Trope: high concept

13 Oct 2019

Fidgeting With Reality

120 – The Truth of the Fidget Toy

Time to Read: 6 minutes

After acquiring a fidget toy to help with anxiety during finals and a stressful break-up with her abusive ex, Justine finds her situation improving in surprising ways. Ways that should be impossible. As she experiences déjà vu more and more frequently, it is hard to ignore the sense that, perhaps, she is altering reality somehow...

a burgeoning romance, a tangle of plot, accidentally out of control, altering one's past, far reaching implications, female friendships, going along with the weird, high concept, in medias res, incidental changes, magical device, overwhelmed by sensations, probably hella confusing, quantum magic, reality is malleable, she gets a bit more fit, she gets taller, she's a reality warper, suddenly in lesbians, tall and fit blonde woman, top heavy goth

22 Jul 2019

Knights Over Two Cities

118 – Riddle in the Dark

Time to Read: 10 minutes

At the edges of three conflicting realities, a mage fights a war by themselves to keep the peace between magic, machine, and those caught in the middle. However, the war is turning against them and those who were once enemies might turn out to be allies...

a clever answer wins the day, alternate history, alternate universe, an avalanche of worldbuilding, at the outskirts of a war, channeling Authurian lore, cybernetic wildlife, enemies to allies, facing overwhelming odds, high concept, hyper-competent woman, kitsune crimeboss, magic versus technology, magical creatures and their riddles, magical technobable, masked minions, mundane fantastic, Solve this riddle or die, the mage with no name, this is a trap, sure, but what choice do I have?