culture X? He must've made his fortune in Y!

1 1Motif Team

The Team's members have a Motif of some kind.

0 7Fractured Family

A family ends up split into factions.

0 9Hideaway in the Danger Zone

A secret base in a deadly place

0 11Multi-Irised Eyes (Image Pickin' thread)

Creepy eyes which have multiple irises and/or pupils.

0 13Remaster Disaster [YMMV] (Launching on March 19th)

A video game remake or remaster largely agreed to be worse in quality than the original.

5 4Deliberate Fanservice Girl

A character who knows the nudity taboo but deliberately defies it for her own reasons

17 17Reinspect Item For Different Description (Previously "One Item, Multiple Designed Descriptions")

Inspecting an item again after doing it a first time, gets a changed description, no matter what happens in-between.

0 12Dub Backstory Change

A translation or dub changes a character's backstory.

0 1Loving Abuser

An abuser that genuinely loves and cares for their victim.

0 7Borrowed Finisher

Someone borrows a Finishing Move or Signature Move from someone else.

0 2Scandalously Skimpy Guest

A visitor finds a nearly naked person in the home of the person they're visiting, and mistakes them for being involved.

0 8Creepy Baby Bird

Altricial bird chicks being used for horror.

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