Unintentional Storylines

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[lypsys]

"Write character relationships that are normal" WRONG ☝ CODEPENDENCY BEAM 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[valtsv]

"if it had to be anyone, i'm glad that it's you" remains one of my all-time winning dynamics btw. when the intimacy of trust is twisted by a desperate need for control into something possessive and uncomfortably dubiously consensual it's like masochist cocaine.

[valtsv]

+ tbh it hits best there's no love or even lingering fondness to it, especially not romantic. like this isn't some cutesy enemies to lovers setup, it's a refusal to submit. it's a key turning in the lock to a door slammed shut in your face, unyielding no matter how hard you fling yourself against it and beg to be let in, and therein lies the appeal for me.

[goldensunset]

‘the protagonist should be endearing and relatable’ the protagonist should make the audience scream and start banging on the one-way glass of the fourth wall. the protagonist should burn their entire life down and make the world’s worst sandcastle from the ashes. if they aren’t the cause of at least 50% of their own problems what are we doing here

[writersisland]

Assassin Character Quirks

obsessed with cleaning because they are used to not leaving any traces behind

sneaking up on people without meaning to because they move silently

very light and short sleep, meaning they are a lot more tired and nap whenever possible

having a ridiculous amount of weapons on them at all times

instinctively shielding face from any and all security cameras

also, generally hating having pictures of them taken and especially uploaded

scars in odd places, especially hands and arms from training

holding their breath and pressing to the wall whenever someone enters, even if it is a friend or loved one who already knows they are there

wildly uncomfortable with attention from many people

quiet in conversations with a group because they are used to listening, not participating

[dommingateez]

I do love when two very fucked up people are in very fucked up love with each other

[painwithoutplot]

Much as I love a living weapon who is dehumanised and degraded, I also like when becoming a weapon is framed as aspirational. Prove you deserve to surpass your human weakness! Don't you want to be more than flesh and blood?

[painwithoutplot]

Like IDK I think you should make your whumpees recruits compete for the honour of serving such a worthy master or cause in such a great manner. You could make them do just about anything to earn it. And having earned it through so much effort, it must be an honour, right? You were the only one good enough for your master.

[painwithoutplot]

Thinking of like... a position as the 'King's Sword', or in an elite military corps, or something... something really famous, lauded and mythologised. The sacrifice of one's humanity framed as the greatest sacrifice one could make to one's king/god/country, and only the most worthy may offer it up. Congrats, you get a fancy induction ceremony, a few minutes being applauded by a massive crowd, and then you get to kill in someone else's name until you die.

[painwithoutplot]

also thinking of death game entrance exam. that too.

Ok, it's more like extended training that's also a competition to whittle recruits down to The Best/Most Worthy Candidates. And having put that much effort in - dare I say incurred that much moral injury - while your view was clouded by the competition; the idea that this brutal frenzy was the trial by fire, that it was temporary - well! Not very nice to consider that what you won might be more of the same. That maybe no one's treating you like something honoured or valued at all. Much easier to tell yourself that this is what you wanted; after all, you fought so hard for it.

[painwithoutplot]

[BAD LUCK! by Jhariah]

[notahorseindisguise]

the "came back wrong" trope except like... they didnt. like this mad scientists wife died, and so he studied necromancy, brought her back, and she came back and it all worked. like she came back exactly the same as she was before with literally no difference. but the scientist guy is like "oh no... what have i done.... shes Different now!!!! she came back Wrong!!!!" and shes just like. chilling. reading a book. cooking dinner. shes just so so normal but in the guys mind hes like "oh shes soooo weird" but shes just normal

[mysticorset]

Peer reviewed tags from @somanyofthekids

[notahorseindisguise]

NO its a JOKE and YOU DONT GET IT. ITS NOT THAT DEEP

[hiveswap]

While she was dead he put his memory of her on such a high pedestal that she could never live up to it alive

[midnight-revolucion]

alternatively‚ she came back perfectly fine but he thinks she came back wrong‚ because the tragic reality is that he never actually knew his wife

[notahorseindisguise]

im going INSANE thats MY POST.

[marlinspirkhall]

It's your post but the journey to posting it changed it to such a degree that even its closest intimacies are now foreign to you. Sorry dude.

[hairscare]

for you and your warped reflection

[chainmaiden-deactivated20260205]

'top or bottom???' wrong ‼️⚔️which one of you is the loyal dog come living weapon and which one of you has the lethal pout and divinity complex ???

[chainmaiden-deactivated20260205]

'top or bottom???' wrong ‼️⚔️which one of you is the loyal dog come living weapon and which one of you has the lethal pout and divinity complex ???

[what-even-is-thiss]

The idea of a building you can only enter through teleportation or a magic portal scares me. Not just because teleportation kills you but because what happens if the power goes out or the resident wizard has a stroke or something like that has to be a fire hazard

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s a surprising number of mundane places in fiction that can only be entered through some magical doorway or teleporter of some kind and I know it’s for the cool vibes but still you need some kind of emergency exit in there

[neuronary]

actually objectively hilarious to have a sudden "oh god there's a metadimensional incursion and we're trapped in the teleport-only building" alarm go off and this exhausted-looking security guard just goes "okay everybody follow me" and there's actually a door on the third basement floor that leads out to one of those little bunker entrance shacks and it's just like. in nevada. and then you have to sign an NDA.

[tossawary]

I think that if a story ever pulls a line like "You could have destroyed your magic with a stunt like that!" or "Pushing ahead with your magic too quickly can have dangerous consequences!" then the story should be obligated at some point to show me these magically disabled people.

All stories should have more disabled people, honestly, because disability is a basic part of being alive! What am I supposed to think of any given fictional community if I never see any elderly people, any retired people, any injured people, or any disabled people?

But seriously, a lot more fantasy stories specifically could really stand to show people who have been burned by magic to various degrees and are now living with the consequences. I'm too used to the protagonists fainting and sleeping extreme recklessness off without issue.

[melmili]

just wanna say i am a big fan of this trope specifically

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you have skilled writer friends and you're damn proud of them

[annabelle--cane]

developed a real fondness lately for characters who experience a horrific act of violence and come out the other side saying "ah. I don't think I get to be me anymore. they took out the part that was me, killed it, and put something else back in its place, and now I'm whoever the hell that is." love it when someone becomes a corpse and replaces themself <3

[witchmd13]

best thing a character can be is gay and angry btw

[vibrantstarfire]

ugh we need more manipulative characters that aren’t evil. lie and cheat and steal for a good cause. control every narrative. use narcissism for justice. ruin all of your personal relationships for the good of the mission.